Sony Autofocus - Settings To NEVER MISS The Shot

[@LeeZavitz]

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[@Anewevisual]

blesssssss

[@JoãoRangelSilvaPsychology]

How can I do a self-timer and camera focus on me before it takes the shot so it can focus on me and not on background?

[@AfricanTheory]

which mic did you use here? the quality is super

[@colinoneil5050]

IVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS FOR A WEEK AND NO FORUM OR FACEBOOK GROUP HAD THE ANSWER! IVE JUST TAKEN SHOTS OF MY DOG USING THESE SETTINGS AND FOCUS STAYS RIGHT UP UNTIL THE 50mm FOCAL LENGTH LOSES IT! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! BEST VID ON THE A7iii HANDSDOWN!

[@genghis2510]

I can’t understand why other reviewers have to bash, compare, negatively recommend, downgrade, focus on what they see as design flaw, etc. when it’s not difficult to be constructive as you. Thumbs up!

[@thomastuorto9929]

It is knowing how to use your system as it best suits the situation. That flex mode is great. This is coming from a Nikon user thinking of swithching to Sony 7R4 or Canon R5. Great vid.

[@ven1536]

I have the Sony a7riii the way to focus with this camera does feels like slows me down more than when I used to have a DSLR.... if using the flex option focusing the the button in the back of the camera takes time to place in the right place and worst is that little square box you are moving is colour grey I wish it was any other colour because is difficult to visualize when in an outdoor day shoot.

[@gausselim1474]

I just realized after watching your video that I know very little about how to get the most out of my A6400. I really need to practice all of this. Thanks for posting because there is not a lot out there on this.

[@StoicRageTV]

Dude you just saved my life!!!! As an event photography I started to become more aware of my focus & couldn’t figure it out every time they moved there head. 5:12 I did the same thing to recreate and was having trouble showing others. You DESCRIBED it perfectly!

[@robertaldrich2635]

I've had an a6600 for months now and yet every day I dig into it I learn more, including the tracking mode you showed at the end. There seems to be a version of this mode in video as well. I use my a6600 with a Sigma 150-600 for shooting surfing and found that in 4K video, touch focus works amazingly well and though the surfer may be 500 feet away, you can later blow it up and see his facial expressions beautifully, like a secret smile at catching that wave.

[@jessicagrace5625]

hahaha "if you didn't like it, give it a thumb down twice" . fantastic. very useful video, thank you!

[@MartinB0]

Thank you bro. I got secondhand A7R IV few days ago and I was really confused when I tried do comprehend AF modes. Previous owner tried to show me, how to set it up, but you are much better teacher :)

[@ecitizenmichael]

Hey Lee, so happy to find this video today. I need to learn the focus system for a7iv. I'm new to Sony. Also delighted to see you are a Fuji guy so you know where I'm coming from. I think an updated version of this video would be a big hit on yt. Have a great day

[@malenky4057]

I think one important thing you missed off is 'Face/Eye Prty in AF'. With this, you basically use a flexible spot like you normally would, but if it detects a face and your flexible spot is over the face box, it will focus on the eye/face. If your point is not over a face it will just function as regular flexible spot. This means you can be selective about which face/eye you want in focus when there are multiple faces in frame. It also works with any other focus modes (except lock on AF on the A7iii), so you can use it with zone, for example. I see this a lot, where people seem to think that the only option for Eye-AF is to use it effectively as wide, or to not use it at all and use focus points instead, when there is a perfect hybrid setup as I described.

[@DJ_S-3-R-G]

I love my a6600. Even tho I know how to use manual focus and yes it can be better at time. That autofocus from Sony is just amazing!

[@AfricanSunProductions]

Thanks Lee, this helped a lot. I just got the A7 iv, still have lots to learn. Easy sub.

[@LeeZavitz]

Nice. I actually have a completely different video like this but for a7iv because the menu and af system is different

[@rogert9878]

Finally I understood the difference between FACE/EYE Priority function and the EYE AF function on my A7 III with Rev 3 firmware. Thank you very much.

[@thedavidbrother2]

Yeah. very counterintuitive that eye-af works best with Face AF OFF. I mean, #SONY, when in the world would you want to focus on a face and NOT the eyes... More real-world testing, please.

[@RhettegettBorshow]

It's been a while since I've learned this much in 7 minutes. Really helpful video!

[@josepht3154]

This video is posted 4 years ago. I finally saved enough to get the a7III and two lenses. 28-70 and the Samyang 135mm. I'm so excited to get back into photography I'm mostly excited about the continuous shooting this camera has. My old one shot so slow and i missed 90% of shots.

[@jianzhimeng1698]

One of the best video that explained how to use the sony autofocus for photography.

[@ashleyonaroll]

Best explanation in the whole KZbin universe. Thank you!!

[@fit4fifty]

Hey Lee, thanks for explaining the Sony AF options so well. Great video.

[@quyencv3830]

For A7ii, wide area + AFC + Face detect on are working for me in most of case

[@daysofourlife420]

Anyone else noticing that 24fps does better than 30fps? Great video by the way ☺️

[@GearFocus]

A great video that every Sony shooter should watch.

[@RyanMatta]

BRO, YOU SHOULD REMAKE THIS 5x AND USE 5 DIFFERENT SETS OF KEYWORDS AND TITLES. IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOREVER. Just got my SUB instantly. PS I was searching best focus setting sony a7iii as a webcam. How to get face to stay in focus with a mic in front of your face... THANKS FOR GETTING RIGHT INTO IN AND NOT OVER EXPLAING. GOSH DAMN WHAT A GREAT VIDEO

[@LeeZavitz]

Lol I appreciate it! I actually felt like this video has been doing well for views. I’ve made way better videos than this with detailed info but they never get views. KZbin is weird that way.

[@krutzaan2102]

I will use this trick while shooting my next wedding. Thanks so much for sharing. I struggled with this for a really long time

[@Fernyg323]

Nice video man. Very informative and useful. These Sony cameras have so many features!

[@careycarter2477]

With AF face detection you could register her face I think as the primary and then it’s more focused on her than his even if he crossed into frame? I think that could work but don’t quote me on it.

[@assmaamedhat7380]

Brilliant, thanks for the easy-to-understand-even-when-you-aren't-a-photographer content ✌️

[@bighenrywun]

You can register the face and set face priority.

[@krishnakrrish4170]

Thanks gud info... Last week I bought Sony a6400 . will try it this... I'm beginner

[@philindeblanc]

This video is actually...its actually helpful...I actually mean it.

[@DeathlySecurity]

The face one can be handy if you register the face you want it to focus on so it still takes that face on priority

[@JeannotBadjie]

Very useful topic. Good explanation & demonstration. Well done & thank you.

[@peterlawson8563]

Nice. I’ll watch it a few times. New owner of A7iv with Tamron 28-75 f2.8, and desperately looking for control of the AF. It was a lot simpler on the Canon 350D!!

[@LeeZavitz]

I made a new video on autofocus for a7iv. It’s my latest video

[@peterlawson8563]

@@LeeZavitz on my way there! Cheers from Melbourne, Australia

[@angelamiller3776]

Is there a video for someone who is new to the a6000 so new that you don't even know how to scroll through the varies screens which is needed to set the modes? I need my camera set in AF-A mode and my eyes are crossing trying to set that up.

[@EdwardSimms]

finally i understand the focusing modes

[@exhalenegative7689]

I feel like this video just solved all my issues

[@ilanlachish8600]

Thank you very much, you show the real work, the real problems and how to solve / deal with them in photography, thank you

[@LeeZavitz]

I appreciate it. Thanks for watching

[@veneziovenditti2451]

Af track sens 4. The camera change fast the focus. Put at 1 and it will be sticky with your subject even something enter in the frame

[@dvampofo]

This video was very helpful. I kept my focus wide when making videos for my channel and couldnt figure out how to fix it. Thanks Lee!

[@minibuns5397]

I set the Sony A1 to auto and it does everything for me.

[@Itdoesntmakesense2me]

Good video as always. What monitor are you using. Can you please post the link for the monitor?

[@LeeZavitz]

Its what I use to record the screen. Atomos Ninja V geni.us/XooM4J

[@footsy420]

cool, i have the same to cameras. The expanded flexible spot tracking can be changed is size by moving the selector left or right while you are on it. I'm not sure if it matters much.

[@prashantnz]

Thanks heaps from NZ.

[@HDSTUDIOSp2]

Do u keep click button continuously???

[@maile4966]

thanks for the video! i'm an amateur photographer and own a sony a6400 :)

[@lionroots11]

You do great, what lens are you using?

[@Pharesm]

its good, but of course, I have no idea how to follow what you did, without seeing the menu choices activated... I remember Hugh from 3 blind mice and an Elefant, thinking the A7C didn't have continuous tracking in video, because the menu settings were completely inscrutable...

[@GilbertTV]

great video Lee... I have both the a7riii & a6400... good advice for wedding photographers or events ..

[@EmmanuelOnitheoneandoni]

Very good explanation

[@slatana_studio]

Thank you very much especially for Tracking function!

[@giuseppesica1]

Thank you Lee for this video. It is very help for me.

[@warmspacevision767]

Thank you Guy I look for this a long time

[@davidschulder5241]

Wow - GREAT overview. Thanks!

[@michgreeno1]

You explained it very well thank you 👍

[@CMedia87]

Eye AF can be set to AF ON button in latest firmware it's on page 5 instead

[@LeeZavitz]

Yeah I know. But I’m personally not a fan of that. Maybe it works for you but. Eye af doesn’t always work in some conditions and I’d rather have a small af point incase it doesn’t work and then toggle it on when Want it. I show this in the video when she is against the fence.

[@shreesha_edits144]

Thanks for this video ... Very informative and much needed!!!

[@defyiant]

Thanks this kinda helped me as I'm new to photography

[@underwaterHD]

Great video. What mic are you using

[@thewirah1]

Sony's autofocus system really takes the joy out of shooting. Who wants to have to quickly move around a focus point with a crappy wheel to take a portrait? Or do a deep dive into the menus every time you want to go from shooting a portrait to a landscape or a still? The menus are over the place, and you can't find a single tutorial that doesn't require reassigning some of the buttons to take a basic portrait or still. I had the RX100 mark I, and I don't remember it being plagued by the same issues as the A6 series and the A7.

[@adrianespinoza3035]

Where’s the video or do you have info on how to get canon color profile onto Sony a7riii? Thx

[@msagliocco]

Was fooling around with settings on A9ii and now the flex spot goes back to center after each shot. Ugh, I like using your short cut but now sure what I did. Thanks!

[@WarriorsPhoto]

Good bit of educational info there, Lee. BTW, the young lady looks like she was working hard in that video. Must have been a bright day out. I will be looking for more videos.

[@landontproductions8186]

Hey man! Great vid! The a7iii actually does have lock on again expand flexible spot! I use it

[@prabhatupadhyay2512]

Can you please make a detail video on AF track sens in sony A7III standard vs responsive which to use to get sharp eye autofocus

[@dieulensthompson9707]

Depending of the version camera or the lens?

[@LeeZavitz]

It’s is a super old video now. So it would really only pertain to any Sony camera under 2019. Anything after 2020 and newer is so much better

[@SinCityDetail]

I'm going to try some of your suggestions. The problem I'm having with my A7C is when I shoot my interior shots of my detailing, if my arm goes in front of the floor board while I'm vacuuming the focus goes to the back of my arm instead of the floor boards. I was told by someone else to use manual focus, but that is a pain when I have to set up so many different shots.

[@reklessevilkid]

Am I the only one that noticed she is wearing a "team rocket" shirt on from the pokemon series lmaoo. I love it!

[@williamlanglais8895]

I’ve been looking for exactly this thanks 🙏

[@cruzo1022]

Great video! This helped a ton

[@miladhonarmandian5044]

سلام در یک تصویر امکان داره چند نقطه متفاوت رو فوکوس بکنیم ؟ مثلا سه نفر با فاصله متفاوت از دوربین و با فاصله از هم وایسادن . میشه رو همشون فوکوس کرد ؟

[@miguelesteban8775]

Can I also set that setting liek yours but i want back button AF to trigger my AF? and leave my shutter button only for taking the shot.

[@BrooklynAL2010]

Outstanding amount of helpful tips! Thank you.

[@saemranian]

Thanks for sharing, so useful.

[@Lizerator]

Thanks, lots of good tips in this video.

[@veesoho93]

Great video thanks

[@thecarhaulershow9324]

thanks for the vid brother

[@jamesgkrk]

Nice video, shame about the youtube advert for tax avoidance before it. but nice video all the same. I'm an amateur photographer and have had big issues with eye AF so this tip is mega

[@LeeZavitz]

Yeah I have no control about what KZbin serves as ads. Yeah the eye af is the biggest reason to shoot Sony for me.

Great video!

[@matthewcrich5951]

Excellent content. Earned you a new sub

[@user-qp2hj7sg9c]

Thank you, thank you!

[@RDPphoto74]

What is that monitor you have on the hot shoe? Got a link for that?

[@karadytube]

I appreciate your effort, can you please make a video about exporting setting for KZbin in premiere pro. Thamks.

[@john_free_thinker]

Is there a way to make it that the camera focus is not all over the place? A way to make the focus calm and settle? I want it to be that when I am recording the camera is able to focus, but not get blurry in video when constantly adjusting the focus. Is there a nature way for it to look more smooth? Thank you.

[@truthseeker6804]

check focus drive speed, and change to normal or slow.

[@john_free_thinker]

@@truthseeker6804 Ok. thank you.

[@truthseeker6804]

@@john_free_thinker theres also tracking sensivity and you can make that slower, you would have to play with both and see which solves your issue.

[@john_free_thinker]

@@truthseeker6804 Yeah, sometimes it tries to focus on to many different things and makes it blurry. I do review videos where you really only see my hands and body movement along with items in my hands.

[@theapocalypsechronicles3]

That good ivhit the like button 3 times 😂

[@ogonzilla]

I DID learn something. Had no idea that the 6400 real time tracking was so good. Thanks! And lose the hat, man. You have great hair!! ;)

[@LeeZavitz]

Yeah the real time tracking is insane on the a6400. Just when I thought the A7iii was good. I shoot with the a6400 and I'm like "why and how is it still locked on to her" lol. There was a lot of "tests" I did that failed because it worked too well.

[@Ph.Tran88]

Awesome video

[@Will4k84]

Thank you bro

[@-Hustle]

I rented fx3 and fx6 It doesn't eye/face track in 100fps Is this the case with all fx3 and fx6

[@Stevie_jr]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Auto focus man can wait to get a camera been ro long need one bad I'm hungry to get some pictures done

[@kloppskop9937]

The A7iii has this now by the way

[@sviatoslavpidkhomnyi8685]

Hello, sony a7iii don't have tracing: expand flexible spot?

[@fghjohn]

The AF mode you suggested doesn't work for my A7R4. Not sure why. I would rather just tap the screen and keep my subject tracked

[@manonkuin8013]

Really helpful 💞

[@La-verdad-aunque-duela]

Lee, thanks so much for this video, may I ask which mic did you use here? . I would appreciate a lot your response :)

[@LeeZavitz]

I think I used the rode go (mki) with rode link lav taped under my shirt.

[@ozcan999can2]

Thank you! What is name of the screen on camera?

[@LeeZavitz]

Atomos ninja V. I use it to record the screen so I can show how the autofocus is working

[@ozcan999can2]

@@LeeZavitz thank you! İ am a dog sport photpgrapher too. İ use sonya7r4 and 70-200 2.8. in low light i can not focus black dogs! İ use single focus. Which settings do you recommend me ?

[@ionutpopa2315]

Hey! Nice video! Can someone here tell me why Sony a7iii makes something like "black flash" or a short flicker right when is focusing? I mean in the moment when focus spot turns green? Is not doing all the time, and i saw this thing in this video too. Thanks alot!

[@waynelast1685]

3:41 It's confusing... if you are using flexible spot , does the camera still focus on that spot if someone walks in front of the camera?

[@LeeZavitz]

It will only focus on that spot if you half press. So it’s kind of up to you. The af spot is only active when you are half pressing the shutter. What I’m trying to say is that it’s not like when you are recording video and the camera is constantly always focusing

[@sidharthan1784]

Hai lee, can you answer this? Does a7iii has object tracking like a6400? Is there Real-time face detection & real time eye auto focus in video in a7iii?

[@markshirley01]

Hi Lee - In your opinion is real time tracking superior to the 'standard' Sony AF.

[@GellBalacuit]

Very helpful

[@EETSTHECREATOR]

How to get two people standing side by side in perfect focus ?

[@truthseeker6804]

focus on one and increase aperture to get the other in focus