iso settings.
Sep 7, 2019 06:31:43 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Your ISO setting basically adjusts your sensors sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the higher the light sensitivity allowing you to shoot with less light available.
Right. Now lets see if we can get ten more pages saying basically the same thing.
Sep 7, 2019 06:33:27 #
The OP is probably more confused now than he was when he asked the question. I think he just needed a straight-forward explanation. Especially for someone who may be newer to photography and it's lingo.
Sep 7, 2019 06:55:03 #
Not exactly. The sensor sensitivity to light remains the same, not varying.
An ISO setting higher than the native ISO only amplifies the native ISO.
More precisely, the native ISO of the camera sensor produces an electronic signal that the camera processor receives.
From there, the camera processor can boost (amplify) this signal to emulate the sensitivity of film.
As a beginner, you may not need to know the technical description of ISO and its variation.
I suggest instead that you study the Exposure Triangle and treat the ISO setting and its variation in relation to shutter speed and aperture. Gaining a working understanding of the Exposure Triangle will serve you well in doing photography.
An ISO setting higher than the native ISO only amplifies the native ISO.
More precisely, the native ISO of the camera sensor produces an electronic signal that the camera processor receives.
From there, the camera processor can boost (amplify) this signal to emulate the sensitivity of film.
As a beginner, you may not need to know the technical description of ISO and its variation.
I suggest instead that you study the Exposure Triangle and treat the ISO setting and its variation in relation to shutter speed and aperture. Gaining a working understanding of the Exposure Triangle will serve you well in doing photography.
MT Shooter wrote:
Your ISO setting basically adjusts your sensors sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the higher the light sensitivity allowing you to shoot with less light available.
Sep 7, 2019 07:03:11 #
anotherview wrote:
Here's one discussion of ISO and settings: https://digital-photography-school.com/iso-settings/
Google "ISO settings" for more articles on this vital camera setting.
Beware contrarian views on this subject. Stick with straightforward explanations.
Google "ISO settings" for more articles on this vital camera setting.
Beware contrarian views on this subject. Stick with straightforward explanations.
You can find many other clear explanations like the one at Cambridge in Colour in CAMERA EXPOSURE. Illustrations and visual aids help a lot.
An explanation gets murky when the author spends a lot of time trying to prove how much they know instead of addressing the original question at the appropriate level.
Sep 7, 2019 07:03:25 #
"I do not understand iso settings could someone explain it to me I am and amature."
You have a lot of reading to do. ISO settings is basic photography and it goes along with lens apertures and shutter speeds. It is not practical to explain all that here but there are excellent books available for your information.
You have a lot of reading to do. ISO settings is basic photography and it goes along with lens apertures and shutter speeds. It is not practical to explain all that here but there are excellent books available for your information.
Sep 7, 2019 07:22:10 #
roy4711 wrote:
I do not understand iso settings could someone explain it to me I am and amature.
Think of ISO as the volume control dial on a radio. The more you turn it up the louder and more distorted the sound becomes. Turn it down and the quieter and less noisy the sound becomes.
Now think of the sound as though it were light and hopefully you will see the analogy between sound control and light control—which has helped me understand ISO.
Sep 7, 2019 07:25:28 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
roy4711 wrote:
I do not understand iso settings could someone explain it to me I am and amature.
ISO (International Standards Organization)
I like to think of ISO in terms of your eye. Weather you know it or not, the pupil of your eye outside at midnight is wide open because you need to let in more light to be able to see in the dark.
Now your outside at noon on a cloudless day, now the pupil of your eye has a much smaller opening because you need a lot less (light coming in) opening than at midnight.
So, your eye lets in more light and less light depending on the brightness of light.
ISO will allow you to do the same thing. At dusk you will need a wider opening, you need to let in more light, so you set your ISO to a high number, let us say 12,000 just as an example.
Now, your out at noon and you do not need the SPEED you needed at dusk, so, you an set your ISO to a smaller number, say 200.
Now, there are two other items that you also need to understand, F stop (lens opening) and Shutter speed, these can effect the ISO you use.
But, that's for another day. Enjoy and keep on shooting until the end.
Sep 7, 2019 07:29:47 #
rmalarz wrote:
One doesn't need to complicate things. MT Shooter's definition was quite sufficient.
--Bob
--Bob
Sep 7, 2019 07:30:57 #
aschweik wrote:
The OP is probably more confused now than he was when he asked the question. I think he just needed a straight-forward explanation. Especially for someone who may be newer to photography and it's lingo.
So true.
Sep 7, 2019 07:33:12 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Right. Now lets see if we can get ten more pages saying basically the same thing.
Yes. But then how would they support their self inflated sense of importance.
Sep 7, 2019 08:10:40 #
roy4711 wrote:
I do not understand iso settings could someone explain it to me I am and amature.
I tell my students, ISO (International Standards Organization) is "artificial light" applied to the image. The higher the ISO number the more "light" you will see in the photo, which makes what's in the photo more visible to the viewer.
Sep 7, 2019 08:51:07 #
Sep 7, 2019 09:17:30 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
MT Shooter wrote:
Your ISO setting basically adjusts your sensors sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the higher the light sensitivity allowing you to shoot with less light available.
Use a low ISO number in bright natural light and a high number in dim light. Also, a low ISO number in bright light yields better image quality than a high ISO number in dim light. That’s because there is more digital noise when you use a high ISO setting. Got it?
Sep 7, 2019 09:31:45 #
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Sep 7, 2019 09:34:19 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Your ISO setting basically adjusts your sensors sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the higher the light sensitivity allowing you to shoot with less light available.
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