ARTICLE-ISO IS FAKE
A couple of days ago I watched a video on YouTube with Tony Northrup. In photography ISO is about the sensitivity of the film or sensor, but basically ISO stands for International Standard Organization, and it sets standards for many things.
Originally posted 22. February 2019
Posted March 2021.
ISO should be a thing that can be trusted. According to Tony Northrup, most of the camera manufacturers manipulate with the ISO numbers.
Still according to Tony Northrup Olympus and Fuji are the worst. They cheat about a full stop. If you set the ISO at 400, you’re actually shooting at about 200. It’s underexposure of 100%.
Why do all the manufacturers do that? In that way, it seems like a given camera is able to shoot noiseless at a higher ISO.
For me it’s disgusting that the manufacturers bend the truth this way. And it’s even more incomprehensive that the organization ISO let them do it. So, stick to the real ISO numbers or discard them and find another way to express the sensor sensitivity.
Click to watch the video