Question set 1 for your notebook

Put these answers in your notebook - use full sentence answers so that you can use these to study for the test at the end of week 9.  You will find the answers to these questions in the reading...you should be able to answer them just from memory after having read the material at least once, however to help you try using the links for each question to take you to the reading section for answers.

1. The hole or opening through which light enters the camera lens is called an - --------.

2. The  -----   opens to let light into the camera. It controls how long the light enters.

3. You look through the camera ---------- to frame a picture.

4. With f-stops, the larger the number, the ------------ the opening or hole.

5. What does the 125 mean on the shutter speed dial?

6. What are the three most important camera controls?

7. What is depth of field and how is it adjusted or controlled?

8. How should a lens be cleaned?

9. Define over exposure and describe its result on the  final print.

10. Define under exposure and describe its effect on the print made from that negative.

11. All pictues have two key elements. What are they? (This was a video topic)

12. Define composition.

13. What type of film is most likely to have problems with grain when an enlargement is made? (slow speed or high speed)

14. What does the antihalation coating on film do?

15. The image is formed in what layer of a piece of film or paper?

16. What is the film's emulsion layer made of?

17. What does film speed indicate? (also called Film Sensitivity or ASA)

18. Name several advantages of both a fast and a slow speed film.

19. What is bulk film and how is it used?

20. What does developer do to exposed film?

21. What are the basic soultions that are used in film processing?  How do they differ from solutions used for paper processing?

22. What does fixer do to exposed film?

23. Why  must film and paper be washed?

24. What is a safelight and why does it work?

25. What type of printing paper do we use in this class?  Why is polycontrast paper less useful for this class?

26. When a print is "pulled" or yanked from the developer before the development time is up, it will tend to look _____. Why does this happen and how can it be avoided?

27. How can we test a safelight?

28. Tell the steps for processing a print.

29. What type of photo paper do we find works best in our lab?

30. Leonardeo da Vinci was a famous artist, but he was also an inventor. What did he invent that was a foundation for photography?

31. The first permananet paper negative was made in 1835 by -------_. What did this man use to make the paper sensitive to light?

32. In 1837 a print process designed by --------- used a metal plate to hold the image.

33. What event in history changed photography from being looked at as an art form into a means of communication?

34. Who developed a motion capturing camera in the late 1800's on a bet that horses had all four feet off the ground when bunched underneath rather than streached out in front and  back?

35. In 1884 an American named ------ invented ------ which began the simplification of photography so that amateurs could also use the process.

36. What was the process called that required the photographer to have a tent or darkroom handy so that chemicals could be mixed quickly and used while still wet?

These questions are a REVIEW of the material that should have been read in the Tech Help section for the first grade period. Students need to study sections on exposure, camera, film, composition and darkroom before attempting these questions. For additional questions students are encouraged to take the test where you will find actual questions from your test. The 36 questions listed here MUST be in your notebook. They will be worth 10 points on your grade.