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Some cameras have an ISO button which needs to be pressed before you can change its value. When you take a picture, light from the scene enters the camera and hits the sensor, creating a digital image. Exposure refers to how bright or dark the resulting photo is.

Achieving a good exposure is essential for creating high quality, visually appealing photos. If a photo is under-exposed too dark , detail will be lost in the shadows darker areas of the image. When a photo is over-exposed too bright , detail will be lost in the highlights brighter areas of the image. The exposure triangle diagram below illustrates the relationship between these three elements. It helps you understand why your camera automatically chooses certain exposure values and what you can do to take control of exposure when you need to.

The benefit of this is the lack of grain or noise in the final image. The downside of this is the introduction of grain or noise, as described later in this article. This is because of the Exposure Triangle which insists on a balanced exposure. As you increase the ISO value, either the shutter speed value has to increase to let less light reach the sensor or the aperture size has to decrease again, to let less light reach the sensor.

When you increase the ISO value by one step e. To keep the exposure balanced the camera needs to halve the amount of light reaching the sensor. It does this by increasing the shutter speed by one stop e. When you decrease the ISO value by one step e. To keep the exposure balanced the camera has to double the amount of light reaching the sensor.

To do this, it either decreases the shutter speed by one stop, or increases the aperture size by one f-stop. Be aware that higher ISO values affect image quality. Shooting at high ISO values can cause your photos to appear grainy. Noise appears in images as random colored pixels, especially in darker areas of an image such as night skies. This is caused by random fluctuations in electrical signals passing through the sensor. When a lot of light is available these random fluctuations are overpowered by the available light.

In low light situations, where the ISO setting has been increased, the captured light energy is similar in electrical terms to the fluctuating electrical signals already present on the sensor. The camera then amplifies the brightness of all pixels — including those which have been randomly affected by electrical signals.

This is why the grain or noise becomes so noticeable. As the voice of the U. Most recent. Available for Subscriptions. Add to Alert PDF. Please first log in with a verified email before subscribing to alerts.

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