HOW TO FIX SOFT 1080p Sony Alpha Video/Footage (a6300, a6400, a6500, a6600, a7iii)

[@fernandesdylan]

Thanks alot for this man. I thought it was just my camera. And yes it's true....my phone can shoot better footage in 1080p

[@-Crispycristal-]

I think I know why the 1080p looks so soft. Sony a6XXX cameras don’t have a stacked sensors. Because of that the sensor readout takes very long, and the rolling shutter is so conspicuous. But in addition to that, the maximum fps on full readout (6K) is round about 25fps. This is also the / a reason because the a6XXX cannot record 4K in 60p. But you can record 1080p in 60p and also in 120p. With 25fps the shutter is way to slow. So the camera is not reading out the complete sensor and there is no downscaling when you shoot in 1080p, because there is nothing to scale down. I hope this was understandable ✌️

[@-Crispycristal-]

So you cannot remove this problem, because of the slow sensor readout. (Regardless of the computing power) Even if you shoot in 1080p 30fps, nothing changes.

[@kevinkotov4806]

I own the a7iii, and it's a super sweet camera, but even the a7iii 1080p video absolutely sucks 🤣

[@oiko2k4]

The old sony a6000 did a good enough 1080p. It did it without line skipping from the full sensor (but neither downscaled the image from full 24MP sensor to 2MP 1080p. I believe it was pixel binning) and the footage was very usable! BUT it overheated easily, because that process put stress in the processor (that was poetic). All the other a6XXX cameras do line skipping in 1080p and the quality sucks. But they do not overheat in 1080p. Never. The best results come form: 1. Turning OFF digital sharpening in camera and adding it in post 2. Adding a little grain overlay in the final footage, to camouflage the lost in detail. The resulting images were not very sharp, but they did not suck. You are right about very busy images like trees and leaves. They do not only suffer from the line skipping technique but also from the aggresive compression. It is not right to do 1080p vs downscaled 4K footage in a video titled HOW TO FIX SOFT 1080p footage, without making clear of the fact. I hope you can understand this. (Line Skipping: This is when every third/fourth line of pixels from the sensor is used to create the final image, because the sensor has far greater resolution than the video file and no in camera downscaling is supported by the camera's cpu).

[@boomboombaby9140]

All the 1080p looks the same , I pulled out my a6000 and my a6500 and used the sigma 16mm 1.4 on both and 1080p looks exactly the same . I film in 60fps on both cameras

[@oiko2k4]

@@boomboombaby9140 I believe you, that to your eyes and through your screens it might look the same. But they are not the same. You have to shoot specific themes. In close ups, with much bokeh, even my old canon 60d looks fine till this day. Maybe try a wide shot of buildings or electric wires, stopped down, to catch some straight lines? In a6000 there will be lines, in a6XXX there will be steps, like antialising. I wish I could not see the differences, but they are there. Also, it is not my opinion. It is the way the camera works. I edit shots from these cameras every day.

[@oiko2k4]

Maybe you can see what I am talking about here, at around 1.52. I cannot find other examples. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHLXe5SejJmfl8U&ab_channel=LeeZavitz

[@boomboombaby9140]

@@oiko2k4 on that video they looked the same just like my test . I didn’t blow it up , I just looked at both of the footage. You have to blow it up to a unusable size to see a tiny bit of difference and they both look like crap .

[@oiko2k4]

@@boomboombaby9140 the difference between pixel binning and line skipping is not negligible, but I believe you that to your eyes and maybe for your settings it is. We are talking about 1080p anyways and none of the a6xxx cameras shoot 1 to 1 - pixel to pixel or downsampled videos in FHD, so they are kind of soft. But on a6000 it is indeed a bit soft, but organic. On a6300/6500 it is more of an "artificial" - digital/processed kind of thing. But I reckon we will disagree on that and I am fine with it.

[@JanuzziAndre]

Thanks for the informations. A new video about the picture profiles would be nice as well friend! Keep it up!

[@SkyDecks]

This is a great video! Keep it up!

[@TonyQuillMagic]

Thanks, I appreciate the kind feedback! Keep it up with your uploads too :)

[@justinwang5502]

Hey I mean whenever you did with the a6000 when we were filming in high school worked!

[@TonyQuillMagic]

Glad to hear that! I definitely used some of these tricks back then. Making those shorts was pretty fun (also the swimming pool totally worth it lol)

[@Smooth1productions]

low light picture profile needed

[@phillean]

Very useful thanks for the explanation and suggestions

[@TonyQuillMagic]

Thanks Philip!

[@WilliamHenryAlbert]

I wanted to try some slo-mo shots and I've just looked at my first 100 fps 1080p footage from my Sony A6600 and I'm shocked at how bad it is. I had a picture profile set at -7 sharpness so will try another picture profile set at +2. Thank you, hope this works for me and I get some useable footage. So far, very disappointed with the 1080p on the A6600

[@TonyQuillMagic]

I was pretty disappointed with the 1080p as well, almost any other footage often looks better. Hopefully Sony changes that soon, it's been an issue ever since the 6000 series has existed. Good luck with your footage!

[@WilliamHenryAlbert]

@@TonyQuillMagic I've since been recording slo-mo in S&Q mode and I'm much happier with the quality of the footage. Have you tried that?

[@suryashishkundu]

@@WilliamHenryAlbertsir can you guide is the SnQ quality much better than the normal 120 fps ? And are the 1080 30 and 60 fps also bad on the camera?

[@WilliamHenryAlbert]

@@suryashishkundu I think the 1080 30 and 60 is pretty bad on the camera. I always shoot at 4k and it's fantastic but at 1080 it's not good at all. Thank you.

[@suryashishkundu]

@@WilliamHenryAlbert thank you for your help It is the only cons of the camera Here we need to shoot 60 fps a lot So i thing I need to ditch the idea of getting this

[@omegafire6253]

My issue I got with this is I like to use gimbal and wanting to use manual focus and thus require a monitor. In my case a big game changer is utilizing AR glasses as a monitor and works amazingly for manual focus. The issue, shooting in 4k will not allow that functionality. Unless I shoot with auto focus on my gimbal I just can't rely on auto focus in general.

[@NARRASSAFilmes]

Why 1080p of Sony looks so bad?…

[@achanvisual]

Amazing and very in detailed explanation but made simple for new videographers. Going to try this tomorrow, thank you!

[@AprilClayton]

Thanks for the info. I’d rather record in 1080 to save space.

[@3milious276]

I have a "Sony A6400" when I record a video I use streamlabs obs because its so easy and my mic settings are all set there. But for some reason the quality looks shit compared to when its recording live (like when im filming it and I can see it on the screen)

[@josephwenda]

I connect my a6400 to my computer as well, for livestreams and as a overkill webcam. Highest quality will be with micro-HDMI out to a HDMI Capture Card. Problem is, it'll still be 1080p because HDMI doesn't work in 4k. This is significantly better than Imaging Edge USB streaming (which is honestly horrible), but also significantly worse than in-camera 4k recording. Hope this helps!

[@fedialegrill3738]

Sharp spirit !

[@Matthews_Media]

Thanks for the great info!

[@Smooth1productions]

THEY must take a few things out rolling shutter killing me

[@TonyQuillMagic]

Thanks for the comment! In Premiere Pro or most editing softwares there should be an option to "Remove Rolling Shutter" after proccessing the video. Let me know if you would like a tutorial!

[@BmoreVisuals]

Dude you are a genius, very well delivered info!

[@TonyQuillMagic]

Thanks for the comment, appreciate the support!

[@etofok]

you are an extremely well spoken guy

[@TonyQuillMagic]

Thanks etofok!

[@scolariIRE]

great video,. subbed

[@TonyQuillMagic]

Hello Phil, Awesome, thank you!

[@fredriksvard2603]

The fix is to get an a7siii or a dedicated cinema camera

[@Smooth1productions]

the best gimbal ?

[@YXEFlatl1ne]

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[@Joseph04film]

hi my a6300 has really good 1080p when i look at it on my laptop almost as good as 4k will it get worse when i upload the video on youtube? cuz my footage is so much better then most i see on youtube and i did not change anything on my camera yet thanks for the great video and stay safe

[@TonyQuillMagic]

Technically, the video will become a little bit worse when uploaded to KZbin, so if you want to keep the highest possible video quality, I would recommend storing your video somewhere if you want the original quality. However, this change is quite unnoticeable unless you download and upload the KZbin video a hundred times or more. Just give the video some time for KZbin to process, and it'll work well. I recommend outputting your video in your editing software at 4K resolution, even if the video is 1080p, if you really care about getting the best of the best. Hope I could help!

[@y_rb4080]

Can you please share what are your settings ?