Iso 1600 is better or iso 3200?

Answer:
ISO stands for International Standards Organisation, it comes from when the sensitivity of films became standardised. It refers to the speed that your camera responds to light. The higher the ISO number the more sensitive the film or digital sensor is to light. If you choose to use a lower ISO(lower sensitivity) setting you will have to have a longer exposure, this is known as slow film. Fast film is when you have a higher sensitivity and a faster exposure. A higher ISO setting allows a faster shutter speed with the same aperture setting, this means the picture will have less Blur. The downside it that the Higher the ISO the more noise (or grain) your image has.
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