UNLOCK 120fps 10-BIT 4:2:2 video on Sony A7IV

[@congoallen]

YOU forgot to mention that you also need to have as fast V90 card in order to record in a higher frame rate

[@calincharles]

Good reminder. Yes definitely need a V90 or a CFExpress type A card that the a7IV has a slot for.

[@congoallen]

cheers mate . nice video tho!!

[@calincharles]

@@congoallen thanks man 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@piecesandbytes]

For 120 1080 4:2:2 10-bit you do NOT need a V90 or CFExpress

[@calincharles]

@@piecesandbytes I believe you would need a v90 at minimum

[@davey_gravy]

Nice! I didn't know my camera was capable of this, thanks for taking the time to make this and share

[@calincharles]

Bro I feel like this setup once I learned it made run&gun video (especially for personal projects) so much easier

[@Jason_Hermann]

Very cool and thanks for sharing this! I was unaware and will certainly start using this for my 120 footage when I don't need audio 👍

[@calincharles]

Stoked I was able to help! I know I was really excited to learn it earlier this year

[@rogerpopp5916]

Thanks for the tip mate I'll try it today! And about the person who said that got annoyed for your "acting" dont even bother, some people get irritated for nothing, poor guys...

[@calincharles]

Haha it’s all good man, more engagement on the video 😂🤷🏻‍♂️ Stoked you enjoyed it and gained value from the tip. I know I did when I learned it.

[@BTHAlaska]

This makes the A7iv way more appealing!!!

[@calincharles]

It’s definitely a helpful feature to have. Someone else pointed out that with a v90 card you can also set uncropped 10 bit 4:2:2 60fps 1080p on your video mode as well. Which honestly makes way more sense since I never slow things down to 20% speed

[@BTHAlaska]

@@calincharles WOW that is awesome! I primarily shoot 60FPS when out filming snowmobiling content 120 is cool sometimes but most of the time it’s too slow. 😂

[@GauravPassiTV]

Great video. Thanks for the efforts. I like the color grading in your videos. Please do make a video, if possible, and share your color grading "secrets!" Cheers👍🏻

[@calincharles]

I’ll see what I can do! Thanks for the feedback, so stoked that you enjoyed the video. Hopefully it helps with your Sony!

[@saminurmiphotos]

Very good and clear tutorial, many thanks!

[@jeanbaptistelabelle]

You are the first one among thousand videos that explained this custom memory tip!!! So glad you did it !

[@callaghanwilliams]

Thanks for breaking this down into relevant chapters. Watched a few others of people stammering and trying to be funny while talking about the settings, putting a camera right in back of the menu screen is clutch. I'm just trying to shoot rad stuff !

[@bobbymacgregor9117]

Great hack! So simple and obvious when you think about it. I made the same changes on my A7R5. Thanks for sharing!

[@calincharles]

The R5 has the same issue hey? I wasn’t aware.

[@ClaesFeldt]

That was a Game Changer to say at least. Thanks for this tip and i´m a bit angry at my self that i never thought of this. I have used S&Q before but to speed up things instead.

[@calincharles]

So glad to hear it! It’s funny, I actually never really use it. The crop on 4K60 can be slightly annoying, but I never really have any issues with it. And I NEVER slow anything down past 120 fps. I think I’d do 1080p 60fps 10-bit 4:2:2 on regular video mode instead if I’m being honest. It’s full frame, and I never need 20% speed that 120fps brings.

[@DrMeowWoof]

Thanks for sharing. Could you recommend what type of card and brand you would recommend to capture this ?

[@anjummohammed2498]

i want to shoot 120FPS without S and Q Mode! having to come home then to speed up all the footage because not everything requires S and Q is just a pain! i cant believe it records normal 120FPS in 8 bit and only S and Q slow Mo in 10 bit.

[@calincharles]

Yeah I know, definitely annoying. I still love the camera, but it’s definitely not perfect. I plan on trying to get the FX3 to remedy this. But it’d be nice if the a7IV did everything 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@cloudyrain0064]

Out of curiosity, what use cases would you want 120fps but not for slow motion? :0

[@anjummohammed2498]

@@cloudyrain0064 hello it's mainly for speed ramping I would like to have my footage at normal speed, but if I need to slow down then can do manually. I have a very niche case scenario, but I have figured out on davinci resolve it let's me slow down footage even if shot at 50fps to 120fps so I have found a work around

[@Chateaudelecroix]

@@anjummohammed2498nice work!

[@QuestHuntersGaming]

Dude you found life hack u saved my life deserves a sub❤

[@kylegacula874]

Thank you for this helpful video! Too bad my memory card cannot handle it :(

[@calincharles]

I definitely understand that struggle. V90 or better memory cards are expensive. I really suggest waiting for Black Friday, Boxing Day, summer sales, etc… and you’ll often find really good sales on higher rate memory cards. Will save you quite a bit. That’s what I did

[@MarkLargo]

Very useful!!! Thank you and subbed!!!

[@shanewise7625]

Great video! Trying to save this setting but my a7iv won't let me change the shutter speed in manuel. Any tips? Thanks!

[@EliClark]

Amazing vid buddy!

[@calincharles]

Thanks for watching Eli!

[@ibrahim.productions]

you can record 60p with a v30 card no need vor v90 if 60p is good for you but the codec needs to be xavc s hd

[@luisfontes2979]

Excellent, thank you very much!

[@veesoho93]

Very cool thank you, what memory card you use?

[@ziiko5966]

I just bought my Sony A7 I've I shoot 4.2.2 but the video don't work on my laptop any tips?

[@calincharles]

Do you mean when you import it to your video editor it’s really slow? Or do you mean you’re trying to open up the video on your desktop and it’s not playing?

[@Paul-vt3nf]

amazing! thank you!

[@anthonyconte]

wait what wonky things can happen if the iso is below 800?

[@dspoet1]

Forgot to mention that you need a different memory card.

[@itsPhillipStaples]

I liked your video! Did you have to do anything in post processing like final cut pro?

[@calincharles]

I edit in davinci resolve. What kind of post processing?

[@itsPhillipStaples]

@@calincharles Nevermind I did a test with these settings and I didn’t have to do anything in Final Cut Pro. I set my A7IV to the settings in the video and enjoy this feature. Thank you for the response!

[@TimKrauseFilms]

Hey thanks for the video. But my A7IV told me to use a V90 or higher or a Typ A CFEcard. I got a SANDISK EXTREME PRO SD CARD 128GB 300MB/S CLASS 10, U3, V90, UHS-II in my cam rn, should this card not handle the 120fps footage? I am confused haha

[@calincharles]

Weird. No that should work. Do you have a slower card in your second slot?

[@DenBoefMedia]

Great video!

[@sajeshkalathil2736]

great video #...

[@calincharles]

Thanks so much brother 🙏🏻 it’s nice to have access to 120fps 10 bit.

[@samcarlen6097]

If I'm being totally honest, not having 4K slow motion can be a bummer with the A7IV. Specifically, when trying to crop to vertical formats after the fact. You are forced to SHOOT vertically in the first place. 1080p cropped to a vertical phone format looks like s***, even on a phone screen. That's the #1 situation I have that really is an issue with it.

[@calincharles]

I feel that. Whenever I shoot vertical I never crop as I feel like you never get as intentionally of shot content unless you do. It feels like an afterthought to me when people crop in. But I get that some projects you need to do that

[@samcarlen6097]

@@calincharles It's been a struggle with business wanting website content as well as social media content. And exactly, you either have to 1. shoot twice and turn the camera or 2. sacrifice some aspect of composition, either you're shooting wide always with anticipation of cropping later, or you shoot "normally" and pray that you have enough room to show everything you need to without it looking janky. Most businesses and clients don't really understand why it's big decision to make before shooting.

[@calincharles]

@@samcarlen6097 I can see that. Thankfully most of my clients want one or the other. Hoping I don’t have to deal with it too much in the future

[@markharissnomen6171]

great brother

[@dinbali]

Thanks

[@calincharles]

So glad you found it helpful! Learning this definitely helped me a lot

[@kouleeofficial]

If you don’t want to shoot in 4K 60fps because of the crop, why not just shoot 1080p 60fps??

[@calincharles]

This is going to sound really dumb. But for some reason this literally never occurred to me 😂 which is so funny, because it seems like the obvious option that was right in front of my face. I mean regardless, it’s nice to be able to hack 120fps 10 bit and have it as an option, so I’m still glad I made this video, but honestly, this comment you just made is going to make me change my workflow. So thank you 🙏🏻

[@dinbali]

I'm not sure if I remember right, but I think Gerald Undone mentioned in a video that when you shoot in 4K 60fps with the 1.5x crop, you still get more resolution instead of shooting in 1080p 60fps uncropped, partly because of the downsampled 4K from 7K

[@axumchris]

Great Job!! Sorry If someone asked this, in this mode do you lose out on any of the (hand held) image stabilization features from the camera or lens?

[@calincharles]

I don’t believe so? But honestly I’m not sure.

[@Francisfphoto_]

You do lose the active mode (just checked)

[@ibrahim.productions]

can you shoot in slow mo in camera and use it in normal speed if so how?

[@levthelion]

But watching this video its playing back at 4k. Is watching your sample videos at 6:46 a correct translation on my screen of the original video you shot at 1080p?

[@humanlikegiant]

@calin charles what wonkey things are you talking about below ISO 800

[@calincharles]

If you shoot slog3 below 800 (the recommended native iso on this camera for this profile) your camera will digitally clip highlights for you earlier (losing you a lot of dynamic range), also your camera won’t register zebras to tell you where highlights are being lost.

[@catkittlitz6341]

whoa 🤯 you guys look so alike, are you twins?

[@calincharles]

You’d think that, but no.

[@VeraHey-cm7pm]

Hello. Could you please tell is it possible to shoot 10bit 422 120fps in HAVC HS or HAVC S ?

[@vamsi9501]

Sir its work v90 card in 120fps

[@ajayv7240]

Bro can we record audio in S&Q mode with external wireless or shotgun Mic ?

[@calincharles]

If it’s connected to the camera no. If you were you use a fully external source or a item like the rode go ii with internal recording turned on, then you’re good

[@firpofutbol]

Does S&Q mode work with an external recorder like a Ninja V? I am not having success making this work. Seems like with external recorder we're stuck with 120 8-bit. Anybody know a workaround?

[@calincharles]

Yeah can’t help you there, sorry. I dropped my ninja a year ago and can’t convince myself to spend another $600 on a replacement 🙃🙃🙃

[@frodoOG]

hey mate, I don't seem to have 120 fps even following the steps

[@calincharles]

You’re on S&Q mode?

[@frodoOG]

yes@@calincharles

[@frodoOG]

it only goes to 100fps :/

[@calincharles]

@@frodoOG is your camera set to PAL? 25fps, 50fps, and 100fps? This is common in Europe and the UK

[@frodoOG]

yes I'm in europe, It is set to PAL indeed.@@calincharles

[@sussamgt10anos]

but, with this u lost bitrate.

[@vadergrd]

unfortunately sony will not lock raw internal or even external ... cause they will caniballise their cinema line ...

[@calincharles]

I don’t think Sony records raw even in their. Cinema line though.

[@reshamthapa1889]

hello sir can i record xavc s-i hd 4:2:2 10bit 120fps on v60 card...?

[@ekphotography]

NO

[@neton4125]

🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@calincharles]

Glad it helped

[@neton4125]

@@calincharles thankful for Content like this Sometimes littlebit difficult with english Cause i m from Germany But it works 👍🏻👍🏻🙋🏼

[@iComplainer]

Debunked

[@tumcha_raiba]

Is anything similar available in A7SIII?

[@calincharles]

The FX3 is the exact same camera.

[@calincharles]

Except more cinema focused

[@calincharles]

If you want a more affordable FX3/A7SIII get the fx30. It’s crop sensor but still incredible

[@tumcha_raiba]

@@calincharles I am very confused about my next upgrade. I have an A7III right now, but my current 'Indian Wedding' and commercial Video workflow is kinda looking outdated using that. I wanted to know if there is this same 10 bit SNQ setting for the A7SIII in FHD? If yes, then I will really consider either A7SIII or the FX3. If not, then I have to go ahead with the A7IV or wait for A7SIV (which will be very silly)

[@calincharles]

@@tumcha_raiba why would you use S&Q mode on the a7SIII? Why not just 4K60 or 4k120?

[@MUTABAZISTUDIOS]

It still 1080p😂😂😂😂😂

[@calincharles]

Haha we work with what we’ve got 🤷🏻‍♂️ And for any video for social (which seems most client or personal work is shared on these days) 1080p is what is best otherwise you get the app adjusting your 4k footage to make it work on the app which makes it look awful.

[@calincharles]

But yeah, it’s still irritating to not have 4K… not even going to lie 😂

[@charliebrownn6622]

98% of the total video consumed in the internet are for smartphones with 6” screen’s 🤣 1080P for some shots for social media clients it’s superb, nobody tell the difference 👌😊

[@calincharles]

@@charliebrownn6622 such a great point. Thanks for your comment.

[@innujogesh3755]

Its not 4k lol😂

[@calincharles]

I mean to be fair, all the full-frame cameras that shoot 120 fps 4K are like $5000.00. The R5 is like $4700, the FX3 is like $4999, the Nikon Z9 is like $7000. The cheapest fullframe option is the A7SIII, but even that is like $4300. This is a $3100.00 camera. can't expect a $3000 to compete with a $5000 camera. (All prices are in Canadian dollars)

[@calincharles]

sure you can get a APS-C sensor camera that shoots 120fps 4k for a similar price, but not a full frame one.

[@mananrocks98]

is the r5 a good option at 3500 dollars right now? @@calincharles

[@coul]

I made it to 1:09 before my irritation took over. Please make a video explaining how to unlock without the cheesy bad acting. Just be real. Thanks!

[@calincharles]

Hmm if only I had chapters available for you to click ahead to what you want to see 🤔 Just be less rude. Thanks!

[@coul]

@@calincharles Sorry to hurt your feelings. I wanna know when I’m being annoying. My bad. Peace