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TIP 1: When you’re in AF-S mode and in continuous drive mode, the exposure is
locked along with the focusing. (Exposure is never locked in AF-C mode.)
TIP 2: Some lenses have their own focus mode switch on their side. What if they
conflict with the Focus Mode knob setting? I talk about all the permutations in
Section 10.17.

3.5 ISO

You probably already know everything you need to know about ISO:
 Rule: The higher the number, the more sensitive the camera is to light.
 Corollary: The more sensitive the camera is to light, the more “noise”
appears in the image.
So for the best image quality, your
goal will be to use the lowest ISO
you can for the amount of light you
have and for how fast your subject is
moving.
But, you can choose more than just
the ISO value when you go to the
ISO menu (Figure 3-10). There’s
also an Auto ISO setting where the
camera can choose one for you (and
you can specify the upper and lower Figure 3-10: The ISO selection screen.
At the top of the list is the “Multi-
bounds), and there’s an unintuitive Frame Noise Reduction” feature which
feature at the top of the list called is a great tool for low light if you don’t
Multi-Frame Noise Reduction. I’ll have a tripod.
get to all those in a minute.