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1. Nowadays, most cameras are made in Japan or other countries in the Far East. Which of these was NOT a Japanese camera manufacturer?
2. My very first real camera was a Zorki IVK. In which of these European countries was it made?
3. In one of the most unforgettable photographs of the 20th Century, a young girl was seen running naked down a road her face contorted with pain. In which war was the picture taken?
4. In 1960, an Asian political leader was stabbed to death at a party rally. His death was captured on film and and that image was voted "Picture of the Year" by the World Press Photo Holland Foundation. In which of these countries did the incident happen?
5. The conspiracy theorists say they were fakes, for the rest of us they were literally out of this world. What make of camera was used to take photographs when man first set foot on the moon in 1969?
6. Cameras at the movies: Which Hitchcock film masterpiece featured a photographer who used his camera to look into the lives of his neighbours, then began to suspect a woman had been murdered?
7. Silenced: The truth about one of the most famous murders of the 20th Century may never be known because the chief suspect was shot dead at point-blank range by a lone gunman before he could testify. A photograph of that act became one of the most famous images of the century. Where was it taken?
8. Cameras work by allowing light to fall on a recording medium (film or digital chip). For a correct exposure you need to balance the shutter speed and aperture. The width of the aperture is measured in f stops. At a shutter speed of 1/60th of a second, which of these would allow the most light through?
9. Marie Helvin was one of the most glamorous models of her, or any other, age. She was captured on film in a book called "Trouble And Strife" by her then photographer husband. Who was he?
10. Almost from the time they first came about, cameras have been used for military purposes. In 1905, the US Army experimented with aerial photographs. What kind of aircraft was used?
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