Braingle: 'Cameras' Trivia Quiz

Cameras

Cameras give us the ability to visually record our favourite moments. Over the years, cameras have undergone many fundamental changes to how they capture and store images. See how much you know about this device.

Quiz ID:	#25511
Fun:	(2.75)
Difficulty:	(1.11)
Category:	Technology > Gadgets
Created By:	MarcM1098

#1 The aperture of a camera is similar to what part of an eye?

The cornea
The iris
The pupil
The retina

#2 In a camera, what is the main purpose of a lens?

To bend light rays so the camera can record them
To control the amount of light that enters the camera
To keep dust from entering the camera body
To illuminate the subject being recorded

#3 What part of a camera controls the length of time for a picture's exposure?

The aperture
The flash
The shutters
The timer

#4 The word "camera" comes from the Latin "camera obscura". What does the Latin phrase mean?

Dark chamber
Hidden cameo
Second image
Secret copy

#5 Early cameras recorded images on plates. What company first developed photographic film?

Fujifilm
Kodak
Polaroid

#6 An image is produced on film through a chemical reaction, caused by exposing the film to light.

True
False

#7 Instant film begins the development process right after a picture is taken. What company first introduced (and is famous for) its instant film camera?

Fujifilm
Kodak
Polaroid

#8 A digital camera has a sensor instead of film. The sensor is most similar to which of the following technologies?

Battery
Light bulb
Solar cell
Thermostat

#9 Just like on a computer screen, digital cameras represent an image with tiny dots called _____.

Cells
Flecks
Pixels
Rasters

#10 Some cameras carry the designation "SLR". What does "SLR" stand for?

Should Lower Red-eye
Simple Light Retina
Single-Lens Reflex
Super Long Range

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Cameras

#1 The aperture of a camera is similar to what part of an eye?

#2 In a camera, what is the main purpose of a lens?

#3 What part of a camera controls the length of time for a picture's exposure?

#4 The word "camera" comes from the Latin "camera obscura". What does the Latin phrase mean?

#5 Early cameras recorded images on plates. What company first developed photographic film?

#6 An image is produced on film through a chemical reaction, caused by exposing the film to light.

#7 Instant film begins the development process right after a picture is taken. What company first introduced (and is famous for) its instant film camera?

#8 A digital camera has a sensor instead of film. The sensor is most similar to which of the following technologies?

#9 Just like on a computer screen, digital cameras represent an image with tiny dots called _____.

#10 Some cameras carry the designation "SLR". What does "SLR" stand for?

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Cameras

#1 The aperture of a camera is similar to what part of an eye?

#2 In a camera, what is the main purpose of a lens?

#3 What part of a camera controls the length of time for a picture's exposure?

#4 The word "camera" comes from the Latin "camera obscura". What does the Latin phrase mean?

#5 Early cameras recorded images on plates. What company first developed photographic film?

#6 An image is produced on film through a chemical reaction, caused by exposing the film to light.

#7 Instant film begins the development process right after a picture is taken. What company first introduced (and is famous for) its instant film camera?

#8 A digital camera has a sensor instead of film. The sensor is most similar to which of the following technologies?

#9 Just like on a computer screen, digital cameras represent an image with tiny dots called _____.

#10 Some cameras carry the designation "SLR". What does "SLR" stand for?

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