What Pros Know about ISO that Beginners Often Ignore!

For me it's photo 1, the sky beautified the scene. The black and white are OK but I'd add more contrast so the darks are darker and the light lighter, although it doesn't need much change. I used to use film for my weddings, 1600iso film but set the camera at 800iso very punchy portraits.

I'm alway shoot at iso 50 if possible on my 5D classic

picture number one of house and lake looks the best to me.

I go for 2😊

I always shoot at ISO 800 in the Sun. It Brings out the shadows.

I love image 4

Thanks! I’m old school so always wanted the lowest ISO possible for print. I still feel icky at 400 but I’m going to try and let it go!

2, but 4 is also nice. Suits in B&W, nothing wrong with the color ones. Good picture!

Tremendous video. As a landscape photographer, I appreciate this video much. Thank you Sir.

3 is a bit brighter and seams has more color compare to the first.

100-800 is the best range for my bridge cam

3 is my favourite

All of those things about shooting low ISO and shooting high shutter speeds are true if you have a fast, large aperture lens. Most beginers don't have those lenses. This is true even for low light photography and true for Videography with ND filters. You can truly apply these techniques only after you get a right gear.

3 definitely

For all my studio and wedding photogs do keep in mind the guys posting these are wildlife or some type of outdoor/nature photographer.

#4
Get exposure right and higher ISOs won't be a problem that many people fear

NEVER

Number 2 for me. There is nice detail in the sky, and the monochrome gives a timeless feel.
The slow shutter speed in number 4 in this case to me makes the sea look like mud or wet sand rather than water.

I new to photography... been shooting for a month.. I've been shooting ISO at so many different settings because i have no clue what im doing. I just gor for the shot that turns out good...

The delightful Porthgain. Taken many a photo there during holidays.

Great work! How does shooting at higher ISO impact the dynamic range?

ISO is just a completely different beast these days. When i started in photography shooting film and early DSLRs you only went above 500 in desperate circumstances. Now with a modern mirrorless full frame camera 3200+ is fine. And lightroom now has an insane AI noise reduction tool.

What kind of back pack are you using sir?

Well, video ofc, but BMPCC 4k, 400 ISO, 180 degree, other things are done on ur lens and just forget about it.
As for photo - Nikon D5100. Noticed a cap of 3200 - passing it is a suicide, somehow u can repair ur photo on the post at 1600 and less and that’s ur last stop.

# 3

Great tutorial 👍

Thanks for making this video, never really considered experimenting with higher iso and faster shutter speed, I always just assumed I was stuck with needing a tripod since i struggle with staying super steady. Still pretty new to photography and most videos seem to praise iso 100 as being the only option but from your examples that's clearly not the case. Image 1 and 2 are my favorite.

I have an extreme bias to long exposure monochrome images, so I would pick #4.

If you bought a basic camera, you don't need to watch the video. Stick to low ISO, if you have a camera for over $1500 you don't need to deal with ISO

Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

My own photography improved so much as well from not being scared of ISO, which turned out to be a non-issue, even at 6400 ISO for my camera. If all you shoot is super wide, super fast, focus to infinity landscapes, then great, you can do the same thing all day long and just hunt low ISO. But if you shoot all types of focal ranges, using zoom lenses, and a variety of styles, then you need to learn to properly use ISO. There is a reason it's there to adjust, and not just locked at 64 or 32! Best aperture might be at f13, best shutter speed might be 1/5000 or you might not have time to manually adjust everything, but you know that aperture and shutter speed NEED to be a certain way to get the look you want or the sharpness you want, and the only thing left is ISO. There are so many reasons to let your ISO go up. Even at ISO 12800, my camera does decent with a SMALL amount of denoising in post, granted my other settings give me the exposure I need for the shot. However, if my shutter speed is too slow, if my aperture is too open or closed, the shot could be unusable or, at the veyr least, undesired. Shutter and aperture completely change the look of the photo. They change what's in focus, bokeh "opacity", motion blur of moving subjects compared to still subjects and so much more. ISO just helps your exposure, and adds a bit of noise doing so, and if the noise becomes noticeable, it can be reduced to the point where it's a not barely noticeable, or not even noticeable especially if you print it on canvas. There isn't even an argument for me here, 2 out of 3 settings affect the style of the photo, ISO doesn't. ISO helps you get the style you want, so you should use it. If you don't, your style is most likely already stale and imprisoned by a fear of ISO.

3 or 4 I think from a quick glance. Hey, got me subbed!!

Just shoot at your native ISO. It yields the best results. That’s why it’s the native lol.

What backpack are you using?

4

Depends on where you live. I’m in Texas. Scorching sun every single day

Great discussion, I’m learning a tilt shift for landscape but iso is proving important to keep depth of field

Very nice video, thank you Ian.

Don't tell me I'm the only one who cracks up every time the guy says "shutter" 😂😂😂

I like 1&2. I love the color in the backdrop, and the black and white are so soft

For me the 1st of the harbor shots is ,y favorite although I would have shot wider if conditions allowed .. What make it my favorite is the blue sky lightly showing through as opposed to # 3. Personally B/W just seems to miss bringing the house more inclusively into this wonderful image. For me, I do tend to shoot in color most of the time as long as they don’t overwhelm each other. B/W for me is for drama……
Great tutorial , thank you for sharing … Rustyironmike

Not important ! Ok lower dynamic range colours fade out , iso 64 awesome for stills for none editors , best camera for people that dont edit ,

Great video, well explained and useful. Thanks!!

I prefer 3

#3 is the one that caught my attention. 👍

When we have decent stabilisation, hand shake, camera shake, is not a thing but movement blur certainly is. May not think there is much movement blur in a landscape but a branch blowing about certainly is. I'm watching the tree waft about out of my window. Movement blur is a useable effect but that would look rather odd hand held for 2 seconds. Stabilisation can aid the AF at any shutter speed because the focus spot is not jiggling about.
But don't go thinking stabilisation will let you use a lower ISO with a slower shutter to take a better photo, choose the shutter speed for the photo. What largely matters is what is happening in front of the lens and what you want to do with it.

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#1