The Camera

1. Who is credited with taking the first "permanent" photograph?Joseph Nicephore Niepce
2. What specific materials did Louis Daguerre use to create the first "commercial photographic material"? Heavily plated sheet of silver plated copper
3. What type of images is Ansel Adams famous for? Landscape Photography
4. What are the three fundamental settings you need to understand to be an excellent photographer? Shutter Speed, Aperture, ISO

5. What are the three types of metering modes? Matrix, center weighted, spot
6. When does the article suggest you use "Center-weight" metering? When prioritizing center of frame
7. What is one very specific subject does the article suggest would be great for "Spot" metering? Photographing the moon

8. What are the four Camera Modes? Program, shutter priority, aperture, manual
9. What is the difference between the Aperture and Shutter priority modes? On shutter, you set the shutter speed and it automatically sets aperture and on aperture mode it does the shutter while you have to set the aperture

10. What is the difference between Manual and AutoFocus? On manual mode you have to set the focus and on auto focus you just press a button and it does the focus for you
11. Which do you think is best for most circumstances (make sure to answer why you think this)? auto focus because it is easier to focus objects

12. When should you use a flash indoors? When subject is poorly lit
13. When should you use a flash outdoors? Whenever it is dark outside

14. Why is using a tripod a good decision? Steadies camera and makes it less shaky 
15. Should you use auto focus when shooing video (why or why not)? No because microphone can hear autofocusing
16. What are the percentages according to the article when deciding to shoot wide, medium and close up (or even extreme close up)? 50% close up 25% wide 25% medium

17. What is a histogram? a chart or diagram of statistics and pictures
18. What will a "low key" histogram look like? most tonal range falls in the darker zone
19. What will a "high key" histogram look like? most tonal range falls in lighter zone
20. What is clipping? the loss of data in a specific region of an image

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