Intermediate Photography Lesson 3 Quiz | Test Your Knowledge

Intermediate Photography: Lesson 3 Quiz

You photograph a friend from 2 meters away with a 24mm lens and then from 8 meters away with a 100mm lens, framing them at roughly the same size. What will be different between the two images?

The 24mm image will have a more compressed, flattened background

The 100mm image will have a compressed background that appears closer to the subject, while the 24mm image will show an exaggerated sense of distance

Both images will look identical since the subject is the same size in both

The 24mm image will have a shallower depth of field

Why do many portrait photographers prefer focal lengths between 85mm and 135mm for headshots?

These focal lengths produce the widest maximum apertures for the best bokeh

They allow a comfortable working distance while producing a flattering perspective that does not exaggerate or compress facial features

They autofocus faster than other focal lengths on most camera systems

They produce the sharpest images compared to wider or longer lenses

You are shooting in a small room and need to capture the entire space in one frame. Which lens would be most appropriate?

A 200mm telephoto lens shot from outside the room through the doorway

A 50mm prime lens from one corner of the room

A 16-35mm wide-angle zoom lens

An 85mm portrait lens with a large aperture

What is the main creative benefit of committing to a single prime lens for an extended period?

Prime lenses are lighter, so you can walk farther and find better subjects

It forces you to physically move and think more carefully about composition instead of relying on zoom convenience

Prime lenses focus faster, so you will capture more decisive moments

It saves money compared to buying a zoom lens of equivalent quality

You are photographing a landscape with mountains in the distance. You want the mountains to appear large and imposing relative to a building in the foreground. Which approach would achieve this?

Use a wide-angle lens close to the building to make both appear large

Move far away from the building and use a telephoto lens, which will compress the perspective and make the mountains appear closer and larger relative to the building

Use a wide-angle lens and crop the image later to enlarge the mountains

Use any focal length but shoot from a high elevation to look down on the scene

You notice that your wide-angle shots of people often make their faces look distorted when they are near the edges of the frame. What is causing this?

Your lens is defective and needs to be replaced or repaired

Wide-angle barrel distortion stretches objects near the frame edges, which is especially noticeable with faces and human proportions

The autofocus is less accurate at the edges of the frame

Your camera sensor has a defect in the corner pixels

What does the term 'crop factor' mean when comparing lenses on different sensor sizes?

It measures how much of the image the camera crops away during processing

It describes the multiplier applied to a lens's focal length to give the equivalent field of view on a full-frame camera

It tells you how much you can crop an image before losing too much resolution

It measures the amount of vignetting a lens produces at the corners

You want to photograph small insects at very close range with high magnification. Which lens type is specifically designed for this?

A telephoto zoom lens at its maximum focal length

A macro lens, which can focus at very short distances and achieve 1:1 or greater magnification

A wide-angle lens used at its minimum focus distance

A tilt-shift lens with the tilt adjusted for the insect's plane

A zoom lens covers 24-70mm. You are shooting a street scene and want to decide between using 24mm and 70mm. What is the most important consideration beyond framing?

Which focal length has better autofocus performance on your camera

How each focal length changes the spatial relationship between foreground and background elements in the scene

Which setting produces less chromatic aberration in the lens

How much the lens weighs at each focal length setting

When using a telephoto lens handheld, you find that many of your images are slightly blurry despite the autofocus confirming focus. What is the most likely issue and fix?

The telephoto lens is front-focusing and needs calibration

Camera shake is amplified at longer focal lengths, so you need a faster shutter speed (the common guideline is at least 1/focal length)

The lens aperture is too wide, causing optical softness

The autofocus motor in telephoto lenses is less accurate than in shorter lenses

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