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Changing ISO

Changing ISO

From the course: Learning to Shoot with the Sony Alpha a7 Series

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Changing ISO

- Now we mentioned with program auto mode, you have the ability to change ISO. ISO is a very useful adjustment that modifies the sensitivity of you camera's sensor. As you increase the ISO, you can use faster shutter speeds and smaller apertures. Now, this is a very useful adjustment and you'll typically start to modify it when you're shooting in lower lighting conditions. Higher ISO's can be problematic though because they sometimes introduce noise into the image. But, they do give you the flexibility to use smaller apertures, if needed, to capture deeper depth of fields. So by adjusting here, you can get the balance between the aperture and the exposure and it just gives you more flexibility. ISO can also be useful because it can balance out things like shutter speed. Let me show you how to change the ISO. Now in this case, we're in program mode and as I half press the shutter, you see it measures the scene and it's set this to an aperture of 3.2, shutter speed of a 60th of a…

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