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JKSSB Cameraman Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Official 120-mark written examination syllabus for Cameraman covering Camera Mechanics, Optics & Sensor Technology (Mirrorless vs DSLR Systems, Optical vs Electronic Viewfinders EVF, Lens Mounts Nikon F & Canon EF, Prime, Zoom, Wide-Angle, Telephoto & Super Telephoto Lenses, Constant vs Variable Aperture, True 1:1 Macro Reproduction, Tilt-Shift Perspective Correction, Anastigmatic Lenses, Diopter Eyepiece Adjustment, Optical Image Stabilization OIS, Leaf Shutters in TLR vs Focal Plane, CMOS vs CCD Sensor Architecture, Full Frame vs APS-C Crop Factor, RAM Buffer Limits, Vidicon Tube Quartz Faceplate, Bellows Movements in Large Format View Cameras, Rangefinder Parallax Error & Swing-Lens Panoramic Cameras), Exposure Triangle, Lighting & Composition Techniques (Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO Reciprocity & Equivalent Exposures, Dynamic Range & Bit Depth, Exposure Latitude, Spot vs Matrix Metering, Studio Lighting Ratios 3:1, Flat Lighting, Backlighting in Food Photography, Feathered Light, Hair Lights, Softbox Diffusion, Gobos, Classic Rembrandt Lighting Triangle, Focus Stacking, Autofocus Modes AF-S, AF-C, Auto-Servo, Focus Peaking, Leading Lines, Symmetrical Monument Centering, Eye-Level vs Establishing Shots, Aspect Ratios, Polarizing & Graduated ND Filters, 18% Neutral Gray Card Calibration, Photogrammetry & Ethical Wildlife Sustainability), History of Photography & Classical Chemical Processes (Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 1816/1826 Heliography with Bitumen of Judea & 8-hour exposure, Louis Daguerre 1839 Daguerreotype, William Henry Fox Talbot Calotype Paper Negatives, Wet & Dry Ferrotypes / Tintypes on Japanned Iron Plates, Ambrotype Glass Positives, Silver Bromide Film Emulsion, Panchromatic Spectral Sensitivity, Solar-Assisted Ricoh XR-S SLR 1980s, Group f/64 Straight Photography 1930s Ansel Adams & Edward Weston, Photo-Secession 1902 Alfred Stieglitz & Pictorialism Fine Art Movement), and Digital Image Processing, Color Models & Post-Production (RAW Uncompressed Sensor Data, Lossy JPEG vs Lossless PNG/TIFF, CMYK Print vs RGB Display, HSL Color Model, Color Temperature in Kelvin, White Balance Shift, Histograms & Highlight/Shadow Clipping, HDR Fusion, Computer Graphics, Operating System Resource Management, SSD vs HDD Durability, Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom Workflow, Layers, History Brush, Puppet Warp, Gradient Tool, Crop Tool & Gaussian Blur Noise Filtering).

📜 Notification:Advt No. 04 of 2024 & Advt No. 03 of 2025 (OMR Examination 2025)
TOTAL MARKS
120 Marks
TIME DURATION
120 Mins
NEGATIVE MARKING
-0.25 Mark
UNITS / SECTIONS
4 Sections

Declared Weightage vs. Observed Exam History

The Declared Weightage represents the marks allocated in the official notification. The Observed Count reveals the actual number of solved questions asked in real past papers from our verified dataset.

UNIT 1

Camera Mechanics, Optics & Sensor Technology

50 Marks
Mirrorless vs DSLR Architecture, EVF vs Optical Viewfinders, Hot Shoe, Diopter Adjustment, Leaf Shutters & View Camera Bellows
Declared: 18 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Prime, Zoom, Wide-Angle, Telephoto, Super Telephoto, Macro (1:1), Anastigmatic, Tilt-Shift Lenses & Mounts (Nikon F/Canon EF)
Declared: 16 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
CMOS vs CCD Sensors, Full Frame vs APS-C Crop Factor, High-ISO Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Buffer Limits & Optical Stabilization (OIS)
Declared: 16 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 2

Exposure Triangle, Lighting & Composition Techniques

35 Marks
Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO Reciprocity Law, Exposure Latitude, Spot/Matrix Metering, 18% Gray Card & Bracketing
Declared: 12 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Studio Lighting Ratios (3:1), Rembrandt Lighting, Hair Lights, Feathered Light, Softbox Diffusion, Backlighting & Gobos
Declared: 12 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Leading Lines, Monument Centering, Eye-Level/Establishing Shots, Aspect Ratios, Filters (ND/CPL), Focus Stacking & Ethics
Declared: 11 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 3

History of Photography & Classical Chemical Processes

15 Marks
Niépce Heliography (1816/1826 8-Hour Exposure), Daguerreotype (1839), Calotype Paper Process, Tintypes (Ferrotype) & Ambrotypes
Declared: 8 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Silver Bromide Gelatin Emulsions, Panchromatic Film, Group f/64 (1930s Adams/Weston), Photo-Secession (1902 Stieglitz) & Pictorialism
Declared: 7 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 4

Digital Image Processing, Color Models & Post-Production

20 Marks
RAW vs Lossy JPEG, Bit Depth, CMYK Print vs RGB, HSL Color Model, Color Temperature (Kelvin) & White Balance Shift
Declared: 10 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom Workflow, Histogram & Clipping, Layers, History Brush, Puppet Warp, Crop & Gaussian Blur
Declared: 10 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)

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