Baisc LE Photograpgh and Video

Question 0

What should an LE digital SLR camera system have to record photos?

Answer 0

An SD Digital Media Card

Question 1

What is the LE standard for megapixels?

Answer 1

6 Megapixels (6 Million Pixels)

Question 2

What are the settings for Crime Scene Photography?

Answer 2

1. A- Auto Focus
2. VR- is on
3. Flash or no Flash
4. P- programmed automatic mode or full auto
5. Lower ISO - 100
6. Shorter Focal Lengths- 18mm to 55mm

Question 3

What are the settings for surveillance photograpghy?

Answer 3

M - For manual focus
VR - on
No Flash
P - programmed automatic mode
Higher ISO - 800 to 1600
Longer Focal Lengths - 55mm And Higher

Question 4

What is the standard crime scene zoom?

Answer 4

18-55 mm

Question 5

What do you set zoom at for wide field of view?

Answer 5

18mm

Question 6

What is the telephoto (long distance) zoom?

Answer 6

105mm and up

Question 7

When using the Set Up menu what should you consider?

Answer 7

World Time- Time Stamp - disable during surveillance when to target

Question 8

What should you consider when using the custom setting menu?

Answer 8

Beep and AF assist - disable during surveillance photography

Question 9

What should the shooting mode be set at?

Answer 9

P- Program automatic

Question 10

What is the difference from point and shoot cameras?

Answer 10

Zoom lenses and ability to change lenses depending upon the photographic objective

Question 11

What are the four elements of a photographic exposure?

Answer 11

LISA:
Light
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Shutter Speed
Aperture

Question 12

What is Light?

Answer 12

Natural (Sunlight, moonlight, Starlight) and Artificial light

Question 13

What is ISO?

Answer 13

International Organization for standardization

• The higher the ISO setting, the more sensitive the camera’s sensor is to light
• Higher ISOs require less light in the environment and allow for faster shutter speeds in lower light considerations, such as nighttime surveillance assignments

Question 14

What is shutter speed?

Answer 14

• Duration of time that light is permitted to strike the sensor
• identified in fractions of a second (1/60th), whole seconds (30”), or full minutes
• SLR cameras use while #s, but they represent fractions (30=1/30th)
• Shutter Speed stops motion

Question 15

What is Aperture?

Answer 15

Physical opening in a camera lens or an optical instrument that allows light to pass through

F- Stops control depth of field

Question 16

What shutter speed helps control camera shake?

Answer 16

1/60th Minimum for handheld

Question 17

What is the shutter speed stops motion of walking or running speed?

Answer 17

1/60th to 1/250th

Question 18

What is the shutter speed that stops motion of moving vehicles?

Answer 18

1/500th - 1/1000th

Question 19

What are the elements associated with creating a crime scene or evidence document video?

Answer 19

1. Disengage the audio
2. Smooth and deliberate moves
3. Moves: pan, tilt, zoom
4. videos should be made prior to searching the scene or moving evidence
5. Finalize disk (wont play in computer if not finalized)

Question 20

What are the three documentary perspectives?

Answer 20

1. Overall
2. Intermediate
3. Close-Up

Question 21

What is the overall of documentary persepctive?

Answer 21

It establishes where the crime was committed or where the event took place (External and Internal)

Question 22

What is the intermediate document perspective?

Answer 22

It shows the relationship of evidence to the scene and evidence to evidence to eveidence

Question 23

What is close up when conducting documentation perspectives?

Answer 23

90 degree angles, full frame isolated compositions of individual items of evidence that could be used as exhibits in court

Question 24

What should you do with a photo log?

Answer 24

1. Maintain a log
2. General Descriptive
3. Camera Settings are in the metadata (time of photo, ect)
4. Not required during surveillance
5. Reminds why photo was taken
6. Digital images must not be deleted during the photography of a crime scene or evidence