Unobvious Things about Sony's Alpha 6300 Camera

Gary Friedman spends some time talking about some of the unobvious things he discovered while writing his best-selling ebook on the A6300 camera. You won't find these insights in cursory camera reviews! Includes a discussion of all of the different focusing modes. Gary's ebook is available at friedmanarchive... Note: Also applicable to the A6500 camera.

[@moulsoeinqueensland3780]

One of the best equipment videos I have seen for ages - brilliant!

[@davidporter9904]

I’ve learned more in the last hour on your channel, than the last 6 months with my first Sony camera, A6100.

[@FriedmanArchives]

So glad you found it useful! Feel free to help spread the word. :-)

[@iamshriK]

Mr.Friedman, I have a small tiny mini request ... why dont you post more videos ?.. your videos are too good and more informative than other clips like reviews unbox etc etc on youtube... respect and thanks for sharing.

[@FriedmanArchives]

Thanks, Shridhar! Mostly because videos like this take more time than a reasonable person might expect, and time is a luxury I don't have!

[@SanMiguelBulls]

This guy is brilliant, Sony should hire him, he makes allot of sense and teaches real good, thank you.

[@dimoronen]

Dude, I am so mindblown by this video... I just got my first camera to use on a 4200km thru hike in US and I am super excited for both the camera and the trip, the camera is a a6300 and hearing these things just helps me understand the sheer amount of engineering and thought put into a camera and functionality. Thanks a lot for explaining a lot of this, very helpful and cool!

[@FAMUCHOLLY]

Gary, your books are by far, the BEST 3rd party instruction manuals in the business. As the owner of several, I am a completely satisfied customer and Friedman Fanboy. Keep up the good work!

[@LouieTran]

I learned so much from this video, as opposed to the other in depth reviews around. Please I like how easy you explain stuff! Nice work

[@anthonyrichardson5580]

thank you gary, very imformative,and a pleasure to listen to,have your sony a6000 book,and love it, have now bought the A6300 camera, will buy your book soon! thank you again,keep going strong,tony

[@personal61319]

Now THIS is how you do a KZbin video for a camera! Absolutely stellar !

[@personal61319]

Just ordered your book :D Looking forward to digging in !

[@jamesmartinec3859]

I am impressed. You are like a diamond in the rough. Finally, I feel like there is someone talking to me like I am not an idiot! Thank you!

[@jrmoritz7074]

Good job. I just got my a6300 today and trying to understand some of the basics setting things up

[@RickMentore]

Fantastic Talk G. Your historical knowledge enriches your talk.

[@JoeGiz64]

Just came across this video and subscribed! Best A6300 explanation and tutorial on the Tube! My 6300 is arriving today...

[@singsingmei]

wow, this had way more info than i expected.

[@BPSchauhan]

sir ! the way you explaining things ,i can surely call you camera scientists.........amazing discoveries.

[@pipari21]

Gary, your explanations of camera functions are easily the best I have seen in any media. When I'm going to update my body next time, I'm definitely going to buy your book about the camera. Problem is that Sony has not yet done e-mount camera that beats nex 7 in every aspect, so I'm still waiting :)

[@FriedmanArchives]

Glad you like my explanations! You might have to wait awhile for something that "beats" the NEX-7 - that camera was a unique beast!

[@sjsphotog]

Except the NEX-7 menus suck big time. if they had the NEX-7 with the new a6000/6300 menus that would be a god send, I have both the a6000 and NEX-7. love both of them. but yes we all wish for a NEX-7 body with the 2 wheels (tri-nav) and the a6300 features and menus. Prob will NEVER happen though sadly. NEX-9/a9000 is a pip dream Im pretty sure. there is only a small niche forum user market for that camera no matter how much they think there is WIDE demand for it. Sony needs to make money not make specialzed cameras for a small sample of their market

[@JensChrStrandos]

Interesting :-) I have already bought your book about a6300. I loved the first one about a6000 and bought the new one as soon as I got the new a6300.

[@sjsphotog]

Great info as always Gary. Keep em coming.

[@VictorAffaro]

You are great Mr Friedman

[@SBBLURAY1]

Awesome video, Gary. Thank you.

[@hectorrivera2785]

A real PRO. Amazing video, You shoud do more. Thank you for sharing!

[@JemiToShumafuk]

Your video is very interesting. You are doing realy deep tests and that is big advantage of avarage reviews. Thanks for doing this!

[@IanWilkinson]

This was very helpful, which goes without saying because it's Gary Friedman after all! But I wonder if there's an A6500 book in the pipeline...

[@shaolin95]

Always buy your books for all my cameras. This will be my next camera as 2nd body to my A7Rii

[@robstravelsadventures]

Awesome video. You did a great job on explaining the focus points very simple and with great examples. I do like that you use the kit lens because my theory is that if it can be done with the kit lens, then other other (better) lens it will work at least if not better than the kit.

[@mauriciohernandezz.5594]

Thank you a lot for the effort and explanations. Kudos!

[@mailperson]

I'm glad you didn't promote your E-book.

[@FlyingGoatMedia]

This was great, highly informative. Well done!

[@KimCruz1]

thanks i really enjoyed all of the research you put into this!

[@jimmiller8732]

Well done Gary. Thx very much. Diggin' my new a6500 with 50mm prime.

[@augustineapdrai]

Excellent review

[@LessTalkMoreDelicious]

Good information and analysis. I too would've liked more discussion on its' video features. I love my a6300. Best camera I've ever owned (much better than my past 5d2, 5n and omd)..esp the video!

[@greggie111]

So there is no way to change focus from the closer Zenit to the distant Ricoh while shooting a video clip with this camera???

[@jbx907]

subscribed, im learning a lot, thank you for the video, i didn"t know it was vertical contrast focus

[@MassimilianoFerrari]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@steveb8967]

My first SLR was a Praktika, my second a Zenith R. The good old days of soviet built cameras...

[@lub954]

Super job!!! i learned some interesting add ons!

[@IPOXstudios]

Great video and examples thanks!

[@jackawesome4080]

Haha man you the first guy there actually have come with some info that there is fun to know and not that complicated mumbling over stuff !

[@gabrielscarlat9856]

Gary...100% ...thank you!!!

[@hassammahmoodq]

Oh my God..... Gary, you are AMAZING !!! the ebook link is not working. is there one for a6500?

[@hassammahmoodq]

Thank you, would soon be ordering my ebook for the a6500, my first serious camera ! One question: A SIGMA 16mm lens MADE for an APS-C sensor, is effectively 16mm right? All youtubers continue to say there is a "crop factor" ... but that doesnt make sense if the lens was designed for this sensor size and labelled 16mm.

[@terrybrooks395]

That horizontal/vertical line focus has been that way since the dawn of autofocus sytems

[@terrybrooks395]

OK, I was confused by the fact that you wanted to test to see if you get the same result on different focus points, which you clearly would do as it's a know thing on all AF systems

[@ReneUhlver]

253 people that would love to have this camera, but they don't.

[@JustDavidMinistries]

Thank you so much, Bro. Could you please give us details of your focus settings? I’d appreciate it. Thank you once again

[@JustDavidMinistries]

Gary Friedman Thank you so much for the quick response. I filmed my friends dancing and later on found the focus was not on point though I used AF-C.

[@JustDavidMinistries]

Gary Friedman Thank you so much. I just discovered that my focus area was on center. Could that be the reason, please?

[@SoulTech]

Great Video Gary

[@ansontow89]

wow. ur videos.. very informative and i greatly appreciate it. learn alot. thank you.

[@allanredford6070]

what about diagonal line lock-on? how does focus performance f of A7II/A7RII compare o A6300? - surely they made it as good. ?

[@kochumvk]

Great Info. Thanks

[@Rupamforever]

great video. the best. thank you. I'm an amateur photographer with intentions of becoming pro travel/hiker photo/videographer. 1. for still photography which one do you recommend 80D or A6300 (all purpose but mostly outdoors traveling/forest/beaches or even people, city or subjective)? 2. Do I have enough lens options to fulfill all my needs? 3. what will be the limitations comparing to 80D (lenses or accessories)? 4. Should I choose 80d over A6300 because of Touch Screen Focusing System [very important] I know for traveling mirrorless is a better but I don't want to compensate on quality or dynamic range also. your input on this will be very very helpful.

[@FriedmanArchives]

Hi, Mouktik. Both cameras are excellent, so you can't make a bad choice. If touch screen focusing is important to you, that would eliminate the A6300 since it doesn't have it. Hope this helps! GF

[@harveylouis445]

Great observations, as always, Gary. In terms of the A6300's upgrade from 12-bit to 14-bit (compressed) RAW, how improved is the color cast seen in shadows when pushed?

[@youareinflames]

Gary, I'm subscribing your channel right now.

[@DiegoJoseRamos]

I became your instant fan! Big thanks

[@howardkahn4330]

Most probably Gary Friedman is the industries leading authority on The Sony Camera Systems....

[@THATHATSALLFOLKS]

does this put out real full res...or doubled false resolution like lots of the point and shoots claiming high mp.

[@cjtan2012]

What if I wanted the focus to be on a back wall or building while a fence is in front? Im having a hard time taking a video where in the fence is blurred throughout the whole thing and the building is in focus(while moving sidewards)

[@cjtan2012]

+Gary Friedman Thank you so much!

[@JerryWilliam63]

Background music a bit too electronic, perhaps in future episodes ask Brian to work out a relaxed jazz number on the Xaphoon?

[@JerryWilliam63]

Didn't know you were a photographer; nice presentation on the Minolta line, my first camera was a SRT-201, XK was a dream machine back then.

[@jjd139]

Great video.

[@hav6301]

what happens with those lens issues if you do video? since no lightroom or camera raw is gonna interact with the lens afterwards

[@mauriciohernandezz.5594]

Out of all those AF options, which one would be best for shooting video with 2 people in front of camera (say, 2 talents, 2 teachers, etc.)?

[@mauriciohernandezz.5594]

+Gary Friedman true, I forgot to mention that important detail: 2 sitting subjects, 1 subject is moving a bit but not out of frame, like going to the whiteboard and comeback to the seat (1 meter back and forth?, always in frame), 1 subject always sitting.

[@mauriciohernandezz.5594]

Great, thanks a lot! I'll give it try right now :)

[@MrMonfabio]

The only issue is when you turn AF-C on, the camera changes to 12 bit mode images.

[@MrMonfabio]

Yes, you are right, I have confuse AF-C with Continuous Drive

[@zipp4everyone263]

You have another subscriber, good work! And thank you for the video!

[@dajusta87]

YOU MUST DO THIS FOR ALL SONY CAMERASSSSSS

[@Rizwan-Ashraf]

I’m your fan now. Subbed.

[@MrErViLi]

How do you get the focus exposure lock to work? What setting do I have to be on? I'm trying it on manual but it gives me an error saying the flash wasn't available in this mode. I'm trying to take a picture of a person standing behind a fire at night but the camera tries to focus on the fire instead of the person. Can't figure it out.

[@Lofote]

Hey, where did you get that intro song, especially the part at the end of the video sounds really cool :).

[@WINTERMUTE_AI]

The biggest thing I hate about this camera is that it does stills... The shutter button on my a6300 will litterally collect dust, so annoying having to listen to all the photo crap just to hear about the VIDEO PART, which is the ONLY AMAZING PART about this camera... That being said, great video. :)

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

I don't get it, none of things focused in on were in focus.

[@hbamalik]

Very informative! Please give your advise on the shutter count of this mirrorless camera. How much is enough? I bought a display piece for 600$ It has 33000 shutter actuations. How many shutters it may last? Or does this really a factor to worry? Appreciate your reply

[@hbamalik]

Gary Friedman Thanks for your prompt reply. Many thanks for it. I still have a full year warranty with it. Do u think the manufacturer will do this? Silent shutter will not use the flash when needed! Is that true?

[@hbamalik]

Gary Friedman thanks alot!

[@johntibucheski7070]

I just bought this camera and I don’t understand a lot about cameras I don’t have any lenses, do I need at least 1 lense for the camera to work??

[@johntibucheski7070]

Gary Friedman So if I don’t have one, it’s not even gonna work?

[@johntibucheski7070]

Gary Friedman oh so maybe that’s why I saw the screen and it was orange (bc my wall is orange) but it was so blurry that I could barely see

[@johntibucheski7070]

Gary Friedman Thank u so much!!

[@spl1949]

Great information. I was actually planning to buy this camera over the weekend but I got scared off by some distressing news. I began seeing information about how the A6300 overheats especially when recording 4K video. Do you know if this problem still exists? What are your thoughts on this? I should tell you that I do not shoot long videos. Mine are mostly 5 minutes or shorter. No sports but mostly outdoor stuff. Your comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@spl1949]

Thanks for your quick response

[@danielandrespat]

thanks !

[@ahicken]

Strange, but my lightroom allows me to choose whether or not to apply lens corrections.

[@FriedmanArchives]

Don't draw any conclusions until you can duplicate the experiment I did and get a picture showing the strong distortions. If you can't, my claim that you can't disable it is true.

[@ahicken]

I get it, and I'd already seen them, that's why I commented. I just confirmed again in lightroom by turning "enable profile corrections" on and off in the "Lens corrections" tab. I also opened in a 3rd party raw just for grins to compare and the distortion was the same as lightroom with profile corrections disabled. NOTE: This was a6000, not a6300, but I suspect it's exactly the same. Certainly I experienced the same with my NEX-6 and NEX-5 cameras.

[@FriedmanArchives]

Just tried it again with the new version of Lightroom (cc 2016) and -- you're right! I can turn off the automatic distortion correction. This differs from previous behavior with the RX-100 III and IV where the correction couldn't be disabled. Thanks for keeping me honest!

[@ahicken]

Lucky me I never really learned about the lens profiles until I was using Lightroom CC. Thanks for the informative videos and books.

[@sjsphotog]

lets see a screen cap as that is impossible. it auto applies it.

[@shawnbiss88ify]

A6300 should be $2000 camera not a $1000 camera. It is by far the best camera you can buy for $1000

[@kape06111]

Nice video. Please be so kind and do a similar one about the xpro2. Thank you

[@BPSchauhan]

sir ! you are expert lovely person. i want to buy camera for video shooting for my tutorial video of maths. i am using white Board for this. Can you suggest me proper camera. i spent a lot of time for sony a6300.

[@BPSchauhan]

sir ! i am asking you best for my needs. I told you that i shoot tutorial video using white board. i do not need stabilization as i use tripod but i want wide focus in which i am moving. Which is best camera of your choice ?

[@GuilhermeCosta88]

Hey Gary, a few questions: how can you edit raw files without converting them to dng? I have two Zenits! :-D

[@GuilhermeCosta88]

I believe I was not very clear. I can't edit the raw files directly from the A6300 as my Lightroom doesn't recognize them. I have to convert them into dng files so I'm able to edit them. How can you edit the RAW files?

[@guardianobserver6593]

Go to fuji man!

[@ryanthomas8044]

The power zoom lens is trash, and not sharp at all. There's considerable softening near the edges of the frame. only the center of the frame is sharp.

[@binda8231]

There seem to be extremely different ones.Some seem to be really bad and some are of unexpected quality (especially for their price). Of course thanks to the Software corrections. So they are not extremely sharp in the edges, but better than most older wide angle lenses I tried so far and surely good enough for most situations. I only have an A5000 with this lens but that's fine instead of compact cameras und offers dynamics most SLRs don't. So it's alright by me.By the way the software correction can very easily be disabled in older versions of lightroom. But usually you would defenitely not do this...A short check right know showed me, that it's no longer possible. Seems Sony followed other manufacturers here...

[@melvinch]

So the cross-type AF sensors are nothing but lies....

[@rautasahamies]

"i was shooting a friend of mine" Haha i'm always giggling like a little girl when camera guys talk about shooting someone or something. do native english speakers have same problem? because, i think, that its because we have different words for shooting and shooting in finnish language :D oh btw, have you ever tried drive by shooting? Or shooting the guests and the couple at the wedding? Shooting a newborn baby is easy, and to be honest, shooting five-year-olds at the playground should be doable too. Have you ever taken any shots at a club? Has it ever happened to you, that you just have to keep on shooting, sometimes for hours in one place, to shoot anybody that someone told you to? this is getting crazy and i think that its better to stop here.. xD anyways, great video!