The Exposure Triangle Is Misleading And Unnecessary.

Those articles are typically written by product managers, not by engineers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYQ1i4k62eI

That video does not contradict anything I said in my op 🙂

Setting exposure* for nice looking sooc jpegs can be very different to setting exposure* to maximise the quality of the raw data. It all depends on the photographer's needs and aims how they set exposure*

For me, the appropriate exposure is the optimal exposure**

* exposure - amount of light striking the sensor per unit area while the shutter is open
** optimal exposure - the maximum exposure* within dof and motion blur requirements without clipping important highlights.
*** under exposed - more exposure* could have been added with the DOF and blur constraints still being met without clipping important highlights.

did anyone say it did ? its just a cool utube, with a wealth of info

Not from my experience but does not matter that much. In larger companies that would be technical writers...The point is that it is highly unlikely that the Nikon notes quoted above would meet the approval of the core design group at Nikon that is responsible for producing their cameras. Probably nothing unique here...

You posted the video with a quote from my post so my reply is totally appropriate.

You had the option to post the video without quoting anyone.

It seems to me you are scared to start your own threads when you want to go off topic.

There are beginners and professional photographers who actually do care about technical discussions.

If you are happy with your photos and are making some money from them, all well and good. Just continue doing what works best for you.

But what about happily retired beginners who don't need to worry about making a living anymore and so can just sit back and improve their knowledge and skills at their leisure to create images with a higher quality than what you seem to accept?

Since you are not interested in this thread it makes no sense why you are even participating in it, unless you are not one of the professional photographers making money you refer to 😜

Hooray the text editor has been up graded 😁👍

I might not get into as much trouble off a certain member now 🙄😊

Yeah, the editor is idiot proof now ;-)

i dont no about that im still a bit confused 😵‍💫 i jst cant get my head around it. the same as i just cant use Layers in photoshop 😒

why am i seeing the post repeated ?

Just joined this thread after 90 odd posts. I can't say the discussion has left me any more "illuminated".

Back in the ye olde days of digital, we were told that the ISO dial increases the amplification of the sensor making it more light sensitive. I think that I have gathered now that that is not quite true. I presume as it's there, it does something, else it's a waste of a control point and kind of undermines the Fuji dials approach.

If someone wouldn't mind summarising, when shooting raw, what does the iso dial actually do?

oh well, never mind. At least you'd be a good test dummy for the next upgrade then 😉

Hopefully the ISO For Beginners thread should explain ISO in simple terms. But I wouldn't go past the first dozen or so posts though.

same as it did 20 years ago, it hasnt changed . it just amplifies the pixel signal before the adc.