What the f/stop?
How much do you really know about photography? Test yourself to the max every issue with our tricky trivia quiz!
1 Kodak’s Instamatic had its heyday in the 1960s – but what was it?
A An instant print camera, similar to a Polaroid
B A compact camera
C A traditional passport booth D An early autofocus camera
2 When is The Photography Show being held in Birmingham?
A February
B March
C April
D May
3 Photographed in 1972, who is this legendary female photographer?
A Sarah Moon
B Diane Arbus
C Anne Geddes
D Annie Leibovitz
If a train is travelling at 100 miles per hour across the scene, which shutter speed would you need to ensure a sharp image?
A 1/1,000 sec or faster
B 1/2,000 sec or faster
C 1/8,000 sec or faster
D It would depend on how big the train was in the frame
5 A wise photographer once said, “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” But what was their name?
A Landscape ace Ansel Adams
B Street photography supremo Henri Cartier-Bresson
C Documentary portraitist Jane Bown
D Fisheye afficionado Bill Brandt
6 Apertures are defined in f/stops – but what does the f in f/stop actually stand for?
A Focus
B Fringing
C Focal length
D Focal
7 What is Project 365, and what is its objective?
A It’s an organisation that aims to abolish leap years
B It’s the company that bought Polaroid back from the ashes
C It is the name of Rankin’s photo studio in London
D It’s a photographic project where you take a picture every single day of the year, starting on 1 January
8 What is the name of the company that launched the first-ever full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera?
A Sony
B Contax
C Canon
D Leica
9 What is the name of the photographic technique that gives this aerial image its distinctive colour palette?
A Infrared
B Solarisation
C Cross processing
D X-ray
10 For what type of photography might you use the 500 Rule to achieve a good exposure?
A Wildlife
B Astrophotography
C Sports
D Black-and-white