General Terms
Zoom lenses do what?
Zoom...
What does the red ring on a Canon lens mean?
"L series" Top of the line-most expensive, etc
A "macro" lens is known mostly for what unique trait?
close focus distance. magnifying very small objects up close
What is the crop factor on an APSC or Super 35mm lens or camera?
1.6...usually.
Which country is currently forcing its young men to fight in the war in Ukraine?
Russia
On an iPhone, which button blurs the background artificially and focuses on the foreground subject?
"Portrait"
Which aperture, or, "f stop," lets in more light? F1.8 or F18?
F1.8 is FAR wider and lets in TONS more light. F18 is for VERY sunny environments.
What is the general acronym for "image stabilizer" or "internal stability?"
IS
What is another name for a "crop" lens?
Super 35mm or APSC
Hurricane .... recently devastated the Gulf Coast of FL.
Ian
What is the exact measurement of a full frame 35mm sensor or film negative?
36-24mm
Why is "digital zooming" not optimal?
Pixelates the subject too much.
Where is the "servo" zoom control located on a studio or ENG camera?
The handle (like a motorbike throttle)
What is Canon's "lens mount" term for a crop lens?
EF-S
This monarch passed away at 96 after a 70 year reign of England
Queen Elizabeth II
What would be an excellent focal length choice for a cramped car scene?
18-24mm-ish
Range extenders are great, but they generally restrict more what hitting the sensor?
Light. It might go from F2.8 to F4 or worse!
If you wanted to manually change focus from foreground to background, you would pull a...
"rack focus"
You managed to put a 50mm prime EF lens on a crop APSC camera. What is your actual focal length now? Hint...1.6 :)
80mm
This famous 90's rapper, noteworthy for "Gangsta's Paradise," died late last week at the age of 59
Coolio
What type of lenses offer the most "compression" than any other?
Telephoto (85-600mm and beyond)
Which aperture would give you a shallower depth of field? F2.8 or F6.0?
F2.8 is far shallower. Mimics that "portrait" mode on iPhone.
A cinema or manual focus lens ALWAYS have what two controls on them?
Top is focus ring-bottom is aperture
Name one of the founders of modern photography
Eastman Kodak; Thomas Edison & bunch of French dudes-uncredited
This largest eastern Pennsylvania city, the original place of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, has had almost 450 shootings so far this year
Philadelphia-and the sad thing is it means "brotherly love" in Greek