Best Autofocus Settings for Sony - my Sony A7IV PHOTO Setup
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Hey everyone! In this video I'm sharing with you my photography setup for the Sony A7IV. I share my favourite autofocus settings for different situations, show you all my shortcuts and custom buttons, go through the menu, show you my photo picture profiles and more. If you want more Sony A7 IV content please check out:
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Hope this video helps you out with your setup! Watch my video setup for the A7IV here: ua-cam.com/video/ffoXON_0C2A/v-deo.html
Hello, I am not sure if someone has ever asked you this question but what metering mode do you use the most? I seen where northern borders (street photographer) use center on A7RIV and one other street photographer use highlights metering mode for snow/sunsets. I saw that the newer Sony bodies carry one more metering mode option.
@@Whatsgoodmydude2222 Thank you and yes I agree, I want to film a more portrait photography orientated comparison as well but was debating between the R6 or R5. I also think the R5 is probably a more fair comparison with the A7IV!
@@chrisgresham7048 It really depends on the lighting, in my Tips to improve your natural light portrait photography video I uploaded a couple of months ago I share what metering modes I use depending on the situation.
Thank you 😊
Hey Julia, I just got a one quick question. I just got a new Sony a7iv, lens 85mm 1.4 gm. I just got started, I'm shooting Manual mode. I was wondering if I need my 85mm to switch Af mode to Manual mode 🤔 . or it's doesn't matter which mode to use for the Lens.
Hi Julia! Long time subscriber and I LOVE your channel! I finally took the plunge and converted from Nikon to Sony. The menu system and customization is so different and more detailed with the Sony. I really appreciate this video!!
I didn’t know about focus frame display setting. Thank you for sharing Julia! ☺️
Some great tips here, thank you for sharing!
Finally... someone to explain how to use the tracking sensitivity setting correctly. Thank you!
I can't imagine a more detailed analysis than Julia did. Thank you for such a video.💫
Thank you Julia ! Super informative
I'll have to watch this at least one more time. Excellent realistic video with exactly the right information.
Great video, I love your settings. I'm a noob with the Sony and overwhelmed trying to figure it out still. Been in to photography for years but kinda fell out of big cameras after iPhones got really good, but I'm back and loving the a7IV, thank you !
Thank you Julia;
Very useful information 💝
I just bought my first modern Sony camera, a6700, and was quite overwhelmed by sheer number of menu folders and settings complexity.
Thank you, that helps immensely.
Great video!!! I just bought this sony and your video is very helpful. Thank you 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you for sharing your settings!
So so helpful!! Esp for wedding videographer, nailing focus!
Even though I don't shoot with this camera, this was still so helpful! You're videos are always relevant in some way. THANK YOU!
That was absolutely amazing … thank you so much ❤
This video is super useful, thank you so much!
I had the same hesitation between setting up the back wheel for ISO or WB. It sounded appealing to have all controls up there, but I also choose to use it for WB only in video mode (better access, especially when on gimbal) and keep it as exposure comp in photo mode, simply because I shoot often in Aperture priority, with auto ISO, when I'm shooting events, festivals and outdoor concerts...
So to access to the WB setting in photo mode, I actually set it to the record button, which also allows me to keep the layout consistent with my A7III in that case 😊
So nice of you, really helpful for a newbie to SONY system & A7IV. It will be lot less struggle. 🙂. Appreciate & Thank you.
amazing content, thank you!
Nice walkthrough thanks 🙏
This is a great channel ! Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you for the video Julia. It would be great if you could make a tutorial video on how to transfer the files to NAS, it seems useful for quick transfer!
Thank you for this!
Hii 🙂I like this absolutely lovely and helpful video !! Thank youu so much Julia :) 🧡🧡🧡 Have a meaningful start of this week !!
Awesome Video, helped me out :)
helped me sooo much
spectacular. positively wonderful. New to the a7iv and am frankly a bit overwhelmed in comparison to my a6500.
I’ve just gone through this with a fine tooth comb. Thank you so much
When you were going through the different settings it just reminds me that there are so many things I like on Sony cameras that I just miss on my Nikon cameras 😄
coool stuff, as always :)
thank you so much, definetly i'm gonna use iso for infinity wheel
My love 😍
Hey Julia please make more a7iv content, Love you! love the Channel! Keep going ❤❤
I m learning photography u r nice guider
Thank you!
Thank you. Very helpful. Wondering if you have a set-up for Sony A7RIII?
Fantastic video Julia. I like your settings very much. I think they will help a lot during wedding photoshooting . Do you have any PDF with all those settings?
Quite a handy guide for setting up your custom buttons. Especially if you've upgraded from a A7III series and having a hard time getting things in place. Great work Julia! :)
Thanks! Yeah there are a few extra buttons on the A7IV and some extra shortcuts that we didn't have on the A7III. Took me a little while to get it set up the way I like, but I'm happy with it now!
Cool vid. Very helpful. Just got my a74 and love it. Nice to see someone using the camera more for stills. Love your set up. Thank you 😊👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
Thank you very much
One thing I've found that's made switching between eye/face AF and normal focusing modes (if you're not a back button focus user), is instead of mapping an eye AF button, map a button to turn on and off Face/Eye Priority in AF. Eye AF you can just leave on permanently. That way, you don't really have to switch focusing modes....just use that button. For example, I typically use tracking small spot as my AF mode. If I want to the camera to automatically focus on eyes/face, I'll simply hit the button I programmed to Face/Eye Priority in AF, which in my case is the AF-ON button. If I want to choose focus and turn off Face/Eye AF, I'll simply tap the AF-ON button, then focus as usual with the shutter button. Keeps me from having to change from Wide area to spot, etc, and allows me to change from focusing on eyes to whatever I want, in an instant.
This is a great tip. I just got my A7iv yesterday and am finding the number of different settings difficult to break down when trying to shoot quickly. I'll assign that AF button to Eye priority and see how I go with it.
Thank you for this very useful video. You are one of only afew that I can actually follow. Your pace and descriptions are great. Too many others seem more intent on showing how fast they can go through the menus, forgetting that the reason they're making the video is for people to learn. Great presentation!
Apart from like the choosing r or l eye this works for a7iii as well, love it ♡
Yep this is very similar to how I had my A7III set up as well! I don't like changing things up TOO much since it's all second nature to me now
@@juliatrotti I was kinda worried, because I just got a A7III since I can't afford the newest gear and also it dropped in price, that your videos wouldn't work for me anymore now but that made me so happy 😅. You're my biggest Inspiration and the reason I became serious(ly interested) in photography!
Suparb information Mem
This helped me so much I'm a recent sony from nikon user and a beginner and could not find any advice on the meter settings. I've copied all your short cuts and they have helped me so much. Thank you!
That's awesome to hear, glad I could help!
I really want an a7 IV. If you're the kind of person who needs a camera like this professionally, it's an absolute steal.
I, of course, am an amateur. At some point, I might pick up a used a7 III when the prices drop more. And that's still a hell of a camera.
Great 👍🏽
Great video! What do you use as a focus area for group shots? Zone?
Interesting video
Nice video. Thanks. Question: why do you have 'Release w/o Lens' enabled? I'm trying to think of a use case for that other than when attaching the camera to a telescope.
I just bought sony a7iv and the first channel I am looking for to setup my camera setting is your channel. Such informative and so cute too. Love to see your smiling, I think I have fallen in love. Really hope to meet you in person one day. Continue making movie ms cutie. Greeting from Malaysia!
Great tips, I'm gonna set my lcd/viewfinder button to my trashcan button👍 I with Sony and others could change aspect ratio to 4:3 and 4:5 for Instagram but the resolution will not be the same but the composition would be better. I have stretched the image or filled the edges for Instagram and facebook for a more pleasing look but sometimes It's hard to get It right.. I find It better to take 3 shots with the subject in the middle and merge panorama and then crop It in 4:5, I think It looks more medium format 🤔😊
Thank you
Oh God, what is this beauty, I wish you a happy life
Hi Julia, thanks for the video. Can I ask why e-front curtain shutter is off? What difference or benefit does this have?
this video was incredibly helpful! I also had my atomos shogun just randomly die on me not to long ago. ooof
Oh man, I feel your pain 😫 and glad this was helpful!
@Julia Trotti Thanks for the guide. Is there a export of your settings which can be imported?
Gracias 🙏
Are you able to do a review or do a photo editing video on the ipad pro 12.9 m1?
If the exposure lock is tied to the shutter button, do you have a separate button if you need to re meter on a different area of the frame?
Hi, just a newbie question for you. What is your recommended Auto Focus setting for a Sony Camera (I have a Sony A7S III) for Talking Head Videos. I have tried Wide, Large Spot and even Centre, and I seem to have some strange things going on with corners moving in and out. I would really appreciate what you use for your Talking Head videos (like this one for example)? thanks for your help here Julia .. great Videos, and I am a fan.
Pleased your excited about the exposure compensation dial not having markings ..
Ooh , any chance you could share how to set up that wifi transfer please, thanks.
Hi thinking of buying A7 R4. Will I be able to use continuous eye tracking to take self portraits?
Hi Julia , which is better nikon z6ii or the sony a7 iv . i see that both almost have the same autofocus settings , now i over autofocus although i've tried z6ii not always catches the focuse perfectly . which is best regarding the pm's hours of clear photos and less grain , low light and colour science
Thanks! Do you havet hese setting shared for us to load up and use? Thanks
super tuto. At 4.55 you mention AEL is set to eye af to quickly jump from small flexible point to wide with eye AF. I did the same and it is very powerful. BUT I don't find that "eye af" function on a7rv to switch between spot on "yashika" and toggle to wide eye AF. Do you know which one to use instead (subject recognition,...) ?
Hi Julia 👋 I am using a7ii but I am not satisfied on the outofucus that I get. I tried different lenses but it is realy hard to get sharp pictures, do you have any tips for that?
I am interested in the FTP to NAS. Would you be able to or a tutorial on that?
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What even is that?!?
So do I :)
Interested in this also
Interesting, I got my a7iv one week ago. Since my photographing is very different (only landscape and birds) my settings are of course different.
Hi Julia- I'm confused with tracking sens with one thing... If 1 is sticky to one person, why do you use 5 when wanting to be responsive to different distances when you have a person coming towards you (different distances). Could you clariify please? Thank you!
Great video, appreciate you sharing all of them here! Anyway we could buy or request for a SAVED Sony Setup file so we can just download and LOAD it on our A7IV??? Thanks in advance.
I was thinking the same !
Hi Julia. I hope you are doing great. I have a question. What strobe light is good and compatible with Sony a7iv. I just bought the camera and could not find answers.
Hi, Miss Julia! I purchased the A7IV on release day, and was finally able to give it a test run yesterday. 100% of the time, I shoot in Electronic Shutter mode. Come to my surprise, Electronic Shutter runs on silent with no option to turn it on. The shutter click sound is only when one is on Mechanical Shutter. With my A7C 7 A1 I have options to turn the sound on & off whilst on ES. Why is that? I've watched your, Jason Vong, Manny Ortiz, Tony & Chelsea Northrup's reviews but was never addressed. So wit that said, do you get the shutter clicking sound while on Electronic Shutter, or is it just my camera, since I can't find anything on UA-cam or on Google in regards to it. I'm very reliant on that shutter click sound. :)
I have a6600. Shutter button is set for focus mostly Real Time Traking. EYE AF is set on back button. Push only when needed. C2 for WB. Real Time tracking is always on just catch the object and half press the shutter and recompose.
Julia,your wedding bts video please 📸😍😁🙏
Do you shoot or did you shoot with mechanical shutter with e front curtain on or off?
hi julia im a beginner just want to ask what would be the appropriate af setting for a kid sitting with santa claus
Hi Julia, you mentioned you use ftp transfer feature of the camera. Did you update the a7iv firmware to version 2.0? If yes, did you have issues with the ftp transfer? The reason I'm asking is that I was using ftp transfer with no issues up until the update. But now I'm dealing with the issue where some of the photos are partially transferred to the NAS. I haven't seen anybody mentioning this issue on the internet yet. I'm trying to figure out if that's a really firmware related issue or unique to my device. Take care!
Is there a export of your settings available which we can import?
nice video tutorial. Hope you can help me. I have the Sony A7 IV and every time I take a picture there are so clear images. However, if I want to review it on the camera monitor and hit the zoom button or the magnifying glass, it shows all the way zoom and the image is pixel led or grainy, I do not know exactly the word I am trying to explain. Hope you can understand and help me to fix that or explain. I see some of youtube videos like your self if you review them in the lightroom and zoom it. It's so clear.. is it just from the camera monitor or the image. I am shooing in RAW and the highest setting.
What software are you using to convert xavcs files? I recently bought a a7iv and I'm not sure how to convert to android/laptop format without losing quality. Any help is appreciated!
Do you ever use Tracking AF ON?
Hi Julia! How do you set your WB when starting a session? Do you use just the presets on camera, or a grey card, color checker, etc? Thanks for your videos, I love them.
I always have my white balance set to K. I use a grey card if I am doing e-commerce or a situation where the colours need to be correct. Otherwise I usually use white balance creatively. For the back of the camera I will set it somewhere around 5000-6000K outdoors so it looks nice on the back of my screen when showing my client photos. Then I will adjust as needed in post on my computer.
Please make a Video on A7 iv with Tamron 70-180 f2.8.
I use it for ISO. Super fast when shooting weddings and going from a super dark church to outside.
Which bag did u use when on location ?
Great video! Thanks for sharing ! Just bought sony alfa 7 iv ! Like and sub!
Great video. Thx. But too much settings I'm lost, I'd need a step by step.
Is 1. Sigma 30 mm f/1.4 DC DN and 2. Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 Telephoto Lenses competible with sony A7 iv and ZV E-10?
How did you set the playback shortcut for peaking display in sony a7iv
@ 4:54 but what about if i want both subjects in focus? what setting should i use?
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What are the advantages of shooting in Mechanical shutter mode over electronic? I have read some of the differences online, but when I set my Sony to Electronic I have no sound. I guess that would be a blessing in some cases, but it feels weird not hearing anything out of my camera in that mode. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Normally during your videos you don’t have a full Atomos Ninja Attached. What do you use regularly to record your viewfinder?
500k ♥️
Almost!! I can’t believe it 😮
I have colourb banding and posterization image.Any idea how can I fix it ? Or maybe it's factory issues oy software?
hey Julia! what is the nas?
Hi, I have a Sony MkV and I’m having difficulty getting sharp sharp photos, It’s been difficult and I don’t know what to do..
any suggestions ?
Tysm 🫶🏼💕😊