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Correct 2024/2025 Latest Update
What are the three metering modes? - Answer- 1) Center-weighted
2) Spot
3) Matrix
What is the difference between and "normal" and "non-normal" scene in terms of light? -
Answer- The amount of light reflected
What is the most common metering mode for crime scene photography? - Answer-
Center-weighted
What are the 4 tools for proper exposure? Think: where should I meter? - Answer- 1)
The 18% gray card
2) Green grass
3) Well travelled asphalt
4) The palm of your hand +1 stop
What are the 4 common exposure modes? Think: The camera dial - Answer- 1) S-
Shutter priority
2) P- Program (auto)
3) A- Aperture priority
4) M- Manual
What is manual bracketing? - Answer- The photographer changes the f/stop and/or
shutter speed to capture photographs at 0, +1, -1
What is auto bracketing? - Answer- The photographer uses a dial or button on the
camera to set the exposure range
What is flash bracketing? - Answer- Setting the flash to be either brighter or dimmer and
maintaining the original shutter speed and f/stop
Sunny Day Rule - Answer- f/16 and a shutter speed equivalent to the ISO
What are the 2 main uses of filters? - Answer- 1) Protect the lens
2) Eliminate excess blue from the sky
, What direction do you rotate polarizing filters? - Answer- Counterclockwise
Polarizing filters do not remove the reflection of ______________ - Answer- The sun
itself
The addition of a polarizing filter changes the light by approximately - Answer- -1.3 - 2
stops
Apart from minimizing reflection, polarizing filters can improve what? - Answer- The
color accuracy and the appearance of skid marks
Light can enter the camera through the ________ and the ___________________ -
Answer- Lens, viewfinder
Resolution - Answer- The capability of a photographic reproduction to distinctly record
two separate but adjacent elements of an image (line pairs for film, pixels per inch for
digital)
Acutance - Answer- The rendering of a sharp edge of the subject as a sharp edge in the
photograph
Sharpness - Answer- The clarity of detail in a photo
What are the 2 options for focusing when autofocus fails? - Answer- 1) Manual focus
2) Focus on a temporarily placed intermediate object
Barrel distortion - Answer- A wide angle lens defect that causes straight lines to bow out
toward the edges of the image
Pincushion distortion - Answer- A telephoto lens defect that causes straight lines to
bend inward toward the edges of the image
Hyperfocal focusing - Answer- The method to maximize depth of field when infinity is in
the background
Circles of confusion - Answer- An optical spot caused by a cone of light rays from a lens
not coming to a perfect focus when imaging a point source. As long as they are ~0.025"
- 0.033" the eye perceives these circles as in focus
Hyperfocal focusing increases the DOF range in the _____________ - Answer-
Foreground
The hyperfocal focusing distance is always ___________ the short end of the DOF
range - Answer- Double
Exam Questions and Answers All
Correct 2024/2025 Latest Update
What are the three metering modes? - Answer- 1) Center-weighted
2) Spot
3) Matrix
What is the difference between and "normal" and "non-normal" scene in terms of light? -
Answer- The amount of light reflected
What is the most common metering mode for crime scene photography? - Answer-
Center-weighted
What are the 4 tools for proper exposure? Think: where should I meter? - Answer- 1)
The 18% gray card
2) Green grass
3) Well travelled asphalt
4) The palm of your hand +1 stop
What are the 4 common exposure modes? Think: The camera dial - Answer- 1) S-
Shutter priority
2) P- Program (auto)
3) A- Aperture priority
4) M- Manual
What is manual bracketing? - Answer- The photographer changes the f/stop and/or
shutter speed to capture photographs at 0, +1, -1
What is auto bracketing? - Answer- The photographer uses a dial or button on the
camera to set the exposure range
What is flash bracketing? - Answer- Setting the flash to be either brighter or dimmer and
maintaining the original shutter speed and f/stop
Sunny Day Rule - Answer- f/16 and a shutter speed equivalent to the ISO
What are the 2 main uses of filters? - Answer- 1) Protect the lens
2) Eliminate excess blue from the sky
, What direction do you rotate polarizing filters? - Answer- Counterclockwise
Polarizing filters do not remove the reflection of ______________ - Answer- The sun
itself
The addition of a polarizing filter changes the light by approximately - Answer- -1.3 - 2
stops
Apart from minimizing reflection, polarizing filters can improve what? - Answer- The
color accuracy and the appearance of skid marks
Light can enter the camera through the ________ and the ___________________ -
Answer- Lens, viewfinder
Resolution - Answer- The capability of a photographic reproduction to distinctly record
two separate but adjacent elements of an image (line pairs for film, pixels per inch for
digital)
Acutance - Answer- The rendering of a sharp edge of the subject as a sharp edge in the
photograph
Sharpness - Answer- The clarity of detail in a photo
What are the 2 options for focusing when autofocus fails? - Answer- 1) Manual focus
2) Focus on a temporarily placed intermediate object
Barrel distortion - Answer- A wide angle lens defect that causes straight lines to bow out
toward the edges of the image
Pincushion distortion - Answer- A telephoto lens defect that causes straight lines to
bend inward toward the edges of the image
Hyperfocal focusing - Answer- The method to maximize depth of field when infinity is in
the background
Circles of confusion - Answer- An optical spot caused by a cone of light rays from a lens
not coming to a perfect focus when imaging a point source. As long as they are ~0.025"
- 0.033" the eye perceives these circles as in focus
Hyperfocal focusing increases the DOF range in the _____________ - Answer-
Foreground
The hyperfocal focusing distance is always ___________ the short end of the DOF
range - Answer- Double
