In this lesson I’ll outline a few of my ideas on how to use the a7R II for short and feature films. Focusing I would go with Manual focus and focus peaking. Even at f/1.4, it’s not hard to focus if you use Focus Magnifier and Peaking. Most fictional projects need some kind of focus pulling, … Read more
In this lesson I’ll outline a few of my ideas on how to use the a7S II for corporate videos, run and gun, and documentaries. The interview Use Smile/Face Detect. to focus if you really have your plate full, e.g., if you’re interviewing as well, etc. The camera does a decent job, unless the subject … Read more
In this lesson I’ll outline a few of my ideas on how to use the a7R II for corporate videos, run and gun, and documentaries. The interview Use Smile/Face Detect. to focus if you really have your plate full, e.g., if you’re interviewing as well, etc. The camera does a decent job, unless the subject … Read more
In this lesson I’ll outline a few of my ideas on how to use the a7S II for wedding videos. Shallow DOF and focus Use Smile/Face Detect. to focus, and the camera will automatically focus. However, you might want to also use DMF so you can quickly focus manually if the former isn’t playing nice … Read more
In this lesson I’ll outline a few of my ideas on how to use the a7R II for wedding videos. Shallow DOF and focus Use Smile/Face Detect. to focus, and the camera will automatically focus. However, you might want to also use DMF so you can quickly focus manually if the former isn’t playing nice … Read more
With RAW, you have the choice of compressed and uncompressed stills, if you have updated your firmware. The only reason to shoot compressed is to reduce file size (by about 50%). Here are the sizes of a typical 42MP 14-bit RAW image*: Compressed: 43.1 MB Uncompressed: 85.7 MB *The sizes will vary by a bit depending on … Read more
Connecting via USB 2.0 is the most reliable tethering method available, and it works well with Capture One Pro (Capture Express doesn’t support tethering). You might want to read the takeaway before watching the video. In this lesson I’ll use Sony’s free Remote Camera Control and Adobe Lightroom CC as an alternative, because I don’t … Read more
In this lesson we’ll explore the options available for ‘tethering’ via HDMI: Download Video Takeaways You cannot control the camera or capture stills via HDMI. You cannot output 4K video if you’re not in the Movie mode dial. If you’re in Movie mode, you cannot take stills. You need to update your firmware to v2.0 … Read more
All lenses have some kind of lens aberrations, even the best ones. Most professional cameras have incorporated some form of correction for these aberrations in the camera. You’ll find it in: Menu B > Page 6 > for the Sony a7S II, and Menu B > Page 7 > for the Sony a7R II With Sony … Read more