Sony A6500 Hacks, Tips, & Features [Get more out of your Camera!]
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- Let's talk about getting MORE out of your camera! Here's a list of Sony a6500 Hacks, Tips, & Features that you can use to STEP UP YOUR GAME!
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*What is your favorite camera hack, tip or feature that you think people should know about?*
All tips were great but I loved the time lapse tip the most!! 😄😄🔥
Super handy hey! I love that function too.
Great video! Another hack is that you can install apps to it, basically it's running a modified version of Android and there is a way to install custom apps that are not accessible in the camera's store. For example I wanted to install the time lapse app from Sony but since I don't live in the u.s. The App Store did not let me buy it. So after some research I found out you can install custom apps. So there is a time lapse app which lets you take time lapses in photo mode with silent shooting!
AF/MF Control Hold... Now that's a great tip that most people don;t know about
Juanx- That’s so true! I think there is an “app” that disables the recording limit as well
I've been watching quite a few of your videos over the past few days, and you're honestly one of my favorite camera/photography/editing channels. You're so positive and informative, I love it!
Wow thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words and the support!!
really helpful, thank you!
I just picked up a Sony 6500. Thanks for those great little hidden features, Dunna. For the focus tap zoom in feature you can actually set a time for when it jumps back out to regular view. This way you don't have to double tap again.
Yes I think it even defaults to this feature but I disabled it for fear of smashing my camera for ever time it snapped back out when I was trying to focus haha! Thanks for watching Borgi!
Gotta say, this was good. Thanks for all the tips and tricks. I love my a6500 but definitely feel like I don't use it to it's potential. I mainly shoot action photography and often have a difficult time with autofocus but I do like the camera (and lenses) and am happy to learn more about hot to use it properly. Thanks again.
Thanks so much Ryan! I'm glad you liked the video! Hopefully something in there helps you get even more out of your a6500
Oh wow! Didn’t know about touch screen functionality in Manual mode. And I have my a6500 for over the year! Love all other tricks! Great tips!!! Dunna THANKS! Great videos
Pretty cool right?! Thanks for watching! I’m glad you liked the video!
Great video, man! Thank you 🙏🏼
Thanks for watching Nick!
I love your tips. Great video, very informative and original. Thank you and good luck to you and your channel.
Thank you so much Hyongmin! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great tip about tapping the screen for a magnified view. That’s the only one I didn’t know about. Thanks for sharing! 😉
Nice! I’m glad I got one in there for you!
Although not a Sony user, but its good to learn a new thing! Who knows, maybe one day i’ll make the switch and these features here are impressive indeed! Keep it up bro ;)
Thanks for watching anyway!! And who knows, maybe your camera has some similar features! Time to do some googling 😉
Thank you! Most of the tricks you've been said is new to me.
That's great to hear! Thanks for watching!
Learned so much from this video. Thanks 🙏🏼
Thanks for watching!
Hey man!
You're really cool, and I really mean it. You sorta remind me of me, if I were to become a vlogger hehe :) I just ordered the A6500 and love the way you explain things. Thanks
Haha thank you! I really appreciate the kind words
Thanks man! I appreciate all of it! I just bought the a6500 and this helps plenty!
Great to hear!! Thanks for watching!
I just bought this camera & 2 prime lenses. This video is just what I needed, especially because of that second tip. THANK YOU!
Awesome as always!
Thanks so much Joey! I really appreciate the support!
The use of the video picture profile while shooting photos was a great tip. Thanks!
Thank you so much! This is very helpful 🌟
Congrats on 5000 subs killing it man
Thank you!!! I’m unbelievably thankful!
Thanks for the tips dude! Some good ones in there
My pleasure!
This video really helped!
Great Tips(Tutorial), you are the best. Rich content you created here, very helpful.
Thanks Obie! And thank you for always being so supportive!
Excellent info. Thanks a ton! You got yourself a new subscriber!
Thanks so much Kim! Glad to have you in the crew!
Thank you for sharing. We learned a lot today.
That’s awesome! Happy I could help!
That was an awesome video. Fantastic tips. Great presenting too..!
Thanks Rob!!
Memory recall is my jam! Got 4k 24fps and 1080 120fps set up and it's so handy.
That was how I originally set it up too! Lately, it’s S&Q on one, 120fps on the other, and then I spend 90% of my time in manual mode and I just make sure I’m on 24fps there.
Dunna Did It S&Q you lose quality, that is a no no.
It’s still a higher bit rate than the video that the a6000 shoots and I was happy to post the videos I created with that camera, so for the convenience it affords me, I still like it. It depends on the situation though, if it’s something that I ABSOLUTELY need to have top quality and crazy editing capability, I’ll shoot a raw photo timelapse. But there are lots of situations where that process is cumbersome and not really necessary. For example, you can shoot a quick timelapse on your phone and it can be more than useable for a vlog or something like that.
My memory recall is slow, whenever i switch the dial 1 and 2, it pop up the setting information, this wasted few seconds where i can't start shooting instantly.
Ea Ea Studio - interesting, I don’t switch modes often but I haven’t noticed them taking a lot of time. I’ll have to pay attention to this from now on.
Special "Thank you" for explaining S/Q mode, I had no idea how that thing works, now I understand it.
Nice!!!
Great video 👍 thank you for these tipps!
Thank you do much! I’m happy you found it helpful!
Great channel!! I just subbed. Love all the great Sony tips 🏆🏆🏆
Thanks so much Jason!!
Awesome video! Found it very informative, thanks.
That’s great Rico! Glad you liked it!
Awesome tut man! Really really appreciate this. Any chance you could share how you made the pro text effects? Really nice style.
Thanks Jimmy! I use a lot of third party motion graphic templates, pretty sure that’s what these titles were. Sometimes I build them myself but I’m usually too lazy 😉
You dunna did it, I gonna do it. Great tips. Thanks!
Haha nice! Have fun!
Great as always. All the best from Germany.
Thanks so much! Hello from Canada!
Outstanding stuff !
Cheers!
Thank you for the tips
Subscribed! The heat option made me like the a6500 all over again!
Nice! Thanks for the support. I’m glad I could help turn things around for you :)
Good video mate,,ive learned loads stuff and tips from you,,i will give you a BIG thumps up,,thanks for sharing,,,
Thanks so much brother!!
thanks for this video, i find it very helpful
Great to hear!
Well done sir. Some very useful tips here. Thanks. I appreciate it.
Thanks for watching Chris!
thankyou bro u deserve more views.. keep it up cheers
Thanks a ton! I appreciate it!
You are my hero! Thank you so much!
My pleasure!!
i liked seeing this video footage. keep going 🤙
Thanks so much!
You are so amazing!! Thanksssss
Thanks a ton Erica! I’m really glad to hear that!
Fantastic work as always! My favorite camera hack currently is white balancing for tungsten light and using those lights as practicals in daylight scenes. It looks so naturally beautiful.
Cool! I think I get what you’re saying but can you explain a bit more? Balance the camera for tungsten so instead of looking orange, the tungsten lights look daylight and the daylight looks more blue? Or balance for daylight so that the daylight looks natural and the tungsten has that warm orange glow?
Dunna Did It balance tungsten light to nearly white with slight yellow, daylight looks very blue and it has a nice effect! 😊
That’s very cool! I do that sometimes too! Or the other way around.
Dunna Did It gotta do a video on things like that! ;)
Definitely going to do some lighting videos soon!
Thanks for all the great tips in one place. Yeah, I am a big fan of using the various memory slots. One hack I have heard of (but haven't started using) are these little rubber "dots" with adhesive on the bottom. You stick them on to whichever buttons you like so it is a little easier to feel and press the buttons. I will have to track them down myself because I really want one for the video record button. Thanks again.
That is a cool idea, I do feel like the buttons could be a bit more... tactile? ergonomic? I can't think of the word. But easier to find without looking haha. I've seen something like what you're talking about for the shutter button. But I could see it being really handy for the dumb record button like you said!
So I think they are called button bumps. The person who makes them also makes a few other unusual, inexpensive accessories for Sony cameras. I guess there are others besides button bumps though too.
Cool I’ll definitely check it out!
Well I never knew about tapping the screen for zooming in to focus. Thanks. I have c1 set to focus zoom but then trying to move the little orange square around to where I want to focus is a real PITA
I dont even have a Sony but I still liked it..great content bro 😂🙌
Haha thanks so much for watching anyway! Who knows! Maybe you can find some of these functions on whatever camera you use!
wayment! you dunna did it! Thanks for these tips!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you liked it!!
Great tips Dunna! Oh! And maybe in a TimeLapse, you want to record normal-speed audio (like room tone or ambient) to paste It in post, it'll give you some reallystic (that's the Word?) Impression on your footage!
That’s a great idea, I always carry a little field recorder for things like this!
Thank you so much for the useful video
My pleasure!!
These are such great tips! Much appreciated 🙏🏻
Thanks Ken! Glad you got something from them! Did you have a favorite that you can see yourself using lots?
My favourite is the silent shooting tip which allows the seamless switching between video picture profile and RAW photo shooting w/o any effect. Bonus tip I personally came across which is handy I'd like to share with you is to set up the "Custom Key (PB)" to launch the Application List. I found this useful when I need to use my smartphone as a remote trigger. Further, I've arranged the "Smart Remote Control" app on the camera as the first app so when I need to use my phone to communicate with the camera I'm only 3 button clicks away! You should try it too, beats having to dig through the menu to find the Application List when you need it. Happy creating! 🤩
That’s awesome! Thanks for the bonus tip!! I really like that idea!
very useful! good job.
Thanks! I’m glad you think so!
Dude. You can tell how much effort goes into these videos. And yet all he’s only got 7.5k subs! Sure, it’s a lot. But compared to what people consider a lot... it’s nothing. Keep pushing ;D you’ll get the subs you deserve soon
Wow thank you so much! Every single subscriber seems awesome to me! I’m so thankful for the growth I’ve been having and can’t wait to see where we can take this!!
Thanks 🙏
fantastic tips, thanks a lots
Cheers!!
Gonna check out S&Q. Thanks for the explanation!!
My pleasure!!
Did you manage to save the S&Q in a Custom Button 1/2 ? It seems that it saves all my setting except the S&Q > when I hit RECORD, it starts a regular video recording :(
I don’t have S&Q on a custom button, I have it on one of the memory modes on the mode dial, does that make sense?
Awesome. Defs ganna use these
Nice! Have fun with them!
And to think to myself I almost didn't watch this... DAMN! You got me with the clear image zoom. I might sell my zoom lens now!
Nice!
Great video thank you a lot
Thanks so much for watching!
Hey man! Great video! A lot of these I can use with my a6300 too! Question for you; you mentioned you live stream with yours. Can you shoot a video explaining how you do that? That’d be sweet. Or maybe you already have one?
That’s great that these transfer to the 6300 too! I’m definitely going to do a video on my livestream setup sometime! It’s on my list for sure!
this video contains more information than I've came across on the internet for the whole day of searching
Either you really liked my video or you are really bad at searching the internet 😂 I hope it's the former.
What an awesome camera, defo gonna cop! :)
Nice!
thank you 🙏
Glad you liked it Hafiz! Thanks for the support!
As an a6500 owner, your channel is freaking awesome! Love the zoom hack 🔥
Thanks so much Jack! I’m really glad you find my videos useful! Let me know if there’s ever anything you want me to cover!
Dunna Did It totally! I take forever to edit my videos, I’d like some insight on your workflow.
Great idea! I already have something similar on my list! Make sure to keep an eye out!
The time lapse tip 🙌
Those were some pretty good lookin people packing up that cube van!
Roadie/male models for sure!
Another great video !
Thanks Emad!!
Dunna Did It you’re going to be the next big thing within this space - I can see it
You’re too kind!! Thank you!
good video thanks
Thanks for watching!!
I luv to use autofocus in manual mode. thanks Dunna u really Did it:)
Pretty handy right!
ya bro
You are welcome, keep up the good work.
😁👍🙏
good review bro
Thanks a lot!
Hi ! Congrats on the videos. I loved the color you use ... What color setting of the camera do you use? And in the edition which color do you use? Greetings from Brazil :)
Hey Sabrina! I use the EOSHD custom cine2 profile usually and I custom color grade. I'll be doing a video on this in the future for sure! Thanks for watching!
i've been here since day 1, and I'm surprised how you got 47k subscribers just in the last year. WOW
Thanks for sticking around since the start!
My brain is slightly frazzled, but fantastic info, thank you, have subbed.
Haha sorry for the frazzling! I’m glad you enjoyed it anyway!
Hey Dunna, it was a great video, all of the tipps are very useful. in fact i have written them down. I have one question, will the Eye auto focus work on video? i haven't tried it yet?
Not in an a6500. The first camera for Sony to do that is the A7RIV
Stephen Nailed it! The only cameras in the Sony lineup that have that feature are the a7Riv, a6600, and a6100(i think)
I just ordered a6500 and appreciate ALL these super secret, just for me, tips.
SUPER SECRET!! Don’t tell anyone!! Haha 😂 I hope you enjoy your a6500!
Dunna Did It thank you; my lips are sealed.
Great video!
For some reason when I set up M1 or M2 for videos and I want to go back to Manual mode for photos. The ISO doesn’t allow me to go lower than 200. Do you know why? Thanks!
Loved the video! 💯💯 You didn't send the link tho! 😐😐😔
Haha you were too fast! I sent it 7 minutes after I published!! Haha thanks for watching my man!
Thanks
My pleasure
I’ve set C3(trash) as a button to change Picture Profiles quickly but yea, memory recall is great for setting 4K mode and 120fps mode at the ready.
That’s awesome! My C3 is currently Clear Image Zoom but I’m still changing it often.
Just got my A6500, thank you so much for thoses hacks!
Nice! Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@dunnadidit Has a filmmaker and new sony owners I'm really thankful for all your videos, love your work and your passion. Keep going 💪
So great to hear that!!
Awesome vid Dunna! #nosmallcreator fam!
Thanks Martin!! #nosmallcreator 😁😁
People always forget to mention with clear zoom you have to disable raw and only have jpeg as the picture format or clear zoom will be greyed out.
Yeah I only ever really use Clear Image Zoom for video. If you are shooting raw, you can get the same effect as CIZ by just cropping in in post.
how do i get the highlights to look less blown out/ how do i get the colours to look less ass in photos
Re: highlights - you need to expose for highlights in some situations, even if it means some of the other stuff is a bit dark because you're protecting them.
Re: colours - not sure if you're referring to the "Sony colours" problem, but I fix that in post with some tweaking
Semi-hack/tip. Open the battery door and pull the lcd away from the camera body to buy yourself even more time before the overheat warning pops on. 🏆👍🏼
Definitely a great tip!!
I'm new to the a6500 and I love the tip about setting the memory 1 & 2 modes. I'm trying to set them both, one for time-lapse, one for slow-mo, but each time I go to set one mode, it shows that the other mode is the same. How do I get them to be different? Sorry if this question isn't clear...I'm a total noob.
Hmmm yeah its a bit tough to know what to say. Basically, go to the movie setting, get all your settings where they should be... find memory 1/2 in your menu, and choose to save to the one you want. Then go to the S&Q (assuming you're using that for your timelapse) and do the same for the other setting spot. That should get you there hopefully!
thanks for the tip with custom AF-S button! switching from nikon and its a real pain to lose the ability to fully control the lens yet be able to focus with shutter release button!
Yeah switching camera systems can definitely be tough! Glad my video helped a bit!
Dunna Did I didn’t mention that I got the 6500 a few months ago so will benefit from past videos for sure. Thanks for the welcome!
That’s great Kim! I hope you enjoy the videos!
Hey duna un tips en mirrorles si tiras en 1.4 y activas el manual shuter tienes más luminosidad y el desenfoque es más cremoso que usando el elecronic shuter
Tip #2 about clear image zoom... I followed the steps you show and set cust button 3 to zoom but when I'm in video mode I'm unable to zoom in as mentioned. It still has that button for iso modification. Can you specify what steps are needed to use that zoom function in video? I use a 16mm sigma so I'd love to be able to use that! Thank you!
Completely excellent. I had missed Eye focus in the centre dial.
Also the double tap on the screen for enlarging that area in manual. And dumb enough I just could not work S and Q.
Thumbs up and subscribe .
That’s awesome! I’m glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the sub!
Did you have any video showing the eye tracking?
Great video you rock ! i have an a 6500 too but on 9:02 i noticed that i have only 25p and 30p in record setting i do not have 60p like you and also in Frame Rate mine stops at 60 fps please tell me why ?
You are probably in 4k mode. 60fps is only available in 1080p. Once you switch that, you should see 60(or maybe 50fps if you’re in Europe)
Thank for your tips!! Should i get atomos ninja v for 4k with sony a6500 ?
I don’t know! I’ve been pondering this myself. I had an external monitor for a bit but I sold it because when you plug in a monitor, you lose the ability to use face tracking in 4K. So even though I can’t see myself when recording internally, I have confidence that the face tracking is working. But some of the features and functions of the ninja v are pretty awesome too.
Hi Dunna! Great video, especially the PP hack with the silent shooting option ! I have a question about the S&Q : did you manage to save the S&Q in a Custom Menu 1 or 2 ? It seems that it saves all my setting except the S&Q > when I hit RECORD on my selected menu 1 or 2, it starts a regular video recording instead of S&Q :(
Yeah I was definitely able to save my S&Q settings into a memory mode. That sounds like something must be missing 🤔
@@dunnadidit I finally found what I was doing wrong ! Thank you so much for you work !
thanks
No THANK YOU!
When switching between vid & photo does the picture profile settings apply to to the 6400 as well? Not sure if they updated it with a fix to the problem you mentioned
The settings are still the same, although the way that I use it, it becomes a tool not a problem. Essentially, picture profiles can't be used when using silent shooting. But I don't want picture profiles in RAW photos anyway because they don't apply to the final image anyway so what I'm seeing on the screen wouldn't be accurate. So the silent shooting hack allows me to shoot photos with no PP but as soon as I hit the movie record button, my PP turns back on for the video. As far as I can tell, its the same on the a6400.
For the AF / MF button hold trick,
I assign custom button to AF-on / back button focus, then disable AF function in shutter button.
So, only one button press whenever i want to AF, after release, it stays MF.
Classic trick! I never got into the back button focus but I might have to try again!
You can have more than just 2 settings on memory, it's 6!! 1 and 2 it's the fastest, but you can save more 4 and select or screen menu when you turn the dial to number 1or2.
Great tip! I actually recorded something about that but I fumbled all my words up in the video so I cut it out and figured it still made enough sense hahaha 😂 thanks for letting everyone know though!
Dunna Did It Thank you for amazing tips!
No problem! Glad you enjoyed!
For CZcams videos and documentaries and interviews and B-ROLL should I get the GH5s or should I get the a6500 with the Atomos Ninja 5 (it'll be same price for both as just the GH5s).
Dude this is fckin awesome! Great video, just what I was looking for. 10/10 informative content : D
Thank you! So glad you liked it!
Subbed ;-) Have a good day, keep rocking!
Thanks you too!