Breaking the ISO Myth: When to Use High ISOs for Better Photos

Have you ever been told that using high ISOs in photography is a recipe for disaster? Well, it turns out that this might just be a myth. In fact, using a high ISO can actually improve the quality of your photos in certain situations.

But when should you use a high ISO, and when should you stick to a lower one? In this video, we'll explore the truth behind the ISO myth and share some tips for when to use a high ISO setting for better photos.

Get ready to challenge your assumptions and take your photography skills to the next level!

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[andydyer]

I’m just starting to use manual settings, and I’ve already come across this ISO purist attitude in the tutorials I’ve watched. And this video reflects the feeling I’ve been getting. Whenever I try to keep fastidiously to ISO 100-200 no matter what, it usually ends with me changing the shutter speed or aperture, which means either under-exposure or losing the kind of image I’m trying to take. Meanwhile, higher ISO is often barely perceptible to me. So I quickly decided to bin that advice and set the ISO to whatever gets me to the right exposure. 🙂

[sovu]

4:20 that applies to the iso-variant cameras, the iso-invariant cameras underexposed will save the highlight details better than a properly exposed image at high iso.

[ARTURMRESENDE]

Thank you so much for this. I've been struggling with blurry images because of ''low'' speed, I shoot sports and im always scared of setting a high ISO. Sending love from Brazil!

[kakegarcia]

Thanks so so much for this video, what you say here it is been a huge mis understanding for both new and professional photographers. I personally like grain so so so much so much so that I had a project in which by adding a 10 stops nd to the lens you will use high ISO to obtain a beautiful effect on BW photos edited with a preset I developed (this is just for you to notice how much I like grain and how much I believe anyone can do something beautiful with it). Now, talking about pristine images, yes, ISO plays a huge role in in it but as you said: a proper exposure is king and by proper I mean not this other mistake in which people looks for a “perfect” exposure, by proper I mean whatever you think is right for photo based on what you want to create. Best regards from a Venezuelan viewer in Panama! I hope you come back to continue with such a great channel!

[cresk]

Great advice and a great note to self, as I've been guilty of keeping my ISO as long as I can remember coming from a landscape photography background.

It's just quite recently that I started to use higher ISO settings since I got my X-H2S. And it's such a relief.

[EdwardMartinsPhotography]

Excellent advice. I'm actually shooting a wedding later today for some friends, and I will be shooting at at least 400 ISO maybe 800 iso in order to maximize the battery life on my flashes and lighten up the interior of the dim Church they're in. I have no worries about noise or IQ at anything under iso 1600 for formals, and I will go up to 6400 for reception shots with a modern camera. (And that may go higher after I test what's happening now with DXO.) Now my landscape are 99% at ISO 125 or less depending on the camera... 🙂

[grafixnetz]

Thanks for this. I just watched your 'birds-in-flight' settings video. This tip helps too: We have 3 auto ISO settings where we can also set a minimum shutter speed and min/max ISO. My 3rd setting has min. 500/s shutter speed and ISO upper range at 3200.
We have 3 auto settings to use. I use #1 for street photography and the like with fairly low max ISO.