Portrait Flash Quiz Name______________________________Score____________
1. Who is the inventor of modern electronic flash??________________
2. What is M Sync and what happens if you use it with electronic flash??
3. What type of shutter can be used with any shutter speed when using electronic flash??
4. Describe in detail the synchronizing shutter speed when using a focal plane shutter.
5. Precisely describe the cause of the half picture appearance with an improperly synchronized focal plane shutter.
6. What do we call the technique when we use a slow shutter speed with flash.______________
7. Which f/stop would give the greatest distance in the auto range f/4 or f/11??
8. What is the advantage of using a leaf type shutter with electronic flash?
9. List the three systems of establishing exposure when using portable flash, these are described as modes on your flash _______________ ______________________ ________________________________
10. Describe manual exposure and how to get a proper exposure.
11. Describe the AUTO exposure system, Describe how the flash determines the amount of light to output. How do you set the camera and how do you use an auto flash.
12. The auto range is important in using flash. What would the effect be if you tried to use an auto flash beyond its auto range??
13. What mode would we select to use a flash with a radio slave shot into an umbrella??
14. Why is the quality of light changed when you use a bounce flash?
15. How do we correct for the effect known as raccoon eye?
16. List two types of slave systems for electronic flash.
17. List ISO recommendation for bounce flash photography.
18. List F/stop recommendations for bounce flash.
19. Why are many photographers using an external power pack for their flash work during a wedding.
20. T or F A dedicated flash will aid a photographer in focusing in a dark room.
21. Why does a portable flash zoom?? What does the zoom control effect??
22. The _____________________ square law describes how the light falls off from the flash.
23. What is the term used to describe how the portable flash turns off to control the power delivered to the subject??
24. The on camera flash is set to ______________________ when using wireless ettl flash with the second off camera light set to slave.
25. T or F Both Canon and Nikon have a wireless system built into their best flash units.
