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ISO According to Digital Cameras

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Digital Photo Software
ISO Equivalent --you are here
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Digital Camera Battery Usage

Sensitivity
By "sensitivity" we are referring to what the ISO equivalent would be if the camera was a regular type using that stuff called film - you remember, looks like a long strip of brown plastic with a bunch of tiny pictures on it...

Sensitivity becomes an issue when you are trying to do low-light photography; the higher the ISO, the more options you will have when working in dim light.

Digital Camera Buyers Guide: What ISO Equalalents Are All About

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Like with film photography, though, a similar problem results when doing low-light photography with digital - as you get "grainier" results from shooting with fast ISO films (like 1600 or 3200), you get "noisier" results from shooting in the high ISO modes of digital cameras. Not usually a good thing. So what you really want to look for in this department is as many options as you can get... you want a digital camera that allows you to change the ISO and gives you many different choices.

A camera with ISO equivalents such as 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1600 will give you a lot more flexibility when it comes to shooting in poor light.

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Best Digital Cameras Review ISO According to Digital Cameras

Best Digital Cameras Review
ISO According to Digital Cameras