When you set a high ISO on your camera you can?

Adjusting the ISO can assist you to achieve the shutter speed and/or aperture settings you desire to create the style of photograph you have in mind. ISO 100 allowing a very slow shutter speed (long exposure).

What happens to a photo if the ISO goes above 400?

At any step above base ISO, there is digital amplification added, but no analog. As you go up from 800, digital amplification is added back again, but only up from 800. The image quality is thus better at 800 than, say, 640, or even 400. This technology is a significant step up in low-light performance.

How does ISO affect your photography?

If you look at what happens inside your camera, there’s an amplifier (just like the one in a hi-fi albeit much, much smaller) connected to the sensor output. Increasing the ISO increases the gain of amplifier thereby increasing the output signal from the sensor. (It turns up the volume if we use our hi-fi analogy.)

How high should I set my camera ISO?

The best way to know how high you can get away with setting your ISO is to simply go into your living room and have a family member sit on a chair. Set your camera to ISO 100 and compensate with your aperture and shutter speed to try to expose the photo properly.

What is the best ISO to take pictures at?

Set your camera to ISO 100 and compensate with your aperture and shutter speed to try to expose the photo properly. Then move up to ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600, ISO 3200, ISO 6400 up to the highest ISO your camera has.

What does ISO mean on a digital SLR camera?

The letters ISO on your digital SLR camera refers to film speed. Even though your camera is most likely not film at all, but rather digital, the ISO camera setting still has the same function as older film cameras. ISO determines how sensitive the image sensor is to light.