Basic Photography Knowledge Test

What is the name of the first successful photographic process?

• Camera Obscura

• Daguerreotype

• Calotype

• Camera Lucida

Who popularized the roll film to the market?

• John Carbutt

• George Eastman

• Frederick Scott Archer

• Richard Maddox

What does the 125 mean on the shutter speed dial?

• The camera will determine the best shutter speed, but less than 125.

• The camera will determine the best shutter speed, but more than 125.

• The shutter will open for 1.25 seconds.

• The shutter will open for 1/125 seconds.

Depth of field refers to:

• For landscape photography, how often the grass is cut.

• The distance between the camera and the subject.

• The amount of front to back sharpness in a photograph.

The DSLR camera is one the most popular types of camera on the market today. DSLR stands for:

• Digital Single Lens Reflex.

• Digital Standard Lens Refraction.

• Digital Simple Light Recorder.

• Digital Standard Light Reflection

A prime lens has a

• Variable focal length

• Fixed focal length

• Prime focal length

• No focal length

Kelvins is a scale that measures:

• Size of apertures

• Speed of shutter

• Sensitivity of sensor

• Colour temperature

The Rule of Thirds states that:

• The subject of a photograph should be placed on an intersection of the imaginary lines dividing the frame into thirds both horizontally and vertically.

• For the best exposure settings, the aperture should be set to approximately one-third of the value of the focal length of the lens.

• To achieve proper lighting for highlights and shadows, a photographer should take 3 shots with various exposures, and then combine them together.

If you wanted to freeze the action of a fast moving subject on a sunny day you would probably choose a shutter speed of:

• 1/250 of a sec

• 1/200 of a sec

• 1/500 of a sec

• 1/125 of a sec

What shutter speed would be the best choice if you wanted to capture the motion blur of water in a waterfall on an overcast day?

• 1 second

• 1/6 of a second

• 1/60 of a second

• 1/80 of a second