2006-09-10 10:53:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
talking about photography
2006-09-10 10:54:07 · update #1
It stands for International Standards Organization and refers to the sensitivity of the film.
2006-09-10 10:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by Toast 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to 'make a picture, We, as photographers, use 2 measurement to set up a shoot:Time and Aperture.
Those measurement are ALWAYS associated with the "how much sensibility is a film to the light". This sensibility is call ASA or ISO.
Back on time , photographers used to make they on film and everyone had a different set of rule.
At some point however, people started to demand more film and a industry was born. The new industry needed to set an standard for 'sensitive' business and an again, a standard was born, too!
On the Europe the standard was call ISO, while in Americas, is was call ASA. They basically the same.
Anytime you read about ISO/ASO think about 'how sensitive a film is' and you should be okay
2006-09-11 12:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by enigma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking - the speed at which pictures are recorded. Slower means more fine-grained, faster is more coarse grained.
BUT - it also depends on whether you're talking print or digital. Even though the general rule is the same.
2006-09-10 10:56:22 · answer #3 · answered by dryheatdave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋