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The Ultimate History of Photography quiz
1) What does the word
“photography” mean?
n taking pictures of graphs
n taking pictures of light
n drawing with light
n drawing with graphs
2) When was the first
pinhole camera described?
5th century B.C
13. A.D
1400 AD
Five and a bit minutes ago
3) What was happening in
one of the first ever candid
street portraits of a person?
n Someone was miserable (no
smile shutter back then!)
n Someone was getting their
shoes shined
n Someone was sticking two
fingers up behind someone
else’s head
n Someone was smiling and
waving
Thanks to Wikipedia! for supplying the questions
4) The camera obscura is a
sort of prototype camera
where light passes through
a tiny hole in a wall and
creates an upside down
image on an opposite wall
– but what does camera
obscura mean?
Weird Camera
Dark Chamber
Difficult-to-find Camera
Lost-my-Camera
5) When was
film invented?
1867
1884
1901
1964
6) What was the first
colour picture of?
n a cake
n a rainbow
n a tartan ribbon
n a landscape
7) What was the first ever
true digital camera?
Canon Powershot 600
Nikon AFS
Apple QuickShot
Fuji DS-1P
8) In 1991, Kodak
introduced the Kodak DCS-
100. It used a 1.3 megapixel
sensor – but how much did it
cost?
n $13,000
n $9,000
n $5,000
n $2,500
9) What was the first DSLR?
Nikon D1
Canon A1
Olympus E1
Pentax K1
10) What was the first DSLR
priced under $1000?
n Canon EOS 300D
n Nikon D40
n Olympus E500
n Sony A-100
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