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"Changing ISO changes camera sensitivity" is a common myth. There is no way to change detector sensitivity after the detector array is made. What changing ISO does is apply a variable gain factor to boost the signal. This gain factor obviously makes everything brighter which is why we increase ISO to higher levels in dark scenes. Applying the gain of course also boosts the noise levels so we have to watch out for that.