What the f/stop!
How well will you do in our new quiz?
1 In which English stately home did early photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot live?
A Stourhead B Lacock Abbey C Downton Abbey D Dyrham Park
2 Which camera manufacturer will celebrate its 100th birthday next year?
A Nikon B Leica C GoPro D Olympus
3 Which superhero has a daytime job as a photographer?
A Superman B Spider-Man C Batman D Green Lantern
4 How do you make sure everything is in focus when you photograph a small object with a macro lens at close distance?
A Use a narrow aperture, say f/32 B Use fill flash
C Use a tripod
D Take a series of shots at slightly different focus settings, then combine them in post-production
5 Can you use a Nikon DSLR lens on a Canon EOS body?
A No
B Yes
C Only if it is a more recent G-Series lens without an aperture ring
D Yes, but only if you use an adapter
6 Layers are an important feature in advanced image manipulation. Which of these well-known imageediting programs doesn’t provide this feature?
A Lightroom B Photoshop CC C Photoshop Elements D Gimp
7 When you photograph a snowy scene, what can you do to ensure that the snow looks white and not a muddy grey?
ABCDUse manual exposure
Use the mode that’s symbolised by a white mountain Overexpose the scene by about one stop Underexpose the scene by about one stop
8 The HSS (high-speed sync) feature that you’ll find on some flashguns is of most use in which of these photographic situations?
A For action photography, such as motocross
B For outdoor portraiture, allowing you to use fill-flash with the widest apertures on your lens
C For special effects, such as catching a balloon full of water being popped D For low-light group portraits, as it effectively increases the power when using bounce flash
9 Who is the actor holding the 9 camera in the left of the image above, taken from the movie A Day at the Races?
A Karl Marx B Harpo Marx C Groucho Marx D Chico Marx
10 Where does the rule of thirds say you should place the horizon in your landscape pictures?
A Halfway down
B A third of the way down
C A third of the way up
D Either a third of the way up or down