bought my a6500 yesterday, I must say this video is a must watch if you are shifting from Nikon or Canon to Sony, there is a learning curve in sony, Thanks a lot
Thanks cameraguy, I finally got my camera working correctly in the movie mode because of your comprehensive explanation of the settings! Now I don't have to make another trip back to the dreaded Best Buy.
Very thorough and in depth step by step setting guide video. I use many of your recommendations on my Sony a6500. The video was a very useful and informative. Nice work "that1cameraguy" Thank you sir. I appreciate it. Cheers!
I'm new to Sony and considered the A9, but it seems the A6500 may have more capability WRT videos and even the buffer...than the A9. I think Sony will release an A9S for video and perhaps fix the buffer with the addition of two great XQDs. But for now, I'm considering the 6500 and just wanted to thank you for this presentation. Very nice work!
I'm a little confused with the touch panel options. I have mine set to Touch Panel + Pad. I'm using a 14mm AF Rokinon lens. When I tap the screen to focus, I'm getting a little finger icon at the top of the screen and then it says Focus Cancel at the bottom of the screen and it's not focusing.
Nice, very helpful video. I'm still on the fence about whether to buy the d500 or the a6500. I have the a6000 and d750 now. Do you think the limitations of the touch screen can be improved with new firmware in the a6500?
I believe the touch screen is similar to the Sony a5100. They might have just used the same tech inside of that one and put it on the a6500. I'm doubtful. Is touchscreen big for you? How do you plan to use it?
Nice Vid. The S&Q setting you were wondering about is very important for video shooters. The 24fps or 30fps setting selection should match the frame rate you are using to shoot your video and in which you are editing. It basically affects playback speed and allows the camera to inform the edit software to know the intended playback speed. Basically if you are editing a 24fps video and you shoot 120 fps, the video will play 5x slower - 120/24=5x slower playback. If working in a 30 fps project 120/30=4x slower playback.
Ani Kabillio thanks. But you can still change this in your edit program? And does settings this ‘correct’ on camera allow you to see the slow motion in camera when playing back?
@@ithurt3748 10 months ago... But I'll still answer for people looking for an answer. The idea of S&Q is entirely different from the normal shooting mode. When you record 120 FPS normally through the Manual Exposure Program Setting, the video will be saved as a 1080p120 real-time playback video. Which you can then slow down in Post-production. This is good for reviewing footage and quickly seeing what you are getting in real time playback speed. What S&Q does differently is that it takes the same 1080p120 footage and saves it onto the card as a 24 or 30 fps video. This gives you the ability to review footage directly in camera at the selected speed, in slow motion. This is especially beneficial in post-production, as you don't have to slow down every clip you import before its ready for usage. Which in turn speeds up your editing, when you want to use everything in slow motion anyway. And depending on software it is also easier on your computer's hardware. S&Q is only enabled when you choose it in the same menu as Manual Exposure. Movie/S&Q Motion> scroll down below manual exposure, and you will find a few different S&Q Modes. Hope it helps!
Shilly no problem! Also another thing. It Stands for Slow & Quick. Which makes sense. Besides shooting slow-motion (overcranking). You can also shoot at slower framerates like 21/14 or even things like 1 fps. This is called: undercranking. This can be useful In situations where you want to express confusion, fast action or even drug impacts on your character. A feature Used in many feature films. For example Madmax Fury Road used undercranking (Around 21 fps) to speed up action scenes and make the action seem faster. I would personally recommend to film things normally and undercrank in post. But in any case! It is a pretty neat thing to know about ✌️
Nice... what would be interesting for many people is a settings tutorial for video shooting with a6500, both in normal and low light settings (especially low light). For example should we have tha DRO on or off ? etc.. There is no tutorial for video shooting settings in youtube with a6500 or even a6300. Thanks :)
I second George S's request. I have the a6000 and have never been happy with the low light performance. If there are settings that will help, please show the right combination to us. Not only for video, but stills also.
I used my a6500 on a New Year Eve wedding and I had a Rokinon 24mm F1.5 Cinema lens on it. I shot most of the night at ISO 200 and even when they dimmed the lights at the reception I bumped it up to ISO 640 and turned on my LED light and the footage still looked amazing. I am still getting used to the camera but I don't recall doing anything in the menus to help with shooting in low light other than bumping up the ISO and turning on my light.
yeah...perhaps with a so fast lens like this (24mm f 1.5 !!!!!) things will be much better. But we need some improvement in low light with native sony lenses (f4 etc). I wish there was a sony zoom lens with f1.8 or even f2.0 ..but there is no (except some primes only)
Thanks so much for your tutorials! I just got a brand new a6500, and I film plays in small theaters in LA and there a lot of blue, violet, and red lights I am always dealing with. I tried profiles 6 and 4 and those settings seemed to flatten the colors (which could be good for post), but I am wondering if anyone knows the best picture profile settings to film live plays/concerts with changing colored lights that will be broadcast on HD tv's only and that need little adjustments in post are? Thanks
Another great video, thanks. I'm finding that I can't really improve on the jpegs that this camera produces by shooting raw and then editing. Am I not using a good enough raw converter or are the jpeg files just so good that they can barely be improved?
It happens just with photos, video keep as I get them done on flat color grading to be able to edit later on Final Cut, but photos are giving me this pain in the head 🥲
You are still good in my book and you are the best (short and sweet tutorial) I didn't use A6500 much but you helped me to set my camera which is ready to go. I am planning to use my A6500 in my trip to Zurich and Jungfraujoch this summer. Would you view BISWAS STREET PHOTOGRAPHY # 8 in UA-cam and comment on it. Your feed back will be valuable one because you are THE CAMER GUY. Thanks you very much
Hey brother. I have an issue with a6500. When I use s-log2/3 using sigma f1.4 DC dn , there's a lot of noise in low light. I want to erase those grains even though it shoots a black subject . Do you have any suggestion?
UPDATE: if you setup the slow motion on the M2 button you are most likely not getting good results for slow motion, and what I mean by that is if you go to view the slow motion on your camera you will not be able to . If you import the slow motion into final cut x pro you will not have the slow motion embedded into your movie which means you have to do more editing in Final Cut Pro and Premiere as they work both the same. If you just use the S & Q settings using the movie icon this is when you get the slow motion you thought you were getting as it plays back in final cut x and Premiere in slow motion without having to do any editing and rendering so using the CUSTOM M setup was a disaster for me on my shoot as the customer could not see the slow motion and when I had to add it back I had to use the optical flow which again is more editing. If you want slow motion the way that I thought it was going to be than you have to use the S and Q settings I also noticed the movies play incredibly smooth as they are using the QuickTime codec and not the H24 linear PM codec that the camera uses setting up the M button for manual slow, BE CAREFUL as you can cause yourself one hell of headache trying to figure this out. If you need the NLE and the Audio of the slow motion than that is when you want to use the M function slow motion and than add the slow motion back using either Premiere or final cut , hope this helps some body.
Very nice video, i just got my a6500. But as Maximilian, i would like if you explained the points more, as well. :-) Other than that, great video. Btw, you a6000 custom settings guide, even though it was late it came - it was still very useful.
Hey bud. I'm having an issue where when connected to wireless remote, I can't change the settings like shutter, iso, aperture. Thought it was the app so I even tried qdslrdashboard and same thing. I'm assuming it's some kind of setting issue? Have any ideas?
that1cameraguy it's lighting fast, that buffer is great. Haven't had good weather yet to test out the AF. I plan to mate it with a Canon 100-400 II via MC11 for a lighter birding rig. Hope it works okay. I was using a Canon 7D2, but wanted something lighter and better DR. Have you tested the 6500 with any longer lenses? Does AF work well enough for Bird photography?
I just don't do any wildlife photography (I should try it out). My subject matter are humans that move around. The MC-11 works really well for adapting lenses. I think performance in AF-S is decent. With AF-C my experience has not been stellar. I've used the Sony 70-300 as well as the 70-200 GM with 1.4x. I've done a couple videos on my channel about that but with human subjects.
that1cameraguy yeah that's what I'm afraid of. The Sony bodies are not fast enough to keep up with flying birds. My A7RII was okay for stationary birds, but failed miserably at tracking them in-flight. Was hoping the 6500 would do better and got it for the extra reach with cropped sensor. Too bad Sony doesn't have any native E-mount glass for Bird photography. Guess I'll keep the 7D2 for that purpose.
Honestly, that's the reason why I'm still holding onto my Canon gear. If I ever get the 2x teleconverter, I'll try it on the 70-200 GM, but that's a pricey lens. With native lenses the a6300/a6500 is really good. However, adapting lenses is not going to be the way to go.
hey bro.. i am using recording mode on a6500.. but when i choose file format to XAVCS 4k, but i cannot choose 30P 100m. they only got 2 option 25P100m / 25p 60M...
I appreciate you taking the time to make this video. Can I suggest though that you change the title to add words such as "Best custom settings for Studio Video shoots" or something that tells what custom setting you are setting this camera up for? This is like the fourth video I have watched trying to find settings for PHOTOGRAPHY, only to waste time watching a video about how to use a stills camera for VIDEO. I understand a lot of people use these cameras for video and that is fine, but they are primarily a STILL photography camera and it would be helpful if you indicated in the tile that you are using it for VIDEO and not for actual still photography. It is also important that you use the word "STUDIO" in the title so that we know that you are talking about shooting in a controlled environment, so that people like me that shoot exclusively in an outdoor natural setting do not waste time watching a video about shooting in the perfect studio setting. Not being critical of the video here, which I think is great. I am just suggesting some title changes which might help people know exatly what you are talking about, so they don't have to watch the whole video to find out. Thanks again.
Quick question: For slow-mo 120p 100m would it still work with a Lexar 95mb/s sd Card? Is the 95mb/s SD card good enough for the a6500? What SD card do you use
Someone can help me? I got my Sony a6500 but once I export photos to my macOS or windows Pc these photos get colored (as system would apply a bad colorgrading making it looks like a bad jpg photo) I made the settings u showed with raw, srgb and 4K 100Mb but it is still happening (I tried changing srgb for adobe rgb but happens the same/ I just tried because is for my objective is more useful srgb files) Someone knows how avoid system get my raw-srgb photos color grading by itself?
Great review, straight to the point. Could I get some help?. I just got my a6500, I do not have any Sony e-mount lens, I am using A-mount lens using the LA-EA4 A-Mount adapter. I touch the screen and the focus do not work. Do you think is because I am using an adapter? Or something is wrong with the camera? Thanks
HI, you haven't mention on your video anything about 4k output capabilities. I'm trying to use this camera with an external 4k recorder (odyssey 7Q) but I'm having problems, the 4k output is disable on the camera and I don't find a way to enable it. any suggestions? thanks
Since you shoot in RAW, all settings related to JPG has been set to NO/bypassed. That is unfortunate for those who find value and efficiency with built-in processing during shooting. And barely any details on the video side with a camera this capable. Not a video for advanced users but thanks anyways! :)
I have the Sony a6500 as well. Did the reset like you did in the beginning but it doesn't just ask if i want to change language to English. Confused af here. It's all just in Japanese..
Touch pad focus not working, how can i change the setting in my a6500. It just show up the sqaure symbal where i point it to, but not in focus. I need to press the focus button for it. Why?
Thank you for this video, but I have one question, in the video there's an F5.6 how I can change it I have this cam with sigma 16 1/4, and I use the cam for stream
Very very nice!!! I have exactly the same camera! But I would like to make a video tutorial on setting up the camera for shooting video! It is a 6500! Oche detailed video - it would be great! Thanks for this video! It is for S-Log3 !!!
Hello. how should i set up my a6500 with my rode video mic pro for audio settings. i have it at 11 in the audio camera settings and on -10 | on the mic??
Regarding the S&Q (Called HFR on the A6300): It's called "S&Q P, A, S or M" on the A6500 (HFR P, A, S or M on the A6300). After you choose one of the S&Q options then it records at the Record Setting & Frame Rate set in the S&Q Settings menu (Camera option 2, tab 1). It's a bit confusing that you can fiddle with the settings & record S&Q even when the File Format is set to XAVC S 4K as the S&Q will override the File Format, but hey... it's a Sony ;) S&Q on the A6500 like HFR on the A6300 records no audio. To get 100p or 120p with audio, set the "Movie/S&Q Motion" io P, A, S or M, "File Format" to "XAVC S HD" & "Record Setting" to 100p/120p.
Hi ! You talk in the applications list about the setting for unlimited movie time, but I cannot find anything like that in the menu. Could you please tell me how, it was precisely that what I was looking for all this time...Thanks !
Great video - And I followed along and adapted most of your suggestions. However... I NEVER heard the most important setting info that I initially needed to find! How do I change/turn-off the instant "image preview" that appears after shooting a still image, instead of a live view? It is so annoying not to see the action in front of you immediately as you would with a DSLR. Thank you, as I cannot find this info anywhere for the 6500.
This is exactly what I needed, thanks for putting this video together. I just got my a6500 to pair with my A7RII. The menues are different between the two cameras? Anyway looking forward to shooting with the a6500. I was a Canon guy for 10 years and made the jump to Sony last year.
that1cameraguy I'm running Adobe Lightroom 5.7 as I was using it for my Nikon D5200. Just made a huge upgrade to the a6500 and I'm having trouble importing my raw files to Lightroom :(
just got the Sony a6500. I can't download photo to my apple computer. I already have update my computer OS mac Sierra version. would you give me some suggestions. Thanks.
I just got my brand new Sony A6500 with a 16-70mm F/4 Zeiss and it's one of the most incredible cameras I've ever used. Actually, I shot a complete wedding with it, and I'm amazed with the results. Coming from Nikon (D750, D810, D850, D500) I think this little marvel makes a superb job, specially on the focus, silent shooting and speed areas. And now, my next toys will be the Sony A7iii with the 24-105mm F/4 and the 55mm F1.8 and I will finally will say good bye to Nikon. Thank you so very much for this video, it was tremendously helpful.
it's because you setted your camera to PAL- system which has an other frequency as ntsc. It's totally normal. It' doesn't mean you woun't have less slowmotion
Hey @that1cameraguy ?:maybe you can help me out.. is there any i can approach either the menu or the Fn menu trow customized buttons for insistence, set my menu to be the play button or the trash button? thanks
Thanks for my discovery of your videos, they are very much informative. Although your reference camera is Sony a6500 I've been referring yours to my Sony a7r...and it works. Sample image relative to settings helps me a lot.....
Need a video on how to setup the fast and slow motion, and what is best the M dials or the C buttons or FN , little confused on that. Please post video soon, Thank you
Please Help At 6:30 in your video you have those center markers in the middle of the screen How do I make them show on my camera?? I have both those setting to on that you said will give me those markers Thanks John
Since I shoot sports a lot, It helps with fast moving subjects. However, if you're focused on still subjects, you may want to consider having it off as it'll improve the resolution on the EVF.
Thanks for your time in making this video. I, too, just got my camera and your hitting the highlights of the setup functions was perfect -- especially since Sony isn't providing a hardcopy guide and I find the PDF really, really annoying!
& another little oddity. If you turn on "Remote Ctrl" it will override the "Pwr Save Start Time" setting & not turn your camera off after the set time interval.
Interesting, thanks for sharing this. I mean. I guess it kind of makes sense it would do this since the camera needs to be on for the remote control to work. Although I understand if you want to override that.
Thanks, very helpful. Your comments about setting up the Sony to be familiar to a Canon shooter hit home. I'm a Sony noob here, I am so used to my 40D as I've had it since the day it was launched, shot three plus years of a Photo a Day project way back when. I was out this evening trying to get a sunset with the a6500 and spent minutes fumbling around trying to find the bracket function the trying to figure out how to set it. Decided I needed a bit more familiarization with the menu and the setup.
I just got a comica mic and when I did a test to see if it was any different from the in body mic sound I did not notice a difference. Did I have to change some camera settings to get it to work properly?
Thanks for the guide! I just got my camera today :) Just having a slight issue. im trying to shoot in 24p 24fps, so its exactly one to one. i don't plan on doing any slow or quick motion, as i'm going for a cinematic feel. is there something i'm missing out on? Because i can't find the selection for 24fps in NTSC mode.
Hi, My sony a6500 in the Record Setting, I only could set 50p 50m , 25p 50m, 100p 100m , 100p 60m. But couldn't set until 60p 50m, So I can't shoot slow motion in 120fps. the maximum frame rate is 100fps. Please advise what should I do.
Thanks for another great vid. I have a question that maybe you can help me with. In movie mode, I have the shutter speed assign to the rear dial and the aperture to the top wheel. Is there any way to lock the rear dial and prevent it to change the shutter speed by accident? I know I can flip the functions and have the dial assign to aperture and SS to the top wheel, but it seems like a waste of such a great button as I wont be changing SS often for video... Cheers
Can you please explain Menu 2, page 8/9 - Dial/Wheel Ev. Comp? It doesn't change anything for me. Or does it just work in aperture priority? Also the display quality to High. I see no big difference. Is High going to chew through my battery at an alarming rate or jus like 5% more (which is fine in my opinion). Great video btw!
The Dial/Wheel EV. Comp, controls Exposure Comp, which you can find on Menu1, page 8. It's meant to be used if you're using Aperture/Shutter Periority. You can use it in conjunction with AUTO ISO. the way I understand it, it's like if you're using an AUTO mode if you think the camera is doing a poor job of exposing the photo, you use the exposure comp to override what the auto mode is giving you. In the manual it says it will decrease battery life if setting it to high (not sure how fast). Visually, I don't know if their is a major difference. The quality on the LCD and viewfinder aren't the best, so any improvement is welcome for me. If battery life is a priority, it would be a good idea to turn it off.
I wanna buy this camera, I just sold my Video Cam Panasonic ag ac 90 ...and i hope to buy in March 2017 ...thank you for the advice....I have a question can I use my canon lens?
thank you sir, i will let you know what else i need when I get the camera...just a short question, the lens from kit it is ok for wedding filming??? 16-35 mm f 4 ?
Im looking at getting a sigma adaptor for my Art Lens but other than that I might invest in some G glass. As I shoot mainly video I'm looking into some old japan lenses as well. In Australia, Sony has a group called SONYX where they actually give really good support for Sony Users and discounts on all sony products including their lenses, Some even $300-$400 off. Another reason I went Sony because of the ability to get discounts on their lenses and the support. They also do Road Shows around Australia and invite members to come bring their camera and test all their lenses as well. You've been a a6000 user for a while now but coming from canon how did you find the transition? Did you keep your glass?
I still have my Canon DSLR's, although I have sold a few off. I still have a good number of EF glass. I adapt my Sigma lenses though. The only reason why I can't fully transition is that Sony just doesn't cut it at the low-light sports like a DSLR will. I would like a full-frame e-mount (not a99ii) that can shoot low light sports. I think once that camera rolls around, the Canon gear might go.
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bought my a6500 yesterday, I must say this video is a must watch if you are shifting from Nikon or Canon to Sony, there is a learning curve in sony, Thanks a lot
Thanks cameraguy, I finally got my camera working correctly in the movie mode because of your comprehensive explanation of the settings! Now I don't have to make another trip back to the dreaded Best Buy.
Great video man! I just got my A6500 and this video was so helpful.
Glad it came in handy.
Very thorough and in depth step by step setting guide video. I use many of your recommendations on my Sony a6500. The video was a very useful and informative. Nice work "that1cameraguy" Thank you sir. I appreciate it. Cheers!
Hey! great video as always! 2 questions. 1. Would you back button focus the a6500? 2. how do you set up back button focus to the AF/MF button?
Also, how do you access the zoom & clear image zoom. they are greyed out with my 55 - 120
Wow. thanks man for putting up this video, your such a big help. please continue to enlighten lazy people like us :) your the best!
why does my image size only go up to L:20M? Doesn't it go up to 24? What did I do wrong XD
nvm, I had it on 16:9
I'm new to Sony and considered the A9, but it seems the A6500 may have more capability WRT videos and even the buffer...than the A9. I think Sony will release an A9S for video and perhaps fix the buffer with the addition of two great XQDs. But for now, I'm considering the 6500 and just wanted to thank you for this presentation. Very nice work!
Thanks, much appreciated.
I'm a little confused with the touch panel options. I have mine set to Touch Panel + Pad. I'm using a 14mm AF Rokinon lens. When I tap the screen to focus, I'm getting a little finger icon at the top of the screen and then it says Focus Cancel at the bottom of the screen and it's not focusing.
Nice, very helpful video. I'm still on the fence about whether to buy the d500 or the a6500. I have the a6000 and d750 now. Do you think the limitations of the touch screen can be improved with new firmware in the a6500?
I believe the touch screen is similar to the Sony a5100. They might have just used the same tech inside of that one and put it on the a6500. I'm doubtful. Is touchscreen big for you? How do you plan to use it?
Nice Vid. The S&Q setting you were wondering about is very important for video shooters. The 24fps or 30fps setting selection should match the frame rate you are using to shoot your video and in which you are editing. It basically affects playback speed and allows the camera to inform the edit software to know the intended playback speed. Basically if you are editing a 24fps video and you shoot 120 fps, the video will play 5x slower - 120/24=5x slower playback. If working in a 30 fps project 120/30=4x slower playback.
Ani Kabillio thanks. But you can still change this in your edit program? And does settings this ‘correct’ on camera allow you to see the slow motion in camera when playing back?
@@ithurt3748 10 months ago... But I'll still answer for people looking for an answer. The idea of S&Q is entirely different from the normal shooting mode. When you record 120 FPS normally through the Manual Exposure Program Setting, the video will be saved as a 1080p120 real-time playback video. Which you can then slow down in Post-production.
This is good for reviewing footage and quickly seeing what you are getting in real time playback speed.
What S&Q does differently is that it takes the same 1080p120 footage and saves it onto the card as a 24 or 30 fps video. This gives you the ability to review footage directly in camera at the selected speed, in slow motion. This is especially beneficial in post-production, as you don't have to slow down every clip you import before its ready for usage. Which in turn speeds up your editing, when you want to use everything in slow motion anyway. And depending on software it is also easier on your computer's hardware.
S&Q is only enabled when you choose it in the same menu as Manual Exposure. Movie/S&Q Motion> scroll down below manual exposure, and you will find a few different S&Q Modes.
Hope it helps!
Julian Blau you’re a legend thank you so much. This confused me a lot!!
Shilly no problem! Also another thing. It Stands for Slow & Quick. Which makes sense. Besides shooting slow-motion (overcranking). You can also shoot at slower framerates like 21/14 or even things like 1 fps. This is called: undercranking. This can be useful In situations where you want to express confusion, fast action or even drug impacts on your character. A feature Used in many feature films. For example Madmax Fury Road used undercranking (Around 21 fps) to speed up action scenes and make the action seem faster. I would personally recommend to film things normally and undercrank in post. But in any case! It is a pretty neat thing to know about ✌️
Great video, thank you!
Wow! This was so helpful! Keep the great video's coming...
Glad it was helpful. Thanks.
Thank you so much this saved me so much time
Nice... what would be interesting for many people is a settings tutorial for video shooting with a6500, both in normal and low light settings (especially low light). For example should we have tha DRO on or off ? etc.. There is no tutorial for video shooting settings in youtube with a6500 or even a6300. Thanks :)
Thanks for the idea. I'll take it into consideration. I don't know what the best settings are. I can only show what I would do personally.
I second George S's request. I have the a6000 and have never been happy with the low light performance. If there are settings that will help, please show the right combination to us. Not only for video, but stills also.
I used my a6500 on a New Year Eve wedding and I had a Rokinon 24mm F1.5 Cinema lens on it. I shot most of the night at ISO 200 and even when they dimmed the lights at the reception I bumped it up to ISO 640 and turned on my LED light and the footage still looked amazing. I am still getting used to the camera but I don't recall doing anything in the menus to help with shooting in low light other than bumping up the ISO and turning on my light.
yeah...perhaps with a so fast lens like this (24mm f 1.5 !!!!!) things will be much better. But we need some improvement in low light with native sony lenses (f4 etc). I wish there was a sony zoom lens with f1.8 or even f2.0 ..but there is no (except some primes only)
Thanks so much for your tutorials! I just got a brand new a6500, and I film plays in small theaters in LA and there a lot of blue, violet, and red lights I am always dealing with. I tried profiles 6 and 4 and those settings seemed to flatten the colors (which could be good for post), but I am wondering if anyone knows the best picture profile settings to film live plays/concerts with changing colored lights that will be broadcast on HD tv's only and that need little adjustments in post are? Thanks
Another great video, thanks.
I'm finding that I can't really improve on the jpegs that this camera produces by shooting raw and then editing. Am I not using a good enough raw converter or are the jpeg files just so good that they can barely be improved?
28:35 thank you so much this was very confusing! :)
It happens just with photos, video keep as I get them done on flat color grading to be able to edit later on Final Cut, but photos are giving me this pain in the head 🥲
I try to shoot using 120 fps with A6500. the problem is why the footage is already slow motion when I open it in my PC?
Is it possible to setup the same exact custom buttons for movie or photo mode like the a6400?
YOU HAVE DONE IT VERY WELL. YOU SAVED MY TIME AND ENERGY TO SET UP MY CAMERA. YOU ARE THE BEST. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU
+Debajyoti Biswas thank you for the kind words.
You are still good in my book and you are the best (short and sweet tutorial) I didn't use A6500 much but you helped me to set my camera which is ready to go. I am planning to use my A6500 in my trip to Zurich and Jungfraujoch this summer. Would you view BISWAS STREET PHOTOGRAPHY # 8 in UA-cam and comment on it. Your feed back will be valuable one because you are THE CAMER GUY. Thanks you very much
first, thanks for this helpful video.
I just want ask why I can't get 120fps in my a6500 ?? the higer is 100fps in my a6500 !
You have your camera set to PAL which is dependent on your region. I have a video on how to switch NTSC to PAL, it will answer your question.
Thank god! I've been racking my brains.
Can you post the link please?
can you do a settings like this on a sony a7ii i cant find anything on whole best quick settings....thanks
Hey brother. I have an issue with a6500. When I use s-log2/3 using sigma f1.4 DC dn , there's a lot of noise in low light. I want to erase those grains even though it shoots a black subject . Do you have any suggestion?
UPDATE: if you setup the slow motion on the M2 button you are most likely not getting good results for slow motion, and what I mean by that is if you go to view the slow motion on your camera you will not be able to .
If you import the slow motion into final cut x pro you will not have the slow motion embedded into your movie which means you have to do more editing in Final Cut Pro and Premiere as they work both the same. If you just use the S & Q settings using the movie icon this is when you get the slow motion you thought you were getting as it plays back in final cut x and Premiere in slow motion without having to do any editing and rendering so using the CUSTOM M setup was a disaster for me on my shoot as the customer could not see the slow motion and when I had to add it back I had to use the optical flow which again is more editing. If you want slow motion the way that I thought it was going to be than you have to use the S and Q settings I also noticed the movies play incredibly smooth as they are using the QuickTime codec and not the H24 linear PM codec that the camera uses setting up the M button for manual slow, BE CAREFUL as you can cause yourself one hell of headache trying to figure this out. If you need the NLE and the Audio of the slow motion than that is when you want to use the M function slow motion and than add the slow motion back using either Premiere or final cut , hope this helps some body.
Its better to still use M imo. Id rather have full control over how i slow my video down.
hey , is it possible to change the orange menu colour?
I've just moved from 6300 to 6500, this was really useful in helping me set up my new camera, thank you.
Very nice video, i just got my a6500. But as Maximilian, i would like if you explained the points more, as well. :-)
Other than that, great video. Btw, you a6000 custom settings guide, even though it was late it came - it was still very useful.
how do you factory reset the cam?
11:50 you can make slow motion videos in this setting - 120 fps 120 fps will give you a slow mo video right out of the box
Hey bud. I'm having an issue where when connected to wireless remote, I can't change the settings like shutter, iso, aperture. Thought it was the app so I even tried qdslrdashboard and same thing. I'm assuming it's some kind of setting issue? Have any ideas?
Any ideas?
Absolutely brilliant saves me reading the manual thank you
Nice. You're welcome. Although the manual can still be helpful for the few awkward settings.
Hello, how you can use 120fps on this camera ? I see on settings only 100.
Thanks for this, just got my 6500 this was exactly what I needed. Synced settings to my A7RII as well. Subscribed. Keep up the great work!
John Pham Thanks! how are you liking your a6500?
that1cameraguy it's lighting fast, that buffer is great. Haven't had good weather yet to test out the AF. I plan to mate it with a Canon 100-400 II via MC11 for a lighter birding rig. Hope it works okay. I was using a Canon 7D2, but wanted something lighter and better DR. Have you tested the 6500 with any longer lenses? Does AF work well enough for Bird photography?
I just don't do any wildlife photography (I should try it out). My subject matter are humans that move around. The MC-11 works really well for adapting lenses. I think performance in AF-S is decent. With AF-C my experience has not been stellar. I've used the Sony 70-300 as well as the 70-200 GM with 1.4x. I've done a couple videos on my channel about that but with human subjects.
that1cameraguy yeah that's what I'm afraid of. The Sony bodies are not fast enough to keep up with flying birds. My A7RII was okay for stationary birds, but failed miserably at tracking them in-flight. Was hoping the 6500 would do better and got it for the extra reach with cropped sensor. Too bad Sony doesn't have any native E-mount glass for Bird photography. Guess I'll keep the 7D2 for that purpose.
Honestly, that's the reason why I'm still holding onto my Canon gear. If I ever get the 2x teleconverter, I'll try it on the 70-200 GM, but that's a pricey lens. With native lenses the a6300/a6500 is really good. However, adapting lenses is not going to be the way to go.
hey bro.. i am using recording mode on a6500.. but when i choose file format to XAVCS 4k, but i cannot choose 30P 100m.
they only got 2 option 25P100m / 25p 60M...
Watch my video on this to answer the question: Sony Mirrorless: Switch between NTSC and PAL
ua-cam.com/video/uSVRl7CEFmc/v-deo.html
Fantastic work! Could not ask for a better video on this topic if you ask me ;)
Thanks,
Jay
Thanks! Much appreciated.
I appreciate you taking the time to make this video. Can I suggest though that you change the title to add words such as "Best custom settings for Studio Video shoots" or something that tells what custom setting you are setting this camera up for? This is like the fourth video I have watched trying to find settings for PHOTOGRAPHY, only to waste time watching a video about how to use a stills camera for VIDEO. I understand a lot of people use these cameras for video and that is fine, but they are primarily a STILL photography camera and it would be helpful if you indicated in the tile that you are using it for VIDEO and not for actual still photography. It is also important that you use the word "STUDIO" in the title so that we know that you are talking about shooting in a controlled environment, so that people like me that shoot exclusively in an outdoor natural setting do not waste time watching a video about shooting in the perfect studio setting. Not being critical of the video here, which I think is great. I am just suggesting some title changes which might help people know exatly what you are talking about, so they don't have to watch the whole video to find out. Thanks again.
Quick question: For slow-mo 120p 100m would it still work with a Lexar 95mb/s sd Card? Is the 95mb/s SD card good enough for the a6500? What SD card do you use
I use SanDisk Extreme Pro 95 MB/s. I think the one you mention should work.
Thanks! I got the Lexar 2000x just for good measure, your a6500 videos are extremely helpful
Hey Dude, it's really nice but pretty hard to follow ! Try a little bit slowly ! Could help. Thanks
Someone can help me? I got my Sony a6500 but once I export photos to my macOS or windows Pc these photos get colored (as system would apply a bad colorgrading making it looks like a bad jpg photo) I made the settings u showed with raw, srgb and 4K 100Mb but it is still happening (I tried changing srgb for adobe rgb but happens the same/ I just tried because is for my objective is more useful srgb files)
Someone knows how avoid system get my raw-srgb photos color grading by itself?
I cannot explain, how I'm really happy to find this video. As a new one to Sony a6500, your video helped a lot. I appreciate it, thanks a lot!
Great review, straight to the point. Could I get some help?. I just got my a6500, I do not have any Sony e-mount lens, I am using A-mount lens using the LA-EA4 A-Mount adapter. I touch the screen and the focus do not work. Do you think is because I am using an adapter? Or something is wrong with the camera? Thanks
HI, you haven't mention on your video anything about 4k output capabilities. I'm trying to use this camera with an external 4k recorder (odyssey 7Q) but I'm having problems, the 4k output is disable on the camera and I don't find a way to enable it. any suggestions?
thanks
Since you shoot in RAW, all settings related to JPG has been set to NO/bypassed. That is unfortunate for those who find value and efficiency with built-in processing during shooting. And barely any details on the video side with a camera this capable. Not a video for advanced users but thanks anyways! :)
I have the Sony a6500 as well. Did the reset like you did in the beginning but it doesn't just ask if i want to change language to English. Confused af here. It's all just in Japanese..
Good useful video! Thanks
I don’t even have the 120fps option on my A6500 highest is 100fps
Why is that?
Thanks
Touch pad focus not working, how can i change the setting in my a6500. It just show up the sqaure symbal where i point it to, but not in focus. I need to press the focus button for it. Why?
Thank you for this video, but I have one question, in the video there's an F5.6 how I can change it I have this cam with sigma 16 1/4, and I use the cam for stream
Very very nice!!! I have exactly the same camera!
But I would like to make a video tutorial on setting up the camera for shooting video!
It is a 6500! Oche detailed video - it would be great! Thanks for this video!
It is for S-Log3 !!!
Can you give me the link of your video where you explain the custom settings for slow motion?
Good work with this video! I used to work with canon DSLR and it's my first time with Sony and I feel a slightly lost but you video help me. ;) THX!
I'm glad it helped you out. :)
Hello. how should i set up my a6500 with my rode video mic pro for audio settings. i have it at 11 in the audio camera settings and on -10 | on the mic??
Regarding the S&Q (Called HFR on the A6300):
It's called "S&Q P, A, S or M" on the A6500 (HFR P, A, S or M on the A6300).
After you choose one of the S&Q options then it records at the Record Setting & Frame Rate set in the S&Q Settings menu (Camera option 2, tab 1). It's a bit confusing that you can fiddle with the settings & record S&Q even when the File Format is set to XAVC S 4K as the S&Q will override the File Format, but hey... it's a Sony ;)
S&Q on the A6500 like HFR on the A6300 records no audio. To get 100p or 120p with audio, set the "Movie/S&Q Motion" io P, A, S or M, "File Format" to "XAVC S HD" & "Record Setting" to 100p/120p.
Nice, thanks for this.
Is there any settings you’ve changed since then? And is the there anything you change when shooting indoor basketball? Thanks in advance
Hello how do you use hss with the Sony 6500, xpro-s trigger and the ad200 pro?
Hi ! You talk in the applications list about the setting for unlimited movie time, but I cannot find anything like that in the menu. Could you please tell me how, it was precisely that what I was looking for all this time...Thanks !
Check this video out: ua-cam.com/video/wFZ5U8kRRqQ/v-deo.html
Pls help to make Russia language in Sony a6500
Is the extra custom button on the a6500 compared to the a6300 useful?
How to do you set up your A6300 just like in this video (the camera facing you)?
Great video - And I followed along and adapted most of your suggestions.
However... I NEVER heard the most important setting info that I initially needed to find! How do I change/turn-off the instant "image preview" that appears after shooting a still image, instead of a live view? It is so annoying not to see the action in front of you immediately as you would with a DSLR. Thank you, as I cannot find this info anywhere for the 6500.
Never mind - I found it: On the Menu-Movie 1 / page 7
Adjusting the volume like you said does not make the camera less noisy at all.
Just finally got my a6500, all your fault bro damn a6300 overheating sucks
LOL, awesome!!!
This is exactly what I needed, thanks for putting this video together. I just got my a6500 to pair with my A7RII. The menues are different between the two cameras? Anyway looking forward to shooting with the a6500. I was a Canon guy for 10 years and made the jump to Sony last year.
It’s great but you got to go slower so we can follow ok?
Hey I just got an a6500 but, but I cant seem to get my raw .ARW file to open up in lightroom. It doesnt recognise my file. Any suggestions?
+Isaac Loh have you updated the software?
Do I necessarily have to update Lightroom or is there another way? Just curious
+Isaac Loh that's typically how it works. It needs to update the Adobe Raw Reader or whatever it is called. Do you have CC? Or Lightroom 6
that1cameraguy I'm running Adobe Lightroom 5.7 as I was using it for my Nikon D5200. Just made a huge upgrade to the a6500 and I'm having trouble importing my raw files to Lightroom :(
+Isaac Loh see how for Adobe camera raw DNG converter, download the latest version available for your computer
just got the Sony a6500. I can't download photo to my apple computer. I already have update my computer OS mac Sierra version. would you give me some suggestions. Thanks.
look up something called adobe camera raw. Download and update it for Mac
why is there standing 100p 100m on mine?? and not 120p 100m?
Can you use the Foto&Tech remote to start timecode? or is it just for snapping pictures?
I just got my brand new Sony A6500 with a 16-70mm F/4 Zeiss and it's one of the most incredible cameras I've ever used. Actually, I shot a complete wedding with it, and I'm amazed with the results. Coming from Nikon (D750, D810, D850, D500) I think this little marvel makes a superb job, specially on the focus, silent shooting and speed areas.
And now, my next toys will be the Sony A7iii with the 24-105mm F/4 and the 55mm F1.8 and I will finally will say good bye to Nikon. Thank you so very much for this video, it was tremendously helpful.
Hi, i had a question, i owned a6500, but i dont have 120fps, i only had 100fps. I dont know why. Can i fix it?
it's because you setted your camera to PAL- system which has an other frequency as ntsc. It's totally normal. It' doesn't mean you woun't have less slowmotion
Davide Nestola thank you sir! I didn't know about that.
what is super 35mm means in record setting? and whats the difference?
thanks for the video. I like your pacing. Also nice that you are a canon user so what you say makes sense
just bought the A6500 and used this video to setup my menu options. thanks!
Glad it helped out.
Hey @that1cameraguy
?:maybe you can help me out.. is there any i can approach either the menu or the Fn menu trow customized buttons
for insistence, set my menu to be the play button or the trash button? thanks
Question i have! , im really curious about if the sony a6500 can playback Slowmotion in camara ? did you know?
Francis Perez yes it does
Thanks for my discovery of your videos, they are very much informative. Although your reference camera is Sony a6500 I've been referring yours to my Sony a7r...and it works. Sample image relative to settings helps me a lot.....
Need a video on how to setup the fast and slow motion, and what is best the M dials or the C buttons or FN , little confused on that. Please post video soon, Thank you
I set the internal recording to 120fps. I do the slow motion in a video editing program.
Please Help At 6:30 in your video you have those center markers in the middle of the screen How do I make them show on my camera?? I have both those setting to on that you said will give me those markers
Thanks
John
I have my Focus area set to Lock-on AF: Flexible Spot I believe. This lets me move my focus point around.
Why do you put the finder to 120fps
Since I shoot sports a lot, It helps with fast moving subjects. However, if you're focused on still subjects, you may want to consider having it off as it'll improve the resolution on the EVF.
Thanks for your time in making this video. I, too, just got my camera and your hitting the highlights of the setup functions was perfect -- especially since Sony isn't providing a hardcopy guide and I find the PDF really, really annoying!
& another little oddity. If you turn on "Remote Ctrl" it will override the "Pwr Save Start Time" setting & not turn your camera off after the set time interval.
Interesting, thanks for sharing this. I mean. I guess it kind of makes sense it would do this since the camera needs to be on for the remote control to work. Although I understand if you want to override that.
but, is so good video. so nice video, my friend have the same camera (sony alpha65) and your video was so nice for him.
Thanks, very helpful. Your comments about setting up the Sony to be familiar to a Canon shooter hit home. I'm a Sony noob here, I am so used to my 40D as I've had it since the day it was launched, shot three plus years of a Photo a Day project way back when. I was out this evening trying to get a sunset with the a6500 and spent minutes fumbling around trying to find the bracket function the trying to figure out how to set it. Decided I needed a bit more familiarization with the menu and the setup.
Why aren't you shooting in RAW 16:9?? Also, AdobeRGB is a more accurate coloring than standard RGB in cameras.
I just got a comica mic and when I did a test to see if it was any different from the in body mic sound I did not notice a difference. Did I have to change some camera settings to get it to work properly?
I just realize that when using clear image zoom the touch screen auto focus does not work. Does anyone else have this problem ?
I just tried it. Mine does not work either when using clear image zoom. Interesting finding. Thanks for sharing this.
that1cameraguy yea it's a little weird. Guess you have to use manual focus with clear image zoom
Thanks for the guide! I just got my camera today :)
Just having a slight issue. im trying to shoot in 24p 24fps, so its exactly one to one. i don't plan on doing any slow or quick motion, as i'm going for a cinematic feel. is there something i'm missing out on? Because i can't find the selection for 24fps in NTSC mode.
Hi, My sony a6500 in the Record Setting, I only could set 50p 50m , 25p 50m, 100p 100m , 100p 60m. But couldn't set until 60p 50m, So I can't shoot slow motion in 120fps. the maximum frame rate is 100fps. Please advise what should I do.
I have a video titled "How to switch from NTSC to PAL" watch it.
Thank you so much
Comparing normal operation with silent mode, I am seeing a difference. The silent mode exposure appears to be somewhat underexposed. Is this typical?
Hello! Thx for guide! But I have one question: Why do you switch off SteadyShot in camera?
when i go to change my FPS to 120 i only have the option of 100 and no 120 , could anyone help me with that? thanks
Just change ntsc to pal...in this channel you can find how to change
Thanks for another great vid. I have a question that maybe you can help me with.
In movie mode, I have the shutter speed assign to the rear dial and the aperture to the top wheel. Is there any way to lock the rear dial and prevent it to change the shutter speed by accident?
I know I can flip the functions and have the dial assign to aperture and SS to the top wheel, but it seems like a waste of such a great button as I wont be changing SS often for video...
Cheers
you rock thank you! just bougght my camera a few days ago and this set up was perfect
This setting for photo and video?
Can you please explain Menu 2, page 8/9 - Dial/Wheel Ev. Comp? It doesn't change anything for me. Or does it just work in aperture priority?
Also the display quality to High. I see no big difference. Is High going to chew through my battery at an alarming rate or jus like 5% more (which is fine in my opinion).
Great video btw!
The Dial/Wheel EV. Comp, controls Exposure Comp, which you can find on Menu1, page 8. It's meant to be used if you're using Aperture/Shutter Periority. You can use it in conjunction with AUTO ISO. the way I understand it, it's like if you're using an AUTO mode if you think the camera is doing a poor job of exposing the photo, you use the exposure comp to override what the auto mode is giving you.
In the manual it says it will decrease battery life if setting it to high (not sure how fast). Visually, I don't know if their is a major difference. The quality on the LCD and viewfinder aren't the best, so any improvement is welcome for me. If battery life is a priority, it would be a good idea to turn it off.
I wanna buy this camera, I just sold my Video Cam Panasonic ag ac 90 ...and i hope to buy in March 2017 ...thank you for the advice....I have a question can I use my canon lens?
Yeah, you'll need to buy an adaptor. You can get a Sigma MC-11 adapter or one from metabones.
thank you sir, i will let you know what else i need when I get the camera...just a short question, the lens from kit it is ok for wedding filming??? 16-35 mm f 4 ?
Thanks very much for this video. As a new Sony a6500 user this helped a lot.
Glad it helped you out. How are you enjoying the a6500?
Coming from a 60D its amazing. Still learning the in and outs of it and also playing around with Luts. All in all great camera with a few quirks.
Nice. Are you adapting your old Canon glass or are you going all Sony lenses.
Im looking at getting a sigma adaptor for my Art Lens but other than that I might invest in some G glass. As I shoot mainly video I'm looking into some old japan lenses as well.
In Australia, Sony has a group called SONYX where they actually give really good support for Sony Users and discounts on all sony products including their lenses, Some even $300-$400 off. Another reason I went Sony because of the ability to get discounts on their lenses and the support.
They also do Road Shows around Australia and invite members to come bring their camera and test all their lenses as well.
You've been a a6000 user for a while now but coming from canon how did you find the transition? Did you keep your glass?
I still have my Canon DSLR's, although I have sold a few off. I still have a good number of EF glass. I adapt my Sigma lenses though. The only reason why I can't fully transition is that Sony just doesn't cut it at the low-light sports like a DSLR will. I would like a full-frame e-mount (not a99ii) that can shoot low light sports. I think once that camera rolls around, the Canon gear might go.
Thank you for your time! Though a little boring, but 100% usefull!