Comments on: Moving Toward Manual Settings: Understanding ISO (a beginner’s guide)

By: Kruttika

Kruttika — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:21:10 +0000

This is a great tutorial! I’ve just bought a Nikon D3100 and your four articles have helped me immensely. Great writing style too. Keep em coming

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:49:39 +0000

I can’t even begin to tell you how wonderful your posts are. I’m a news anchor with a passion for photography and just recently bought a D90 but had NO idea what to do with it. Photographer friends would try their best to explain it to me, but still, nothing…
the way you speak to people is incredibly easy to follow and has helped me ridiculously.
Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that you are friggin’ hilarious!
Thank you , Thank you, Thank you!!!!

By: Author: Natalie Norton

Author: Natalie Norton — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:58:57 +0000

Rina,

Yes, newer models do advertise less noise at higher iso levels. The higher the iso, the higher the sensitivity to light. . . also the more PIXELS you see (aka grain. . . word is used from the film days).

Does that help?

Your other question about shutter speeds, is YES. Shutter speeds are the same on all cameras. . . though there are whole stops in shutter speeds and third stops, I’ve never shot a newer digi that didn’t have 3rd stops.

By: Rina Minca

Rina Minca — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:40:42 +0000

Thank you so much for this article, Natalie! I really understand ISO now. I always knew the results, but never knew what I was doing and why. I have one question though, the newer cameras which advertise higher ISO, does that mean they have less noise at that number, or something else. My DSLR that I just got goes up to 3200, what does that mean? Anyone?

Thanks,
Rina

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:49:30 +0000

Very handy! I’m off to the beach shortly to take some long exposure shots. Tried the other nite but the results weren’t all that great, now that I know more I’m sure it should be more of a success.. thanx for the post!

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:36:05 +0000

Thank you Natalie!! I have watched and read soo many tutorials and what not and seriously…I get it now all because of your post thank you!!! greatly appreciated

By: Hirani

Hirani — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:55:10 +0000

Natalie,
BRILLIANT lesson, love your pics by the way..8-)

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:41:47 +0000

@ Yo Bobby

Shoot RAW, this will allow you to significantly more control over the white balance at post processing. If you are shooting JPEG you pretty much need to nail the white balance at the time you take the shot.

By: Yo Bobby

Yo Bobby — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:56:07 +0000

Great series! Looking forward to the other key manual setting… white balance!! It seems to be the one I frequently forget to set and image quality is greatly effected.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:42:05 +0000

@ Deanna

As per Toby’s comment, I am pretty sure that the lower the ISO, the less sensitive it is too light. That is why increasing ISO is recommended for fast moving subjects, low light conditions and minimising camera shake.

Use a tripod for low ISO pictures.