STUDENT

22564VIC Certificate IV in Musical Instrument Making and Repair

CAMERA OPERATION WORKSHEET

Student Name
Student ID
Date
Unit(s) of competency CUAPHI302 Capture photographic images

Assessment due date Students are given the date at the start of the unit.
Task instructions

This assessment accompanies attendance of an introductory photography workshop on the use of digital cameras.
Students will refer to the manufacturer’s specifications and explore the following camera features:
• Focus – auto & manual
• Aperture/Shutter speed/ Program settings
• ISO light sensitivity setting
• Depth of field
• Quality settings – including RAW image format
• Preview image
The assessment in the classroom consists of 7 questions and you will also need to submit a series of images
displaying a basic understanding of digital camera use to capture images.

Conditions for assessment

This is an individual written task. You must not copy the work of others.
If you need extra time or a verbal assessment, talk to your trainer at least one week before to arrange this.
The trainer can help you understand a question but can give you no more support than this.
Give your completed work to the trainer. You will be assessed as satisfactory or not satisfactory. All the questions must
be answered to be assessed satisfactory.
You can appeal the assessment decision according to the RTO assessment policy and procedure.

Equipment/resources students must supply: Equipment/resources provided by the RTO:

Pens, pencils Digital cameras
Computer for image download

QUESTIONS
Q1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of shooting in RAW?
Advantages:

Disadvantages:

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Q2. When would you choose to select manual focus?

Q3. What shutter speed would you select for fast moving objects?

Q4. When would you select a high ISO?

Q5. (a) What does the term Depth of field refer to?

b) How is depth of field controlled?

Q6. a) What does pixel count (megapixels) refer to?

b) How does pixel count relate to resolution and output size of the final image?

Q7. According to the manufacturer’s instructions, what is the procedure for cleaning and storing digital camera and
accessories?

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CHECKLIST
Satisfactory?
Task Requirements Comments
Yes No

Questions - All questions are answered satisfactorily. ☐ ☐

Digital Image Series - A series of photo images are produced to
illustrate different digital camera features. ☐ ☐
 Focus – auto & manual
 Aperture/Shutter speed/ Program settings
 ISO light sensitivity setting
 Depth of field
 Quality settings – including RAW image format
 Preview image

Images are lodged on the student drive and written work in this ☐ ☐
worksheet is provided to assessor for sign off & validation.

FEEDBACK TO STUDENT
Has the student successfully completed this assessment task? Yes ☐ No ☐

Feedback to the student

Assessor Name Date

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