Sony A7C Slog 2 Tutorial | For Beginners!

[@brewswithdrew]

Hello everyone, thanks for tuning in! Obviously this channel has been quite inactive for the past few months and I apologize for that. There are a few reasons I haven't been able to make the S-Log color grading tutorial, most of which have been me being busy from work and currently being in the process of moving across the country. I really do appreciate the support on this video and should be ready to record and upload that once I'm settled down in a few weeks. As for the future of this channel, I never intended for this channel to be a tutorial channel, but more of a free form blog space where I can create videos about topics I'm interested in at the moment, and capture moments from my life to look back on. During last fall, I was in a deep dive phase of camera nerdiness which led me to absorbing all this knowledge about log profiles and the technical aspects of cinematography. I felt that it was only right to condense this information in a short and consumable product, and never thought it would garner this level of attention. I still am passionate about color science and videography, but just know that this channel will not have a very unifying niche in the future. I have been pretty all over the place, but do expect more consistent uploads from now on. Thanks again for watching! Drew

[@wolvering6580]

Good luck on your work dude 🥊 🥊 🥊

[@jetsewess]

I’ve been trying to figure out how to shoot in slog for the A7C for such a long time and I was so lost. This was a very well but together video and straight to the point. I’ve learned more in your 5 minute video than the countless hours of content I’ve watched on YT. Thanks looking forward to more content!🔥

[@Musicomni150]

Bro , loved this video , you are much more detailed and correct than most other camera and filmmaking youtubers , keep making great content , subbed

[@brewswithdrew]

I really appreciate it, thanks for watching!

[@ahmedjuffairi]

I appreciate tht long time i try to use but no one can explain like you in KZbin like this right way, thanks alot

[@brewswithdrew]

I appreciate it!

[@DerbJd]

I bought three A7C cameras for wedding videography. I use them all on the Neutral picture profile and manually drop the contrast and colour saturation to their lowest settings, sharpness down to minus two and set the Zebra to 100. I expose for tiny bits of overexposure zebra in the brightest parts of the scene and the results come out perfect. I even try shooting on 1080p 50fps 25mb and the results are still incredible. I get all the dynamic range I need and weddings are notorious for needing lots of it due to white wedding dresses, black suits and relentless sunlight, plus dark interiors of churches and venues. I've never needed SLOG, 10 bit or 4K so far either as I am from old-skool photography as my background and as such I compose correctly for the shot and do not need 4K punch-in etc. I am using two of the cameras with the stock 28-60 lenses which is amazing quality out of the box, and the main A7C is on a Crane 2 Gimbal with the Sony 24-105 G OSS f4 lens which is probably the best all-round lens on the market. I also have the Sigma M11 Canon to Sony E adapter for using my Canon 24-105 L f4 IS and Sigma 70-200 f2.8 HSM2 OSS lenses if I need to. Such a brilliant setup. Oh, and audio comes from a pair of Rode Wireless Go and Go2 mic kits attached to two of the A7Cs (the ones that I manage close to me during the ceremony and speeches), while the third A7C has a RODE hotshoe mic on, just for reference and backup sound. A 3rd Rode Wireless Go kit would be good to get soon to attach to the Vicar or Registrar while the current two go on the Groom's jacket. Lastly, I upgraded to one A7C first as the primary, to see how good it was. I previously used two Canon M50 mk1 cameras and a Canon 5Dmk2 for the three video angles. The Sony gear completely wipes the floor with the Canon cameras, which have now become backup gear only.

[@ViralBible1]

Bro, your are an absolute baller... Best simple tutorial on slog on the inter webs

[@mildmannered1086]

I appreciate how you planned and executed this video summary of all key points, well done and thanks! Better than the tutorials you scoured, as I did.

[@brewswithdrew]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@dietitianrobert5460]

Thanks for all the time and effort you put into this video. Really enjoyed it!

[@8Geid]

Nice man Thanks for the video!! Im just editing my first video with the Sony a7c using SLOG 2 and now everything is more clear

[@GSFIJG]

hey man, great tutorial. i scrolled through your channel hoping that you`ll have more of these :( keep it up, this was one of the smoothest tutorials, and I`ve watched a lot of them. cheers from Croatia.

[@kolapoolakonu2269]

Thanks for the demonstration of the slog setting. Wish you can add some more content to show us what you do in post for beginners like me.

[@deaafrizal]

helped me a lot

[@robertl.4675]

Excellent information and very well-presented. Thanks for sharing!

[@whoknowsjodan]

Wow. This is the most helpful and accurate video 😵‍💫❤️

[@klmk6616]

Wow that helped a lot! First honest video about S-Log on lower End Cameras...

[@Mraz75]

good explanation, it helps me a lot in understanding my ZV1 camera. Thank you sir.

[@brewswithdrew]

Thanks for watching!

[@zedl]

dope explanation! would love a part 2 on how to apply the correction lut

[@brewswithdrew]

Absolutely! Will work on that in the coming week, thanks for watching!

[@PositivityTravelsProductions]

It’s all good man! I understand moving and doing life. Thanks for the video!

[@sgclicks6883]

Really appreciate it helps me a lot to understand slog 2 thank you

[@brewswithdrew]

thanks for watching! glad it helped

[@abhishekmisra7788]

When shooting Slog2 on 8-Bit Cameras it is recommended to use 709 Color Space, rather than S-Gamaut, as it gives more flexibility in post, so give it a spin next time!

[@_Birdyfilms]

True

[@_Birdyfilms]

Like color space : Pro for exemple

[@komixy2013]

Чи потрiбно тоді проявляти slog2 в 709 через lut?

[@wespae]

Thank you for this video ! It was super helpful , clear and organized

[@brewswithdrew]

Thanks for watching! Glad you found it helpful

[@LukasPressMedia]

Appreciate your work on that one! Beautiful image, great speaking :) Looking forward to seeing more of your work! Thanks for helping to get from Cine4 to Slog

[@brewswithdrew]

Thank you for watching

[@ienpassi]

Excellent video thank you for sharing

[@brewswithdrew]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@janhank9165]

Great video! Thanks 🙏 Exactly the information I needed.

[@brewswithdrew]

glad it was helpful!

[@Kowafatcompany]

Great video

[@jordanthechosen121]

Great informative video!

[@brewswithdrew]

Thanks for watching, glad it was helpful!

[@cristianmk]

Thank you for this tutorial!

[@brewswithdrew]

Thanks for watching!

[@blueanthias]

Thanks for the great tutorial, much appreciated.

[@dennisschullerjr1720]

Thanks for all the helpful tips in this video! 👍 I really eanjoy the channel name as well! Great job. I will be trying S-log soon and I found this video very helpful. Keep up the good work. I have subscribed and will be looking forward to seeing more helpful camera tips videos in the future. Gl, and Cheers!

[@eldiarionidenis6120]

Thanks for this tutorial!

[@brewswithdrew]

My pleasure!

[@IHEdition]

Great Tutorial dude :)

[@edventures9884]

Simple! I like it, thanks!

[@077Mannyt]

Great content thanks for sharing

[@raashid_kf]

Amazing detailed video! wow....great job man!

[@Djilalli]

thanks for the details dude !

[@trustyenriquez]

Hey brother - thanks for your tips! Really helped me understand slog2 for my A7C :)

[@brewswithdrew]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@--.--]

That's awesome video, thanks

[@jqsirls8457]

Appreciate you.

[@brewswithdrew]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@BryceKoebel]

Sick! Maybe I need to give it more of a chance 😅

[@brewswithdrew]

I gotta say your stuff looks better than mine so I might be the one who's switching haha

[@alexanderashmore]

What up my fellow Asian a7c shooter? Lol hope to see a new vlog soon

[@crw8477]

nice video bro. helpful!

[@GottaVision]

Good video keep up the good work one question though do you shoot on the movie dial or the manual dial for video?

[@wolvering6580]

Hey Drew! love your video, why don't you give a tutorial on color grading, thank you and cheers!

[@punugupativenkatesh4548]

Nice bro

[@tupac1971ful]

Great explanation. Just got a a7c and i am digging deeper into the camera. What do you jave to say about slog3? People say not to do that since this is an 8-bit camera but there is not deyailed comparison with samples online. There is also hlg3, which people say that is easier than slog2 to grade and can have great results

[@brewswithdrew]

Hey! I have experimented some with SLOG3 and I have mostly had good results with it in daylight. I haven't tried it in low light as much, but as far as I know as long as you stick to the native ISOs it will be fine especially for web formats like youtube/tik tok. For HLG, I personally don't use it because while it's easier to hand grade(less adjustments) grading log is as simple as dropping on a lut which there are many official luts from sony and creator luts that make the whole process more streamlined. Hope this helps

[@BigBernie_OG]

Great explanation, thank you! Is it better to shoot s-log during the day or does it work at night also?

[@brewswithdrew]

You can shoot in Log during any time of the day, but at night you should crank the ISO and overexpose as much as possible in order to push the noise down in post. Hope this helps!

[@narubestcalhoun5589]

Subscribed!!!

[@brewswithdrew]

Thank you very much! New videos in the works

[@locaalicia_jp]

Even though the wind is blowing, the microphone records only the voice clearly. Very easy to hear What do you use for a wireless microphone? from Japan

[@fotofilm9660]

Hello, Real-Time Tracking Touch also works on A7C? I would be grateful for answers

[@fotofilm9660]

Hallo, A7c Real-Time Tracking Touch funktioniert wie bei a6600 und A7iv oder a7siii genauso gut? Hello, A7c real-time tracking touch works just as well as on a6600 and a7iv or a7siii?

[@davitavagyan1851]

what about night videography? what settings best to use?

[@brewswithdrew]

Hello, I use the same settings, but don't be afraid to crank the ISO. You want to over expose the image as high as possible without clipping important details, and then pushing the noise down in post. Seems counterintuitive but give it a try and you can really tell a difference.

[@pepsimac]

When i shoot in slog2 and use the colour correction lut to rec707 from sony, the greens look teal and reds look pink, cant work out whats going wrong

[@brewswithdrew]

Have you tried Rec709? Not sure if that is a typo or if 707 is a different color space. As far as the sony luts, it's important to check your firmware version and colorspace/gamma. Using sgamut3.cine can introduce some weird colors if you use the sony lut, because it will normally be designed for S gamut.3 instead of the cine version. Otherwise, try with a stable white balance if you're using auto and see if you can grade it consistently If you want more flexibility with which SLOG or Gamut to use, I'd recommend Alister Chapman's luts which have more lut and gamut options. Let me know if that helps

[@ilyesbensaber9466]

where did you find the info for the base ISO on the A7C? I couldn't find it! + Is there only one standard ISO or two like on the A7S3?

[@leandroguzman4606]

Hello! And for skin tones, how much do you %use zebras?

[@CRT-Surify]

what lens was you using in this video?

[@brewswithdrew]

Sigma 24-70 at 35mm!

[@HarisN]

Not sure what I’m doing wrong. So I’m in the Manual Movie mode, but I can’t change my exposure to +2.0. I can only adjust the aperture, ISO and shutter speed?

[@brewswithdrew]

No problem, you have to adjust those settings and look at the metering number, or an easy was to do it is go into shutter priority or manual with auto ISO and change the exposure compensation in your FN menu or in the normal menu settings, let me know if this helps

[@HarisN]

@@brewswithdrew thanks!

[@lillomar1861]

What is the dual native iso of a7c?

[@brewswithdrew]

500, 3200 I believe

[@jonathangolgota]

is slog2 should at iso 800 not 500?

[@JohnyHoffmanTV]

How are you shooting SLog2 with ISO 500?

[@brewswithdrew]

base iso for the a7c is 500, while the a7iii is 800, not sure why considering they are similar if not the same sensor