Join Ben Long for an in-depth discussion in this video ISO control, part of Photography Foundations: Exposure (part 1).
- [Ben] If you're originally a film shooter,…then you may not think of ISO as an exposure parameter,…because when you shoot film,…you choose an ISO when you buy a roll of film…and you shoot at that ISO throughout the entire roll.…With film, ISO is not something you can adjust…from shot to shot.…That's one of the great boons of digital photography.…Being able to change ISO on the fly,…means that we have much greater flexibility and freedom…to change shutter speed and aperture.…We can compensate for those changes, to shutter speed…or aperture, by shifting ISO anytime that we need to.…
Somewhere on your camera, there is an ISO control.…You need to find it now.…It might be a dial,…it might be something that you access from a menu.…On this Canon camera, for example,…ISO is selected by pressing a button and turning a dial…and reading a readout either on this screen…or on the back or in the viewfinder.…On this Fuji camera, I actually have an ISO dial.…This is it right here…and as I turn it,…I get a readout inside my viewfinder.…
Author
Ben Long
Released
11/12/2018Note: This course is designed to work with any digital camera, but it is easier to follow along using a digital SLR or mirrorless camera.
- What is exposure?
- Modern camera anatomy
- Shutter, aperture, and ISO
- Light metering
- Changing shutter speed and aperture
- Exposure compensation
- Light meters
- Autofocus
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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A word about camera brands3m 19s
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1. Exposure Fundamentals
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What is exposure?5m 10s
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What is tone?2m 28s
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What is good exposure?8m 14s
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2. Camera Anatomy
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Inside a camera3m 40s
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Modern camera anatomy5m 43s
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The shutter5m 28s
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The aperture3m 1s
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ISO4m 16s
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3. Basic Metering and Exposing
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Modes2m 46s
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Pressing the shutter button2m 48s
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Light metering2m 55s
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ISO control3m 58s
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Preventing blurry images4m 30s
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4. Dynamic Range
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Aesthetics of dynamic range3m 16s
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What is high dynamic range?2m 40s
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RAW vs. JPEG2m 27s
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5. Exposure Compensation
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The histogram in practice7m 11s
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Real-world histograms9m 23s
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Auto-exposure bracketing3m 10s
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6. Light Meters and Autofocus
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How light meters work5m 34s
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Autofocus basics6m 32s
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Conclusion
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Where to go next3m 34s
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