Sony Alpha Menus A to Z: Movie Settings for late model Alpha cameras
Sony Alpha Menus A to Z: Movie Settings
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One in a series of video tutorials that helps the Alpha photographer master the new menus found on cameras such as the A7lV (A7M4) and the cameras that cam after this camera.
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Mark you are genius. Thank you for a wonderful explanation of A74. Cheers. I did learn a lot of features which I was not aware. Thanks once again.
The most helpful tutorial on the A7iv I’ve come across. Thank you for explaining each function. Unlike the other tutorials that just show you “the best settings for photo/video”. I’m coming from an entry level canon. So the menu is hard to navigate as it is, but I didn’t understand a lot of the meaning of the settings. It’s almost like it’s written in code haha
Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
Really clear and clean instructions - thank you 🔥 will try this today
Thanks Mark for making your time making this content
My pleasure!
Excellent thanks again for this series. So useful to have it broken down into digestible chunks.
Many thank 🙏
Mark thank you so much! You are the man. I learned so much, hope you have a great new year!
Same to you!
Always outstanding information expertly and professionally presented 🙏👍
Glad you think so!
Mark, your A to Z series is outstanding! I just got my A7iv and it is my first Sony (my Pana GH5 kit is now up for sale!) and your educational videos have been indispensable. I'm so impressed I signed up last night as a Patreon subscriber and I was planning on working through the A7iv e-book but I saw this new addition to the A-Z series so that one has to wait! Thank you for all these amazing contributions to the community! One small note for you, on my yellow Setup menu (firmware release v 1.0) I actually have a different menu structure than what you show here. I'm sure you were working off a pre-production unit, but now yellow 6. is "accesibility" and everything else moves down one. No problem following along with your information here of course but I thought I would toss that out for you as my tiny little contribution to the effort!
The Accessibility menu page is only available in North America and then only if you choose the English language on initial setup. All other countries don't have that page. It would have been nice if they added that page last so that it did not change the numbered pages for my educational videos.
I only get around to answering a small percentage of comments on KZhead so as a patron you will be guaranteed a response when asked in the Q&A forums on Patreon.
Yep....this was awesome. Thank you very much👍🏻
Glad you liked it!
For my "PAL" pals ;-) ... the only reason why you should use PAL is if you record/film for the BBC. Since every Computer Screen / TV / Mobile etc are native 60Hz (and multiple of it), you should only use NTSC settings even if you are in Europe like me (30/60Hz). Playback for your clients will be far far smoother (youtube&co). 24fps is a sweetspot, since it´s easier to pulldown/playback 30Hz from it. But. 30Hz will be ALWAYS super smooth (aka NON cinematic/news style). Just saying. Excellent video as always, cheers!
This PAL vs NTSC thing is so confusing, with so many different views on the issue. What is the definitive answer, anyone? We live in a global world today, but most of us film for local clients. What is the best solution for those producing video in Europe, but with KZhead and social media platforms in the mix?
Great advice
Thanks Mark...still waiting for the A7 to arrive in Canada....I have my request in but delivery to Canada is till in the air it seems.
Hope you don't have to wait too long Dave
Another great tutorial Mark! I was pretty disappointed that all/most of the Sony G and GM lenses aren't included in the Focus Breathing Correction. The smaller 50mm f/2.5 noticeably wasn't included.
Yes, is weird the brand new GM70-200mm II is not supported. Same for the "AF Assist", apparently also no support for GM70-200mm II.
The 70-200 GM II may be added to the list shortly.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills That's nice - I guess a firmware update to the camera can add support for more lenses?
I was also hoping the 50mm 2.5G was on the list. I wonder if there are plans to add any other lenses to this feature over time?
Can you do one for photography? I’m learning a lot from your videos so thank you 🙏🏼
I have dozens of 1-hour seminars available to watch on my Patreon.com/markgaler site
@@AlphaCreativeSkills I just singed up last night way with it with all that information.. you’re the best Mark !
Mark this was so helpful and you went thru everything in great detail...I am having one issue...when I try to have the separate settings for video and still it doesn't retain them even thought I check the boxes and press ok...what am I doing wrong...thank again for the informative video
Are you turning the sub dial below the Shoot Mode dial from the camera icon to the movie icon?
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Mark thank you for getting back to me ...yes I was doing that ...I tried it 3 more times and it worked on the 3rd time so I must of missed a step along the way...I wish it would lock in shutter speeds when you switch but it it doesn't seem to do that...like having it be a shutter speed of 50 when I with with to video... oh well... but really the video is so great and really goes thru everything...it was only my mistake ....thank you
Hi Mark I have ordered the Sony M4 camera and have looked at your cam settings which show replacing settings with yours if I join patreon and use you cam settings on my new camera will I still go to replace when I add yours
You can save your current settings as a CAMSET from the Save/Load settings menu. If you back these up on a computer, or use a different memory card, you can restore your own settings at any time.
Does the "different setting for still/Mv" option exist on the a6600? It drives me crazy that I have to reset everything when switching between the two. I've been using a memory slot to manage it so far but this looks better. The menu you're showing looks different than the Sony alpha menus I've seen before
This video is for late model Alpha cameras with the new menus, e.g., the A7SIII, A1 and A7IV
Quick question Mark … how to specify a separate folder eg if I am shooting a Timelapse and I want that to go in a sp folder. Also I am not seeing my photos in order I took them … is it a LR settings that I accidentally changed or is it something I need to specify in camera …using a7R 3 and a74
Lightroom has many options for the order of viewing in a folder. These options can be accessed from the Toolbar in the Library panel. Yes - you can create a new folder on your A7IV at any time. Setup > Setup6 > New Folder on an older Alpha and Shooting > File > Create New Folder on the A7IV. For ongoing support consider joining my Patreon.com/markgaler service.
Hey Mark, i have a7iv and generally i use 1080p resolution for video. But my friend said that if i shoot in 1080p and if i do crop then that crop video will be turned into 720p. Is this true ?? Does doing crop in video will change resolution?? Coz if we take a pic with 32 megapixel and if we crop that will be 15 megapixel approx. so will same formula apply to video aswell?? Are Megapixels and Resolutions the same? Plz make us clear.
Depends where you are cropping - shooting in APS-C mode is cropping but if you have selected HD then your movie will still be 1080p We only refer to pixel dimensions with video files (not megapixels) but 4K (3840 x 2160) is 8.3 megapixels. If you are wanting to master this camera and need to use me as your mentor then I can offer you ongoing support on Patreon.com/markgaler I have a 1-hour resolution and noise seminar for my patrons as well as a 500-page camera-specific eBook you can download for your camera.,
can i save S&Q setting so i shoot 4k when in movie mode abut auto switch to hd/120 when switched to S&Q?
You can save three memories on the Shoot Mode dial for stills, movies and S&Q - that’s 9 memories in total
I want Ir remote setting sir
6:35 incorrect - Crop mode is not automatic just because you are in higher frame rate (at lest on the A1).
I was referring to the A7lV which is the featured camera in this video tutorial
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Please update your video descriptions in that case as they say these tips are for A7IV and A1 cameras.
9:30 ... Russian dolls, really? I take offense :-)
They are Japanese and this video was made long before the war