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1. What is focal length - technically?
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
Aperture-priority
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
The amount of information contained in each pixel

2. Printers use how many bits per channel of information when printing?
Broad lighting
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.
8 bits
Lower

3. What is gamut?
It increases
Metadata
RAID system
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.

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

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5. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?
Infrared
Lasso tool
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.

6. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Reciprocal relationship
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.
stopped down

7. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.
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.
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
Infinity
The sensor's sensitivity to light

8. What is the name of the technique used to make a monitor look like what you will see on your print?
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
Soft proofing
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast

9. What are IPTC fields used for?
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Fair Use

10. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?
aperture diameter
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
Aperture
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."

11. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.
Snoot
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.

12. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.
JPEG
Glossy paper
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.

13. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
Very wide at about 180 degrees
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed

14. Can you save layers in a JPEG file format?
No
Add green
Variations command
A change in illumination

15. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?
White (255)
Infrared
Total number of pixels
1 1/3 stops

16. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?
Shutter-Priority
1 1/3 stops
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
Metamerism

17. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
Blown highlights
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.

18. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.
Front lighting
Blown highlights
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
256

19. What is a flag?
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)
256
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare
Aperture-priority

20. If you must move to reduce the amount of flash reaching your subject - how far do you move?
hue/saturation adjustment layer
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.
Dynamic range
To create a 1-stop difference - multiply the original distance by 1.4. Example - if you were originally 5 feet away - a 1-stop difference would have you step back to 7 feet.

21. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?
Blue
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Shutter-priority

22. What angle of view does an incident meter read?
Very wide at about 180 degrees
Add cyan
Lower
Metamerism

23. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?
Dynamic range
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
Small light source at an angle to the subject

24. What is a color profile?
Aperture
An 8-BIT sequence that represents 256 possibilities - black & white & 254 shades of grey. The size of a file is the number of bytes it contains.
Front lighting
A mathematical translator assigned to each piece of equipment you use (they map one gamut to another; and the ICC (or International Color Consortium) profile is usually shipped by the equipment manufacturer).

25. What does side lighting emphasize?
lens-to-subject distance
emphasizes textures
White (255)
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject

26. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?
Levels adjustment
9
White (255)
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.

27. The term "ISO speed" is used to describe what?

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28. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
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.
Cyan
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Add red

29. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.
Short lighting.
Shutter-priority
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
Parallax

30. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
Short lighting.
High Dynamic Range
Small light source at an angle to the subject
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures

31. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?
Shutter speed & aperture
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
Infinity
Infrared

32. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?
Metadata
Shutter speed & aperture
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.

33. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?
High Dynamic Range
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Lower
Fair Use

34. How does 'unsharp mask' work?
Front lighting
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
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.
Hue - Luminance - Saturation

35. A normal (or standard) focal length lens approximates what?
The impression human vision gives
stopped down
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
The sensor's sensitivity to light

36. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
Half as much light
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.

37. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Follow focus
3200 Kelvin
Broad lighting

38. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?
Incident light meter
A raster image
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
Infrared

39. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?
Blown highlights
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare
Metamerism

40. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?
Blown highlights
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
One stop

41. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.
Zoom lens
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
White (255)

42. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.
Bit
Shutter-Priority
Infrared
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.

43. What would you use an ICC profile for?
A RAW file that has been altered
Actual Pixel view
256
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.

44. If an image is too green - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Magenta
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
Add magenta
Snoot

45. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?
A high contrast image
1) Magnification - or the size of the subject; 2) Angle of view
256
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image

46. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?
four times more
8 stops
Depth of field
Levels adjustment

47. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?
To create a 1-stop difference - multiply the original distance by 1.4. Example - if you were originally 5 feet away - a 1-stop difference would have you step back to 7 feet.
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
Contrast
ISO

48. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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49. 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.
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
stopped down
1 or 2

50. What does the term "stop" mean?
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
A change in illumination
5000K

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