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Q.1) Great pictures can be made from a basic camera.A. TrueB. False

Q.2) You should change your camera battery after _____________ rolls of filmA. After every roll of filmB. After 1-24 rolls of film

C. After 25-50 rollsD. Never

Q.3) You should switch off a camera when you are not using it.A. TrueB. False

Q.4) 200 ISO film should only be used forA. Indoor onlyB. Flash onlyC. Outdoors onlyD. Flash and outdoors only

E. Other: _____________________

Q.5) 400 ISO film should be used forA. Indoors onlyB. Flash onlyC. Outdoors onlyD. Flash and outdoors onlyE. Other: _____________________

Q.6) What happens if you pull out more film than you need?A. Nothing. It's fine.B. The film is wasted.C. Other: _____________________

Q.7) How much should you advance the film for manual cameras?A. Just enough film to slip the end of the film leader into a groov

e on the take-up spool.B. Just enough film to pull it out of the canister.C. However much film is pulled out of the canister already.D. Other: _____________________

Q.8) How much should you advance the film for automatic cameras?A. Just enough film to pull it out of the canister.B. However much film is pulled out of the canister already.C. Enough to reach just beyond the middle of the take-up spool.

D. Other: _____________________

Q.9) Advance the film in a manually loaded camera until the film counter reads "0".

A. TrueB. False

Q.10) A wide lens aperature, such as f/2, lets in a lot of light.A. TrueB. False

Q.11) A shutter speed of 1/500 lets in more light than 1/60.A. True

B. False

Q.12) What can a light meter tell you?

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A. the right combination of film and shutter speed to achieve correct exposure

B. the right combination of f-stop and shutter speed to achieve correct exposure

C. the right combination of f-stop and film speed to achieve correct exposure

D. none of the above

Q.13) What does NOT determine how much light hits the film in the camera?A. F-StopB. Film SpeedC. Shutter Speed

None of the sbove

Q.14) Exposed film is not called a negative until it is developed.A. TrueB. False

Question from Camera Types

Q.1) With an SLR camera, the image is viewed during exposure, while the mirror is flipped up.

A. TrueB. False

Q.2) The camera makes the image look right side up in an SLR camera using a _______________.

( 2 words )

Q.3) With a rangefinder camera, you know the lens is focused on your subjectwhen the two images it forms are ________________.

( or 2 words )

Q.4) Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the rangefinder camera?A. The viewfinder is bright and always visible.B. No reflex mirrors allow you to maintain sight of your subject at

all times.C. They don't have through-the-lens viewing.D. Lack of a mirror makes it quiet and easy to hold steady when usi

ng slow shutter speeds

Q.5) What types of camera need parallax correction (due to parallax error)? (Chose 2)

A. Single-lens-reflexB. RangefinderC. View CameraD. Twin-lens-reflex

Q.6) When taking pictures with a Holga, you should use a _________ film because the lens has a small aperture.

Q.7) Holgas are only used by children.A. TrueB. False

Q.8) How is viewing through a TLR different from an SLR camera?

A. A TLR camera is viewed through the top from waist or chest levelwhile SLR cameras are viewed at eye level.

B. A SLR camera is viewed through the top from waist or chest level

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while TLR cameras are viewed at eye level.C. Nothing is different about viewing through a TLR or a SLR camera

.D. None of the above.

Q.9) With a TLR camera, the image can be viewed during the exposure.A. True

B. False

Q.10) Fine-tuning the color consistency between your camera, computer monitor,and printer, is a process called __________________.

( 2 words )

Question on Developing Film/ Dark Room

Q.1) The function of the light trap on the developing tank is to let the ____________ in and... (continued in next question)

( 2 words )

Q.2) (continued from previous question)...to keep the ___________ out.

Q.3) A _________________ is a school or other darkroom that is shared by manypeople.

( 2 words )

Q.4) Most ___________ reels are adjustable to accommodate either 35mm or 120(medium format) film.

A. plasticB. stainless steel

Q.5) __________ reels fit only one size of film.A. PlasticB. Stainless steel

Q.6) Scissors with a/an ______________-end are safest for in the darkroom.A. sharpB. bluntC. None of the above

Q.7) Storage bottles that can eliminate excess _____ in some way are especially good for extending the life of your chemicals.

Q.8) A film washer is a mandatory accessory for a darkroom.A. TrueB. False

Q.9) Negatives are vulnerable to scratching or other physical damage.A. TrueB. False

Q.10) A __________________ can be used to load film into your processing reelsand tank if a darkroom is not available.

( 2 words )

Q.11) Chemical poweders must be mixed with __________ to make a stock solution.

A. liquid chemicals

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B. waterC. airD. none of the above

Q.12) The usable form of the chemical is called a ___________________.( 2 words )

Q.13) What chemical used first in film-processing?A. fixer removerB. wetting agentC. fixerD. developerE. stop bath

Q.14) What is the last chemical that is used in film-processing?A. fixer removerB. wetting agentC. fixerD. developer

E. stop bath

Q.15) What is the most important processing chemical?A. fixer removerB. wetting agentC. fixerD. developerE. stop bath

Q.16) The _______ the film exposure, the denser the concentration of developedsilver.

A. lighterB. greater

Q.17) If you were to dilute 1 quart of stock solution 1:3 (1 part developer to3 parts H20), how many quarts of working solution would you have? _______ quarters

Q.18) It would take _____ minutes to develop Tri-X film in D-76, 1:1, at 68*F.

Q.19) It would take _____ minutes to develop Tri-X film in D-76, 1:1, at 69*F.

Q.20) Time and temperatures for developing should be followed exactly according to the chart or a disaster will occur.

A. TrueB. False

Q.21) With the stop bath described in the text, how much stock solution shouldyou use to make 20 oz. of working solution?

( or 2 words )

Q.22) The terms hypo and fix (or fixer) are interchangeable.A. TrueB. False