Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 5:03PM ISO (the sensor's light sensitivity) is sorta the 'pixie dust' of photography. It is not a mechanical process (such as shutter speed and aperture) and no longer a chemical process as when shooting with film. Now it is something as intangible as a pixel (whatever that really is) that catches a certain amount of light depending on the set ISO value.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 9:32PM Shutter speed is possible the most intuitive of the 'three pillars' of photography, with aperture and ISO being the other two slightly more complicated aspects. You want to freeze the action, so you crank up the shutter speed. I mean really, how hard can it be?
Monday, April 20, 2009 at 8:23PM This post is the first of four in series on switching off the 'autopilot', meaning learning to use and be comfortable with the manual settings of your camera. The first post is on aperture and the next posts will cover shutter speed and ISO.
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