Don’t Raise Your ISO When You’re on a Tripod
When you’re shooting on a tripod, even in very dim or low light, don’t increase your ISO (your digital equivalent of film speed). Keep your ISO at the lowest setting your camera allows for the sharpest, cleanest photos (for most cameras today that is ISO 100, but depending on your make and model, it could be as low as 50 or 64). Raising the ISO adds noise to your photos, which affects sharpness, and you don’t want that (of course, if you’re hand-holding and have no choice, like when shooting a wedding in the low lighting of a church, then increasing the ISO is a necessity to get your shutter speed high ...
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