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Photography 101 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/8/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

An ammo can somewhere on the USC campus, but not at the above coordinates.

Set your SLR camera on manual. A. You are taking a portrait. Your meter reading is 1/60 at f11. You want less depth of field so you change your shutter speed to 1/500. Your f stop is now __. B. You are photographing an insect. Your meter reading is 1/15 at f 5.6. You need a little more shutter speed so you switch to 1/30. Your f stop is now __. C. You are shooting a tennis match and it is getting dark. Your reading is 1/125 at f5.6. You need more shutter speed so you switch to f2.8. Your new shutter speed is 1/__00. Now for the history portion. In __ __ __ D Niepce created a permanent photographic image. In __ __ E __ Leitz markets the first Leica. In __ __ __ F Hasselblad offers its first medium format SLR for sale. Your coordinates are 33 59. ABC 081 01. DEF Check sum: A+B+C+D+E+F=GH G+H=11 Have fun and CITO.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg guvf gvzr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)