AWESOME Video Autofocus Trick for SONY Cameras (a7 III, a7R III, & a9 Settings)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2018
- Settings guide to get the Sony a7 III to AF Lock while in video manual focus like the GH5. Quickly switch from autofocus (AF-C) to MF using the AEL button.
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This is a 3 year old video, but it is _exactly_ what I needed.
I just recently replaced my GH5 with the Sony a7s iii. I do mostly street videography for my channel, but the problem is that the autofocus would catch a passing cyclist and focus on them instead of the street, leaving the street out of focus until the cyclist passed. This now gives me the perfect balance of auto focus while also locking on to the subject.
Thanks!
no, This is a 5 year old video, but it is exactly what I needed.
Just make sure that your lens is set to autofocus and the camera to manual focus. If you set the lens to manual focus, this trick won’t work. Took me a solid hour to figure this out as I had the lens in manual focus. Thanks for the amazing tip Gerald! This truly is a lifesaver.
I’ve been shooting sony for a couple years now, this is an incredibly simple tip that never crossed my mind. This is a huge help
Great! I'm glad. Thanks for saying so. Cheers!
Gerald Undone LOL 😂
Completely agree!! That just made my life a bit easier
This is perfect! Exactly what I was looking for! With funky eyesight, I honestly don't trust myself to get manual focus right. But I hate filming in AF, a bird flies into the shot, or a car drives by, or a breeze stirs the bokeh, foreground trees, and the focus starts shifting. This is exactly what I need to get the focus right & locked in!! Thank you!!
Very very useful, I set manual focus for live stream and have spent 15 mins focusing then zooming with peak and making it perfectly focused now it takes 2 seconds, THANK YOU!
Glad to hear it. Thanks for the comment! Cheers!
@@geraldundone I had the GH5 for a year and LOVED the manual focus with the back button to put a video into focus. I now have the Sony a6600 and can not get this to work. I watched this video and couldn't get it to work. Any suggestions for the 6600? I can't find any TH-cam videos for it and this manual focus hack.
Bro I have been stressing so hard about this issue, so simple on my old nikon d750 but i couldnt get it to work no matter what I did with the new sony a7iii. I was super sad and depressed about it, trying to figure it out for days. no one on any forum online or any video anywhere addresses this except for you here. I can't understand why no one else is talking about this or cares, back button focus during video is so incredibly useful and important. THANK YOU!!!
Amazing trick, thanks so much for sharing!! :)
All those focus controls have mushroomed into hundreds of ways to focus. Thanks for extracting a practical one and explaining it simply 👍👍👍
Two years later and this is still a great trick. Works well on Sony APS-Cs as well (just tried on my a6100). Thanks!
2nd video in two days which directly helps me with my A7III. legend
Thanks Gerald. My a6400 was driving me nuts for video. Had stopped using it but found your video and am all smiles again. Legend !!! Cheers Gerry👍👍
Excellent tip!!! Easy to follow instructions. Love the picture in picture.
Thanks, Kris! I'm glad. Thanks for the feedback. Cheers! 😃
Dude you just saved me from insanity. Coming into shooting video from doing sports stills for years, the sony AF is sooo brilliant but only really works for what I do with this setup, so that it works like I use it for stills. THAAAANK YOU!!!! Amazing. Been messing with this for weeks and not getting it quite right until now.
I like having it on toggle, that way I can always have it in auto focus (since I usually use a gimbal) and can just press it once and it stays in manual. Great tip!
Your tip is also good!
Thank you so much for all the excellent presented, useful information, covering every possible aspect. These are the most helpful videos I have watched.
Keep up the great work! It is highly appreciated!
Gerald you've undone it again! Awesome! 👍👍
Awesome! Really helpful!
Absolutely brilliant. You've just solved the biggest problem I've had with my A7iii. Thank you so much for this brilliant tutorial.
I tried this on my a7 and it works. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. Thumbs.
Awesome trick mate. Subscribed ✌
This video was a lifesaver! Shooting people that are sitting with expressive hand gestures, the camera tended to wanna focus on their hands, especially if they moved closer towards the lens. This method lets me keep the focus back on their faces where it needs to very easily. (and have a use for the AEL button!) Thanks! Liked and subscribed!
That’s cool man! Very helpful! More videos like that for Sony pls
This tip has helped me a lot. My AEL button is permanently set as recommended. Thank you Gerald.
this is brilliant! Thanks so much. I'm just getting started in videography after years in photography. So helpful and clearly explained!
this is great advice! Will be using this :) thanks Gerald!!
It didn't work for me at first but it works now. If you have problems as well then here is what I did:
1. On Custom Keys (Tab 2, Page 8) for stills, set the AF-ON button to ''AF ON''. In stills mode I have the AEL button set to ''Eye AF'' for back button focus, so I leave that.
2. On Custom Keys for video, I have everything on ''Follow Custom'' except the AEL button (Page 3) which I set to AF/MF Control Hold.
3. Now I go into video Mode and switch to Manual Focus
4. When I press and hold down the AEL button now, it will switch to Auto Focus mode for as long as I hold the AEL button. While I am holding that button, I can half press the shutter button and it will work as in Geralds video.
I don't know what I did wrong at first, but this is how it should be set up.
Glad I found this, extremely useful thing to know when filming yourself especially. So there's no hunting or loss of focus.
super helpful as always! THX
Just came across this video now, its still relevant. The best part is, you sound like a smarter Dane Cook.
OMG! Finally someone (you) explained this and also how to set it up!!!! Thank you!!!!!
This was a very helpful video for me because Gerald really takes time to explain in detail. Newbies really need someone to hold their hand and explain in detail hands-on and not just throw out some terms.
Very helpful, changed my A7III, love it
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this, it's been doing my head in ever since I changed to the A7III
Thank you so much dude ...! It's amazing trick ❤️❤️❤️❤️love it ...just subscribed 🤟
AMZING GERALD! Thanks for this awesome tip
You're very welcome! Thanks for the comment. Glad I could help. 😃
Brilliant tip. Thank you!
Definitely needed this, thanks Gerald.
Had I seen this video 1 week ago..... Awesome, thanks so much Gerald.
This video really helped me with my Sony. Now that I'm back with canon, I was having the same problem. I had this video bookmarked. Of course the menus are different, but because of your video I KNEW WHAT I was looking for. So now I can toggle focus when shooting video. THANKS A BUNCH.
Really this is one, i am searching all over TH-cam.. helps me a lot!! Thank u so much for ur tip 👍😊
Incredibly useful. This is the hallmark of valuable content: is it still relevant years later? Yes. Thanks for the great content.
a year and a half later and im just finding this gem of info. You are the man!!!
Thanks man! this helps and solves a lot of things for me!
This info is a game changer! Thank you SO much.
Amazing!
My Sony Alpha was not focusing and I came across your video
It tried the AEL button and it seemed to fix what I was looking for ...
Thank u so much !!!
Very very good tip! Thank you 💯💯💯🤜🏻🤛🏻
This is so great! Just got an A7iii and this is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks so much for your time to make this video!
This is actually needed. Thank you. Subbed
Thanks! I'm glad I could help. Look forward to having you around. 😃
Very helpful!!! Thanks!
I needed this desperately!!! I'm doing underwater filming school and I would have these awesome shots only to get ruined by the stupid AF and unfortunately once the camera is in the housing I can't change the manual focus because I don't have a focus ring for my lens for the underwater housing. UGGGG. Hopefully tomorrow's dive will be an alllll new experience. Thank you soooo much for taking the tine to think outside the Sony Box!!!
This is so clever!!! Will definitely practice this technique!
Best tip ever! Thank you Mr. Undone! ;)
Great tutorial - instantly subscribed
such an amazing feature Gerald! 10x
Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for!
Brilliant, I needed this! I shoot continuous all the time, but there are times I just want manual. Thank you Gerald!
Damn, this just made my work easier! thanks for this tutorial Gerald!
great trick I was trying to do the same on my a6400 but didn't know how
now I did it
it works just fine
you are the man
Awesome! Glad to hear it. Thanks for the comment.
Thank you Gerald. Useful tip "Trick"
Such a handy tip! Cheers for posting.
Thanks, Charles! Appreciate the comment. 👍
Great. This is what I was looking for, for a long time. :-)
Boom! I've been missing this from my Lumix cameras... Awesome tip! thanks! I assigned it to the multi-selector center button, because I do actually use my AEL and AF-On buttons for other stuff, but it's convenient enough.
Just wondering, what do you use the AEL and AF-On custom buttons for when shooting Video? thxs
YOU ARE AMAZINGGGGG, THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEED!
So handy. Thanks man.
i missed the tap&drag focusing on my Canon 80D, now this trick does it for me on my A7III. awesome, thank you so much!
I liked your video so much, I hit the like button four times.
I think five times would work a lot better! 😜
Thank you for the trick, that's really helpful!
GREAT TIP! THANKS!
This is great thanks Bro! I gotta tell my brother about this, he was telling me about this the other day, and I said no you can’t do this!! You the man....
Ha. Nice! I'm glad. 😃
Cheers!
It was useful and also entertaining.. Thanks
This is so helpful. thanks man
absolute top..thank you man..i am a canonshooter eos 5d mark 4 and bought the a6400 with the crane m2 for a little cityscape video. i am in venice now and with this tip from you i am ready to go :-) thanx a lot
Very helpful. Thank you
Amazing tip !! thank you
Woooooow! Sooooo cool! Thank you!
thanks - also coming from GH4 I was missing this feature. Now I have my A9 and A6500 this way for photo and video. thumbs up
Very useful! thanks duuude!
Well done Gerald Undone!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot.
You're a hero!
That’s why i subscribed👏👏👏
Thank you so much Gerald!!!
...same problem from Lumix G7 to SONYA73...now fix it.Thank you so much!
I'm starting to use man focus and this is exactly what I needed thanks so much!
Great trick I've been looking for, for month. As a former Panasonic user like you, I'm feeling bad with that strange Sony continuous AF that never stops and can ruin your shots in video mode. Thanks a lot Gerald !!
Excellent video, synthetic and clear, thanks!
Good stuff man. Subbed
Love it! Thanks man
Just brilliant! Thank you!
Great discovery !!! It's so so useful ! Thanks !
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Great tip!
I had that problem with my Sony Zv-e10... but on Zv-e10 if in manual focus, I've found if you press the shutter button it will focus and lock, same as your button configuration. Congratulations, great to know and difficult to find.
We learned a lot today. Thank you for sharing. We appreciate it.
Thank the gods this channel exists
Best tip I`ve ever seen! Thank you bro!
Great tip-- thanks for the brevity as well-- SUBSCRIBED
Thanks a ton, man!
Another great video. Will be suing this on my A7iii for sure..
Good info 🤘👍
Great tipp! Thanks...