There are SO
many international symbols and acronyms used in photography. In the
last couple of articles I've tried to explain what some of those
letters and symbols are on your camera dial.
This month I'd like to explain what some other letters mean. ISO is a standard of film speed
or sensor sensitivity. The ISO numbers give us understanding of how much light will be needed to make our exposure.
Us older photographers may remember setting the ASA or DIN on our film speed dial back when all there was were film cameras. ISO is an acronym for International Standards Organization, ASA is the Standards American Association, and DIN, mostly used in Europe, was Deutsch Index Number.
We bought our film according to the kind of photography we would be doing.
A slow speed film with a ASA/ISO of say 50 or 100 was good for photographs when there was plenty
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