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#SidneyDiongzon

[@SidneyDiongzon]

What QuickTip tutorial should I do next??????

[@agentjtravel_walkthru4205]

Thanks for this video, I’m completely green and tips like these help so much. Thank you!

[@CathyandAdam]

How to change the settings so that your video file name (i.e. C0001, C0002, etc.) doesn't restart every time you reformat the sd card. I've tried looking on the internet on how to do this and I can't find a solution. So if you know how to bypass this, that would be a great video!

[@SidneyDiongzon]

I don't think you can bypass that with Sony cameras unfortunately

[@KRAH713]

Cathy and Adam Sadly you cant bypass that, at least not yet.

[@pawan3204]

bro please make a video on thumbnail

[@AdamDuffArt]

I consider using your gorgeous kids as test subjects as cheating - they make everything look good

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Didn’t realize my family was a disease. You can go away now.

[@SidneyDiongzon]

LOL. This is not us “meeting”

[@ServingUpSarcasm]

@@SidneyDiongzon lol sensitive much?

[@SidneyDiongzon]

@@ServingUpSarcasm good one

[@ServingUpSarcasm]

@@SidneyDiongzon aw youre a little baby haha

[@chrisrock340]

This is such a great tip! I really struggle with using picture profiles and trying to color correct, which means ultimately, my footage looks wonky, and I end up not shooting video. I think the reality is, for the average person, the loss of dynamic range isn’t really that big of a deal.

[@CreativeNotJustYet]

Do you use AWB?

[@Poverello2001]

I’m a big fan of minimal post-processing, so your footage looks great to me. I’d rather focus on the creative aspects of photography than sitting in front of my computer.

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Totally agree!

[@JonBear]

100 percent agree!! A lot of beginners get told by other youtubers to jump straight into LOG profiles and do color grading and it's not good advice. This is a solid tip worth doing both by beginners and pros. I had a similar revelation and now shooting mainly Natural on my LUMIX GH5. This is after a long time of doing CineD (log like) and HLG picture profiles. Natural just looks so consistently good! Especially skin tones. I do it a little differently though, I put down the contrast instead of increasing it. It's really up to your tastes.

[@LS-is5ob]

what are your settings for the natural picture profile (got my g9 today :D)

[@PraiseEmmmanuel]

this is me right now, jumped straight into Slog2 for my first video, and its such a hassle because what if i don't expose well? then the shot is crap

[@YourDriver]

I have to say, 2 weeks into using this (same settings) and I am loving it so far.

[@user-hl2uc5kj1e]

Thank you so much man! This is the solution I’ve been hoping for! Getting tired of constantly trying to figure out the right way to use SLOG

[@DaveDelReal]

Hi Sidney, I know this was a long time ago but at the :45 mark the menu shows you have DRO on. Do you happen to remember what you had it set to?

[@backpack.studio5257]

Nice post! Thank you! Nice video-shots too. Please keep in mind, that basic gammas give only 7-8 stops of dynamic range. Cine gammas have higher dynamic range about 11 to 11.5 stops and this will leave also for you more room for post-processing if you require it late for whatever reason. Cine gammas will require a bit more work to adjust but once you have done it, you have excellent footage out of the box, but have some room for grading too.

[@--.--]

He said that

[@andresweishaupt4508]

hi, What DRO setting are you guys using shooting video. DRO off?, Auto or what?

[@MartinTran]

Straight to the point - brilliant upload Sid!

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Thanks for watching! Glad this was helpful!

[@ZoeandDarren]

I literally love your new QuickTips videos. Wasn't subbed before, but cuz of this, SUBBED NOW. Hell yeah.

[@redfirebird2739]

Short and sweet, always to the point no b roll crap. Its why i love your videos

[@SidneyDiongzon]

I appreciate that!

[@PaulFeinberg]

I have been shooting in HLG 3 with the color setting adjusted so I drop it in my timeline and pretty much no color correction. I recorded a quick video about it and I need to edit it.....I might have to do a follow up comparing your settings as well. I have been on a color science journey lately.

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Oh cool! You should make a video on it!

[@PaulFeinberg]

Sidney Diongzon I will 😉

[@sstteevveenn77]

Thank you! I’ve been saying this for months. I have the Sony a9 and a7III & I find myself just using no PP for regular home videos or personal projects. I’ve seen people use S-log but completely destroy their video with horrible color grading (see many examples on youtube lol)

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Yep, I hear ya! Thanks for watching!

[@georgephotography8704]

Me neither! I just try to expose my video correctly and don't have to worry much about either color or dynamic range, having log is nice but if it isn't used correctly then having the best and greatest still isn't enough nor would it help much.

[@AlyenasKitchen]

Thank you so much for this very helpful tutorial! I have been struggling with this camera and everything I film looks horrible, so I am going to try your settings. They look beautiful! Beautiful kids too! 🌺🌷😊

[@ArifKhan.]

Love it! Quick and straight to the point. My A6600 thanks you buddy!

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Glad this was helpful!

[@TimandLauren]

sidney, not gonna lie, i wasn't a believer at first but after testing out HLG, slog, cine on my a7iii to the no picture profile dude...wtheck.. it looks so much better ???!

[@sakshamsharma1706]

Alright this was amazing! I am always switching between HLG and Slog and now finally something I can use easily!

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Glad you like it!

[@tonypmedia]

What's up SIDNEY! fellow DFW homie here! I know this was a few years ago but want to add to all of this awesome stuff... don't worry about all that dynamic range talk(not bashing him just in general). You want dynamic range but without log?... Put on a CPL, there's your Dynamic range. Need more? drop a 1-9 stop VND and combined that with your CPL. Makes a ton of wonderful wonders. If you don't mind the sky a little out and all, do what you do just under expose -1. It won't crack apart during post. Use the HDR wheel functions of Davinci over the SDR wheels.

[@PERIKLISTSINTZAS]

Excellent video ,Straight to the point,And not boring.For shortfilms i would use slog ,but for weddings or antything else usually i dont use picture profiles like you ,except 2-3 times the cine 2 with increased saturation

[@joyarnez]

Does this setting works for sony a6300 also? Need your answer, please.. love your works and im your new subscriber. Keep a good work and Thank you in advance

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Try it!

[@jostalking]

Sidney! Dude I have been looking all over the world for this video - I know Jason Vong said he uses no picture profile but this was the extra umph I was looking for Thank You.

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Yeah, and Jason's video are solid too.

[@Kesslerlite]

This a great one, especially for me as a beginner. Now I can concentrate on shooting and later expand to color grading part. Thanks!

[@MichaelTapel]

I always used portrait for videos and photos and for the first time I wanted to try out the slog-3, now you came up with this video and you changed my mind back

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Haha! It’s way simpler to film too

[@caiokao]

I have a serious problem with the picture profile turned off. In camera everything seems fine, even with the histogram, but when I take the footage to the computer... all, and I mean ALL, of the highlights are unusable. The smalest white "whatever" thing in the image is just so blow out, that drive the attention to it. And isn't fixable in post. Anyone else with this issue?

[@TimandLauren]

i have this issue, whats the fix?

[@OneLeggedStormChaser]

If you’re shooting RAW make sure DRO is off

[@classzedits]

I appreciate your video. my wife just recently bought me sony zv e10 as a gift (before that im only using my smartphones), and for editing i use premiere pro but i really don't understand the color correcting and graxing tools. this video showed me that i can just go ahead and shoot without worrying too much about color grading. Thank you.

[@joshmoxey.]

2024, still valuable. Tysm

[@RockWILK]

awesome video. thanks! I'm gonna play around with these settings....

[@blendering3D]

I agree on not using any picture profiles as they are, I shoot on Canon and I customized my profile to get the look I want straight outta camera

[@jpr-tech]

Thanks for sharing your camera settings! Here are 2 of my favorite Creative Styles that are very HLG like are... - Standard: Contrast -2, Saturation +1, Sharpness +1 (my a7s doesn't have 4K, so added sharpness in cam) - Portrait: -3, +1, +1

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@orlandedios5492]

Hi sir may I ask why portrait?

[@jeiger]

Thanks dude! I've always had trouble in post, getting my footage to look normal, using the in camera picture profiles. Not having to color correct every clip, will save me tons of time.

[@AJCoReTV]

“If anything you should underexpose”.... what setting do I change for that? (I’m trying to learn much as possible, thx)

[@dannygan6692]

Maintain ISO meter of -0.3 to -0.7

[@AELITACHANTAL]

Wonderful tip! No one else said that! Short, Simple, Strait to the Point!

[@T11paraplegic]

I did some test and it's good if you dont want to color grade,it'll be good for live streaming but I prefer Cine 2,color profile on pro and I get the same results as the portrait pic profile after I color grade. But in darker areas I don't want it to be to dark and contrasty so that's why I prefer to do in manually but next time I live stream I'm definitely using this👍♿️

[@TheBhavyaShah]

This is really awesome!!! Just a question ? The slow motion looks soo soo good! I have a doubt tho......My slow motion looks like of soft.....I mean is it coz of the bitrate or something when conformed on to a 24 FPS timeline - I don't know! It just never looks good :( Can you just help me with your slow motion settings ?

[@DustinHarrelson]

Love this!! I recently stopped shooting cine-4 and just keep it on the neutral setting now, just makes certain projects go so much quicker.

[@TechTravelBeyond]

Thanks for this! Although I'm still studying Sony Picture Profiles, I have been filming my videos with no profile and setting custom settings to get correct color with a grey card. Your video reinforces this so I don't have to do much color correction in post-production in DaVinci. I just filmed my second video on my channel using the Sony ZV-1 with no PP! Thanks...Chuck

[@TheHeldenbariton]

So great and thank you so much...is there any hint to match Sony alpha 5100/6300/6600 with your settings to avoid to much work in post :) does this work also with a external recorder like Atomos shogun 7?

[@dgoc81]

Would you recommend these camera settings on a Sony a6500 for taking photos (portrait, landscape, architecture, etc) in daylight?

[@SidneyDiongzon]

The a6500 has a slightly different color science, so I'm not 100% sure. Try it though!

[@iamtrillahd]

WOW I just shot a music vid with your settings here...and it came out STUNNING people were asking if I shot it on an ARRI ! Thanks!!

[@ChiaTalks]

I use standard and dabble on highlight and shadows to keep things simple. For KZbin videos, that's plenty of color grading. Great video. Short and Sweet!

[@RFS_Mulm]

What cebra settings can you recommend for that look?

[@TheDray-g8x]

Much better quality. Thank you.

[@s.craftblendz730]

You should do this for the newer cameras like a7s3 unless you’ve done it and I missed it

[@DRON10]

That's a very good video. For beginners to start shooting. For those who want to shoot, not edit/color grade. For those who played enough with edit process and want to simplify things. Btw, most of the time I look back and think that natural/straight ooc photos are good enough. And my preferences in color grading changed. Even more to that, lets be honest - only a few are able to color grade for better, not for worse... P.s. 2 minutes only but enough said on the chosen subject. Respect.

[@VegZaika]

Sir I have just buy sony a 6600. With lense 1.8 / 4 105 ...please gide me best setting for food photography.... Thanks

[@ChrisandBrenda]

oh my god.... this is amazing

[@glenson3640]

OMG! I'm looking for this simple and easy way of settings! Thank you very much Sir.

[@lovebutton]

Awesome! Any quick settings for the best talking head videos using this camera? No color grading, or post. Thanks so much!

[@TerryWarfield]

Great video dude! I really don't even mess around with the PP anymore. I either just use a base Cine2 or nothing at all

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Thanks man! Yeah, same here. Spent too much time color grading. Cine2 is great too!

[@rotepixel]

Hey Sidney, any tips yet for the A7 IV color settings?

[@GtwoManila]

This is really helpful. I just bought an a6100 which doesn't have picture profiles and was looking around youtube how to improve the colors without doing much correction in post.

[@cinestuff8116]

Footage looks great! with all the slog options people forget how much time you can save specifically if you want a fast turnaround while still delivering decent looking colors.

[@rdomingo21]

Thank you Kabayan! Finally you made editing my vlogs a lot easier! it really works on my sony a6300.... just one more thing I couldn’t figure out how I will color match this footages from my gopro and dji? can you share your technique or method to deal with this issue? Thanks

[@mlegrand]

Your kids are too cute!!! It's awesome that you've been able to get so much footage for them at this age! Speaking of which, I often been wondering if all of our camera hype / KZbinness is just the 21st century version of dad's with camcorders back in the day. 🤔

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Thank you so much!

[@malevaldata9824]

Thank you so much for the tip about Meetering mode and brightness. So need it when someone teaches this stuff. Great video!

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@misteraress]

very nice video, i have a question, how do you expose it? +1?+00?

[@CodeDeb]

How is this with skin tones? I have the ZV1 and I feel it makes my skin orange toned

[@SidsDrakon]

I'm digging the series. Hmm suggestions... let me think.. how about how to get smooth footage without a gymbal... pan, tilt that sort of stuff.

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Great suggestion!!!

[@AJCoReTV]

Sidney Diongzon my A6100 doesn’t have IBIS.. Any low cost compact gimbal I would need?

[@AshwinRamdin]

@@AJCoReTV You could try a Zihyun M2

[@ayoubafif9490]

Thank you sooo much !! Is it useful in taking pictures as well ?!

[@BobSchoepenjr]

Wow Sidney you prevented me getting almost crazy

[@deepankarbhatia5366]

Oh my god, you literally saved me from quitting my passion of making videos.

[@harmonyregan8440]

HII! What would you suggest I do for the Sony a7Siii?? It's not the same menu setup. Should I still use no picture profile?!

[@chinacountrylife]

thanks for the great explanation! could you please do a video about the sony zve 10 camera settings for food videos? thank you so much!

[@wildwestadventures3583]

Could you explain why you adjust your monitor & viewfinder brightness? Also why do you lower sharpness?

[@hannahmillington5781]

Once you get used to PP there's not really that much to be scared of. Most times you can just get away without, you really need to use them if you are capturing a sky though, especially with clouds. SLOG lets you keep a lot of detail in the sky whereas without a PP the sky just tends to white out.

[@piotrr4204]

Hi. Is it works with still also? Ive Got RX100M4. Im taking-making a photos so i tried to found best results for it. Maybe you Haven any tips and tricks how to set Creative Style or picture prof.

[@philliptamez]

Can you still color grade this footage with some kind of LUT and it still look decent? Or maybe use Cinema Grade/Film Convert or something if you want to change the look slightly?

[@DolanDreams]

Looks great! do you use auto HDR? I feel like it works great on sony cameras. Cool video!

[@thecorylive]

Always love your tips Sidney!! Gonna give it a shot!!

[@sethstewardproductions]

I've recently started shooting with s-log 3 and it is scary! Lol... Making sure all the settings are right and then not being able to see what your image truly looks like... 🙈 if you follow all the steps it usually works out... but I think I'll give this a try too! Thanks Sidney😁

[@SidneyDiongzon]

S-Log3 is much more forgiving with 10-bit footage (or higher). It's a bit limited when it comes to color grading 8-bit footage. That's the main reason why I prefer not to shoot with picture profile with 8-bit cameras

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Oh, thanks for watching too!

[@GaryJahman]

Great tip Sidney! I often use just standard profile and leave it at that. Might be to over-sharpened but for vlogging daily life it's simply awesome

[@ClassKicker]

I need help. I love these settings on my a 6400 but I often shoot a second angle with a GoPro hero eight black or iPhone 12 Pro. Did I mention I’m color blind? Does anybody know settings for the GoPro or iPhone that will match the a6400 as set up in this video?

[@ClaesFeldt]

This i´ll give a try, looked brilliant !!

[@slxxpn]

Good stuff ! Really helpful and informative 👍🏽

[@gregory71]

What would you recommend for real estate interiors and exteriors for our more budget shoots. Its HLG 2 and 3 for our luxury but we want something like Panasonics Cine D. Almost zero color grading and "decent" dynamic range. Just switched to Sony and now have the Sony A7S3.

[@rdomingo21]

nice!! i would like to try this! but I have one question..do you set your auto for your white balance? thanks!

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Thanks! I mostly set my WB to daylight

[@rdomingo21]

@@SidneyDiongzon Thanks mate! Sorry I want more precise... let's say you have mix footages like indoor and outdoor? do you still set daylight for both? many many manyyy thanks!

[@samudratalukdar1951]

You're the GURU man! A huge NAMASTE from India

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Thanks for watching!

[@CavenInToTheWorld]

Thank's for this settings. I use a6600 and mostly for vlogging and don't want to spend time editing and this color will save me more time.

[@jmlep1721]

Love it! Thanks for the tip! do you shoot your slow mo in 60 fps or 120 fps

[@SidneyDiongzon]

120fps always!!

[@jmlep1721]

@@SidneyDiongzon thank for suggestion ive been wrestling with using 60fps because sometimes i feel 120fps feels too slow. Keep inspiring Sydney!

[@baqcasanke]

Im a fan of 60fps unless i really need a s l o w m o shot. Which is very rare. I find the 60fps give you that great, almost dreamy, sorta slow but not super slow feeing

[@daydreamvision]

thanks for the tip, I know full-frame cameras like a7S III has a much more good dynamic range than APS-C (cropped) series 6000 just because has a bigger sensor using color profiles like S-LOG help you not only do color correction in post-processing but also significantly increase the worst dynamic range from a cropped sensor and as a result, you'll get ok colors and save your detail in shadows in highlights for contrast scenes like interior videography (with overexposed windows), etc

[@christianhotter]

Sounds good. I use HLG profile, but when I bring out my larger cameras it is normally for work I'm going to edit and color grade. Have you tried something like the Cody Blue picture profile for a straight out of the camera look? I liked that one and it needed minimal color grading, but I've not used it since I've gone to HLG.

[@SidneyDiongzon]

I used to shoot with Cine4, but I actually find these settings better (at least for me). Thanks for watching!

[@kamaljees]

You are 💯correct. I do the same way. I switched off picture profile. Now I only adjust kelvin, iso and aperture. That’s it. It is very easy to do Same like canon 👍

[@waltersjonathan]

Thanks for the video. Certainly leaning to using Creative Styles over Picture Profiles! Can you still add a LUT in post of you decide to change the look, or is this not an option with Creative Styles?

[@SanMiguelBulls]

Will this be fine with newer Sony Models I.e siii? Thank you, I will experiment more

[@AdamNoya]

Thank you! I do a lot of event/music performance shooting and I'm not trying to shoot 4K S Log for that so this is super helpful!

[@nielsenvega5713]

Excellent short but sweet

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Thank you! That’s the goal for this series!

[@DCmentary]

Thanks for the information. I’m always searching for the right collor settings. I hope it works the same on my HX99. I will try it today.

[@RheaK]

does this settings also affect photography? or is there a way to have this only for i am taking videos? sorry i’m complete beginner.

[@thesunflowersisters1095]

Awsome video, love how it looks, wao!..my question is how can I make my dji mavic air 2 footage look similar or close to this? Thanks

[@tianh360]

What frame rate did you shoot with? I shot mostly home video handheld so I still debating between 120 fps vs 60 fps

[@EinzMY]

A roll 24p. 60p or 120p great for b roll. Edit all in 23.976 fps timeline.

[@StephenEastwood]

Quick question. When you do use a picture profile for video, is there a way to not have it active when you switch to still mode, I find when in video mode on the dial, set to slog2 for video, then i switch to manual mode on the dial for stills, I'm still in slog2 and have to turn it off to lower iso. Not a bug issue in raw, but to quickly jump between them, the photos all end up looking flat on screen. Or I have to keep jumping back and fourth between profiles which is just an extra step.

[@VishalManjrekar]

Thank you very much for this tip. 🙌 Surely going to try this ✨

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Glad this was helpful!

[@mathewsmith6321]

Great tip! Surely we all want to save time in post. This really helps

[@GotDCao]

Thanks for the video! I just got the sony A6700 and I knew my coloring was off!

[@HNHMarriedLife]

Thanks for the Quick Tip Sidney! What are your thoughts on shooting silent mode vs not?

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Thanks for watching! Shooting in silent is really helpful! I assign it to my function menu for quick access should I need silent mode!

[@HNHMarriedLife]

Sidney Diongzon Thanks! You’re awesome!

[@Makewayproduction]

Great video, what white balance do you use and does this affect the overall look?

[@KipHafizuddin]

Been using HLG2 but barely had the time to do some in-depth colour grading. Might as well shoot using your setting next time. thanks a lot!

[@johnnyXtasse]

Thanks for the video Sydney! Did you shoot these outdoor videos with a ND filter or do you just use a fast shutter speed?

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Always with an ND filter! All the gear I use are in the description below the video

[@calebwhyte6957]

Could you suggest some settings for landscape. ? Cheers

[@SidneyDiongzon]

Honestly, I would just use the settings from this video

[@calebwhyte6957]

Sidney Diongzon sweet as, thank you so much!