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Does DOF increase with increase of ISO

 
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Mar 17, 2006 12:01 |  #1

I am not sure if what I read recently in a net article, but I believe I read that you can increase the DOF by increasing the ISO? Even if you are shooting at wide open? I don't see how that's possible, so if you are savvy about such things I would be interested in hearing Yes or No.
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Mar 17, 2006 12:22 |  #2

There is no DOF ISO dependence.

However, you might see an "effect" if, at a fixed shutter speed, you use a higher ISO because your camera then uses a narrower aperature to get the correct exposure yielding greater depth of field -- or the reverse, you choose a lower ISO making the camera choose a wider aperature resulting in less DOF. Dennis


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Mar 17, 2006 12:33 |  #3

Well, that’s about the way I saw it. I did not believe that there could be an association in the DOF as related to ISO. Your explanation how I thought it worked is I use high ISO and wide open for indoor sports. I could see, dependent on aperture and shutter speeds where there is a direct correlation, but it did not make sense or seem plausible to me that I would get a an increase in DOF just because I raised the ISO or so it seems the article implies.
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Mar 17, 2006 12:38 |  #4

ISO, Av, and Tv are interelated to exposure, and since a change to one of these will affect the other - once a proper exposure is obtained - DOF will be affected by a change to any of these. On my PnS, I increase the ISO to try to influence DOF, but this camera only has limited controls. If you are shooting in Tv mode, and increase the ISO by one stop, then the aperture will close up by one stop, therefore the DOF will increase. Unless you have a specific reason for doing so it seems easier to work in Av mode to control DOF.



  
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Mar 17, 2006 12:41 |  #5

Also, keep in mind that higher ISO settings contain more noise. That noise may affect acceptable range of sharpness (DOF). It would depend on the camera, size of the print, viewing distance, etc.



  
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Mar 17, 2006 23:17 |  #6

Thus in Av mode an increase in ISO increases the speed of the shutter
TV mode an increase in ISO decreases the size of the aperture... yada,yadah yadah
But In this statement the ISO is controlling DOF irrespectively of any of the above, thus I feel that he is making an erronious statement. Maybe he's talking about pushing film with the ISO values? But this would hardly relate to digital.
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Mar 18, 2006 03:48 |  #7

I haven't read the article, but as others have said, you certainly can increase the DOF by changing the ISO. The relationship isn't direct, but by choosing a higher ISO you can expose correctly with a smaller aperature.


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Mar 18, 2006 15:01 as a reply to  @ R Schade's post |  #8

R Schade wrote:
Thus in Av mode an increase in ISO increases the speed of the shutter
TV mode an increase in ISO decreases the size of the aperture... yada,yadah yadah
But In this statement the ISO is controlling DOF irrespectively of any of the above, thus I feel that he is making an erronious statement. Maybe he's talking about pushing film with the ISO values? But this would hardly relate to digital.
Thanks Guys

It might help if you posted a link to the article, but I'll stick to the two points I made earlier.



  
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