Comments on: Principles of Photography-ISO – Controlling camera’s light sensitivity

By: Nicole J

Nicole J — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:07:08 +0000

Is the rest of the series linked to somewhere? I can’t find it!

By: Busyellebee

Busyellebee — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:13:56 +0000

Hello,
I have just discovered your website and your photo series. It’s brilliant! Thanks so much for doing this, I have learnt so much already, can’t wait for the next installments!

By: Angie

Angie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:31:05 +0000

I am playing with the ISO, I have an old DSLR, A SIGMA sd9, and have the option only for iso 100, 200, and 400. So if I am only using natural light, mainly on overcast days, because that’s what we got in “sunny” central florida, yes that’s sarcastic, do you know orlando has 20 inches more annual rainfall than seattle, but we dont get snow! much anyway, just the occasional flurries once in a blue moon. But anyway if I am only using low natural light outside or in a huge window, to get the shadowing and contrast of the food, in that situation is it better to use the ISO 100, and higher ISO for specialty shots like your example?

By: Angie

Angie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:06:15 +0000

I haven’t played with the ISO yet, because I was afraid of getting grainy images. For some reason I had this reversed, I thought 400 and up ISO was for bright sunny things, and 100 was for overcast and low light, so I have been using 100 for everything and really long shutter speeds and high apertures. I am going to try this and see how high I can crank it before it gets grainy. Thanks for the info!

By: noobcook

noobcook — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:03:16 +0000

I totally enjoyed reading your photography series – they are easy to understand and so comprehensive. Look forward to the upcoming articles

By: Andrea Meyers

Andrea Meyers — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:36 +0000

When I first got my Canon 40D last year I thought it wouldn’t be too difficult to learn since I had been shooting in manual mode on my P&S for two years. Turns out your tutorials would have been very helpful because here I am a year later finally wrapping my head around some of this stuff. Thanks for making everything in these tutorials so clear and easy to understand.

By: White on Rice Couple

White on Rice Couple — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:04:28 +0000

Manggy- Yeah, many P&S camera’s have limitations on ISO and ultimately produce grainy shots on higher ISO’s, like you mentioned. Time to get yourself a DSLR!

By: Manggy

Manggy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:16:24 +0000

Loving the series so far! Unfortunately my P&S is unbelievably noisy even at relatively low ISO, so I have to stick to 80-120 most of the time, unless I’m desperate…

By: Angela@spinachtiger.com

Angela@spinachtiger.com — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:38:34 +0000

Again, thanks, this is really helping me. I’ve sat through photography videos,and gotten lost and bored. You need to put this in a book. I would buy.

By: Lydia (The Perfect Pantry)

Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:30:32 +0000

Really enjoying this series. I’m with you up to now, and really looking forward to White Balance, which has always been a stumbling block for me. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.