Following on from Wednesdays post about digital camera ISO I thought it would be good to stop talking about it and give it a go.
So I did, but seeing as I didn’t have any low light shooting opportunities coming up I decided to use my mouse as a substitute.
The photograph on the top is taken using the 100 ISO setting on my camera and the photograph on the bottom is taken using the 200 ISO setting on my camera. And these are the only two options I have for ISO besides the auto setting where the camera will automatically decide which is the best between the two.
Results…
I took the shots using a mini desktop tripod and no flash. Which really gave the camera a good workout because it was really low light!
There isn’t a huge difference between the two photographs but there is some, and taking into account that I don’t have much ISO range on my camera anyway, I think it is quite a good result. What I wanted to achieve was to see the difference (if any) between the ISO settings on my camera. They show that using a camera’s ISO settings in low light with no flash is a realistic option and one I will experiment with further.
It will be great for when flash photography isn’t allowed, like concert or school performances. And I can see that there will be slightly different effects with each settings depending on what I want to do with the photograph. Looks like fun!
Mandy
Hi, my name is Mandy Jones and I created the Photographer blog to help DSLR Beginners improve their photography, and get to know their camera better.
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Thanks you so much for your experimentation. It helped me a lot in the process of researching for my science experiment!
Karen – Glad it was helpful!