Sony A6000 - How To Shoot Action Photography - 3 Mandatory Steps
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For users of the Sony a6000, there are three conditions that need to be set simultaneously to shoot action sequences.
They are:
1) the focus mode needs to be set to AI-Servo.
2) The Drive needs to be set to Continuous High
3) The focus area must be set to "wide".
With these three conditions met, the camera is free to do focus tracking. It will then select and track the item in the center of the screen, but may release should another item cross the focus area. In order to "lock" on one item, simply use the "Lock On Autofocus" mode, which will then hold the subject even as they cross the entire viewfinder screen, regardless of items crossing in front or not.
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Got the a6000 camera as a gift from my wife...am a 7D user for years. Almost returned a6000 coz i got frustrated using it first few days...until I saw your videos..now i am believer... if theres smart phones, sony just revolutionize the photography world and came up with these smart cameras. Now im just really focused on my images and my customers are really happy. Business is good!
I wish you would've shown some of the shots you took.
I'm just here to take quality pictures of my dogs....
ana amaro lmao same! I'm struggling so hard to get a good photo of her running I don't get it! Have you figured it out? X
Thank you for all of this information on the a6000. I purchased one due to all of the 'how to' videos you have put out on this particular camera. I'm going thru them one by one which help me greatly due to me being a beginner.
Very Helpful Gary!!! Real world demonstration is the easiest way for me to learn! Thank you Much!
Thanks for all the informative videos! Excited to learn photography with my A6000.
Thanks Gary for sharing... I bought mine today and couldn't figure out focus tracking ... I'm glad I came across your video...Thanks tons. 👍
Thanks Gary. I watched a few of your videos before Chrsitmas and talked my family into buying the A6000 (instead of the Nikon and Canon they were looking at). We bought the A6000 and we love it already.
Gary, Thanks. This video is the best about sport photography with a6000. And just because of your a6000 tutorial i bought my camera btw :) thanks again...
thank you for this video ! i shoot surf photography and this can help me a lot !! thanks thanks thanks
Awesome video on the a6000s AF Gary! What AF setting would you recommend during the course of a wedding? Your videos on the new Sony cameras are great, keep them coming.
thank youuu garyyyyy.
ps. It was super fun the way you explained it
This is awesome. Thank you for this info. I will use it the next time I am shooting a soccer game here in Ghana. 😊😊😊
Very useful video. I have been pretty poor at tracking with my a6000 so will have to try this out at the horse race track.
i love this video so much :D:D:D
What lens are you using for this shoot?
I can just say that this really works. Have used the camera also at ice hockey matches and the focus is spot on almost every time.
Gary, if using the Sony A77 II, how would you set up the AF for this exact type of shooting?
Thanks
thank you very much i learn from you a lot and i still learn, i am Sony a7r2 + a6500 user.
Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍
That is truly stunning tracking... even more remarkable from a $600 camera!
I wish I had seen this 2 days ago BEFORE I went to a wedding with my A6000 and RX10 which can also do this! I missed the bride groom fly pass up the aisle ... next time I won't will I. damn!!! thanks for explaining the 3 interdependent settings so well.
Thanks for showing this.
Do you know if the Sony a77ii has the same tracking feature as the A6000 that you have demonstrated on this video?
Gary Fong,
Can I use these settings during a hockey game or football?
This is great. I need to get more familiar with my a600. I've had it for about 9 months and there are still some features I'm not familiar with.
this is why I love this camera
Gary, does the "focus lock and tracking" feature work only on native Sony lenses?
Can I use AF-C in combination with center area and lock on as I heard some lens have problem focusing at the edges. Does it still track?
Hi gary, trying diferent way in how to focus, this way make unnecessary to have the back focus button (on the ael for ex) ? Thanks
Can this be done with the A7 II?
What about with videos and tracking motion like that?
Gary, Great video. I decided to buy the A7 Mark II. My understanding is that Sony put some of the AF technology of the A6000 in the A7 II. Is it possible to replicate the settings you recommend for tracking in the A6000 in the A7 Mark II?
Thanks for giving back and posting all of the informative videos.
Hi Garry. Love your videos. Can you tell me which is the best lens adaptor to fit a77ii lenses to an a6000...All my lenses are Tamron and I hope they will be compatable .
it doesn't do automatic for me and idk why i have to hold down the button to track the people. and i don't know how to fix that
Hi Gary, thank you for the interesting video. I am interested in buying the a6000 with the Sigma 30 and 60 prime lenses. There seems to be alot of confusion whether or not those DN lenses from Sigma can do PDAF (phase detection auto focus) or not, or just in the center area. So this setup you are demonstrating here would not work unfortunately with the Sigma primes. Can you elaborate on this eventually?
Kind regards and thank you for the ongoing educative videos.
Peter
Thank you for the info! It took me a couple of tries, but I realized that I needed to be in aperture priority and not shutter priority. The shots came out nice after that.
Hi Garry, I just got my a6000 a week ago. It's a great camera, but one thing that makes me frustated is, I use AF-C mode and focus area is Wide, but the focus points just tracking on the small area in the middle of the screen. It doesn't tracking to the entire screen. please help me out :(
Sorry for my bad english..
Hey Gary what lens did you use ?
Can the same thing be done with the video mode?
You went right from choosing "wide" to "Lock-on AF" and I can't figure out where the "Lock on option is". Even have David Busch's book and it doesn't say where that option is. It just looked like it popped up on your LCD screen. Please help. (yes, I'm new to photography but determined to figure this camera out)
Can somebody tell me how to set focus mode to "AI-Servo"? Is this the same thing as AF-C mode? Thanks.
It seems that the Sony engineers are ahead of us. Assign the center button to standard and you can save a step.
Thanks Gary for your very useful tips. If you have the chance to provide feedback to Sony, please ask them to produce a 50-140mm f2.8 OSS lens, similar to the ones produced by Fuji and Olympus that produce terrific results. These lenses are only for APS-C but are faster than the 70-200mm f/4 produced for the Sony FF mirrorless cameras and are also lighter.
That is one busy ski hill!
I set my AEL button as my Lock-AF button and works great for quick access.
The lens is the 70-200 f4?
amazing camera. I'm going to buy one today.
You should, i love mine and i dont even touch my canon 70d
how can you take a picture while recording
Thanks for the tutorial Gary.
what a lens u use?
gary, I have my camera setup the way you have mentioned in this video. but find when I put my emount 35 mm 1.8 lens on, and take a few quick shoots especially in darker circumstances the camera slows down or will come to a complete stop, it will freeze for 15 seconds to it registers a black photo or I have to turn the camera on and off to restart. the problem started yesterday at a winery, down in the cellars. cheers any idea
Isn't it working again in regular lighting conditions? Or, are you still experiencing problems? If it's still causing issues, we suggest contacting Sony directly for product support and possible service options.
AF-C, excellent，like fire control system.
Rumor has it the A7000 is about to be announced, you have any info?
great tips! do you have any tips for video in sports (swimming)?
We don't have a course specifically dedicated to swimming, but there are several good tips throughout our TH-cam library for the focus modes and exposure setup considerations!
For action photography I use SCN Sports mode. The camera sets up everything.
The "Dooms Day Clock", as we refer to it...
hi...i do pet photography and a lot of shelter pictures. do you also set your camera on scene selection for sports?
I'm sorry, we don't understand your question. Please specify.
I'm struggling to get a good clear photo of my dog running. I've used all the settings you've suggest and they're still not sharp. Any ideas? Thanks
Could be the shutter speed, could be the focus, could be your panning...hard to tell but you're welcome to send a support ticket via our website at www.garyfong.com and include a few samples for troubleshooting.
I have a a6000 and the kit lens and the 50 F1.8. When I shoot a burst of a moving target only the first photo is in focus... I use continuous shooting, wide area... My a6000 is broken or my lenses are very slow?
It good be that the camera then detects another object to focus on, especially if you're photographing a high contrast or back lit scene. Try experimenting with the other focus area or the object tracking function to see if that improves the camera's ability to focus on your subject.
I tried with the object tracking function and the other focus area, center, spot... I tried to change the background, a uniform floor with a blue ball..It seems like the cámara detects the object well (appears the green squares following the object) but the lens doesn't follow the focus... Do you test the function with the kit lens? What lens did you use in the video?
Hi Gary. I use the a6000 to film my son's toy channel, I have trouble getting the camera to focus on a toy when he brings it upclose to the csmera. Any suggestions?
every lens has its own minimum focusing distance, you might want to check that.
my shutter speed maxes put at 1/30 on these settings. getting lots of blur. did I miss a settings change?
Comment at 3:32 is confusing. That button? Which button becomes what button?
I still think it's amazing that this camera is less than $600! bit.ly/theSonyA6000
What lens were you using?
At 6:53 "...that's one way..." well what is the other way?
I am
a owner of sony a6000 and a7R which adpator should I buy for
which camera LAEA-3 or LAEA-4, my a-mount lens are SonySAL70-400G, Tamron
70-200mm 2.8, Tamron 18-270mm 3.5, Tamron 28-75mm 2.8........I shoot Athletics,
Footy and Portaits.
where did you find the focus lock setting?
Set it as a custom function. We assign it to the main button on the back of the camera for quick activation with your thumb!
3:35 "...to be that button". Which button?
Choose Lock on AF and picking the subject you want with the center button instead of just choosing Lock AF with center subject to make sure you nail more shots than not.
how does he get his shutter speed to 1/1000 automatically when mine doesnt go past 1/60
What camera mode are you using at the time?
The Gary Fong Channel the same one as you, Aperature priority. But I'm so dumb, I realized it was because I was shooting indoors the it was so low. I went outside and it went to 1/800
Make sure you're on Manual mode so you can adjust your shutter to whatever you wish.
You never say how you're getting that menu on the left side of screen to appear.
Nice autofocus but it does no work with all E-Mount lenses !!!!!!!!.....Sel 16mm 2:8 is not compatible with the Hybrid autofocus... so you have only 25 focus points ......
haha.... an Uzi firing ! :)
02:58 Um, no, no other skiers went in front... :-D
gk.
You did not show the photos/results. The problem is tracking seems working but the photo is not sharper. That’s the problem.
Many users have reported two problems on this camera. 1. Picture is soft and 2. Difficult focusing in low light. Many users buy this camera because of its fast focus and low price. If Fuji XE-2 has a lower price, probably people will go for Fuji XE-2. Is it possible to shoot the sharp picture and focusing fast in low light or it is hard for this camera? Can you show the tips in setting and answer user's questions about soft picture and slow focusing in low light in dpreview Sony E mount forum?
Safe to say u have dandruff problem.
1) you are AF'ing on a white background. any camera can "track" like that. 2) show us the full shot sequence, i am willing to bet the a6000 misses many of those shots, despite "tracking" the subject. however you are shooting at f/4 on a APS-C. so some may be in focus considering that is like shooting at f/5.6 on my A99. I love my a6000, but the AF burst is SERIOUSLY overrated. 32 years of professional photography under my belt.
i highly doubt "none" of the shots were missed and i publicly question your claims. of course its impossible for me to say for certain, because you still havent provided the sequence. also note, DoF here is extremely thick.
I have pants under my belt, I'm telling you it's the best. I would be so cold right now without pants. I've used belts all my life, so I've had pants under them for longer than 32 years. With all those years of pants under my belt, I've got to say I couldn't be more impresses with the focus tracking. This question goes to the guy with no face, what kind of pants do you own?
***** Gary the link in your reply directs to this very same video. Maybe you intended another video to demo the technique you are illustrating here? Thanks for sharing BTW, impressive, at least on screen, am curious to see the images sequence full size.
trolling is a art
***** I traded in my 7D for a a6000 this week. Shot my first paid event last night and was impressed. ISO performance isn't quite what I was hoping for but it as about half a stop or maybe even a full stop better than my 7D. I am using the sigma 30 and 60mm 2.8 lenses. For less than 1k invested it is a fantastic package. I really am wanting to see a comparison vs the 7D mkii as that is my next choice compared to this a6000