A decent ISO test should be indoors or out or doesn't matter?

cainn24 said:

Donald B said:

cainn24 said:

Donald B said:

cainn24 said:

damian5000 said:

I don't plan on making this standardized for multiple cameras, I just want to give a fair idea to those considering the camera. Multiple shots of the same subject at different ISO settings.

I'm wondering if a decent ISO test should be done indoors in average room lighting, or outdoors in shade / in sunlight? Or does it not matter as long as I give details regarding the lighting in the review?

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Rather than testing different cameras at the same ISO, you should consider testing them with equivalent exposure (shutter speed, fnumber) parameters and let the ISO fall where it needs to in order to achieve the correct brightness. Why? Because who shoots in ISO priority mode?

Heh.

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anyone that shoots concerts will use iso priority WHY ? because if I shoot a dance concert I set the shutter speed to 125/160 to freeze motion almost and use f 4.5 to have a little more dof so the camera can hit focus . but heh, might as well us a highend compact at f1.8 and 4 times less iso !

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Do you ever go to a concert and say to yourself "I'd really like to use 1/125 sec and f/4.5 but I can't because I really need ISO400"?

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of coarse, because you have no other choice, the lighting at a dance school concert is so variable it ranges from iso 400 to 3200. at the given shutter speeds . another reason to shoot pentax.

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That's not "ISO priority". In fact I was basically making a joke by using that term.

If I ever go to a concert and choose a shutter speed that is too low to freeze the on-stage action because I want to use some particular ISO, feel free to confiscate all my cameras because my stupidity would warrant it.

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Donald B said:

on holidays and few to many wines LOL...

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