ISO Quizz

ISO is...

• How sensitive your camera is to light.

• How your camera processes light.

• How your camera makes photosites.

• How over exposed or under exposed your photo is.

True or False: ISO controls the amount of light a camera needs.

• True

• False

As ambient light increases, the ISO ...

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

Select all that apply: As a photographer, you would want to use a higher ISO when shooting...

• A bright, sunny beach

• Wildlife

• Moving Objects

• Indoor photographs

True or False

Night photography and astrophotography require low ISO values.

• True

• False

One drawback of using a higher ISO is that it can create electrical grain called

• Static

• Light Anomalies

• Noise

• Lighting Artifacts

What ISO would be best for outside?

• 3,200

• 1,200

• 600

• 100

What ISO is best for a dimly lit room?

• 3,200

• 1,600

• 800

• 100

Photos taken at a nighttime concert would require a

• High ISO

• Middle range ISO

• Low ISO

True or False.

Doubling the ISO from 400 to 800 results in the camera needing half as much light.

• True

• False