Shutter Speed Visual Quiz

“What’s the best Shutter Speed for a a dog jumping?And and what about for a bird flying? ” In this visual quiz students practice how to work with shutter speed in camera setting. Using real life examples they understand that using a fast shutter speed they can freeze the action, and using a slow shutter speed they can blur the action.

Camera Setting Quiz

 1.Which is the widest aperture setting?

 A. F22

B. F2.8

C. F8

D. F5.6

E. F16

2. Which aperture setting will create the greatest Depth of Field (DoF)

 A. F22

B. F2.8

C. F16

D. F4

E. F5.6

 

3. Which shutter speed would be best to 'freeze' action in your subject

 A. 1/1000sec

B. 1/2sec

C. 1/125sec

D. 1/2000sec

E. 1.25sec

 

4. Which ISO setting will enable you to take picture more easily in poor light conditions?

 A. ISO 100

B. ISO 400

C. ISO 800

D. ISO 50

E. ISO 1600

 

5. What do the initials WB stand for on your camera settings?

 A. White and black

B. Wide borders

D. White balance

6. What do the initials AF stand for on your camera settings?

 A. Auto focus

B. Anti fog

C. All focusing

D. Actuality freeze

E. All frame

 

7. An exposure with a shutter speed of 1/100sec and an aperture of f8 lets the same amount of light into the camera as which of the following?

 A. 1/1000sec at f5.6

B. 1/50sec at f11

C. 1/2sec at f8

D. 1/60sec at f22

E. 1sec at f11

 

8. Which of the following focal lengths is a wide angle lens?

A. 500mm

B. 18mm

C. 85mm

D. 200mm

E. 100mm

 

9. What does the 'Self Timer' setting do?

 A. Sets the shutter speed automatically

B. Takes your pulse

C. Measures the correct exposure

D. Fires the shutter after a short delay

E. Takes a self portrait

 

10. What does the 'M' mode setting do?

 A. Marks a particular image

B. Sets the camera to Manual mode

C. Masks the lens

D. Manages your image files

E. Creates Magical photographs

 

11. F2.8 @ 60th/sec ISO 100 is equal to f4 @ ____/sec ISO 200

A. 15th

B. 1 second

C. 80th

D. 200th

E. 60th

 

12. ISO 100 is ____ sensitive to light than ISO 800

A. 3 stops more

B. 3 stops less

C. 2.5 stops more

D. 1 stop less

E. 4 stops less

 

13. Depth of field is controlled by which three variables?

 A. Aperture

B. Focal length

C. ISO

D. Camera to subject distance

E. Subject to background distance

 

14. If you want to compress the perspective of the subject and background in your photograph you would most likely _____

 A. Use a faster shutter speed

B. Use a slower shutter speed

C. Shoot with a 200mm lens

D. Shoot with a 24mm lens

E. Decrease your aperture

 

15. What is one of the most foundational rules of composition?

 A. Frame within a frame

B. Rule of fifths

C. Rule of thirds

D. Head in a clean spot

E. Diagonal lines

 

16. F5.6 @ 250th/sec ISO 400 is one stop less of light then f____ @ 250th/sec ISO 100

 A. 2

B. 6.3

C. 5.6

D. 8

E. 4

 

17. Fill in the missing blanks (in order)2 - __ - 4 - __ - 8 - __ - 16 - 22 - __ 

 A. 2.5 / 5.6 / 11 / 24

B. 2.2 / 5.6 / 10 / 34

C. 2.8 / 4.5 / 11 / 32

D. 2.8 / 5.6 / 11 / 32

E. 3.5 / 5 / 11 / 28

 

18. Aperture is also known as

 A. Depth of field

B. Focus plane

C. F stop

D. Sync

E. Priority

 

19. In aperture priority mode you set the ______ and the camera sets the__

 A. Aperture / ISO

B. Aperture / shutter speed

C. Aperture / focal length

D. Aperture / f stop

E. Aperture / white balance

 

20. The three main metering modes available on most modern day DSLRs are

 A. Spot

B. Center weighted

C. Matrix

D. Evaluative

E. TTL