1.DEE WHY RSL CAMERA CLUB ANNUAL TRIVIA NIGHT Proudly brought to you by your amazing, witty, gorgeous, sexy and funny committee members. (Insert round of applause here)

2. QUESTION SET ONE The history of photography. 3. QUESTION ONE During the 17th century, what did Robert Boyle believe caused Silver Chloride to turn dark under exposure to? 4. QUESTION TWO The term 'camera obscura' literally means what? 5. QUESTION THREE Name the English photography pioneer born in 1800, and developer of the calotype process of photography? 6. QUESTION FOUR Which company (still going today) was the first to produce a commercially successful 35mm format camera? Bonus points for the year it was launched. 7. QUESTION FIVE Which company, founded in 1888, used the slogan "You press the button and we do the rest"? 8. QUESTION SIX Which Swedish manufacturer, most famous for their medium format cameras, was founded in 1841, however didn't introduce its first commercial camera until more than 100 years later? 9. QUESTION SEVEN What photographic invention is generally credited to the American scientist Edwin Land? Bonus points for the company he set up to exploit it. 10. QUESTION EIGHT In 1973, Fairchild semiconductors produced the first large image-forming CCD chip - what was it's resolution? 11. QUESTION NINE Which company made the first mass produced autofocus camera? Bonus points for the year it was launched. 12. QUESTION TEN What film format was invented in 1982 by Kodak (officially discontinued in December 1999) - each film being circular, contained in a cartridge and having 15 exposures? 13. QUESTION SET TWO Using your camera. 14. QUESTION ONE What is the simplest thing you can change on your camera to vary the depth-of-field? 15. QUESTION TWO Most cameras have four basic exposure modes: auto/program, aperture priority, manual. What is the fourth one? 16. QUESTION THREE What does '125' mean when you select this for the shutter speed? a. 125 shots remaining before card full b. shutter will be open for 1.25 seconds c. 12.5 seconds self-timer d. shutter will open for 1/125th second e. shutter will open for 125 milliseconds (0.125s) 17. QUESTION FOUR Which of these is best suited to low light photography a. low ISO setting b. fast shutter speeds c. low f-number for the aperture d. a polarising filter e. long focal length lenses 18. QUESTION FIVE When shooting in RAW format, it does not matter if the white balance setting is wrong - you can fix it later. True or False? 19. QUESTION SIX You have a lens which has a maximum aperture opening of 28mm diameter. Which of these lenses could it be? a. 28mm f/3.5 lens b. 50mm f/1.8 lens c. 100mm f/2.8 lens d. 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens 20. QUESTION SEVEN Name two uses for the mirror lockup function in a DSLR. 21. QUESTION EIGHT Which of these are valid reasons to use the RAW format over the JPEG format a. you can adjust the white balance later b. it can more accurately describe the colour information in the image c. RAW files are generally smaller than JPEG files d. burnt out highlights can sometimes be recovered e. RAW files generally use a lossless compression f. RAW always has the potential to let you create better JPEGs than the camera 22. QUESTION NINE If you are taking a picture of a bright snow scene and you are using one of the auto modes ('P' mode), what feature of your camera might you use to ensure the image comes out looking the same as your eye sees it? 23. QUESTION TEN What is 'second curtain sync'? 24. QUESTION SET THREE Photography general knowledge. 25. QUESTION ONE What type of photography commonly makes use of tiltand-shift lenses? 26. QUESTION TWO What is the name commonly given to a lens with an ultra-wide angle of view of 180 degrees all around, and what is characteristic about the pictures produced? 27. QUESTION THREE Where would you normally see catchlights in a photograph? 28. QUESTION FOUR If a 4 megapixel camera can give a 6x4" print at a certain quality, how many megapixels would be needed to generate a print twice the size (i.e. 12x8") at the same quality? (a) 6MP(b) 8MP(c) 10MP(d) 12MP(e) 16MP 29. QUESTION FIVE Which of these (might be more than one) are advantages of having a large aperture lens? a. b. c. d.shallower depth-of-field is possible allows faster shutter speeds in low light improved autofocus performance brighter image in the viewfinder 30. QUESTION SIX When comparing prime lenses and zoom lenses - which of the following are true: a. b. c. d. e.primes are generally higher quality primes generally have bigger apertures primes are generally cheaper primes are always quicker at autofocusing primes are generally small in size 31. QUESTION SEVEN When referring to colour models, what do the following abbreviations mean? (One point each) 1. RGB 2. CMYK 3. HSB 32. QUESTION EIGHT Many of Canon's 'L' lenses are white in colour. Although we all know this is a marketing ploy to make Canon photographers stand out in a crowd, what is the 'official line' from Canon? 33. QUESTION NINE Which of these numbers is the odd one out? 110, 120, 126, 135, 160, 220, 645 34. QUESTION TEN Where on most cameras would you find a 1/4" screw socket? 35. QUESTION SET FOUR Photography abbreviations. 36. ABBREVIATIONS 1.DSLR2.DPI (as in "the image must be 300dpi")3.ISO4.AEB (a feature on many cameras)5.DPOF6.GN (used in the description of external flash guns)7.Grad ND (a type of filter)8.CCD (type of image sensor)9.CMOS (another type of image sensor)10. AWB (a setting on the camera) 37. VIDEO MEMORY QUIZ Watch it twice and answer 10 questions. 38. MEMORY VIDEO 39. VIDEO MEMORY QUIZ QUESTIONS 1. What brand is the video presented by? 2. What is the name of the Medusa like creature? 3. What is the video a guide to? 4. The high angle =d look cute, the low angle =d look ________? 5. What can you use to hide your face? 6. What should you hold and what colour was it? 7. What post processing feature did it suggest you apply to Frankenstein? 8. What colour were the aliens shades? 9. How many zombies are there? 10. What is the name of the vampire? 40. IMAGE QUIZ ONE Name that camera. 41. CAMERAS 1 5 2 4 361098 7 42. IMAGE QUIZ TWO Name that symbol. 43. SYMBOLS