The best and most painless way to Expose to the Right (ETTR) using the Sony a7R II and Sony a7S II.
Author: Sareesh Sudhakaran
Cages for the a7R II
I use the Varavon Zeus Cage (B&H, Amazon) for the a7R II. Here’s my review: Download Video What to look for in a good cage Everyone has different needs. I need my cage to be rock solid to be part of a full rig, mattebox, brick and all. Here are some things to watch out […]
Not everyone has time to shoot RAW and process their images. Creative Styles offer you one way to change the look of your images right in camera. Here’s how: Download Video My settings Personally, I shoot most my stills (travel, street, etc.) in the Standard Creative Style, with these tweaks: Contrast -3 – to have […]
I personally use the JJC intervalometer for the a7R II/SII (Amazon). Here’s my review of it: Here’s a video in which you’ll find timelapses I’ve shot with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z_Do6N7gI0 I don’t use or recommend the Sony time-lapse app for these reasons: I have three cameras, so I have to buy and install it on each […]
What is ETTR? Exposing to the right (ETTR) is the way to get the best image quality for still photographs (or video, but not on the a7R II and a7S II cameras) if you’re shooting RAW. The principle is simple. When you raise your exposure to just before it clips, and shoot your image in […]
My Gear List
This is my entire gear list, both present, future and recommended (stuff I don’t need): Note: Links are to B&H and Amazon affiliates. Buying from these links will not cost you extra, and will help me earn a little bit in commission. Thanks for your support! Cameras Sony a7S (B&H, Amazon) Panasonic GH5 (B&H, Amazon) Sony a7S […]
Bracketing is one way to increase the dynamic range of your camera. The process is: You shoot two or more images of the same scene with different exposures. E.g., one at normal exposure, then another one overexposed by one stop, underexposed by one stop and so on. In post production, you can combine these images […]
Sony’s video file organization is a mess, to put it kindly. The following video will help you locate your videos (why did it have to be so hard??): Note: This was created with the a7R II though it applies to the a7S II as well. Download Video Now let’s take a quick look at the […]
Here’s how your files are saved, and how you can organize your stills shooting: Download Video Now let’s take a quick look at the formats and what you get (click to view 100%): I’ll update the uncompressed RAW statistics when I’ve updated my firmware. For now, it is about 85 MB @ 42MP. You’ll get […]
In this detailed video we go over all the settings specific to video: Download Video Notes If you’re new to the camera it will take some time to sink in. Don’t worry if you find it hard, I’ve personally seen Sony’s engineers struggle to find settings on their own cameras!