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why are people so autistic about ISO?
>watch some zoomers "review" on latest kino cam
>starts comparing ISO
>selects 100 while talking at length about aperture or some other unrelated topic
>finally gets to 400 native
>"yeah really starting to see the noise pick up now"
>having to squint to even make out what the fuck is suppose to be in frame because everything is so poorly lit
>500
>"i mean if you had no other choice you could probably get away with 500"
>640
>"yep yep that 'moray' is really starting to take hold now"
>800
>"ahahah yikes! anyone using this setting should just fucking off themselves right here right now, i don't think ANYONE in the ENTIRE film industry is crazy enough to use ISO800 anyway "
>squinting really hard at the footage trying to find anything
>download the source video off vimeo
>still can't see any real shift in color or overall IQ
>start pulling up the shadows, can see a fairly benign grain between 0-10 IRE range
...
>start up my 5dii just to check my eyesight isn't fucked
>iso 400
>entire image looks like you're staring into a endless pot of insects
>800
>smack the side of the 5d in a hope the snow will go away
>it never does ._.