24 SONY CAMERA SETTINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 2021

[@JasonVong]

JOIN OUR SONY ALPHA DISCORD! discord.gg/wyyjAxq This is a SOFT LAUNCH! Help me build this up :) This is a place where you can ask questions and share your work!

[@IamMediaUK]

Hello, this is amazing, how did you get the record limit off the A6600?

[@jeffvillanova]

Dope video ! If you have any pratical and easy solution to not reset video to 001 everytime you format the SD...

[@h4nd50m3iam77]

Hey Jason. My name is Whitefeather. I’m a veteran that picked up photography to help with my depression and PTSD. My girlfriends idea. It’s helped me so much. I’ve been doing it for about 3 months now. I would love if you’d stop by my social media to give it a look. Love your videos! FB: whitefeather_photography and IG: whitefeather__photography Majority of my photos were with a canon 6dmkii, but, my most recent ones are with my Sony A7riii

[@psyprus3454]

can you help as to why long exposure nd wont work ? It is grayed out using a7iii

[@jaykogan8851]

Thank u Jason super helpful vids! but why nobody talks about the constant auto focus pulsing issues of the A6400, vlogging and videos? ...smh no one talk abt this problem. Gonna return my a6400 the pulsing autofocus is super annoying.

[@vigneshsivasubramaniyan4395]

0:35 - Auto Power Temp. 2:17 - NTSC/PAL Selector. 2:31 - Eye Start AF. 3:33 - Human /Animal Eye AF. 4:36 - Eye AF in Video 5:14 - External Monitor issue (shooting 4K Videos) 6:01 - Long Exposure NR / High ISO NR 6:35 - Interval Shoot Function 7:28 -Touch Tracking 7:49 - Back button Focusing 8:08 - Focus Magnifier 8:50 - HLG Explained 9:30 - S&Q 10:20 - Proxy Recording 11:12 - WNR 11:35 - silent shooting 12:34 - Clear Image Zoom 13:42 - Audio Signal 14:04 - HDMI Setting 16:21 - Lens Comp 17:16 - Formatting SD Card

[@nerds-nonsense]

you're amazing, thank you

[@InfinityShotsRealty]

Thank you!!!

[@NikolajFHalberg]

A few notes to items on the list. 2) NTSC/ Pal Selector Please note that the camera WILL format the card when you switch between NTSC & PAL so bear that in mind. 3) Eye-Start AF Only works for the LA-EA2/4 adapter with A-mount lenses & will start focusing when looking through the viewfinder.

[@jpgaming7550]

Agree. Eye start AF and eye AF are two diff features of Sony ILCE/ILCA cameras

[@edyesp5303]

Choosing a camara was the hardest decision I’ve ever made 🤣. I have started my KZbin film class and you’re one of my teachers . As a beginner I went with a 6600 with a 18-105mm f/4 . I loveeeee it. Excited for this journey.

[@KseniiaandJosef]

You can never go wrong, with Jason Vong 💯

[@JasonVong]

ya dang right

[@fergyfive]

I’m a new amateur photographer and a new Sony A7Riii owner and just wanna say I love your videos and have found them so helpful and fun to watch. Thank you for such great content!

[@ChristianCarranza754]

Right off the bat, I switched to Sony about 4 years ago, just got the a7iii over a year ago, and I never turned off the auto high temp shut off. I've experienced the a7iii shutting down due to overheating maybe twice, so this is a great help! Even though I have been watching your videos for a while and a Sony user, I learned a few things, thank you man!

[@JasonVong]

glad this helped!

[@phucmapvlog]

A couple of these were super helpful, thanks

[@TJuice1986]

To touch base about the animal autofocus, I’ve done exactly what you suggested. I set one of my custom buttons to switch between human and animal and it made it so much easier!

[@jessicahebert6944]

how? im going through my A6400 settings and i cant seem to find the human/animal eye focus option to put on my custom buttons

[@yourmommashouse]

Jessica Hebert its labeled as SUBJECT DETECTION. You have to go to the section that lets you program your C1 and C2 buttons.

[@Dilcie]

Jessica Hebert and you have to have the latest firmware update to get animal eye autofocus on the A6400.

[@mariannepetersen7537]

Setting the Memory Recall info..... MEMORY RECALL NOW MAKES SENSE!!! It took me a bit to understand. THANKS!!

[@TylerUng]

so helpful for mastering sony cameras. So many buttons.

[@ReportsOnChina]

Just a note regarding slow motion frame difference between PAL and NTSC: switching won’t give you slower slow motion. PAL uses 25 fps, while NTSC uses 30 fps, so switching from PAL slow motion (100 fps) to NTSC slow motion (120 fps) won’t give you slower video... it will always be 25% of normal speed.

[@finalthought83]

I'm a new Sony user, thank you for this video

[@davebailey2584]

Thanks Jason ..these reviews are super helpful....to a hobbies as if you aren't shooting frequently you forget these settings...

[@Bobsmithabc]

You have the most helpful and interesting channel on KZbin! Thank you!

[@candanceswaim7893]

Love this video! Im a new Sony user with a Sony A7ii and this is a huge help!

[@linnophoto]

I learned quite a lot but boy, you're fast with us the starters. I wish you could particularly, step by step, go in details on step 21.

[@Itsvic7or]

I just got the Sony a73 last week. This video came right on time.

[@thomasmcquiggan2418]

I've watched a few of your videos and subscribed. Over all other tutorial vloggers out there, yours is the most appealing. Refreshingly easy to watch and no ZZzzzz's. Thank you for your hard work helping others. Tom A7III (UK).

[@ChrisWilmshurst]

Had my a7iii for a few years now and some of these tips are helpful! Thanks Jason.

[@WEMFTai]

I don’t even have a camera😭 and I’m still watching this.

[@gaurijgauthankar1621]

One day you will have for sure

[@ridzuanyahya625]

@@gaurijgauthankar1621 Yeah just like me

[@fabriziorisa2027]

Hi Jason, good video! JFI the Eye-Start AF function is different from the Eye-AF. Eye-Start AF is the equivalent of the Pre-AF but for A-mount lenses, and it only works by getting close to the Finder. So if you use E-mount lenses, the system tells you it’s not available :)

[@HitchCollections]

Thanks Jason ... my good news is ### i got my new a6400 ### .. thanks a lot for your supportive videos .

[@justfrcomments]

I'm part of that new wave and your videos have been very helpful. Thanks

[@therealcinnimo]

New sony user. And overwhelmed autofocus settings are confusing

[@ulrichwitt4274]

The Eye Start AF is an invention by Minolta, used on their SLR cameras. If you bring the camera to your eye, the autofocus is already activated without having to press the focus button. If you e.g. connects an old Minolta AF lens to a Sony camera via a LA-EA4 adapter, this function is enabled in the menu (I hope I explained it correctly. I come from Germany and my english is not that good)

[@igorhaitov]

So helpful! I just got my new a6400 today and was shocked by the amount of menu options, you helped me so much. Thank You Man!!!

[@ADof28]

That touch tracking is gold!!!! Had my a6600 for nearly 2 years and didnt know that. Although it does not work in 100fps. Thanks Jason.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

I am glad I came here and stayed. I didn't know what 1/2 of these were. Knowing is power especially when shooting video. Thank you Jason.

[@nelsono4315]

excellent video! The tip about formatting was interesting. On a computer if you format a hard drive with the right software you can probably recover data. That is if you do not write anything else to the drive. Not sure what Sony has that formatting the SD card doesn't let you recover any data. Good thing to know. Thanks!

[@kirkcastro2288]

I am buying this camera this weekend! Together with Sony 24-105 Lens. I'm excited

[@jordanstamina]

thanks for the tips dude! have an amazing day

[@JasonVong]

youre welcome!

[@chrisb5940]

Hey Jason! I’ve used the ease us recovery wizard and it worked for recovering Sony images. I actually ended up buying it works great and saved me for sure!

[@marklycett2558]

I've recovered Sony images from a card using the software link that comes with Sandisk Extreme cards.

[@JackMajor]

A lot of these are overlooked in other videos, so thanks for compiling all of these into one video! :)

[@cadmus777]

​ Jason Vong 2:30 - Eye-start AF is NOT the same as Eye AF, so this bit is wrong. Eye-start AF refers to the camera starting the focussing when it detects your eye is at the viewfinder, or something essentially blocks the viewfinder, such as having it on a strap and resting against your chest. If you have it on in this situation it will be attempting to focus the whole time it's on your chest, or when you are looking through the viewfinder, which is why you sometimes want it turned off. This is what the two little boxes under (or over) the viewfinder are for.

[@detroitcityslicker2706]

top 10 most informative video in my youtube vidoe watching history

[@gopalthapa7656]

Much of them is helpful as I am beginning in a7ii.

[@namkyukimpark]

I watched this video for guidance on my new sony camera purchase! Thanks!

[@derkoekje]

Now I finally know what the hell proxy recording is. Thanks.

[@JasonVong]

haha np!

[@jaimeavayu32]

Hi Jason! Congratulations on your channel. Very inspirational !! I have switch to Sony (A9) recently from Nikon and I am very happy so far. Any advice on this camera?

[@Bloodrocutioner]

You have a new subscriber! I've been urban exploring and doing tons of photography and videography with my alpha II and have tons to learn still! Thanks for the informative videos as always! 😄

[@djcertaindaze]

Jason your video's are so well done and are incredibly helpful, but the music in this one drives me nuts. Not sure if you use this in others as well? It's very distracting even though it's mixed well, it's just a busy tune that detracts IMO. Nit picking for sure! Keep up the great work!

[@djcertaindaze]

I just realized part of the reason the song bugs me so much is how it sounds at 1.5X which is how I watch videos on KZbin. It's not nearly as bad in regular speed. My bad. :/

[@NewYorkerPEACE]

this was a very concise and helpful video. thanks

[@AndreartQuintero]

You´re so cool! and your tips are great! Thank you! It´s a pleasure to learn with you

[@NeilSnapePhotography]

Wow great tips, especially since I am about to switch from Canon to Sony!

[@jdagreek]

wait a second ??? What do you suggest Format on camera or format off camera ?

[@michaelroy2961]

Love your videos man they're one of the main reasons I switched to Sony and I couldn't be happier with that choice.

[@zulab1544]

Do you still recommend using Canon colors on a7iii ? Is it worth switching ?

[@raredreamfootage]

Could you do a video about which newer Sony cameras have improved features over the older generation? This is the most confusing part because not every feature is advertised by Sony.

[@tanvir4uall]

Super informative tips thanks bro

[@RichardsWorld]

Was it 2021, 11 months ago when you uploaded this?

[@russghound]

As a new Sony user these were some great tips. God bless!

[@gaganmisra8629]

@Jason, Which is a better choice to buy Sony a7 III or Sony a7 R III?

[@sandyyazier28]

Insect eye focus is coming soon

[@Warhawk_Z06]

would you be up for making another hour long video on how you setup your A7R 4 like you did with the A73?? pretty pleaseeeeee 😩

[@BrianTheCameraGuy]

Thanks Jason. Great tips and good reminders of the best settings for the newer Sony cameras.

[@MarkTabilon]

its good to refresh some memory settings of my sony cameras. thanks Jason for this video.

[@bsketbllplyerable]

Hey Jason, I haven't tried, but I would be VERY surprised if the on camera format actually did anything too destructive for good forensic software to recover. To accomplish that the camera would actually have to write "0"s to every bit on the sdcard. And as we can tell when we burst 30 shots, writing to the sdcard can take awhile. Good hard drive wiping software does triple passes through the drive to write "0"s and it can take hours depending on the size and write speed of the drive.

[@OnIcePerspectives]

I can confirm that formatting the card in camera means no consumer software based recovery software can find any files. No, it’s not writing to the entire card, but you’d need a hardware recovery solution (good luck!). I just got twin 512GB SD cards so I only need to format every month.

[@senz7919]

I want to have one as I am a photographer without having own camera.

[@sheldonjones610]

Hello, I"m a canon man. I shoot everything. Thinking about coming over to sony. What's the best sony model camera for video, and photography, studio,and outside?

[@InfinityShotsRealty]

I went with the A7C to start but would love to get my hands on A7Siii but I shoot mainly video. Some of the A7R series are great for photography.

[@CKramburglar]

If I recall correctly eye start AF is a feature of A mount lenses. Since you can adapt A mount lenses to E mount Sony keeps it in the menus

[@JasonVong]

Ah! Thanks for the tip!

[@theresolutemind9538]

So just to clarify, Zeiss Batis lenses DON'T use "lens compensation" (#22) in the a7iii?

[@estanfield872]

Great video. I learned a ton today

[@justinianovisual]

make a video talking about the difference between raw compressed vs uncompressed

[@squishy6553]

Just to make sure. This doesn’t include the a7c right?

[@Best_Day]

Eye AF in video mode in my A73 works just fine with Tamron Lense :)

[@Sufibooks]

Does the animal auto Focus include Goat Eye Focus?

[@TusharPatilWeddingPhotographer]

I followed these steps and I get the hack thanks for sharing this vide

[@elisuhadolnik]

Such a helpful video! Thank you thank you!

[@justinianovisual]

can you do A FULL SETTING video for the sony A7rII

[@Naidu-vlog]

In 2021 is it recommended to take Sony A7r3

[@marrygrace13]

Quick question, what lens Jason is you using in the video?

[@JC-pm4pk]

awsome video man!! very useful

[@Itsmejess33]

thank you!! This was super helpful!

[@jibrut_z]

heyy im using sony a7riii and a6500 for video !!!

[@shantileemedia4103]

Thanks for the tips! really appreciate your videos!! :)

[@kmmphotoshoot]

Hi jason, can you do a sony a1setup video? thank man. love your videos

[@MRRecordsLtd]

Jason I have just bought a sony a7iii and as a beginner in video filming I have seen a few of your videos and am impressed. I wonder if you could guide me in choosing a suitable lens for my shoots. Majority of my shoots are performance music video shoots of the singer in a 20feet x 20feet room at night with bi colour lighting. I currently have a 50mm 1.8 prime lens but I have to move far away in order to capture the full body shot that makes the subject appear far away. How can I overcome this issue?

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

Maybe you can help me. Like they say always ask the expert. I have an A6600. I purchased some coloured lights for the background and I use one key light for now. I notice a strange thing happened during filming the video. I notice after when I am editing and I see the video. I see that the video started out as a somewhat dark video image ( which I like) - like most vlogs. Then it starts to brighten itself as the clip goes on. The camera seems to some how change something in adjustment during filming.Im not sure if I have to turn some setting off or adjust other settings?

[@hoanglinhhong6599]

Thank You Jason

[@terrychan6725]

Thank you Dude for the tip to turn off Long Exposure NR and High ISO NR.... that fixed my severe lag time on my A7r IV even with the fastest SD Card!!! For the longest time, I thought I had a defective camera! Thank You Thank You Thank YOU! 😃🙏

[@JasonVong]

im glad this video helped! :)

[@Cachua15]

Great info bro! I’ve had my camera over a year and didn’t know a lot of these tips. I’ve never needed them but gonna have to look into using some of these now.

[@mjcreativefilms8127]

thank you so much Jason i learn a lot today

[@windwhipped5]

24. Dude lucky if i know a dozen..had my a7iii 2 years..lotta stuff to fiddle with

[@starnod]

Jason, I’m a newbie with a Sony A6600. I was taking a self tape for a potential short project and I switched over to movie mode selection on my A6600. When I finally uploaded the clip to my I-Pad and ran it, the picture started slow and sound did not link up with the picture. What did I do wrong??? Oh yeah, my ISO was high, around 2300. Help!!!

[@sergiubn]

That guy that recorded the wedding externally with the on camera overlays... :)) I can't imagine what he was going through when he explained to the couple...

[@Chris-ey7zy]

He probably gave the money back and offered a free shoot if they married someone else again

[@MrsCap2]

I am sure Jason is already trying the new camera that will be release soon :D ... Thanks for the refreshing informations. I also shared this doc for HLG, I believe the HLG2 is the best too. Regarding the proxy, why I used FCPX to generate them when Sony can do it out of the box haha

[@RobertoSilva-qd2ov]

I was just doing my Sony A7III custom settings when out of a sudden the monitor went black. I turned it off and on and the problem continued. I thought it could be a discharged battery but it wasn't either. The camera still take pictures but nothing could be seen on the screen. Do you have any clues of what this could be ? Thx

[@LuvOfLalaland]

Is that normal touch follow not work well when the screen flipped up and when lens zoomed in?

[@bendennis7097]

Thanks for reminders and new information.

[@JasonVong]

My pleasure!

[@daktadre]

Where do you get those tags that you’ve got through the lanyard/strap holes?

[@priyank_modi]

Could you please suggest me in this two lens which one I buy ? Tamron - Gm - sigma 70-200mm ??? I’m new in this photography Line so I’m confused please help me.

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

I had a question: I am going to live stream using my A6600 camera. The small USB cable that comes with the camera to charge ( im not sure what its called what type of cable it is) ...is there a longer one that i can purchase somewhere ? The one that comes with the camera is only about one foot long...not good for outdoor live stream where I may need a longer cable.

[@thej.ustory-moviecomingsoo3878]

The best excellent 1🌍🌎🌏

[@FRIENDSofCAP]

I’m new to your channel but have a completely different question I hope you’ll be able to answer. In 2009 around December, I purchased a Sony HD our X5 20 video camera. I’ve got it set up with a mini HDMI dongle plugged into the camera and on the other end of the dongle is a female standard HDMI and I’m running a 25 foot mailed a male HDMI to a black magic design a TEM mini pro I SO switcher. When the cameras on whether I’m recording or not the signal intermittently flashes what’s on the camera for a second and then off intermittently flashes what's on the camera for a second and then off it shows A black screen and then back to the view port subject. How can I correct this issue?? I basically am only using the camera as a camera alone and I’m not recording to the internal SSD. The recording is being done on an external solid-state drive with ultrafast read right capabilities on the a TEM switcher. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated… Tim any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciate it… Tim

[@cayman2010]

Strangely I couldn't turn off audio settings (#19) any idea why clicking on didn't give me any options to turn off?

[@mototravelvlogger2317]

Can you please suggest good software for editing photos and videos.

[@Minecraftwargod926]

I wish I would have known about the striping issue on the 85mm FE 1.8 I watched your lens video before this and bought it. That being said thank you for the tip about the website I will be looking at that to help.

[@DamonHodgesOfficialPagePlus]

I'm just here because this guy does a great job to describe how these cameras work and now I am thinking to sell my house now and go get a camera !!!

[@jonmaat882]

Is there a way to set picture profiles to be on only when in video mode?