Matt this was actually very helpful for my A6300. Not quiteeee the same but close enough. For some reason I totally overlooked quickly setting 120fps to the mode dial. Thanks for this !
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Matt you sir are a magician....or a wizard I guess because of the beard. These settings are right under our noses and I'm sure many had no clue. Thanks for sharing the tip!
Kudos to you Matt for making the time to produce these tutorials. It made getting my new Sony a7sII up and running for a multi camera shoot so all cameras were synched and doing what they needed to on the fly a snap. Alright, not a snap, but given the 3-4 hours I spent setting up and then testing all that you shared was invaluable. Thumbs up!
Just finished this video, second in a row. Wow, the section on the memory presets was helpful! I watched it twice to get the concept. I can't imagine trying to figure out those functions by reading the manual! The memory presets really open up some possibilities for quick adjustments. I bought my a7ii mainly to shoot real estate photos and some video, both pretty predictable situations (especially using a manual angle lens) so I am not anticipating the kind of run and gun changing situations that Matt faces doing weddings. But this information about the functions of the camera open up some intriguing possibilities! Thank you, Matt! On to video three!...
Matt you are awesome! After being a Canon guy for years, you saved me from smashing my A7SII into pieces out of frustration. Great explanations and I really found your straight forward videos to be so helpful. Especially the dust removal pro tip in Premiere. Thanks!
These videos have been so helpful to me and to my work. I was nervous at first moving from Nikon to Sony late last year and now I couldn't be happier with the choice I made and the things I've learned from your educational videos. Thank you kind sir!
It's a losing battle. I can't get the dust off the sensor. I've manually cleaned some off. I need to send them in but this is definitely going to be a problem moving forward for me. It's been a problem since we had these at the office :(
Great video, Matt. My set up with the mode dial is geared towards the 60fps and 120fps frame rates. It's such a great underrated tool and makes the camera very ergonomic and i'm glad you've got this video out as a lot of people don't know about this stuff.
You convinced me to buy A7SII Now I'm making car related videos! Thanks for all the tips :D I'm thinking about weddings. No one make 4K wedding films in my area :D
Great video, Matt! I remember you mentioning the different frame rates in another video a while back. I definitely implemented the mode dial in my shooting after that. I shoot with an a7s so my film strip movie mode is 24p, mode 2 is 1080 @ 60p, and mode 1 is 120p @720 that way I can just roll the dial without even having to switch to the m1's and m2's. Thanks!
thanks Matt I have no any A7sII yet, but I'm waiting to know somethin about the A7sIII and if not I'll buy the A7sII and this will be very helpfull! :D
Keep em coming Matt I just bought my A7sii and using all your videos to help me get a faster start :D.....also Run and Gun is my style so this is massively helpful!
Great video Matt- Valuable info for run and gun. Simeon has added a fantastic point about losing these custom memory settings when you format SD cards. Having custom WB available for memory settings would be useful. Maybe in the A7Siii they can get this fixed. Good stuff Matt!
Great, very useful, I was not sure what the M1 M2 M3 M4 were, they clears it up. I'm going to dial some settings in now. This should help prevent what happened to me yesterday: I took some slo mo 100p then thought I had changed back to 25p but it was still on slo mo. Had to speed the clips up in fcpx... it was ok though, mostly the extra slo mo clips were really useful...
Thanks for your great videos ! Maybe you can help me with the problem that when I chose that XAVC S 4K i have in my record Setting only Option 25p 100M or 25p 60M not more . And yes it’s the sind Alpha 7sii ...
As everyone else says, your videos are life savers. You, sir, are awesome! 2 quick questions that I can't find the answers to: 1) What is the rationale behind shooting 30fps and then conforming it to 24fps? Is it "better"? If so, would it make sense to make that your primary go-to rather than 24fps? 2) Why is your F-Stop set differently on both of the presets in the video? F4 vs F5.6? Thank you for any help you can provide!
+Richard Allen thanks Richard! To answer your questions: 1. Check out this video if you haven't. In it I cover when I'm using different frame rates. I find that 30fps smoothess things out a little bit when shooting once I conform it to 24fps. th-cam.com/video/bbowa8XpPLs/w-d-xo.html 2. Haha I think that was just a weirdness in me changing settings while recording the video. I change my fstop all the time depending on what I'm shooting.
Thanks for answering so promptly! Glad to see I'm not the only aspiring entrepreneur up late :) ...ya know, just 3:45 Charlotte time and 2:45 Austin time. Sleep is for the weak! :P but really, thanks bro!
Hey Richard! Brandon is referring to dropping a 30fps clip into a 24fps timeline without conforming. The way I do it, I interpret the footage, so all 30 frames are being used, and no frames are dropped. I prefer shooting anything that I need audio for at 24fps. Otherwise I conform all my 30fps and 60fps footage to 24fps, so those clips are all in slow motion. Hope that explains it! :)
I know I already said thank you before in Part 1 of this series...But thanks again!! I'm going to refer all videographers to your channel. If I had any detailed questions about wedding scenarios, would there be any way to reach out to you? For instance do you do a live Q & A by any chance?
I was having problems with the memory recall settings, for example the custom WB was not working there :). It was in earlier firmware, I have to try again :)
Matt, your videos have been so helpful, thank you for the time spent to shoot, edit and post (and monitor comments)! Are there limitations to using this dial mode settings to quickly move from Movie to Stills shooting settings? I have done an initial test, but I"m still developing my pref. stills settings, and still get confused as to which settings can be set in which mode...thanks!
Thanks Maya! I've only used the mode dial to save my video settings, haven't tried anything with photos. I only shoot photos when I am shooting timelapses in manual mode. Otherwise, I'm always in video mode.
Hey Matt, this video is great, but how do you deal with the fact that every time you change your frame rate via the mode dial, all the other settings are the same as what they were ORIGINALLY set to. So if you were shooting at 24p and adjusted your white balance, ISO and (because I have manual lenses) adjusted my steady shot focal length, then when you switch to 60fps you've got to go in and change all those things again. It just about negates the usefulness of having the "convenience" of the memory function for changing frame rate quickly. And another issue with this is when every you format your card, the M1, M2 and M3 slots reset to blank!
Whoops posted this question on the wrong video. I have an a6500 and when I use the dial memory buttons, I can't set the WB. Its greyed out and says ruction not available in Memory Recall Mode. Any idea on how to fix this?
Great video! Just want to say that your reviews and tutorials are what made me finally switch from the 5d3 to the A7sII. So far it's going pretty well, just a bit of a learning curve! I did have one question, what is the benefit of shooting in 30fps for b-roll instead of 24? I shoot in 24p in 1080 and 4k and will switch to 60p if I see a need for slowmotion. I would have thought adding 30p into a 24p timeline would be awkward... Thanks!
Thanks! Glad to help you make the switch! :D I treat 30 like a subtle form of slow motion. I edit everything on a 24p timeline and interpret all the footage in Premiere so it is all treated as 24p, including the 30fps footage. Hope that helps!
Agreed. Slow Motion question - when I shoot 60p and drop into 24p slow down 40% as suggested. It still looks choppy on pans. What gives? Should I be interpreting footage first? BTW shooting at 1/125 shutter-speed.
I'm new to Sony cameras. Am I missing something or is this how this works? I setup my different settings on the mode dial as per your video here, but I also have a custom Picture Profile where I've tweaked a bunch of settings and I figure, great, I'll just select that picture profile on each of my settings (when I set it up originally I just had everything on PP8, now I want to have it on the new picture profile). But on each mode dial setting, 1,2,M1,M2, etc my picture profile isn't there. Only on the first one. The copy function doesn't help me because the profile I want isn't there. Until I go back into let's say "1" where I originally setup the custom picture profile. So I now have to set all the settings for the custom picture profile 6 times. They don't seem to exist system wide, only within each mode number. Is this how it works, or am I missing something?
Matt. Whats the difference between having your regular manual setting at 120 frame rate/ 250 shutter speed than keeping your settings at 4k 24 frames /50 shutter and just going to HFR M? The HFR M kicks you into slow-mo and it lets you change the shutter to 250. When you play it back in-camera it shows you it in slow-mo. The regular Manual setting shows you in real time. Let me know if I need to make a video explaining what I mean. I'm on the A6300. Thanks,
+Alex Smith hey Alex! I don't believe the A7sii has a hfr option. But it really comes down to your preference. Hfr is good if you don't want to have to conform the video to slow motion and have the camera do it for you.
It's worth pointing out that when using the memory recall to do slow motion these clips will record audio and will play back in the camera as if they are at normal speed. You will need to slow them down in your editor to get the slo motion and this will need to be rendered. I found out that if you set your frame rate to 100fps and record in the movie setting then you get files that play back in the camera in slo mo and also do not need to be slowed down or rendered if, for instance, a 100fps clip is dropped onto a 25fps timeline. You get instant slo mo with no extra rendering, but no audio is recorded. Any advice about which technique is better?
It is not your fault :) it is just that Sony software team are funny guys. There are a lot of stupid things about those memory settings that made me stop using them. One of the main reasons was that you can't measure custom WB in memory recall. WHY? :) They also do not set all of the camera settings and you can get screwed sometimes because of that.
YOU CAN SAVE THEM! :D Just open up your memory card on your computer then open the PRIVATE folder then open the SONY folder. Copy out the SETTING folder to you desktop. This folder holds are your memory settings. Copy and past this to all your cards and done! It's tedious.. but maybe a little faster than setting them all up again and again and again and again. ;)
Hey Matt, stoked on your tutorials man for real great stuff! One quick question.. if you're shooting most of a wedding in 24p why would you shoot b-roll in 30p? wouldn't you want just 24p unless you're doing slowmo in which case wouldn't you want 60p or 120p? I've been under the impression that mixing 24p and 30p can look off, but haven't tried myself yet..
Hi Matt, amazing videos, thank you so much. Just a quick follow up question to Ben's here: I understand how you can conform the 30fps to 24p, but what is the creative reason for shooting your B-roll in 30fps?
Hey Matt, Thank you for all these videos, they’re great - especially for a novice. I just have a question in regards to the ISO on the s-log 3 setting where the picture profile is set to 8. When in this setting the lowest ISO I can select is 1600, I’ve tried to figure how I can use ISO 100 but that (i think) requires changing the picture profile to auto? Is it because 1600 is the native ISO in this profile? I’ve followed your settings in video one and yet yours shows otherwise? What’s the going on? I’d love your advice and help with this!
Matt, one question, the M presets are saved in the camera, I read that they go to the memory card so if you change memory or format you loose the M versions of the presets. Thanks for doing these videos.
Thanks Alejandro! Yes, that is unfortunate and I didn't realize it until after filming the video. The M1-M4 presets are saved to the memory card, so if you format it they are lost. :(
Matt, Do you think you could do a video on your editing process when you're working with files that are xavc s hd at 60 and xavc s 4k at 23.9. Trying to find some videos on it but not coming up with much.
Hey Taylor! I'll add this to my list of videos to make in the future. To sum it up, I edit on a 4K timeline and upscale the HD footage to match the 4K footage. With TH-cam's compression it looks pretty good. Then, I export in 4K as I would normally. :)
thanks Matt, thats what I was guessing. I need a new computer lol... Hey if you get a chance check out my first wedding video I shot w my sony a7sII. Any criticism welcome! vimeo.com/181346131 Second cam was 5d III and also DJI phantom 3... I tried my best to match everything but best shots of course came from Sony :)
Hi Matt, nice to meet you ;) Great tutorials for setting up a A7S ii. Now I still have a Canon 70D, but I'm thinking about to invest this year in a A7S, because I would like to start filming. 70D is great, but that camera has some cons for filming, like the restriction of fps. One thing that I am struggling with are the settings to actually shoot footage. Should you only set the file format to the correct settings, like for example 4k at 24fps and then have the ability and flexibility of changing shutter speed, aperture and ISO of the camera or do you have to set only the shutter to double the frame rate as mentioned in this video and have then only the aperture and ISO to control the rest of the settings to shoot footage? So when you have set the Record Settings to for example XAVC S 4k 24p (fps), the shutter speed will be at 1/50 and if XAVC S 4k 30p (fps) the shutter will be at 1/60. So every time you should double the shutter speed of the camera when changing the framerate of the video? And to film slo-motion, the settings will be XAVC S 4k at 60fps and a shutter of 1/120 shutter? And then only have the ability of changing the aperture and ISO to get the best look, so a bright lens is no unnecessary luxury? Thank you for your time and great series of videos. Hope you've some time to answer my question. Really want to know it, so I am be able to boost my film skills to the next level with credits to you Matt :)
Thanks Casper! As a rule, your shutter speed should be double your framerate. So 24fps a 1/50 shutter. 30fps a 1/60 shutter. When shooting slow motion, you can go higher than double the shutter speed and it won't be a huge issue. You could shoot 60fps with a 1/400 shutter etc. Just don't ever set your shutter lower than your framerate.
Do you use general white balance approximations like 3200k for inside and 5500k for outside and adjust the temp for what looks good on your screen by eye? I ask because I noticed the set custom white balance option isn't selectable for me UNLESS I go into M mode on the dial and then I can set my balance by taking a picture in the scene... I can shoot video in M mode but I love the idea of switching between my memory 1 & 2 that you showed us. I looked at what the picture in M mode told me and went back to my memory 1 spot add added in the light value and I actually needed to move my color down a couple ticks. Lots of fun playing around but maybe just a quick visual guess adjustment is all that is needed, not actually taking a picture of a white card and reading the calculations then applying them to my movie memory mode...
Hey Norman! Yes I gauge everything by eye when shooting. I've got pretty decent with it after 7 or so years lol. You should definitely be able to set the custom white balance in Kelvin while in video mode. Did you watch my video about Sony menus? I covered this setting in that video.
I did watch that video, thank you for that. Yes, I can set the temp (K value) like you show but I was talking about the last icon in the WB section SET where you hit the centre-button to take a picture of a white-card and it tells you the k-value and even sometimes slightly adjusts the color then you can assign that to one of the three custom spots. It seems to be a manual photography setting only but it's how I've set my balance... I've never even paid attention to the actual results before and that option is "greyed out" when in video mode but I can remember the results and apply them to one of my video memory setting on the dial. I'll just keep at it and sooner or later I'll get where I can make very good guesses rather then have the sensor tell me what it should be.
OK! I get it now... Haha. I thought my picture white balance sets were only there in M mode but they ARE there in video mode, I just have to go to M mode to take the white card pic and back to video mode to select my balance NICE! And thanks to your latest video, I can add it to my memory :) THANKS MATT JOHNSON :p
Heyy Matt, Quick question i did this same setup a while ago, and formatted my SD card before the wedding, and came to switching dials and the presets weren't there anymore... thoughts on how to stop or fix this??? Cheers :D
Hey! Were you formatting your cards in camera or on the computer? I've had my cameras keep their settings as long as I format the cards in camera. Hope that helps!
Matt Once you've made your presets to your liking, what if you wanted to make a small change later in your preset that you've already made? Is that possible to change it? or once you've made your preset you cant change it?
Hi Matt, great video! Somehow if I am shooting 1080p / 50fps I am only able to have a shutter on 1/50, when I guess I must go to 1/100. Somehow the camera does not let me higher it. Can you confirm that? Or anyone else?
Hey Matt, changed all my settings as the ones you said in video one. However now in video two I cant set the ISO to anything less than 1600 as you mentioned to set it to S-log3 - how are you changing yours to 100? or should I be in a different S-log? IF anyone could help, I would really appreciate it! Thanks, hanx
Question: Videos will be exported for TH-cam. I would be editing in 24p. Slow motion I would record in 120fps. But.. since my videos would not have any synced audio (no talking) I was told to use 4K-30fps as when I put it in a 24p timeline it will look smoother and better. But when recording voice audio, then I should keep it at 24fps. TRUE? If it is... if Im shooting video at 30fps will all my audio be off even if there are no voices? Such as ambient sounds in the video?
Hey Michael! I shoot everything that I need audio for at 24fps and I always edit on a 24fps timeline. You'll need to conform your 30, 60, and 120fps footage to 24fps (making it slow motion) otherwise you're going to get a weird stuttering effect in your video because Premiere will drop some frames so it matches 24fps.
i applied all these settings in my camera matt and i was wondering if once i shoot in 60fps if i can see it in slow motion in the playback gallery or will i only see it on the computer. my a7sii isnt playing it back in slow motion so im having alittle difficulty if you could please help!! HUGE fan btw lol just throwing that out there
ugh thank you!! I've been trying to figure that out! i use adobe premiere pro what speed duration percent do you normally set your 60fps clips on for your couples?
ehy matt thanks for your videos! i'm trying to set up the a7s ii as you're doing but once i go to the submenu 2 on the camera menu it doesn't show me the possibility of setting the 30p i just got the 25p 100m option and the 25p 60m option. does it sound normal to you? thanks for your reply
Hey matt, When i first picked up my a7s2 in december 2014, I was using the m1,m2,m3,m4 features to set up different profiles just like you are showing in this video. But I always ran into a problem. Whenever I would format the memory card in camera using sub menu 6 (toolbox) page 5, It deletes all my M1, M2, M3, M4, presets. It retains the main 1 & 2 presets but it deletes all the M1-4 presets. Am i doing something wrong? Is there a way to format the SD card in camera without losing all your M1-4 presets? I called sony about this and they told me there was nothing I could do, but i thought you might know some kind of trick... maybe? hopefully?
+Vertek Media hey! Unfortunately I've had mixed results with this too. I believe that the camera is saving 1 and 2 to the camera memory, and m1-m4 to the memory card. I don't have a fix for making everything save to the camera unfortunately.
bummer, I've already brought the issue up to sony, maybe if enough people complain about it they will fix it in a firmware update? it's a hassle having to redo all the settings before everyjob.
I myself have just purchased a sony a7sii and have noticed a lot of grain while shooting in 24fps (at any ISO) and especially with HFR (sucks that its so choppy and grainy in slow motion) Any how ,I'm a filmer and I'm shooting music videos.What "general" settings should I use? I have a 35 and 55mm sony prime for an A mount ( I'm using a Sony adapter ) and Premiere pro I know these discussions can some time get intricate, but if some one can just give me some ball park settings I really would appreciate that. Thank you
I have same camera with you ,I bought it two days ago ,but I don't have 30P100M or 60M under 4K setting.what I have are only two options:25P 100M /25P 60M. what's wrong with mine? could you tell me why and give me advice to achieve yours,Matt?
Thanks，but I living in China ,I think I should still stay in. Once again, your videos are amazing .You really point out something important that others occasionally overlooked.I like your shooting works too, learn a lot things from you.I discover your channel through Brando Li. Two big discovers in TH-cam to me.
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Matt this was actually very helpful for my A6300. Not quiteeee the same but close enough. For some reason I totally overlooked quickly setting 120fps to the mode dial. Thanks for this !
Thanks Sully! Glad it helped you too. :)
Wow this saved me big time. I was going nuts diving into the menus everytime to switch frame rate. THANK YOU!
Saaaaaaaame 😂
I just got the a6500 today coming from a Canon. This, as well as your other videos in this series, have been incredibly useful. Thank you.
Thanks Jay! Hope you enjoy the switch to Sony!
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@Graysen Lukas instablaster :)
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Thank you so much, you really help me out !
Matt you sir are a magician....or a wizard I guess because of the beard. These settings are right under our noses and I'm sure many had no clue. Thanks for sharing the tip!
Haha thanks!!
Kudos to you Matt for making the time to produce these tutorials. It made getting my new Sony a7sII up and running for a multi camera shoot so all cameras were synched and doing what they needed to on the fly a snap. Alright, not a snap, but given the 3-4 hours I spent setting up and then testing all that you shared was invaluable. Thumbs up!
Thanks Phillip! Glad to help!
Subscribed! Just picked up a Sony A7Sii and your channel has been a godsend to get me familiar with everything, and setting up for film. Thanks!
Every video of yours that I watch just serves as a bigger and bigger drive to upgrade from Canon 6D to the A7S ii.
Spend your money Mitch! Do it! :D
Looking at my 6D's footage now, when I own the glorious a7s ii it's like looking at a picture from nokia 3310 vs iphone 6s ;) MAKE THE SWITCH! ;)
At first I read it as "Bitch", then I laughed. Then I realized I read it wrong, then I laughed again.
only if you want to shoot in low light. I have a a77 and a a7s you can shoot really in the dark .....
Just finished this video, second in a row. Wow, the section on the memory presets was helpful! I watched it twice to get the concept. I can't imagine trying to figure out those functions by reading the manual! The memory presets really open up some possibilities for quick adjustments. I bought my a7ii mainly to shoot real estate photos and some video, both pretty predictable situations (especially using a manual angle lens) so I am not anticipating the kind of run and gun changing situations that Matt faces doing weddings. But this information about the functions of the camera open up some intriguing possibilities! Thank you, Matt! On to video three!...
Matt you are awesome! After being a Canon guy for years, you saved me from smashing my A7SII into pieces out of frustration. Great explanations and I really found your straight forward videos to be so helpful. Especially the dust removal pro tip in Premiere. Thanks!
+Nino Martinez thanks Nino! So glad to help you!
These videos have been so helpful to me and to my work.
I was nervous at first moving from Nikon to Sony late last year and now I couldn't be happier with the choice I made and the things I've learned from your educational videos.
Thank you kind sir!
Thanks! Glad you are enjoying Sony :)
this is hugeeee, 100% using this in my next wedding on saturday
Do ittt!
This is really making want to use this camera more and more. Good thing I have them at my office. Been avoiding them for so long.
Do it Keith! :D
It's a losing battle. I can't get the dust off the sensor. I've manually cleaned some off. I need to send them in but this is definitely going to be a problem moving forward for me. It's been a problem since we had these at the office :(
Thanks - crystal clear teaching. Shall employ this method on my next wedding in a few weeks time.
Thanks! Do it!!!
Again Matt...very nice and informative video ..!!! Cheeeerrrssss...!!!!
Great video, Matt. My set up with the mode dial is geared towards the 60fps and 120fps frame rates. It's such a great underrated tool and makes the camera very ergonomic and i'm glad you've got this video out as a lot of people don't know about this stuff.
Thanks! Haha a ton of people have asked me about the mode dial for about a year now.
One of the most useful features thank you
You rock. I don't know how you have the patience to make these videos. But thanks!
Haha thanks! It takes a bit of time. :)
What! This is a total game changer. Thank you Matt!
Thanks Michael! :)
Thank you Matt! You're a gift from the heavens above!
You are an amazing human being. Thank you for sharing these videos!
Thanks John!
You convinced me to buy A7SII Now I'm making car related videos! Thanks for all the tips :D
I'm thinking about weddings. No one make 4K wedding films in my area :D
Thanks! Glad to help :)
Top info and delivered at a good speed! Great video fella. 🙏
Thanks Marcus!
Great video, Matt! I remember you mentioning the different frame rates in another video a while back. I definitely implemented the mode dial in my shooting after that. I shoot with an a7s so my film strip movie mode is 24p, mode 2 is 1080 @ 60p, and mode 1 is 120p @720 that way I can just roll the dial without even having to switch to the m1's and m2's.
Thanks!
Thanks Eric, that's great!
Hi Matt, Do these memory settings allow you to change between video and stills settings?
thanks Matt I have no any A7sII yet, but I'm waiting to know somethin about the A7sIII and if not I'll buy the A7sII and this will be very helpfull! :D
Thanks Eric!
Matt thanks so much for this! Never knew about this sort of workflow, streamlines everythign easier. Your videos are amazing.
Thanks Toby!
Keep em coming Matt I just bought my A7sii and using all your videos to help me get a faster start :D.....also Run and Gun is my style so this is massively helpful!
Thanks! Glad it's helping you!
Great video Matt- Valuable info for run and gun. Simeon has added a fantastic point about losing these custom memory settings when you format SD cards. Having custom WB available for memory settings would be useful. Maybe in the A7Siii they can get this fixed. Good stuff Matt!
Thanks Colin! Hope they fix with the A7Siii too!
You are .........awesome!!!! Keep rolling brotha!
Great, very useful, I was not sure what the M1 M2 M3 M4 were, they clears it up. I'm going to dial some settings in now. This should help prevent what happened to me yesterday: I took some slo mo 100p then thought I had changed back to 25p but it was still on slo mo. Had to speed the clips up in fcpx... it was ok though, mostly the extra slo mo clips were really useful...
Thanks for your great videos !
Maybe you can help me with the problem that when I chose that XAVC S 4K i have in my record Setting only Option 25p 100M or 25p 60M not more .
And yes it’s the sind Alpha 7sii ...
You have the camera set to PAL. Set it to NTSC and 24/30/60 should appear - but obviously not 25.
Matt these videos are so great. Got our A7sII yesterday and what a treat to have this. Any idea when you'll be releasing part 3 & 4?
Part 3 probably tomorrow ;)
Thanks Matt I’m learning a lot from your channel on the Sony as7 ii I really appreciate you bro!!!
As everyone else says, your videos are life savers. You, sir, are awesome! 2 quick questions that I can't find the answers to:
1) What is the rationale behind shooting 30fps and then conforming it to 24fps? Is it "better"? If so, would it make sense to make that your primary go-to rather than 24fps?
2) Why is your F-Stop set differently on both of the presets in the video? F4 vs F5.6?
Thank you for any help you can provide!
+Richard Allen thanks Richard! To answer your questions:
1. Check out this video if you haven't. In it I cover when I'm using different frame rates. I find that 30fps smoothess things out a little bit when shooting once I conform it to 24fps. th-cam.com/video/bbowa8XpPLs/w-d-xo.html
2. Haha I think that was just a weirdness in me changing settings while recording the video. I change my fstop all the time depending on what I'm shooting.
Thanks for answering so promptly! Glad to see I'm not the only aspiring entrepreneur up late :) ...ya know, just 3:45 Charlotte time and 2:45 Austin time. Sleep is for the weak! :P but really, thanks bro!
Hey Richard! Brandon is referring to dropping a 30fps clip into a 24fps timeline without conforming. The way I do it, I interpret the footage, so all 30 frames are being used, and no frames are dropped.
I prefer shooting anything that I need audio for at 24fps. Otherwise I conform all my 30fps and 60fps footage to 24fps, so those clips are all in slow motion. Hope that explains it! :)
this is a fantastic video. Very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks :)
This has been a massive help. Thanks Matt!
I was soooooo looking forward to this vid :) Awesome video Matt, keep it up! :)
YESSS! Thanks!
Dude. Again. You're awesome. Thanks for this.
Hey Matt! you have helped me so much setting up my A7S2. Thank you sir! :)
+Robert Commandeur glad to help Robert! 😁
Great video Matt. Thanks!
Thanks Mike!
dude thanks, now I don't have to be swimming in the menu in the middle of a shoot!!
That's the goal Diego!
Great job Matt! You're extremely fast but extremely efficient, So you're forgiven :) Thanks for the tut.
+Serge Kouperschmidt haha thanks Serge!
Fantastic tips, much appreciated, I love your videos, keep up the good work!
Thanks Josiah!
I know I already said thank you before in Part 1 of this series...But thanks again!! I'm going to refer all videographers to your channel. If I had any detailed questions about wedding scenarios, would there be any way to reach out to you? For instance do you do a live Q & A by any chance?
Thanks Mark! I don't currently do any live Q&A's but you can message me if you want. I may do some live videos in the future.
I'm very impressed with your channel ...
+Stan Perry thanks so much Stan!
I was having problems with the memory recall settings, for example the custom WB was not working there :). It was in earlier firmware, I have to try again :)
wow these tips are great man!
Thank you!
great video ,it was helped me alot
thanks man
+ipb p you're most welcome!
Great video!
I've been wondering how to save video settings that can be easily changed on the fly. Thanks a ton, Matt.
Glad to help Isaac!
Fantastic! Keep 'em coming o'wize1 :)
Thanks David!
Very helpful! Thx so much!
Thanks Aljoscha!
Amazing video/tutorial
+beingBLESS thank you! 😁
Super useful, thanks!
Thanks Chris!
Hey Matt, great info - thanks. When is part 3 and 4 coming? Thanks!!
yeah man we still waiting ...
Haha soon! I had 2 paid gigs back to back. Those are almost finished editing, THEN comes the next part. :)
Hí Matt, cool video! Does the A73 have a similar feature/even better?
Matt, your videos have been so helpful, thank you for the time spent to shoot, edit and post (and monitor comments)! Are there limitations to using this dial mode settings to quickly move from Movie to Stills shooting settings? I have done an initial test, but I"m still developing my pref. stills settings, and still get confused as to which settings can be set in which mode...thanks!
Thanks Maya! I've only used the mode dial to save my video settings, haven't tried anything with photos. I only shoot photos when I am shooting timelapses in manual mode. Otherwise, I'm always in video mode.
Best videos EVER
Hey Matt, this video is great, but how do you deal with the fact that every time you change your frame rate via the mode dial, all the other settings are the same as what they were ORIGINALLY set to. So if you were shooting at 24p and adjusted your white balance, ISO and (because I have manual lenses) adjusted my steady shot focal length, then when you switch to 60fps you've got to go in and change all those things again. It just about negates the usefulness of having the "convenience" of the memory function for changing frame rate quickly. And another issue with this is when every you format your card, the M1, M2 and M3 slots reset to blank!
Thanks Matt!!!
Thank you!
Whoops posted this question on the wrong video. I have an a6500 and when I use the dial memory buttons, I can't set the WB. Its greyed out and says ruction not available in Memory Recall Mode. Any idea on how to fix this?
Great video! Just want to say that your reviews and tutorials are what made me finally switch from the 5d3 to the A7sII. So far it's going pretty well, just a bit of a learning curve! I did have one question, what is the benefit of shooting in 30fps for b-roll instead of 24? I shoot in 24p in 1080 and 4k and will switch to 60p if I see a need for slowmotion. I would have thought adding 30p into a 24p timeline would be awkward... Thanks!
Thanks! Glad to help you make the switch! :D I treat 30 like a subtle form of slow motion. I edit everything on a 24p timeline and interpret all the footage in Premiere so it is all treated as 24p, including the 30fps footage. Hope that helps!
Makes sense! I will try that out a bit at today's wedding.
Agreed. Slow Motion question - when I shoot 60p and drop into 24p slow down 40% as suggested. It still looks choppy on pans. What gives?
Should I be interpreting footage first? BTW shooting at 1/125 shutter-speed.
I'm new to Sony cameras. Am I missing something or is this how this works? I setup my different settings on the mode dial as per your video here, but I also have a custom Picture Profile where I've tweaked a bunch of settings and I figure, great, I'll just select that picture profile on each of my settings (when I set it up originally I just had everything on PP8, now I want to have it on the new picture profile). But on each mode dial setting, 1,2,M1,M2, etc my picture profile isn't there. Only on the first one. The copy function doesn't help me because the profile I want isn't there. Until I go back into let's say "1" where I originally setup the custom picture profile. So I now have to set all the settings for the custom picture profile 6 times. They don't seem to exist system wide, only within each mode number. Is this how it works, or am I missing something?
pretty good. pretty prettttyyyyyy prettttaaaayyyyyy good. waiting on the video confirming that your C3 is for video recording. hehe
Hahaha what else would it be?!
Hey Matt, great run & gun videos! I wonder what battery grip do you use with your a7s ii?
Thanks Manuel! I use the official Sony branded grip.
Matt. Whats the difference between having your regular manual setting at 120 frame rate/ 250 shutter speed than keeping your settings at 4k 24 frames /50 shutter and just going to HFR M? The HFR M kicks you into slow-mo and it lets you change the shutter to 250. When you play it back in-camera it shows you it in slow-mo. The regular Manual setting shows you in real time.
Let me know if I need to make a video explaining what I mean. I'm on the A6300.
Thanks,
+Alex Smith hey Alex! I don't believe the A7sii has a hfr option. But it really comes down to your preference. Hfr is good if you don't want to have to conform the video to slow motion and have the camera do it for you.
It's worth pointing out that when using the memory recall to do slow motion these clips will record audio and will play back in the camera as if they are at normal speed. You will need to slow them down in your editor to get the slo motion and this will need to be rendered. I found out that if you set your frame rate to 100fps and record in the movie setting then you get files that play back in the camera in slo mo and also do not need to be slowed down or rendered if, for instance, a 100fps clip is dropped onto a 25fps timeline. You get instant slo mo with no extra rendering, but no audio is recorded. Any advice about which technique is better?
I do all my conversion to slow motion in post, but whatever works easier for you. :)
Awesome!
Hey Matt do you film with autofocus in 4k 30 on the gimbal?
Awesome!!!
and I just have 50P 50M/25P 50M/100P 100M/100p 60M under XAVC S HD , which is different from yours too.Is something wrong with my camera ?
Sounds like you are in PAL mode not NTSC
Yay! Thank you!!!
Thanks Dave!
Also the M1-M4 settings are saved on the SD card and when you format it... you lose them :)
Good to know! Thanks for the heads up Simeon!
Maybe in the next generation Sony cameras they will fix some of the small but annoying things in the menus :)
Thank You for clearing this up. I thought I was loosing my shit every time they went missing :)
It is not your fault :) it is just that Sony software team are funny guys. There are a lot of stupid things about those memory settings that made me stop using them. One of the main reasons was that you can't measure custom WB in memory recall. WHY? :) They also do not set all of the camera settings and you can get screwed sometimes because of that.
YOU CAN SAVE THEM! :D Just open up your memory card on your computer then open the PRIVATE folder then open the SONY folder. Copy out the SETTING folder to you desktop. This folder holds are your memory settings. Copy and past this to all your cards and done! It's tedious.. but maybe a little faster than setting them all up again and again and again and again. ;)
What's that grip thing on the bottom of your camera? How come you never mention it? Mine doesn't have one.
Hey! It's a battery grip. :)
Thanks Matt. Loving your videos! Got an A7S ii yesterday and watched all 4 setup videos.
Hey Matt, stoked on your tutorials man for real great stuff! One quick question.. if you're shooting most of a wedding in 24p why would you shoot b-roll in 30p? wouldn't you want just 24p unless you're doing slowmo in which case wouldn't you want 60p or 120p? I've been under the impression that mixing 24p and 30p can look off, but haven't tried myself yet..
+Ben Schauland thanks so much Ben! I conform everything to 24p. So even that 30fps stuff is conformed to 24p. 😁
Hi Matt, amazing videos, thank you so much. Just a quick follow up question to Ben's here: I understand how you can conform the 30fps to 24p, but what is the creative reason for shooting your B-roll in 30fps?
Hey Matt,
Thank you for all these videos, they’re great - especially for a novice. I just have a question in regards to the ISO on the s-log 3 setting where the picture profile is set to 8. When in this setting the lowest ISO I can select is 1600, I’ve tried to figure how I can use ISO 100 but that (i think) requires changing the picture profile to auto? Is it because 1600 is the native ISO in this profile? I’ve followed your settings in video one and yet yours shows otherwise? What’s the going on? I’d love your advice and help with this!
Matt, one question, the M presets are saved in the camera, I read that they go to the memory card so if you change memory or format you loose the M versions of the presets. Thanks for doing these videos.
Thanks Alejandro! Yes, that is unfortunate and I didn't realize it until after filming the video. The M1-M4 presets are saved to the memory card, so if you format it they are lost. :(
Thanks Matt and again, I appreciate these videos very much, thanks for sharing them. Best luck and keep up the great job.
how to switch to M1,M2 while in Mode dial 1or2?
Is there a way you get around the M1, M2, etc resetting every time you format your card or switch cards?
Not that I know of unfortunately :(
Do you re-set them every time, not use them, or clear your cards in some other way?
Matt,
Do you think you could do a video on your editing process when you're working with files that are xavc s hd at 60 and xavc s 4k at 23.9. Trying to find some videos on it but not coming up with much.
Hey Taylor! I'll add this to my list of videos to make in the future. To sum it up, I edit on a 4K timeline and upscale the HD footage to match the 4K footage. With TH-cam's compression it looks pretty good. Then, I export in 4K as I would normally. :)
Thanks for the info, Matt! Looking forward to more videos.
I have the same camera but when I put it to 120fps and record. It still plays back at regular speed
+Kevin. Creates hey Kevin! You'll have to slow it down in post. Don't worry, if the camera says it is recprding in 120fps then it is.
thank you
thanks for all the info! Just curious why you shoot 4k as posed to 1080p.. Do you happen to edit on 1080 timeline and have extra pixels to work with?
I'm exporting some wedding films in 4K if the couple wants it. 4K and other resolutions are also the future of video :)
thanks Matt, thats what I was guessing. I need a new computer lol... Hey if you get a chance check out my first wedding video I shot w my sony a7sII. Any criticism welcome! vimeo.com/181346131
Second cam was 5d III and also DJI phantom 3... I tried my best to match everything but best shots of course came from Sony :)
Hi Matt, nice to meet you ;) Great tutorials for setting up a A7S ii. Now I still have a Canon 70D, but I'm thinking about to invest this year in a A7S, because I would like to start filming. 70D is great, but that camera has some cons for filming, like the restriction of fps. One thing that I am struggling with are the settings to actually shoot footage. Should you only set the file format to the correct settings, like for example 4k at 24fps and then have the ability and flexibility of changing shutter speed, aperture and ISO of the camera or do you have to set only the shutter to double the frame rate as mentioned in this video and have then only the aperture and ISO to control the rest of the settings to shoot footage?
So when you have set the Record Settings to for example XAVC S 4k 24p (fps), the shutter speed will be at 1/50 and if XAVC S 4k 30p (fps) the shutter will be at 1/60. So every time you should double the shutter speed of the camera when changing the framerate of the video? And to film slo-motion, the settings will be XAVC S 4k at 60fps and a shutter of 1/120 shutter? And then only have the ability of changing the aperture and ISO to get the best look, so a bright lens is no unnecessary luxury?
Thank you for your time and great series of videos. Hope you've some time to answer my question. Really want to know it, so I am be able to boost my film skills to the next level with credits to you Matt :)
Thanks Casper! As a rule, your shutter speed should be double your framerate. So 24fps a 1/50 shutter. 30fps a 1/60 shutter. When shooting slow motion, you can go higher than double the shutter speed and it won't be a huge issue. You could shoot 60fps with a 1/400 shutter etc. Just don't ever set your shutter lower than your framerate.
hey is there like a 4k SD card because when i switch to 60p on my 64gb SD card it says “cannot record to dvd disc at 24M”
so useful
Thanks Jim!
Do you use general white balance approximations like 3200k for inside and 5500k for outside and adjust the temp for what looks good on your screen by eye? I ask because I noticed the set custom white balance option isn't selectable for me UNLESS I go into M mode on the dial and then I can set my balance by taking a picture in the scene... I can shoot video in M mode but I love the idea of switching between my memory 1 & 2 that you showed us. I looked at what the picture in M mode told me and went back to my memory 1 spot add added in the light value and I actually needed to move my color down a couple ticks. Lots of fun playing around but maybe just a quick visual guess adjustment is all that is needed, not actually taking a picture of a white card and reading the calculations then applying them to my movie memory mode...
Hey Norman! Yes I gauge everything by eye when shooting. I've got pretty decent with it after 7 or so years lol. You should definitely be able to set the custom white balance in Kelvin while in video mode. Did you watch my video about Sony menus? I covered this setting in that video.
I did watch that video, thank you for that. Yes, I can set the temp (K value) like you show but I was talking about the last icon in the WB section SET where you hit the centre-button to take a picture of a white-card and it tells you the k-value and even sometimes slightly adjusts the color then you can assign that to one of the three custom spots. It seems to be a manual photography setting only but it's how I've set my balance... I've never even paid attention to the actual results before and that option is "greyed out" when in video mode but I can remember the results and apply them to one of my video memory setting on the dial. I'll just keep at it and sooner or later I'll get where I can make very good guesses rather then have the sensor tell me what it should be.
OK! I get it now... Haha. I thought my picture white balance sets were only there in M mode but they ARE there in video mode, I just have to go to M mode to take the white card pic and back to video mode to select my balance NICE! And thanks to your latest video, I can add it to my memory :) THANKS MATT JOHNSON :p
Heyy Matt, Quick question i did this same setup a while ago, and formatted my SD card before the wedding, and came to switching dials and the presets weren't there anymore... thoughts on how to stop or fix this??? Cheers :D
Hey! Were you formatting your cards in camera or on the computer? I've had my cameras keep their settings as long as I format the cards in camera. Hope that helps!
Matt
Once you've made your presets to your liking, what if you wanted to make a small change later in your preset that you've already made? Is that possible to change it? or once you've made your preset you cant change it?
+Jack Browning hey Jack! You can make any adjustment you want and resave your preset. Hope that helps!
Thanks Matt! You're Awesome! :)
U da man
Hi Matt, great video! Somehow if I am shooting 1080p / 50fps I am only able to have a shutter on 1/50, when I guess I must go to 1/100. Somehow the camera does not let me higher it. Can you confirm that? Or anyone else?
Sounds like you may need to look at your dial settings and confirm that one is set to change your shutter speed.
Got it. Thanks!
ur frikkin awesome :)
Thank you! :D
Hey Matt, changed all my settings as the ones you said in video one. However now in video two I cant set the ISO to anything less than 1600 as you mentioned to set it to S-log3 - how are you changing yours to 100? or should I be in a different S-log?
IF anyone could help, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks,
hanx
Hey Hannah! Watch my “Matt flat” video. In it I cover how to shoot lower than 1600 with a different picture profile.
Question:
Videos will be exported for TH-cam. I would be editing in 24p.
Slow motion I would record in 120fps. But.. since my videos would not have any synced audio (no talking) I was told to use 4K-30fps as when I put it in a 24p timeline it will look smoother and better. But when recording voice audio, then I should keep it at 24fps. TRUE?
If it is... if Im shooting video at 30fps will all my audio be off even if there are no voices? Such as ambient sounds in the video?
Hey Michael! I shoot everything that I need audio for at 24fps and I always edit on a 24fps timeline. You'll need to conform your 30, 60, and 120fps footage to 24fps (making it slow motion) otherwise you're going to get a weird stuttering effect in your video because Premiere will drop some frames so it matches 24fps.
hey, Matt! How do you conform your from 60p to 30p? I though I had to drop the videos in timeline and that was all!
i applied all these settings in my camera matt and i was wondering if once i shoot in 60fps if i can see it in slow motion in the playback gallery or will i only see it on the computer. my a7sii isnt playing it back in slow motion so im having alittle difficulty if you could please help!! HUGE fan btw lol just throwing that out there
+Val Oli thanks Val! You won't be able to play them back in the camera, you'll have to wait until you import them and slow them down in your editor.
ugh thank you!! I've been trying to figure that out! i use adobe premiere pro what speed duration percent do you normally set your 60fps clips on for your couples?
ehy matt thanks for your videos! i'm trying to set up the a7s ii as you're doing but once i go to the submenu 2 on the camera menu it doesn't show me the possibility of setting the 30p i just got the 25p 100m option and the 25p 60m option. does it sound normal to you? thanks for your reply
Your camera is set to PAL. Set it to NTSC if you want to use the frame rates in this video :)
Hey matt,
When i first picked up my a7s2 in december 2014, I was using the m1,m2,m3,m4 features to set up different profiles just like you are showing in this video. But I always ran into a problem. Whenever I would format the memory card in camera using sub menu 6 (toolbox) page 5, It deletes all my M1, M2, M3, M4, presets. It retains the main 1 & 2 presets but it deletes all the M1-4 presets. Am i doing something wrong? Is there a way to format the SD card in camera without losing all your M1-4 presets?
I called sony about this and they told me there was nothing I could do, but i thought you might know some kind of trick... maybe? hopefully?
+Vertek Media hey! Unfortunately I've had mixed results with this too. I believe that the camera is saving 1 and 2 to the camera memory, and m1-m4 to the memory card. I don't have a fix for making everything save to the camera unfortunately.
bummer, I've already brought the issue up to sony, maybe if enough people complain about it they will fix it in a firmware update? it's a hassle having to redo all the settings before everyjob.
Thumbs up!!!
I myself have just purchased a sony a7sii and have noticed a lot of grain while shooting in 24fps (at any ISO) and especially with HFR (sucks that its so choppy and grainy in slow motion) Any how ,I'm a filmer and I'm shooting music videos.What "general" settings should I use? I have a 35 and 55mm sony prime for an A mount ( I'm using a Sony adapter ) and Premiere pro
I know these discussions can some time get intricate, but if some one can just give me some ball park settings I really would appreciate that. Thank you
+Mistro Music Records hey! What picture profile have you been using?
cine4
I have same camera with you ,I bought it two days ago ,but I don't have 30P100M or 60M under 4K setting.what I have are only two options:25P 100M /25P 60M. what's wrong with mine? could you tell me why and give me advice to achieve yours,Matt?
you live in Europe right? your camera is in pal if you wanna change it and get the extra frames go change pal to ntsc in the menu
+Tango Jaa what Nicolai said :) change from pal to ntsc.
Thanks，but I living in China ,I think I should still stay in. Once again, your videos are amazing .You really point out something important that others occasionally overlooked.I like your shooting works too, learn a lot things from you.I discover your channel through Brando Li. Two big discovers in TH-cam to me.