Photography and Digital Media · Stage 4-5

The Camera and Exposure

How a camera records light, and the three controls that decide the result.

Dot points
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Module
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Course
Photography and Digital Media
01What this module asks of you

The 8 syllabus dot points in The Camera and Exposure

These are the statements the Photography and Digital Media syllabus makes about The Camera and Exposure. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.

  1. 01

    How a camera sensor records light

    How a camera sensor records light - The Camera and Exposure, Year 9.

  2. 02

    Aperture and depth of field

    Aperture and depth of field - The Camera and Exposure, Year 9.

  3. 03

    Shutter speed and motion

    Shutter speed and motion - The Camera and Exposure, Year 9.

  4. 04

    ISO and noise

    ISO and noise - The Camera and Exposure, Year 9.

  5. 05

    The exposure triangle

    The exposure triangle - The Camera and Exposure, Year 9.

  6. 06

    Metering and exposure compensation

    Metering and exposure compensation - The Camera and Exposure, Year 9.

  7. 07

    Lenses and focal length

    Lenses and focal length - The Camera and Exposure, Year 9.

  8. 08

    White balance and colour temperature

    White balance and colour temperature - The Camera and Exposure, Year 9.

02How it is examined

What a The Camera and Exposure question asks you to do

Year 9 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on The Camera and Exposure are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Photography and Digital Media uses.

analyse3–5describe2–3evaluate4–6explain3–4identify1select1

Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.

03Where this module sits

The Camera and Exposure in the Photography and Digital Media course

The Camera and Exposure opens the Photography and Digital Media course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.

Start of courseThe Camera and Exposure
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Find the The Camera and Exposure dot points you have never been asked

Dux diagnoses Photography and Digital Media dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.

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