Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Today's question from Martyn B. is, "Which is better to change to keep noise down to a minimum, ISO or exposure compensation?"

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Exposure compensation
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Auto ISO is Not Manual
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00:00 Intro
00:48 ISO
03:06 Exposure Compensation
06:23 Which is Better for Noise?
07:37 ETTR
09:01 What Really Matters
10:28 Outro

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