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This camera setting allows you to specify the f-stop, while the camera autoselects the shutter speed
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Aperture priority
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This camera feature selects the correct focus distance for you, usually based on contrast of image or infrared sensor
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Auto Focus
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Light-measuring device that calculates exposure based on brightness of entire image
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Averaging meter
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The Tonal Level of an image where blacks begin to provide important image information, usually measured by using a histogram
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black point
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To soften an image of part of an image by throwing it out of focus, or by camera motion
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Blur
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Taking a series of photographs of the same subject at different settings to help ensure that one setting will be the correct one
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Bracketing
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Process used to correct for the differences in the output of a printer r monitor when compared to the original one
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Calibration
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This darkroom technique involves exposing part of a print for a longer period, making it darker than it would be with a straight exposure
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Burn
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Movement of the camera, aggravated by slower shutter speeds, causing image blur
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Camera shake
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A light measuring device that emphasizes the area in the middle of the frame when calculating the correct exposure for an image
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Center weighted meter
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an image defect, often seen as green or purple fringing around the edges of an object, caused by a lens failing to focus on all colors of a light source at the same pt
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Chromatic aberration
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Process of changing the amounts of color in an image to produce desired effect
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Color correction
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Reducing the size of a file by encoding using fewer bits of info to represent the original
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Compression
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Range between lightest and darkest tones in an image
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Contrast
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To trim an image or page by adjusting its boundaries
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Crop
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Distance in front of and behind the subject which appears to be in focus
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Depth of field
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Range that the image capturing surface could be moved while maintaining acceptable focus
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Depth of focus
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To reduce purity or vividness of a color
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Desaturate
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Soft, low-contrast lighting
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Diffuse lighting
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Darkroom term for blocking part of an image as it is exposed, lightening its tones.
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Dodging
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Light-sensitive coating on a piece of film, paper, or printing plate.
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Emulsion
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Amount of light allowed to reach the film or sensor, determined by intensity of the light, amount admitted by the lens, and length of time determined by shutter speed
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Exposure
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Automatic setting in automatic camera that provides the optimum combo of shutter speed and f-stop at a given level of illumination.
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Exposure program
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In photography, lighting used to illuminate shadows
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Fill lighting
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Distance between the film and the optical center of the lens when the lens is focused on infinity,
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Focal length
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Camera feature that lets you freeze the auto focus of the lens when the subject you want to capture is in sharp focus, then reframe the photograph without changing focus.
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Focus lock
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The f-stop is the ratio of what two parts of the camera?
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1. effective focal length of the lens
2. diameter of the entrance pupil |
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Term used to describe the brightest parts of an image containing detail
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highlights
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Point of focus where everything from half that distance to infinity appears to be acceptably sharp.
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hyperfocal distance
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Light falling on a surface
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incident light
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Technique used to create new pixels required whenever you resize or change the resolution of an image, based on values of surrounding pixels
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interpolation
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Common image file format that supports 24-bit color and reduces file sizes by selectively discarding image data
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jpeg
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Lens opening or iris that admits light to the film or sensor
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lens aperture
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A lens that provides continuous focusing, from infinity to extreme close ups, often to a reproduction ratio of 1:2 or 1:1 (half life size or life size)
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macro lens
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Exposure metering system using a multi-segment sensor and programming so various parts of a scene can be emphasized when calculating the correct exposure
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matrix metering system
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Representation of an image in which the tones are reversed: blacks as white, and vice versa.
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negative
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Condition in which too much light reaches the film or sensor, producing a dense negative or a very bright/light print, slide, or digital image
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over exposure
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Moving the camera so that the image of a moving object remains in the same relative position in the viewfinder as you take a picture
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panning
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Smallest element of a screen display that can be assigned a color
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pixel
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Image file format including all the unprocessed info captured by the camera
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raw
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Number of pixels per inch, used to determine the size of the image when printed
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resolution
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Device that captures an image of a piece of artwork and converts it to a digitized image or bitmap that the comp can handle
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scanner
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Increasing the apparent sharpness of an image by boosting the contrast between adjacent pixels that form an edge
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sharpening
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Exposure mode in which you set the shutter speed, while the camera automatically selects the appropriate f-stop
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Shutter priority
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Type of camera that allows you to see through the camera's lens as you look in the camera's viewfinder
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single lens reflex (SLR)
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Lens or lens setting that magnifies an image
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Telephoto
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Condition in which too little light reaches the film or sensor, producing a thin negative, a dark slide, a muddy-looking print, or dark digital image
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under exposure
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Process for increasing the contrast between adjacent pixels in an image, increasing sharpness, especially around edges
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unsharp masking
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to enlarge or reduce the size of an image on your monitor/enlarge or reduce size of image using magnification settings of a lens
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zoom
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What are the first 9 full stops starting with f/1.4?
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f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22
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What are the first 7 half stops, starting with f/4
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f/4, f/4.8, f/5.6, f/6.7, f/8, f/9.5, f/11
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What are the first x 1/3-stops, starting with f/4?
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f/4, f/4.5, f/5, f/5.6, f/6.3, f/7.1, f/8, f/9, f/10, f/11
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Consider a proper exposure using at f/11 @ 60. Changing the f-stop to f8 would require what shutter speed for an equivalent exposure?
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f/8 @ 125
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To decrease depth of field, do this to the aperture. What f-stop?
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Lower f-stop leads to low depth of field, e.g., f/2.8
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To increase depth of field, do this to the aperture. What f-stop?
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Higher f-stop leads to higher depth of field, e.g., f/11
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What are the whole shutter speeds from whole shutter speeds from 1000 to 1 second
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1000, 500, 250, 125, 60, 30, 15, 8, 4, 2, 1, 1, 2, B
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Describe the differences between high and low ISO
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* High ISO leads to grainy photos, but sensitive to light
* Low ISO leads to less grainy photos, with less sensitivity to light |
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What is the photography term for distracting background objects?
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Distracting objects in background
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