Smartphone Photography Quiz

Modern smartphones rival dedicated cameras with computational photography. Test your knowledge of mobile photography techniques, settings, and best practices.

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What is "computational photography"?

Using a light meter

Software processing that improves images automatically

Editing photos on a computer

Calculating exposure manually

2 / 10

Which feature helps balance high-contrast scenes on a phone?

OIS

HDR (High Dynamic Range)

Digital Zoom

Burst Mode

3 / 10

Why is optical zoom better than digital zoom?

It uses higher ISO

It crops the sensor

It uses the lens optics to magnify without losing resolution

It increases aperture size

4 / 10

Tap-to-focus on a smartphone usually also locks what?

White Balance

Shutter Speed

Exposure

Focal Length

5 / 10

"Portrait Mode" primarily simulates which optical effect?

Motion blur

Bokeh (shallow depth of field)

Wide-angle distortion

Lens flare

6 / 10

What is the best way to trigger the shutter without shaking the phone?

Tapping the screen hard

Using the volume button or a headphone remote

Using digital zoom

Moving the phone while tapping

7 / 10

Night Mode works by:

Using a powerful flash

Increasing aperture to f/0.95

Capturing multiple long exposures and stacking them

Only using the black and white sensor

8 / 10

Which file format should you enable for maximum editing flexibility?

JPEG

HEIC

RAW / DNG

GIF

9 / 10

Grid lines on a phone screen help primarily with:

Battery life

Rule of Thirds and horizon leveling

Color accuracy

Focus peaking

10 / 10

The "wide-angle" lens on most phones has the characteristic of:

Compressing the background

Distorting edges and exaggerating perspective

Reducing depth of field

Removing all distortion

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