This video was worth it for the zebra setting tip alone! Also the memory option, why didn’t I do that before. Now have two profiles saved, one for landscape and one for wildlife 😊
Awesome vid again mate I’ve watched all your vids one after the other👌🏻 Quick question how have you been getting you videos viewed 🙏 you are doing awesome👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks so much Tony - I appreciate it! I'm not 100% sure to be honest. I already had a bit of an audience from Instagram, but I think the main thing was the timing of my Sony a7C and Sony a7SIII videos being so close to the launch of those cameras (CZcams pushed those videos a lot more because they were "trending"). I saw one of your videos was from Margaret River - are you in WA?
Thanks for this Andrew..Very helpful. Just got my A7iii from an a6600 and just love all the possible settings and customisation.. Great video and cracker wee shots
Great video, thank you Andrew. I'm a beginner with my first full frame camera so all tips are very welcome. My interests are landscapes and astrophotography. I have a FE 28 - 70mm f3.5 - f5.6 OSS lens and that's it.. Could you recommend a lens to me? Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the video. I was hoping to see where you set your focus (and how) before you took the picture in real time. Did I miss it or do you have another video for that?
I'm not a jpeg shooter except for one type of photography - infrared (on a converted camera). I use the B&W profile so that I can discern the contrast better and it helps make reviewing the images on the LCD/EVF easier on my eyes compared to the wild false colors. :p I only recently dug deeper into Sony's compressed vs uncompressed - rather unimpressed with compressed. :( Still weighing the pros and cons of compressing the uncompressed with zip file or dng file. BTW: FastRawViewer provides the ability to actually see the RAW file's histogram - it is amazing the difference there can be between the embedded jpeg and the actual raw file histogram.
Yeah I've never been a fan of the in camera compressed RAW - only really good if you're doing a massive shoot and really aren't bothered about image quality. That FastRawViewer program looks really interesting for those who want to preview the images before taking into their software - thanks for the comment!
I’m really enjoying your videos! I’m looking to moving up from my apsc Nikon D5600. I have a question. I’m waiting for the A7iv, hoping for a better menu along with a 24mp or more along with a great high dynamic range. Do you think I am on the right path? I was disappointed when Sony came out with the A7C. I mostly take landscape photos but want the option for portraits. Thanks and keep up the good work and good luck with your channel!!
Thanks Joe! Yeah I actually love the a7C for the little niche it fills for me (very light, compact vlogging camera), but I completely get that it doesn't tick enough boxes for most people. So yeah I think you're on the right track. Sony doesn't usually take steps backwards, so I would fully expect the A7iv to have the new menus, 24mp and around 15 stops dynamic range. I'll definitely be doing a video on the A7iv when it does eventually come out - I hope you stick around! Thanks for the comment mate!
Great video and some useful menu settings and tips at the end. Interesting recommendation re sRGB vs Adobe RGB, I’ll have to experiment. Nice to see some photos of Perth , my home town at one point, though I can’t work out the location. I know South Perth but looks like a lake between you and the river and I can’t place the exact spot? Still, good to see, cheers.
Thanks Marcus! If you're shooting RAW the colour space option makes almost no difference, but it can be important to understand for JPEG shooters! This particular spot is a bit further east than most people venture (closer to the Heirisson Island end), that's why it flew under the radar for so long 👍 thanks for the comment!
@@andrewjclarke Hey Andrew, quick follow up question. Do you have a preference re Exposure Mode as a start point in the memory recall? I think on one screen it was on Multi and another Centre, but don't think I heard you mention in the vid and just curious what you start point is?
@@mleesteereYou're talking about the metering mode setting right? For metering I generally leave it on multi and just use the histogram to gauge my exposure (which incidentally isn't affected by metering mode). I haven't found the different metering modes to be particularly important for my shooting when we've got access to a live exposure preview, histogram and exposure comp on a dedicated dial. But I can see what you're referring to in the video - the reason for the different settings is that I've mainly been using the a7C for vlogging so I never got around to updating that setting in the memory recall slots haha!! If I was to do it again I would put it into multi for all my saved settings :)
Is there any point to the D-Range Optimizer setting? It says it tries to adjust gamma curve/exposure level/etc. when it sees backlit scenes, but can’t we just do that in Lightroom to our own taste?
Yeah the DRO optimizer only applies to JPEGs so if you're shooting in RAW it makes no difference. The other tricky thing with the DRO optimizer is that it heavily changes the exposure preview you get on the back screen (and the histogram) so I personally don't like having it on at all. Can be handy for JPEG only shooters though. Thanks for the comment!
Any suggestions on how to manage settings for diametrically opposed shooting scenarios such as Birding and Landscape? About 1 year ago I bought an A7R4 for landscape, A9II for BIF, then got stuck at home with Covid, so for me birding is my only option right now. Hopefully Covid will be waining soon so and I want to set up a74 for both birding and landscape but find the mode dial settings of 1,2,3 too unreliable as settings selected in the field often seem to migrate back to 1,2,3 or other permanent settings seem to disappear. Clearly I am not managing mode 1,2,3 well. I was even considering using cards to record key settings for each type of shooting them manually set them, but there has to be an easier way. Any suggestions?
Hey Chief. I'm heading out into the field to use everything you've taught us so far on the channel. It'll be interesting to see where I am now at the start, and where I'll be down the line. If you're ever running low on video ideas and learnings for us laymen. You could open up a submission portal and criticize us directly for a bit of that fun viewer/creator engagement. Also #secretcanonspy >=D
Haha hopefully some of the tips translate to the dark side :P I look forward to seeing you guys continue to improve (not that you need my help!). I'm very keen on your video idea - we could do a KOTS crossover. How about "SONY PRO CRITIQUES CANON SHOOTERS" for some inflammatory clickbait?? That comment section would be a garbage fire.
Sorry, but you lost me. Way too fast and too much info for me to hang with. Most of your viewers are not on your level and watch how to videos to learn. Being honest and I do wish I had your brain. Thanks tho…..
Chuck your settings questions in the comments - and let me know what camera you're shooting on! ❤️
2:41 I had never considered this option before. Great tip!
This video was worth it for the zebra setting tip alone! Also the memory option, why didn’t I do that before. Now have two profiles saved, one for landscape and one for wildlife 😊
Awesome vid again mate I’ve watched all your vids one after the other👌🏻
Quick question how have you been getting you videos viewed 🙏 you are doing awesome👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks so much Tony - I appreciate it! I'm not 100% sure to be honest. I already had a bit of an audience from Instagram, but I think the main thing was the timing of my Sony a7C and Sony a7SIII videos being so close to the launch of those cameras (CZcams pushed those videos a lot more because they were "trending"). I saw one of your videos was from Margaret River - are you in WA?
@@andrewjclarke hey mate thanks for replying. Yes I live in Perth 👍🏻I live north of the river.
Dude, love your tutorial! Stunning shots as well. Greetings from Indonesia
yessss timestamps 🐠 so helpful, thank you!
I started doing timestamps for every single setting, then I realised there would be like 50 of them 😂😂
Thanks for this Andrew..Very helpful. Just got my A7iii from an a6600 and just love all the possible settings and customisation.. Great video and cracker wee shots
Nicely done! Well organized, focused, and practical. Thank you very much. Alex
Thanks Andrew, a most informative video. You present lots of options to all levels of Sony camera users. Keep up the good work.
OMG the BIRD, BIRD BIRD! So funny! Subscribed.
Great video, thank you Andrew. I'm a beginner with my first full frame camera so all tips are very welcome.
My interests are landscapes and astrophotography. I have a FE 28 - 70mm f3.5 - f5.6 OSS lens and that's it..
Could you recommend a lens to me?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the video. I was hoping to see where you set your focus (and how) before you took the picture in real time. Did I miss it or do you have another video for that?
Yeapp Sony :) I have the Sony a7riii photographer of Mexico 🇲🇽 nice 👍 video bro
where about is this in perth?im in perth
I'm not a jpeg shooter except for one type of photography - infrared (on a converted camera). I use the B&W profile so that I can discern the contrast better and it helps make reviewing the images on the LCD/EVF easier on my eyes compared to the wild false colors. :p I only recently dug deeper into Sony's compressed vs uncompressed - rather unimpressed with compressed. :( Still weighing the pros and cons of compressing the uncompressed with zip file or dng file. BTW: FastRawViewer provides the ability to actually see the RAW file's histogram - it is amazing the difference there can be between the embedded jpeg and the actual raw file histogram.
Yeah I've never been a fan of the in camera compressed RAW - only really good if you're doing a massive shoot and really aren't bothered about image quality. That FastRawViewer program looks really interesting for those who want to preview the images before taking into their software - thanks for the comment!
I’m really enjoying your videos! I’m looking to moving up from my apsc Nikon D5600. I have a question. I’m waiting for the A7iv, hoping for a better menu along with a 24mp or more along with a great high dynamic range. Do you think I am on the right path? I was disappointed when Sony came out with the A7C. I mostly take landscape photos but want the option for portraits. Thanks and keep up the good work and good luck with your channel!!
Thanks Joe! Yeah I actually love the a7C for the little niche it fills for me (very light, compact vlogging camera), but I completely get that it doesn't tick enough boxes for most people. So yeah I think you're on the right track. Sony doesn't usually take steps backwards, so I would fully expect the A7iv to have the new menus, 24mp and around 15 stops dynamic range. I'll definitely be doing a video on the A7iv when it does eventually come out - I hope you stick around! Thanks for the comment mate!
am shooting with the A1 and don’t have a flexible spot focus option? Did that get renamed in a firmware update? Thanks so much!
Great video and some useful menu settings and tips at the end. Interesting recommendation re sRGB vs Adobe RGB, I’ll have to experiment. Nice to see some photos of Perth , my home town at one point, though I can’t work out the location. I know South Perth but looks like a lake between you and the river and I can’t place the exact spot? Still, good to see, cheers.
Thanks Marcus! If you're shooting RAW the colour space option makes almost no difference, but it can be important to understand for JPEG shooters! This particular spot is a bit further east than most people venture (closer to the Heirisson Island end), that's why it flew under the radar for so long 👍 thanks for the comment!
@@andrewjclarke Hey Andrew, quick follow up question. Do you have a preference re Exposure Mode as a start point in the memory recall? I think on one screen it was on Multi and another Centre, but don't think I heard you mention in the vid and just curious what you start point is?
@@mleesteereYou're talking about the metering mode setting right? For metering I generally leave it on multi and just use the histogram to gauge my exposure (which incidentally isn't affected by metering mode). I haven't found the different metering modes to be particularly important for my shooting when we've got access to a live exposure preview, histogram and exposure comp on a dedicated dial. But I can see what you're referring to in the video - the reason for the different settings is that I've mainly been using the a7C for vlogging so I never got around to updating that setting in the memory recall slots haha!! If I was to do it again I would put it into multi for all my saved settings :)
Is there any point to the D-Range Optimizer setting? It says it tries to adjust gamma curve/exposure level/etc. when it sees backlit scenes, but can’t we just do that in Lightroom to our own taste?
Yeah the DRO optimizer only applies to JPEGs so if you're shooting in RAW it makes no difference. The other tricky thing with the DRO optimizer is that it heavily changes the exposure preview you get on the back screen (and the histogram) so I personally don't like having it on at all. Can be handy for JPEG only shooters though. Thanks for the comment!
@@andrewjclarke Thanks man, appreciate it!
Any suggestions on how to manage settings for diametrically opposed shooting scenarios such as Birding and Landscape? About 1 year ago I bought an A7R4 for landscape, A9II for BIF, then got stuck at home with Covid, so for me birding is my only option right now. Hopefully Covid will be waining soon so and I want to set up a74 for both birding and landscape but find the mode dial settings of 1,2,3 too unreliable as settings selected in the field often seem to migrate back to 1,2,3 or other permanent settings seem to disappear. Clearly I am not managing mode 1,2,3 well. I was even considering using cards to record key settings for each type of shooting them manually set them, but there has to be an easier way. Any suggestions?
🙌🏼
Hey Chief.
I'm heading out into the field to use everything you've taught us so far on the channel.
It'll be interesting to see where I am now at the start, and where I'll be down the line.
If you're ever running low on video ideas and learnings for us laymen.
You could open up a submission portal and criticize us directly for a bit of that fun viewer/creator engagement.
Also
#secretcanonspy >=D
Haha hopefully some of the tips translate to the dark side :P I look forward to seeing you guys continue to improve (not that you need my help!).
I'm very keen on your video idea - we could do a KOTS crossover. How about "SONY PRO CRITIQUES CANON SHOOTERS" for some inflammatory clickbait?? That comment section would be a garbage fire.
I disagree on not being able to predict weather/sunset/clouds accurately as part of the fun 🤣🤣
Hahaha maybe I'm just a masochist
You went way to fast to keep up with .
Sorry, but you lost me. Way too fast and too much info for me to hang with. Most of your viewers are not on your level and watch how to videos to learn. Being honest and I do wish I had your brain. Thanks tho…..