Pros know this about ISO & beginners get it wrong

[@DarrenJSpoonley]

Such a great and easy way to explain what many fear !! Bravo !! Ohh Ireland 🥰🥰

[@sarahlyndsay]

My luggage arrived! Back to filming outside this week!

[@bala1000mina]

Thank you so much Sarah for the informative and helpful tutorial! God bless and good luck with your projects!

[@toddwhitmire9057]

I agree. Well said and thank you for the help Sarah.

[@sarahlyndsay]

Thanks for watching! 💛

[@randyschwager2515]

Great refresher on ISO! I shoot a lot of low light images so ISO is always top of mind! I’m glad your luggage arrived! See you next week!

[@sarahlyndsay]

Thanks for watching Randy! See you next week! 😁

[@munawaramohammed]

Wow! What a simple explanation. I remember asking you about this in one of your self portraits on a hike. This detailed explanation is really helpful. Thanks Sarah!! You’re amazing 💛

[@sarahlyndsay]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful! :)

[@timday8331]

Noise ain't always bad! Plus, I dig that camera pillow.

[@sarahlyndsay]

That’s the spirit!

[@terrylstarks]

Sarah, Thank you for another great video!!!! You are so right about the tech we have now in relation to what we had back when there was only film!!! I started out in the 60’s with a Kodak Instamatic. Then a Polaroid. Then graduated to a Canon AE-1. Film!!!! I have fond memories!!!!! Back then we got ISO 100 Kodachrome, or a black and white that I just don’t remember. Then a 400 ISO Kodak or Fuji. Maybe I think I got a couple of 800’s for I don’t remember why!!!! You could definitely see a grainy increase. But as with everything it sometimes worked to the artist advantage!!!!! I’m just not sure we should be talking about this in this age of photography with all the great equipment we have today!!!! Thank you for the great work!!!!!!! Thank you

[@sarahlyndsay]

So so true!!! Thanks for watching the video. Happy to hear you enjoyed it 💛

[@peterobinson5465]

Thank you Sarah for your ISO explanation .I really hope you photography gear gets back safely

[@sarahlyndsay]

Thanks for watching Pete! 💛

[@joeandjan]

As always a very good explanation of the ISO setting Sarah. Love your work and welcome back home from Iceland. Only wish that I could have been there again

[@sarahlyndsay]

We missed you!! Thank you Joe 💛 appreciate you as always!

[@joeandjan]

💛@@sarahlyndsay

[@davidchandler4788]

Your drone shots came out fantastic (and the others too)!!

[@sarahlyndsay]

Yahoo! I’m getting better 😂

[@keithguppy]

Great video, I always use ISO 100 when on a tripod for non moving subjects but off tripod I use Auto ISO, literally all the time, its so much easier and like you said I can use the Shutter and Apeture as I need, ISO is irrelevant.

[@sarahlyndsay]

That’s exactly how I do it! 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@johnchedsey1306]

My first DSLR was the original Canon Digital Rebel, where anything about 400 ISO was noisy and awful. It took years to get over that fear of ISO just based on using that camera for years. My Canon R5 is insane with what the ISO settings can do and there's just so much more flexibility in most lighting. Hope someday you decide to do an Arizona tour. We have at least one, maybe two scenic spots.

[@ronpettitt6184]

Cool shots Sarah. Maybe someday I'll make it to Iceland, it looks like a surreal place to be.

[@sarahlyndsay]

You’d love it! It’s amazing! 💛

[@PhotoTrekr]

Glad you had a great trip to Iceland and that you got your luggage back! Love the drone shots at the end. Looks like your tour to Ireland will be a great success. Hope the wildfires in Canada are dying down and that the smoke is blowing away.

[@sarahlyndsay]

I am so excited for Ireland! I wish it was this year! 😂💛

[@brad_in_yyc]

I shot an event back in April. I remember shooting at ISO 10,000, 12,800. There was a ton of low light. And I just wanted to make sure I got the shots. And not have them blurry.

[@sarahlyndsay]

Exactly!

[@JennaCee]

Such an important feature to know about ISO - thank you.

[@sarahlyndsay]

Thanks for watching Jenna! 💛

[@washingtonradio]

The key is noise will be there but noise reduction software can do a very good job of lessening its effects. I find most of the time its better for to shoot in Auto ISO mode while controlling the shutter and aperture for the effects I want.

[@sarahlyndsay]

That sounds like a great way to do it! 😇 Thank you for watching!

[@maxmillion4216]

When are you going to up grade to Mirrorless camera.??

[@Stop-All-War]

Many folks are still loving the ruggedness of the Dslrs.. especially as Native lens collections are so monetarily invested.

[@sarahlyndsay]

Soon. I am a dinosaur I know 😂

[@peteg330]

You explained that perfectly Sarah. ISO is quite a hard subject to grasp as its not tangible. Quick or slow shutter speed, easy. Wide or narrow aperture, easy. Sensitivity of the sensor to the light hitting it, hummmmm

[@sarahlyndsay]

I like the easy way of explaining things 😂💛 I can’t get technical!! Thanks for watching!

[@keithmathers4080]

Good info sarah..

[@alstamarisphotography2797]

Great vlog Sarah 👍

[@sarahlyndsay]

Thank you so much! 💛

[@hilleviupmanis8687]

Lovely pictures!

[@sarahlyndsay]

Thank you so much! 💛

[@newtonsantos_photo963]

Welcome back, Sarah 🍀 Hope Iceland has been fantastic and could fulfil your soul! ISO & WHITE BALANCE can be so useful, but most of the workshops and, also "photography teachers", they create a "drama" that instead of helping most of people, it simply lead to a frustation feeling after the click 🤷🏻‍♂️ but, who am I to question them. Love these moments over here in your channel (we can say your living room), where we get together to have delicious chats!!! See ya, blue skies 🤙🏻🍀📸

[@sarahlyndsay]

The living room vlogs hehehe!!! My place is so small, I have to do everything in this one room haha! Thank you so much for watching.

[@artsilva]

I usually try to stay within five stops of native ISO to insure maximum dynamic range and minimum noise. I leaned my ISO/ASA during the analog darkroom days and ISO/ASA ratings on film was crucial when worried about grain and contrast/DR. It was part of the pre visualizing your final image goal and part of the look you wanted. Now days it the same but different in that digitally we can close the gap if we stay within working distance in post processing. I agree fully that ISO now is an Insurance thing and most of the time in inconsistent lighting conditions I too will use Auto ISO.

[@sarahlyndsay]

That’s awesome! Good way to do it. Thank you for watching! 😊💛

[@bradleysnavely7141]

I aways try to stay below 400 ISO, nice to see your making business grow 😊

[@sarahlyndsay]

Thanks my friend!! We all have an ISO sweet spot 💛

[@EdLyk]

Post processing noise reduction is getting so good I don't worry about it anymore, I almost always run auto ISO.

[@sarahlyndsay]

Good plan! 💛

[@PaulJScott]

With Lightroom Classic 15.5 there is now a denoise. Back in 2008 I had a Canon 40D that I shot some HS football. The ISO was 3200. I used the denoise and there was a great improvement. Yes, with the new cameras the noise is way better and combined with the denoise pushing the ISO up isn't as much of a concern as it used to be. Shooting a high ISO today is nothing like shooting HS football back in the early '70's when I used 400 ASA film pushing it to ASA 1600. Talk about noise.

[@sarahlyndsay]

Exactly!! Iso is not scary anymore 😅 thanks for watching the video Paul! 💛

[@SirIronJim]

Great Video Sarah!, I am very much an Amateur at best when it comes to Photography, but do own a lot of the Latest Photo Gear from Nikon (Z8, Z9) with a lot of their Z Lenses (18 Lens, with 11 of them being S-Line). For the life of me, I still can't get a perfect picture of a Full Moon (@ 800mm from a Z 100-400m with a 2x Converter), it's videos like your's that are extremely helpful in a hobby that I really do enjoy, thanks for sharing the knowledge, hopefully someday, I'll be able to join your Tour, It's something that I would absolutely enjoy. Jim

[@sarahlyndsay]

Thanks for watching the video! Always happy to help 💛😁

[@rpinspiredphotography4641]

I've got nothing of intellectual wit to impart. My head is shaped like a triangle, and seeing that all photo informations is processed in there, I should understand it. 🤔🤔🤔🤔. As you probably can tell, I did NOT go to photography school. I am a trial and error entrepreneur. AKA hack! 🤣🤣 ISO Interpret Something Outstanding. Like this video! Well done, ma lady!

[@sarahlyndsay]

Lol I love that!!! Interpret something outstanding! Haha you’re the best. Thanks for watching my dear! 💛

[@philipcooper8297]

Some say ISO noise, I say natural ''digital'' film grain.

[@sarahlyndsay]

Hehehehe. I love that!

[@hanskehanske]

Och, Iceland is so beautiful…..

[@sarahlyndsay]

The most beautiful place! 💛

[@andyblessett1951]

I'm an 'Old School' film shooter. Image quality was king ...400 ASA..god forbid! Grain, Grain!!.... People can become obsessed with 'Image Quality' It's not all about sharpness, people often forget about 'atmosphere' which can be brought about in their photos by the lack of clarity. Grain, in some situations, is good!

[@Weronika-Nowak]

If I raise the ISO, I lose the colour range. Secondly, I lose a lot of detail. Thirdly, noise appears. DeNoising (even in Photoshop) is not lossless. So ISO 6400 is a poor choice. Even 3200 is too much. Photos taken at high ISO are technically poor.

[@uditha_d5110]

Hey hey u so pretty teach 🥲

[@lensman5762]

If you allow me, I will try and explain how a sensor works and where this ' iso ' realy has come from. A camera sensor is an analogue device ( yes analogue, not digital ), where its photosites convert photons hitting the site ( light is made of photons ) into a volatge. This voltage is analogue and it has to go through the onbard ADC ( Analogue Digital Converter ) to become zeros and ones that the onboard computer could process and reconstruct into your photograph. So where does this iso come from? Before I explain this, lets get one point clear, the sensitivity of any sensor to light is a fixed value per wavelength and is called Quantum Efficiency ( QE ) of the sensor, and it is not adjustable. When the sensor does not receive enough photons ( light ) due to small aperture or too short an exposure, the voltage on route to ADC has to be amplified so the computer can make up an image. The measure of this amplification or using its proper name ' Gain ' has been presented to us as iso. Some say, with good justification, that in the beginning of digital photography the marketing people wanted terms that were familair to film users, otherwise people might have ran a mile on hearing terms like Quantum Efficiency or ADC gain, Parity ISO, etc etc etc. Increasing the gain/amplification ( iso ) has a price and that is increase in noise which means lower signal to noise ratio, commonly known as headroom or dynamic range. Now modern cameras have increasingly more powerful computers onboard. These computers can process even more complex algorithms desgined to read the generated noise and reconstruct the signal to make it ' clean '. That is why more modern cameras can claim ' clean ' iso 12800+ and so on. But, there is only one true way of giving the sensor more light under a specific lighting condition, either use a wider aperture or longer exposure or both. Sorry for the long explanation, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Thank you.

[@sarahlyndsay]

For the really technical nitty gritty folk 😁 I think this explanation would scare people away from ISO haha!!! Many of my shots have only been possible with the aid of increasing my ISO and that makes me a happy yellow dress wearer 💛

[@lensman5762]

Absolutely, use it as you see fit. For me though, it is important to know how things really work, and why at times they don't.