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History of Cameras …Quiz

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Many of us owns something that could take a picture … be it a camera or a phone. We probably use it daily, snapping away as we walk around the neighbourhood or on the way to work/school.

I’ve gotten a little curious about how camera works and comes about … and so I did some reading … and then well, why not a quiz about the history of cameras?

  • Question of

    He is the creator of photography

    • Helmut Gernsheim
    • Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
    • Louis Daguerre
  • Question of

    The first “Cameras” started out as …

    • an accidental discovery during a blackout
    • an aid for drawing and painting
    • training for spies and secret agents
  • Question of

    This camera was invented by Oskar Barnack and put into production in 1925

    • Argus C3
    • Asahiflex IIb
      DCF 1.0
    • Leica I
  • Question of

    The 1st photograph was not permanent, it was on…

    • a piece of paper coated with silver chloride
    • a piece of wood coated with calcium chloride
    • a piece of metal coated with silver nitrate
  • Question of

    This is the oldest surviving camera photograph

    • View from Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
    • View from the Window at Le Gras
    • Le vase en porcelaine
  • Question of

    The early photographs were mainly on …

    • stones
    • paper
    • metal plates
    • wood
  • Question of

    The first pentaprism SLR is …

    • Contax S
    • Hasselblad 1600F
    • Nikon F
  • Question of

    The first consumer camera with a liquid crystal display on the back was the Casio QV-10 developed by a team led by Hiroyuki Suetaka in …

    • 1989
    • 1990
    • 1992
    • 1995
  • Question of

    The daguerreotypy, was the first publicly available photographic process, and for nearly twenty years it was the one most commonly used.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    Informal “candid” portraits became popular in the late 1870s, due to

    • increase in photograpgy lovers
    • invention of “instantaneous” snapshot exposures
    • popularity of painter/artist, Camille Doncieux’s works

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Written by alibb

29 Comments

      • History has some interesting ‘details’, agreed.
        I can spend hours watching videos and documentaries about the medieval ways of torture, or the gross stuff of the Victorian age. ?

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        • Haha … I saw just one documentary about torturing instruments and tools … and I feel the pain … just by looking at them and knowing how they works.
          Now you got me interesting in the gross stuffs of Victorian age… hmm …

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    • Lol, the camera obscura reminds me of Fatal Frame …
      but well, it’s fascinating! If you do built one, share with us 🙂

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        • Haiz… FF is really fun, but after a few games (of the series), I guess it does gets a little “repetitive” and predictable … Still it’s one of the more interesting and fun horror games I played. There is one on DS Nanashi no game which is quite engaging too

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    • Haha… the score is some numbers that I don’t read :p
      Just have fun!

      Glad you enjoyed my quiz, that is what matters 🙂

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    • Haha, you don’t need an excuse 🙂
      Score doesn’t matter at all!! Just have fun, that is all that is important!

      And thank you for dropping by despite having little interesting in the topic, I appreciate that 🙂