Photography (9th ed) Ch 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 view camera | a camera in which the taking lens forms an image directly on a ground-glass viewing screen. A film holder replaces the viewing screen before exposure. The front and back of the camera can be set at various positions and angles to change focus and perspective |
| viewfinder | 1. a small window on a camera through which the subject is seen and framed. 2. a camera that has a viewfinder, but not a rangefinder (which shows when the subject is focues) |
| viewing lens | the lens on a camera through which the eye views the subject |
| shutter | The camera mechanism that regulates the amount of time film or the sensor is exposed to light |
| view camera | What kind of camera allows you to change the position of the lens and back relative to each other so that you can more precisely control focus or perspective? |
| Single lens reflex | This camera has a mirror and pentaprism that lets you see through the taking lens to focus the scene and compose it exactly |
| increases | As the aperture becomes smaller, what happens to the depth of field in an image? |
| exposure | The shutter speed and aperture are the two most important controls a photographer can use to achieve the correct ________ |
| two | Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a ______ stop difference |
| depth of field | __________ may be used to create an image where the subject appears relatively sharp and the background is blurred by movement |
| sensor | Instead of having a shutter open and close to control the amount of light that reaches the light-sensitive surface, some digital cameras control exposure by turning the _____ on and off for a precisely timed duration |
| shutter | What regulates the amount of time light is exposed to the film or the sensor? |
| one | To give ____ stop(s) more exposure means to double the amount of light reaching the film or sensor either by doubling the exposure time or by doubling the size of the aperture |
| aperture | The adjustable diaphragm which is made of metal blades that determines the amount of light entering the camera is called |
| f2 | An f-stop which would admit a large amount of light into the camera and produce very little depth of field would be f2, f11, f16 or f22? |
| f10 | Which of the following numbers is not a standard f-stop? f10, f2.8, f11, f64 |
| f3.4 | Which of the following f-stops would represent stopping down 1/2 stop from f/2.8? f2, f2.3, f3.4, or f4. |
| bulb | What shutter speed setting keeps the shutter open as long as the release button is held down? |
| rangefinder | Parallax error occurs in which type of camera |
| leaf shutter | A type of shutter that is constructed with a number of small overlapping metal blades and is usually located inside the lens itself in view cameras, point and shoot cameras, and many medium-format cameras is called a |
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