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1. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)
Lower
It emphasizes the edges between tones. A threshold of zero affects all pixels - a higher threshold affects just the edges with high tonal difference and minimizes noise.
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view

2. What is focal length - technically?
Because you can move in close to the subject
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
Contrast
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor

3. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
Infinity
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
Incident light meter

4. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
aperture diameter
Add blue
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.

5. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.
Fisheye
Because you can move in close to the subject
White (255)
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment

6. What are the effects of high side lighting?
four times more
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.
It decreases. A 50mm lens at 12 inches and f/4 has a DOF of 1/16th of an inch. At f/11 - it increases to only 1/2 an inch.

7. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?
Follow focus
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
No
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors

8. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
Blown highlights
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan

9. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
Reflected light meter
Levels adjustment
5 -000 Kelvin

10. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?
Aperture-priority
Follow focus
Additive (R - G - B)
256

11. An incident-exposure reading for a fair-skinned subject reads f/8 - 1/125th at 100 ISO. The next subject is very dark skinned. What is the proper exposure for the second subject?

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12. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
Shutter-priority
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
Add red

13. As the aperture is stopped down - what happens to sharpness?
hue/saturation adjustment layer
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Yellow

14. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?
Add red
RAID system
5 -000 Kelvin
Small light source at an angle to the subject

15. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?
No
Shutter-Priority
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.

16. What angle of view does a spot meter read?
Incident light meter
Small light source at an angle to the subject
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree

17. The smallest unit of digital information is called a what?
ISO
Bit
Cyan
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.

18. In a curves adjustment layer - what does the shape of the curve indicate?
Contrast
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
A change in illumination
Short lighting

19. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?
Add green
aperture diameter
Lasso tool
Butterfly lighting

20. A filter with a factor of 2 requires how many stops of compensation?

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21. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?
The difference between light and dark.
1/250th
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
Follow focus

22. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?
Incident light meter
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.
Aperture and shutter
Levels adjustment

23. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?
Variations command
Blue
Relative aperture. The opening on a long lens must be larger than a corresponding opening on a short lens to produce the same f-stops.
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.

24. What is an element and where is it found?
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)

25. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
Reciprocal relationship
Blown highlights
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)

26. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
Infinity
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.

27. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?
Glossy paper
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures

28. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?
Depth of field
8 bits
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
3200 Kelvin

29. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Magenta
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)

30. What is interpolated resolution?
Aperture
1/250th
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
All colors

31. What kind of light will be produced when using a large white umbrella close to a subject?
flat - low contrast light
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.

32. If an image is too magenta - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Add green
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.

33. What is the effect of front lighting?
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
256
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.

34. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
The sensor's sensitivity to light
256
5000K

35. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?
1 1/3 stops
Fisheye
Short lighting.
Blue & Green

36. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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37. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.
Follow focus
Actual Pixel view
Black (0)
3:1 or 4:1

38. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Shutter-Priority
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)

39. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?
Short lighting.
RAID system
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
Small light source at an angle to the subject

40. What do TTL systems react to?
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
sRGB

41. What determines what will be a 'normal' focal length lens on a particular camera?
Follow focus
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)
Flat lighting
Metamerism

42. What would you use an ICC profile for?
Total number of pixels
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.

43. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
Bit
A high contrast image
The difference between light and dark.

44. What is the name of the technique used to make a monitor look like what you will see on your print?
Soft proofing
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
Lasso tool
Blue

45. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.
Short lighting.
sRGB
1 or 2

46. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?
RAID system
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
Magenta
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

47. If you're working with an automatic camera and you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed - what mode are you working in?
Aperture-priority
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
Levels adjustment
Shutter-priority

48. When buying a lens hood - you should get it in what size relative to the lens?

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49. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...
hue/saturation adjustment layer
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
Convex

50. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?
Shutter speed & aperture
Blue
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Because you can move in close to the subject