Art 114: Student Introduction
Date:
______________
Please write-in, mark with X choose, or delete as needed. Expect to take about 30 to 60
minutes to do this writing and research assignment. Answer the ones you know first and go
back to the puzzlers later using your camera, camera manual, and online at
http://www.dpreview.com. This is not a test!
1.
My name is ____________________ __________________________.
2.
I am a ___________________ major or other _________________________________.
3.
My passion in life is for_______________________________________.
4.
I am taking this class because ______________________________________________.
5.
I want to learn how to shoot: Put an ‘X’ in front of your choice(s).
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People
Object (Things)
Landscape, waterscape, or City Scene
Action (Sports and other high activity events)
Close up of living things.
Close up of objects
___ Special things like fireworks or night cityscapes
___ Describe ________________________________________________________________________
6.
My passion drives me to selectively focus the following subjects: Fill in with 1, 2, and 3 only.
___ People
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Places
___
Things
___ Ideas
7.
Aesthetics (composition and design) is important to me. Delete one – Yes No
8.
I will work hard for a/an ____ grade.
9.
Optional - I don't care about grades. Explain _________________________________________.
10. My digital camera brand is _________________ (Nikon, Canon, Sony, or other).
11. The camera model number is _______________________________ (Coolpix 5400, G5, other)
12. The sensor chip is CCD or CMOS (circle one) and it’s ____ megapixel in size.
13. My digital camera has the following characteristics. Research this in your camera manual and
on dpreview.com
It has an ‘optical’ zoom lens range of ____ mm wide to ____ mm tele (6.2 mm to 16.2 or more).
It has a ‘variable’ wide-open apertures of f/____ and f/____ (f/2.8 wide and f4.6 telephoto).
It has a ‘variable’ stopped-down apertures of f/____ and f/____ (f/7.9 wide and f7.3 telephoto).
It has a CCD, CMOS, another kind of image sensor (the retina of the camera).
The viewfinder has a ‘Diopter-correction’ wheel or slider. Delete one – Yes No
Shutter speed range is from ___ full seconds to __/ _______of a second (30 seconds to 1/2000 sec?).
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Possible Exposure Modes:
1). Auto
Delete one – Yes No
2). Auto- P
Delete one – Yes No
2). Shutter Priority
Delete one – Yes No
3). Aperture Priority
Delete one – Yes No
4). True Manual
Delete one – Yes No
Possible color balance (WB) settings:
1). Daylight
Delete one – Yes No
2). Skylight
Delete one – Yes No
3). Cloudy
Delete one – Yes No
4). Incandescent (tungsten) Delete one – Yes No
5). Florescent
Delete one – Yes No
6). Speedlight
Delete one – Yes No
7). Custom or Preset
Delete one – Yes No
It has Exposure Compensation. Delete one – Yes No
The Exposure Compensation (EC) has the following adjustments:
1). ___ stop range (2 stop range on both sides of normal)
2). __/__ stop increments (1/3 stop default)
14. I am computer literate. Delete one – Yes No
I rate my experience at ___ (1 to 5 scale) on using a PC.
I rate my experience at ___ (1 to 5 scale) on using a Mac.
I rate my experience at ___ (1 to 5 scale) on using Photoshop. Version # ______.
I rate my experience at ___ (1 to 5 scale) with digital photography.
I rate my experience at ___ (1 to 5 scale) with traditional ‘film’ photography.
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