What Does ISO Do?

Turn Up the Volume

1002004008001600 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 Each click doubles the brightness.Overexposed! Nothing left but white.
  • ISO doesn’t let in more light. It turns up the light you already caught, like a volume knob.
  • Same window, same light in.
  • Each click doubles the brightness, and adds a little more grain.
  • Turn it up too far and the whole room goes white.
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