Getting the most out of the Sony a7R II

[@ChrisBrogan]

JUST got an A7RII today. 8 years after you published this, this just got me all kinds of settings to change, some of which were REALLY making me grumpy that I couldn't find. I have only had an A6000 and this A7RII from sony so far. Some of the oldest versions of their insane menus. I'm so grateful for your help with this video.

[@mikebaker8724]

I have just bought the camera and I find your tutorial extremely helpful 74 years things tend to be confusing but yours was excellent thank you

[@davegarber6683]

This is a great video for all Sony alpha users. So glad to learn about the "no limit" focus magnification time. My blood pressure during manual focusing is about to get a lot better!

[@brianmatiash]

+Dave Garber Yeah, that was one of the first settings I looked for when I got my a7 a few years back. :)

[@JimDenham]

This is good stuff Brian. Being new to the Sony system, it helps having these pointers in setting their camera up. Some functions I was looking for you highlighted which is exceptionally helpful. Thanks bud!

[@toeymatoes6480]

I just finished watching this video and I just got a hand on my a7rii for a month. This video is totally a game changer THANK U so much for taking your time and put so much effort into this video. It does help me out a lot (From a very amateur fullframe camera user lol) As I’m looking forward to get the best use out of the a7rii and this video is TOTALLY HELPFUL. Thank youu☺️💗🙏🏻

[@hansernst5998]

I was checking the tutorials on the A7rii, yours is the best. great help, thanks

[@jamesjohnston6765]

Fantastic! These videos are coming in handy as I move from my Nikon D810 to the Sony system.

[@MarkDarnell]

Best settings review I've seen for this camera. Solves allot of problems that people complain about with Sony's menu system. I'm going to emulate these settings for mine because this makes allot of sense. Great video bro, you have a subscriber in me.

[@MasonMarsh]

This is great, Brian. Can you do more of these exploring some of your less-used settings?

[@brianmatiash]

+Mason Marsh Thanks, Mason! Sure - I'd be happy to. Do you have any in mind, off the top of your head?

[@BourneRunning]

Best tutorial I’ve seen so far. Thank you so much.

[@Fqdunjy]

thanks bro, I just get my A7r2 today, and your video helps me a lot！

[@Gijz74]

@5:15 There is a lot of confusion about Long Exposure Noise Reduction all over the internet. Even low ISO Long Exposure shots suffer from noise/grain due to the background radiation present all around us. What LE NR does is not processing for a minute but it takes a reference shot to determine the severity and pattern of the background noise which is then subtracts from the LE image it shot before. If it is wise to turn it off depends on your situation. Smaller sensors (MFT for example) suffer more from background noise and therefore really need LE NR. Full frame sensors have less of a problem but the A7R with its high resolution obviously suffers more than the regular A7. So leaving it on might be a good idea actually. But I completely agree that the wait after taking the shot feels like hours ;-)

[@Radlazify]

Brian, I have been a Nikon system shooter for a long time and found it to be a painful learning curve. I have also reviewed many online sites and KZbin videos. This by far has been the most useful video for me. Thank you very much!

[@TaranehF]

Thanks so much! I've had my camera for over a year and didn't know how to optimize it - thanks for the info and I'm definitely subscribing!

[@geomatrix5452]

Great video and helpful points. Just got the Sony a7rII and really loving it. Your video helps a lot. Thanks!

[@SteveBonario]

Great review of settings Brian - thanks for making this video. I learned quite a bit from you! One note: you can use "Send to Smartphone" when in "Playback" mode by pressing the Function button. Not quite as convenient as C3, but better than hunting for it in the menus.

[@jameskrause1708]

Great selection of tips. Very helpful. Thanks for taking the time!

[@bernym4047]

I have just bought a nice, used A7R2. So this is a very useful video. Thanks.

[@VentusMedia]

Great advice. I use this for video work predominantly but am looking to do some landscape photography during my downtime.

[@nancyneupert1985]

Very helpful even though I have an A 6000. I like to see how each setting works with the image posted as you show the changes thru the camera.

[@Sid300481]

Thanks a lot for the video mate, I got my Sony a7rii recently and this will help me a great deal to understand and get the max out of it.

[@jpsamora]

Very well done and helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make and share.

[@redwood1968]

Brian .................... You're one of the best.

[@jovaltoo6822]

Great suggestions, very informative and helpful. I really appreciate your logic.

[@kevinjack5184]

Steady Shot, fantastic. I just got this camera and couldn't figure out how to turn off is

[@thorsrensen3162]

Thanks Inhave had this amazing camera for a long time but you definitely had some really good tips and tricks in this video.

[@RandyBertrand]

Thanks Brian, I just borrowed some of your settings that work for me. One added tip for those that want the benefits of smaller file sizes but still want uncompress raw: Use Adobe's DNG raw format. Its a lossless compression that is much more efficient then Sony's ARW Raw format. My uncompressed DNG images were < 50MB....

[@MestreMur]

Almost same settings... Great review!

[@N6Paul]

Thank you very much... the next step in this avocation is happening now..

[@IvanBoden]

Excellent! Your suggestion to turn turn "auto review" off is the best. This drove me crazy until now. Thank you!

[@hanifmacca]

I just got this baby and this video helped a lot. Thank you.

[@Sunrazor]

Long exposure NR does not take another minute to process. It takes another picture at the exact same exposure settings and compares. This mainly removes hot pixels caused by the long exposure heating the sensor. Not regular noise caused by high iso.

[@hanifmacca]

thanks for this.

[@danielmetcalfe5416]

Duh I never thought to take the auto preview off. Thank you for that info

[@sergiochico7931]

thanks for expelling so clear.

[@Fingerlickincute]

Great video! I learned a lot in just one hour!

[@fernanddurler5822]

Thank you very helpful indeed..and well presented🙌🏽

[@scotta.bergerm.d.1363]

Fantastic video! Really helpful stuff. I'm getting the beast this week along with a G Master 24-70 lens. Question: what is the camera strap I see you holding the camera with and do you like it? Thanks, I'm a new subscriber!

[@sgpork]

Turn Pre-AF to off and always set camera to Airplane mode (only on it if you need to transfer pic to devices) will save you alot battery juice too.

[@patrickhanly7458]

The Sony a7rii is a classic.

[@brianmc6566]

Wonderful tips! Thanks

[@chrishewson40]

Excellent video, what's the largest size print can you do without losing detail and sharpness?

[@danielstahl2443]

Great video! Helped me out so much the ending was a good tip to end off on.

[@harveyshandler806]

Great Video Can you tell me the name of the app you used in the video

[@brennen-nwamtb789]

Wow, thanks this is sooooo helpful!!!

[@gentlegnt]

Fantastic info...thank u so much!!

[@cylences9709]

Thank you so much for helping me!🙏🏻

[@DarrenButton]

Brian - really useful video - I have made some changes to my setup based on this. The app you showed - is it available for android or can you suggest an alternative?

[@JuanSoriaGuitar]

Thanks for the tips man!

[@saritaplay]

Great job Brian, thank for share :) Could you advise which Sony lens for a7rii all in one features shooting please? Hope you don't mind to share :)

[@corydointhings]

Turning off the "Auto Review" setting made all the difference when shooting. Thanks for the tip!

[@crazybrittan22]

Really useful video man. Good work 👌

[@vladognyanov467]

the best video ever ...thank you!

[@edoardod2584]

Very useful information! Thanks!

[@daveperrin9408]

Great advice. Thanks for sharing 👍👍

[@carlosvreugdenhil9314]

Very good explanation sir.I like it. Thanks.

[@tarasilchyshyn4851]

Thank you, sir. It was informative and helpful:)

[@RosasUtopia]

I am thinking of buying this...Thanks for helpful video.

[@joedegabriele6256]

Great tips

[@natepierce1281]

what a helpful video. thanks for sharing.

[@farisalali2492]

Thanks Brian ...

[@Rs-if4gv]

very well explained.

[@stritheor]

thanks. great video.

[@marshafouks3681]

Thanks for the information. I'm currently shooting with a Nikon and use back button focussing. Do you ever use this feature on the Sony and if you did which custom button would you use to set it up? Thanks.

[@robertmclean3117]

Thanks - I just migrated to Sony A7RII from a Pentax system and found the menus a little awkward. Your video was very helpful in shedding light on these very useful settings.

[@abderrahmaneelachaby3762]

thank you bro !!

[@JonniArmani]

2022 and I’m still using it as my professional body

[@JonniArmani]

@Dr Diablory thank you for stopping by,) I’ll do a quick tutorial on how to use it

[@talshay12]

Great video thanks

[@mmrllmonta]

Brian Big Thanx!!!! Helped a lot! :-)

[@goreallyspeed4819]

Just jumped from my Sony A99SLT and A6500 to this camera - had no idea it had eye AF!

[@Kaleeb.92]

Do you prefer this camera over this a6500? If so why if you don’t mind me asking

[@goreallyspeed4819]

@@Kaleeb.92 yes, I prefer the A7RII - the jump in image quality is noticable, even using APSC lenses. It's brilliant for making detailed panoramas. ISO noise isn't the best, but because of the 46mp image has so much info, the new AI noise reduction in Lightroom makes the A7RII unbeatable for the price.

[@Kaleeb.92]

@ okay thanks for the reply!

[@ervinisimo]

Do you know if there's a way to set a custom key or function menu to change my camera to APS-C/Super 35mm? Thanks

[@WilliamBaumannIII]

Awesome video thanks!

[@shady7012]

hey there i recently got the a7r mark ii and i was wondering if i could move my focus point while shooting and not just lock the focus point somewhere and then go take the shot, can i move my focus point like the sony a7r mark iii does with the joystick

[@robjames9880]

Really helpful thanks

[@justkoi96]

i was watching the battery life depreciate like crazy. is it because you were recording internally or is that just a representation of how bad the battery life is on the a7r2??

amazing thanks !

[@justinmauldin4463]

Nice job, thx

[@jaredm2725]

Hi Brian, do you have any solution for geotagging photos from a7RII?

[@brianmatiash]

I sure do. Here's an article I wrote on the subject. I'm also going to record an updated video for it too. Let me know if it helps! matiash.com/2016/03/01/geotag-your-photos-using-a-smartphone/

[@jaredm2725]

Brian Matiash - checking now:) many thanks

[@JimDenham]

Brian, just curious. Hooking your camera to your computer for recording, can you explain how to set that up?

[@brianmatiash]

Hey, Jim. I use this El Gato system that allows me to record the output of the camera, including the menu system. This is it: amzn.to/2ipsn84 Once you get it hooked up, it's pretty straight forward.

[@JimDenham]

Thanks bud!

[@richardstickles8649]

Brilliant! Thanks.

[@traceyurban2431]

Best video!!!

[@brianmatiash]

Glad you think so!

[@miachen1200]

Thank you! it helps a lot :)

[@IbrahimSidibay]

Great content

[@WetDoggo]

Why do you waste a button for focus Area? You can do this and more with focus settings, the focus area is instantly affected by just turning the dial.

[@nelsondavis1923]

These are great cameras, however as soon as you buy one, Sony destroys the value by coming out with a new model!! At least cameras like the Canon 5D mark 3 hold value for a reasonable period!

[@bobtpapa]

What do you set your Creative Style at? Standard, Clear, Neutral, etc?

[@priyankaduggirala3556]

Do you have a preferred travel tripod for this camera?

[@SamAngOURNG]

I want to know app name on phone control to camera.

[@Gordonlanguam]

Sam Ang SC Record there’s a new app called imagine edge mobile on the apple store

[@SamAngOURNG]

@@Gordonlanguam Thank !

[@robjames9880]

For some reason the images look terrible through imaging edge

[@jmoss99]

What about the speed of write to the SD card? How do you minimize that? Some say it can take up to 8 seconds.

[@JonniArmani]

Nice vid Brian Tnx,)

[@sristigupta2164]

My purpose is to click grayscale images for specimen in laboratory. Does this camera has that feature?

[@brianmatiash]

I don’t think so.

[@sristigupta684]

@@brianmatiash OK, Thanks

[@kq6up]

The camera is most likely taking a dark frame of equal exposure time to subtract out the "hot" pixels with the long exposure NR on.

[@TheRyanTheriot]

Have an suggestions or a place to point me in the direction to for choosing color profile for shooting stills on the a7rii? I've always had the PP turned off until recently I started to truly do video with the camera. Can't seem to find many articles for stills regarding s-log2, cine1/2/3/4, and also color mode. I've currently got mine in cine4 and in ITU709 but there's so much more you can do. Thanks in advance!

[@taodude4221]

In your review I noticed that your setting for Raw was uncompressed. I find that under most normal shooting scenarios that the difference between raw compressed & raw uncompressed is not that noticeable yet shooting uncompressed doubles the size of each picture you shoot from 42 meg to a whopping 84 meg.

[@Xyz123Etc..]

Crazy I followed along with you changed from Jpeg to Raw+ Jpeg but my file sizes didn't increase. I'm still getting 1616 x1080 photos. Any idea why this might be happening? Using an A7R2

[@Indignepourdeux]

Raw files can't be sent using wifi. Thus I assume they send a sample by default. If they're jpeg, check your app settings, set transfer to original format

[@JOJOROB55]

Nice One

[@terrybrooks395]

TIP: With long exposure noise reduction the camera isn't taking "about a minute to process the image", what it's doing is taking a "dark exposure" of the same duration as the main exposure, the dark exposure is effectively letting no light onto the sensor but the exposure will generate the same noise in the same locations as the main exposure, the camera then uses the dark exposure as a mask to remove the noise in the main exposure

[@noenken]

Was about to write about that. Let me just add this: Regardless of what software, without that darkframe you are not getting rid of false pixels in an automated way. So not using this will probably cost more time later on because you have to fix that manually. Also as far as I know this is done pre-RAW, so this automation does not just exist in JPG like the High ISO NR. (Please correct if I'm wrong on that one.)

[@juanmm9297]

I’ve been sharing my photos to my iPhone Xmas using the PlayMemories application, my question is Will this application send my pictures at low resolution if I set the camera at quality Raw?

[@allanredford6070]

slight derrence to greens when I downloaded.used ancient windows 7, as Mac version was was not available. 1. a screen where you enter your Curren version and new version in 2 boxes. I got a lens fw upgrade at same time, both downloaded, virtually together - 2 progress bars. downloaded from sony isa. camera as bought in oz. good updates. prob. last, as camera now superseded? I updated in spring'18. blog screens may be more recent - Mac version was obviously available. helpful video, take the to do it right, first time.-ie no interruptions.

[@saydejabra2614]

Hello Brian, can i know why the movie i shot with my sony alfa 7rii are playing too slow on my laptop?

[@ded_waso]

hey Can I Map APS-C Crop Mode on some custom Buttons for fast switching!

[@karaokekingskingdom]

you can't :-/