You are seriously the best wedding videography vloger that I have come across. You cover very important topics for me and it seriously helps a lot. I've done weddings for 9 months now, and I don't know anything. So with this, it is really pushing me to get better! Thanks for your help! I'll be watching a lot of your stuff.
I have NEVER watched an hours worth of tutorial videos and laughed while learning so much like I have with yours. I want to be your friend. You're amazing.
Rewatched all these videos because I needed to set up my second a7sii. I can't thank you enough for your videos. They literally have given me the tools to launch my business.
Thanks so much Matt, i watched your videos when i initially bought the camera. The 3.0 update messed up my settings. So i have returned to watch this series, and praise the lord you exist :).
Hello Matt, I really cannot express my gratitude towards this small trainning videos. I have like one week with my a7sII and I think I already master it thanks to your videos
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these! I just purchased my A7sii and your videos are helping me learn how to use the camera so much better. Please continue to make these videos - they're a life saver!
Watched all four videos! So helpful!!! I am a wedding videographer... recently went from 5d mark III to this bad boy camera. :) Took it out of the box...turned it on... and all of the new settings made my brain scrambled eggs. Your vids were a life saver!! Thank you!
Thank you Matt. I shot my first wedding last week (mostly in 60p) because I couldn't figure out a way to quickly move back and forth through frame rate setups quickly enough to capture all the action. This set of 4 help videos on function and button setup will be a tremendous help.
Wow, I just purchased the Sony a7s ii as my first real videography camera and was overwhelmed with confusion on this camera. This series you have made has helped me so much, I now know this camera like the back of my hand. Thank you so much for making this series as you have earned a subcription, and a like. ;)
Matt thanks for this seriously helpful series man. I recently bought a Sony A7sii, and while I've been shooting with a rental on a couple of jobs already, I never really had the chance to fully explore its customizability. Watching this has been an awesome eye opener and a timely one to boot. Thanks once again!
Matt...got thru all of them with my new mark II...just awesome and so much value in what you are creating for us...keep it up my brotha...just what I needed today...cheers...
You make the complicated things look so easy. And the way you explain it, is so good and simple, even people like me that have English as a second language, understand it no probs, thanks bro. Btw, Love your sarcasm .... hahaha
Hey Matt, I'm developing a LUT that helps to bring Slog2 or Slog3 footage back to normal and matches Canon C100. I think that Canon color science is a lot more pleasing and takes a lot of less work to get it right. Right now I'm testing it in different lighting scenarios and with different exposures to make sure it stays consistent. If you want to test it yourself, please let me know.
Awesome!!! I knew a few things before, but you clearned up the other things I was unsure of or completely didnt know about. I have the a6500 and although the menu is slightly different, its pretty much the same thing
Hey man, great video! I have been shooting with my Nikon D750 (originally purchased for photos but I use it for a ton of video now) for the past year and half. I do freelance event shooting (mitzvah parties, weddings, corporate work, etc) as well as lots of cinematography work for my high school. I am part of our broadcast media and video production team, meaning we do both live broadcasting and video production. I am the head of cinematography and video production, and have been using my d750 to shoot everything we need. This includes sports action footage (standing on the sideline of a football field with my nikon 70-200 f2.8 shooting the game for action shots), lots of set interview shots (with my nikon 50mm 1.4 and anamorphic filter, etc), and plenty of run-and-gun shooting on either my glidecam, or handheld, for a variety of different purposes and situations. I enjoy high quality, and currently have a custom gamma curve profile installed on my D750 to capture more dynamic range and detail (sort of emulating a log profile). I do lots of color grading in davinci resolve, and enjoy as much quality and performance as possible. Since I only use additional lights for set interview shots, the rest of my work is done in natural light (lots of high-iso shooting as well). I have been looking at the a7s2 for a while now, thinking it is the perfect camera for me. The only drawback is (of course) the price, and the fact that it can only do 4K in 30 fps, and not 60fps. I feel as though this will impact my normal workflow; I always shoot everything at 60fps on my Nikon, because my editing style includes experimenting with slowing down whatever footage fits best in that moment. What would you recommend? I know the GH5 recently was announced, and the 10-bit, 4:2:2 quality footage is suppossed to be amazing! The only issue is it's still a micro 4/3 sensor and probably doesn't have much better high-iso performance than my Nikon (which does do decent footage up to 1600-3200 max given the full frame sensor). I have an array of Nikon lenses, so I would probably just adapt onto whatever body I decide to go with. Thanks for your help in advance, sorry for the long message!
+Dakoolguy111 hey! The GH5 looks good on paper but it's probably not going to have much better lowlight performance than the GH4 did. If you want lowlight with good quality, go with the A7sii. I use Nikon lenses with mine and they work great.
Awesome. MAKE A VIDEO FOR TIMELAPSE APP on sony a7sii: DOWNLOADING, INSTALING, GO OUT AND MAKE AN EXAMPLE. ETC. Thank you sorry for the CAPS, i just want attention haha
Hi Matt, amazing video, I'm not sure but did you ever make a video talking about C.temp/filter? You mentioned you like using it for white balance. But, Im not sure what the numbers mean. :)
Thanks! I haven't made a video about it but it isn't that complicated. Look up color temperature and kelvin values. Here's a chart: lowel.tiffen.com/edu/color_temperature_and_rendering_demystified.html
Great video's Matt. Today I watched them all four and it really helped me out. No paper tutorial needed anymore. I have just a question. Do I understand right that in Europe we use PAL, and you have set your camera to NTSC? Since I can't find the 30fps etc. And any idea how I can look back the slowmotion files back on my camera? Or can I only see that back in FCP? Great video's, I signed up! Cheers from Amsterdam, Coen
Hey Coen! You are correct, for Euro broadcast PAL is used. In the US we use NTSC. Both have quite different framerates which is why you don't see 30fps on your camera. I don't use FCPX so I don't think I can be much help with your slow motion files. Take care!
Great videos Matt, thank you so much from Barcelona, Spain! One question! We were setting 2 A7Sii at the same time, and we had a problem with both of them at the same time. Whenever we arrive to the 4th video the batteries of both cameras died. So we turn off the cameras and changed batteries. And the horrible surprise was that both cameras lost some settings we have set. For example, we had lost the Dial settings, number 1 and 2 are not there anymore. The M1 and M2 are still there as we setted. Also, all the custom buttons setup disappear... and had been reset to the original. Do you know if is this normal? Have you heard anyone or it happen something like this sometime? Thank you so much for all your tutorials!
Thank you! That sounds like the camera battery dying caused a total reset of your camera software. Major bummer! This is why I always try to shut down my camera and not let the battery die.
Thanks Matt. Now we are more familiar with the camera after working a few days. There are no more problems. But we still have problems with the memories M1 M2 M3 M4, there is no way to keep them well. Our settings disappear every time we turn off the camera, I do not know what we're doing wrong. We will continue to prove. Thank you very much man! Cheers from Barcelona-Spain.
Thank you soooo much for making these videos. My camera is now set up like yours yay! OMG I don't even know how to ask this but how do I record? I seriously have no idea I just bought this camera and I know nothing other than what you said on this video. I am going to Israel on Saturday and want to take 4K videos of my trip. please someone help me :/ Thank you!
Hi Matt WhoisMatt Johnson, wondering if you know how to set the A7SII to DO NOT create Thumbnails for clips? When I batch transcode with Media Encoder the Thumbnails (stills) get transcoded too and I would like to avoid that by not having the Thumbnails on the first place. Thanks!
Hey Carla! I don't believe you're able to change this setting. As a workaround, I usually sort my video clips after copying them from my memory card. The sorting lets me select only the video files. I can then copy all the thumbnails to a second folder so they stay out of my proxies.
I recently bought Sony 28mm for my A7s ii which I am going to use with pilotfly H2. I want to try auto focusing feature but don't have any idea how can I get maximum output from auto focusing feature. Could you help me please? Thanks in advance.
+Harvest Creative Media hey! The A7sii doesn't have a ton of autofocus settings. Set it to wide autofocus with face detection on and hope for the best.
Sigma 24mm and 50mm with Nikon mount. I got tired of my Metabones adapter being a bit weird with some of my Canon lenses so I switched to the full manual aperture control that Nikon offers. I'm a bit fan. I still have some Canon glass but don't use it often.
+Cody Newkirk hey Cody! Usually I don't offer raw footage to the couple. If they really want it I'll do a basic color on it to bring up he contrast and saturation.
Hi Matt! Learned a lot again! Thank for making this great videos for us! I Have a question! If i buy a 35mm Primelens, i got a 70mm with the "menu" zoom function, is that correct? And... do i loose quality with this zoom function in the menu?
Hi Matt! Great video, just subscribed :) I'm about to upgrade my camera gear and was thinking of an combination with the Black Magic Cinema Camera (2.5k) + Ronin M. What do you think about this combination? Should I maybe get an Sony A7s with an external recorder + Ronin M instead? I can't really afford the Sony A7sII.
Matt, what video settings do you shoot the weddings ? 4K 24fps 100M ? Or 1080p 60fps and then make it to the 24fps timeline in final cut pro ? I find that, if I shoot at 4K 24fps, then there is no way, I can add the slow mo in post. and if I shoot at 1080p 60fps , then there is a good chance or lowering down speed to 50%, so that the little slow mo effect can be done. But what about the whole ? Does the whole file get slow to 24fps, if we put a 60fps file to a 24fps timeline ?
Hey! I shoot in a mix of framerates and resolutions. Usually 4K30, 4K24, or 60fps at 1080p. I edit in Premiere, and put everything onto a 24fps timeline. I conform the footage that isn't 24p to 24p.
Hi I use the sony a7sii with the 50mm 1.8 sony full frame lens .. is there is a possibility to keep the image sharp? .. because he becomes increasingly sharp and blurry ... do you know what lens stay nice sharp if someone comes close or moves?
I had all the settings saved in C1 & C2 then all of a sudden everything was gone and only my M1 setting was saved. Any clue why this would happen? It seems like there is some auto metering going on as well even though I followed the settings in Part 1. Halpp
hi matt, i just notice that a7sii still photo is worst at high iso, like horizontal noise. but when i turn to video mode the image is fine, less noise at the same iso. do you know what happened?
I know it has been 4 years - but I've just got my hands on this camera and can confidently say... these were the 4 most helpful videos I found on the whole internet. I'm a 'Run & Fun' shooter (or at least I will be with this camera) so thank you so much for this.
hi bro... u said to set the pic profile to pp8... but in my sony a7sii the pp8 has its ISO set to 1600 and above.. can u help me out here .. cz in ur pp8 the iso was normal set to 100
Just finished all four of the videos in the series in one sitting. Like drinking from a firehose... Since I will mainly be shooting photos with a manual lens, I have some of my own customizations to consider. But Matt has shown me the Path to Greatness by customizing my Sony a7ii. Fun ahead! Thank you, Matt. This was all very helpful!
Thank you so much! Awesome videos. Can you please make a video about prices. How much should I be charging for a wedding? Where is a good price to start at when you're a beginner. And maybe share your experience and how you got started. Please and thank you !
Hey everyone, I've recently bought a7sii and one question is bothering me - when i press the function button (fn), the menu doesn't pop up, but it "copies" function of C2 button. i couldn't find any solution. Does anybody here know how to solve it? Thank you
Matt, thank you SO much! I need to go over the 2nd video again, but you have answered so many questions. Ready to shoot this wedding at Ashton Gardens!
"More patriotic of Sony to have Red white and blue" ... It's a Japanese company :)) but I forgive you, you have a great content, love your videos ;) Thank you
Thanks for this whole series of videos - I got the a6500 at launch and learning the menu system seemed impossible! Your own settings and shortcuts provided a great basis for me to go and further customise the options I need for my own use, and this function menu setup has actually changed the way I interact with the camera. Keep up the great work :)
Thanks so much for the info? Is there a way to save your settings onto an SD card to load onto another a7SII? Love the setup, but I can't watch 4 videos in a row to get all the settings in rentals every time ;) Thanks.
Looking at your video I just had a revelation. If I trim your beard I am pretty sure you will look nice. The why want to be ugly, just wait to get old then you can let that beard grow to cover your face. By the way your video really helped me.
Duuuude, this series was so good! I shoot on the Rii but 99% of this still applies. Looking fwd to dialing in my own variation. Thanks for taking the time to put this out!
Hi Matt, watched all your Sony a7sii videos and loved them! Learned so much from you. Thank you! I hope you may see this question I have about AF-C in movie mode specifically. Do you know if it's possible to "see" the green autofocus confirmation boxes within the screen while filming? Maybe I'm missing a setting, but I can see these detection points when shooting people in photo mode. But when I start to film, I do not see these AF-C points, so I'm not able to tell where the camera is focusing when recording video in AF-C. Is this possible? Thanks a lot!
+Brian Westfield thanks Brian! Unfortunately no, that's photo only. You can set your autofocus to be a smaller box so your camera will always know where you want it to focus. Change your focus area from wide to one of the tighter options.
Hi Matt, thanks for the reply. Sorry I guess I explained my issue wrong. But I found the problem. If you enable 4k video mode "and" dual record, the A7s/Rii can't perform face detection in AF-C. The camera disables this function. If you turn off Dual Rec, then you can record 4K with AF-C face detection (white boxes tracking faces on the screen when recording). I contacted Sony support and asked they open an internal bug to see if this is by design due to HW limitations, or if this is a defect that can be addressed in future FW updates.
Thanks for replying MJ. I just got my camera friday at noon from KEH. I went out and shot night time footage around 830-10pm in medium lit down town buffalo and I see noise and more noise. ISO around 3200 is there a reason why and also I see the camera is always searching unless standing still. Can you advise any thing bro. Thanks
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You are seriously the best wedding videography vloger that I have come across. You cover very important topics for me and it seriously helps a lot. I've done weddings for 9 months now, and I don't know anything. So with this, it is really pushing me to get better! Thanks for your help! I'll be watching a lot of your stuff.
Haha thanks Chance!
These 4 videos were sooo helpful and so well explained and actually entretaining... great work!
Thank you!
I just watched all 4 parts twice - you saved me so many hours of trial and error. Thank you :)
I truly appreciate what you are doing for the community.
I have NEVER watched an hours worth of tutorial videos and laughed while learning so much like I have with yours. I want to be your friend. You're amazing.
Rewatched all these videos because I needed to set up my second a7sii. I can't thank you enough for your videos. They literally have given me the tools to launch my business.
Thanks so much Matt, i watched your videos when i initially bought the camera. The 3.0 update messed up my settings.
So i have returned to watch this series, and praise the lord you exist :).
Thank you! :D
Hello Matt, I really cannot express my gratitude towards this small trainning videos. I have like one week with my a7sII and I think I already master it thanks to your videos
Thanks so much Herran! Glad you watched and enjoyed them :)
The best starters guide to A7SII on TH-cam, Thanks Matt
Thank you! :D
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these! I just purchased my A7sii and your videos are helping me learn how to use the camera so much better. Please continue to make these videos - they're a life saver!
+Selah Chung thanks Selah!
Watched all four videos! So helpful!!! I am a wedding videographer... recently went from 5d mark III to this bad boy camera. :) Took it out of the box...turned it on... and all of the new settings made my brain scrambled eggs. Your vids were a life saver!! Thank you!
+Taylor Snyder thanks so much Taylor!
Thank you Matt. I shot my first wedding last week (mostly in 60p) because I couldn't figure out a way to quickly move back and forth through frame rate setups quickly enough to capture all the action. This set of 4 help videos on function and button setup will be a tremendous help.
+Tim Ryan thanks Tim! Glad to help!
Dude, your videos are absolutely AMAZING. You get right to the point and cover the material so well. If I could give you a hundred upvotes, I would.
+Frank Stallone thanks so much Frank! 😁
Wow, I just purchased the Sony a7s ii as my first real videography camera and was overwhelmed with confusion on this camera. This series you have made has helped me so much, I now know this camera like the back of my hand. Thank you so much for making this series as you have earned a subcription, and a like. ;)
Thank you! :)
Matt thanks for this seriously helpful series man. I recently bought a Sony A7sii, and while I've been shooting with a rental on a couple of jobs already, I never really had the chance to fully explore its customizability. Watching this has been an awesome eye opener and a timely one to boot. Thanks once again!
Thanks Jeremy! Glad to help!
Matt...got thru all of them with my new mark II...just awesome and so much value in what you are creating for us...keep it up my brotha...just what I needed today...cheers...
Hey thanks so much Steve! Glad you enjoyed an hour of me rambling hahaha!
I just bought a Sony a6300 and this was just pure gold! Good work man!
Thanks Antti! Glad this helped you!
This was awesome Matt, thank you so much helping me get up and running with this camera!!!!
Thanks Matt for all your vids. Great content.
these 4 videos were really awesome... thanx man
You make the complicated things look so easy. And the way you explain it, is so good and simple, even people like me that have English as a second language, understand it no probs, thanks bro.
Btw, Love your sarcasm .... hahaha
you are awesome Matt. thanks for this series.
+game-day you're welcome! 😁
Awesome work, been put off using the A7MK2 because I didnt understand all the menu options. Thanks so much for this :)
Glad to help! :)
Hey Matt,
I'm developing a LUT that helps to bring Slog2 or Slog3 footage back to normal and matches Canon C100. I think that Canon color science is a lot more pleasing and takes a lot of less work to get it right.
Right now I'm testing it in different lighting scenarios and with different exposures to make sure it stays consistent. If you want to test it yourself, please let me know.
VERY GOOD VIDEOS!! Amazing work Matt!
+Elyx thank you!
thanks for 4 videos for camera setting I'm happy these settings great full to you
+Mohammed Mohsin thanks Mohammed!
thanks for doing these man i appreciate u
Awesome!!! I knew a few things before, but you clearned up the other things I was unsure of or completely didnt know about.
I have the a6500 and although the menu is slightly different, its pretty much the same thing
+Michael Frymus thanks Michael! Glad this series helped you out!
the 1080 p effect was on point haha LOL
Hey man, great video! I have been shooting with my Nikon D750 (originally purchased for photos but I use it for a ton of video now) for the past year and half. I do freelance event shooting (mitzvah parties, weddings, corporate work, etc) as well as lots of cinematography work for my high school. I am part of our broadcast media and video production team, meaning we do both live broadcasting and video production. I am the head of cinematography and video production, and have been using my d750 to shoot everything we need. This includes sports action footage (standing on the sideline of a football field with my nikon 70-200 f2.8 shooting the game for action shots), lots of set interview shots (with my nikon 50mm 1.4 and anamorphic filter, etc), and plenty of run-and-gun shooting on either my glidecam, or handheld, for a variety of different purposes and situations. I enjoy high quality, and currently have a custom gamma curve profile installed on my D750 to capture more dynamic range and detail (sort of emulating a log profile). I do lots of color grading in davinci resolve, and enjoy as much quality and performance as possible. Since I only use additional lights for set interview shots, the rest of my work is done in natural light (lots of high-iso shooting as well). I have been looking at the a7s2 for a while now, thinking it is the perfect camera for me. The only drawback is (of course) the price, and the fact that it can only do 4K in 30 fps, and not 60fps. I feel as though this will impact my normal workflow; I always shoot everything at 60fps on my Nikon, because my editing style includes experimenting with slowing down whatever footage fits best in that moment. What would you recommend? I know the GH5 recently was announced, and the 10-bit, 4:2:2 quality footage is suppossed to be amazing! The only issue is it's still a micro 4/3 sensor and probably doesn't have much better high-iso performance than my Nikon (which does do decent footage up to 1600-3200 max given the full frame sensor). I have an array of Nikon lenses, so I would probably just adapt onto whatever body I decide to go with. Thanks for your help in advance, sorry for the long message!
+Dakoolguy111 hey! The GH5 looks good on paper but it's probably not going to have much better lowlight performance than the GH4 did. If you want lowlight with good quality, go with the A7sii. I use Nikon lenses with mine and they work great.
thanks for making these 4 videos, very Helpful. I feel like I know my sony camera now. :P
You’re welcome!!
nice series. Keep it up!
Thanks man ! I just bought Sony A7sII Now i am able to use it correctly :) It is really helpful :) Thank You Very Much ! :)
+Krzysztof Drelichowski thanks Krzysztof!
Thank you. Great videos! Appreciated a lot.
think you bro for that ,I from Iraq i watch that,
thank you very mach
Your time is greatly appreciated and we all know how much it takes out of your time to do these..Thanks!!
Thanks Eric!
YES! YES! FINALLY!!!
Haha you're welcome!
Awesome tutorial!
Thanks Fredrik!
Hi Matt, please do a video about ND filters for Sony cameras.
HeshanPathirana he did a review of a throttle ND you should check it out
Awesome, you explained the shit out of that, thanks so much
Thanks! :)
Thanks a Ton!!!!
You're very welcome umesh!
Awesome.
Thanks!
Thanks man! Useful as F :)
Awesome. MAKE A VIDEO FOR TIMELAPSE APP on sony a7sii: DOWNLOADING, INSTALING, GO OUT AND MAKE AN EXAMPLE. ETC. Thank you sorry for the CAPS, i just want attention haha
MATT bonjour comment se fait il que les programmes ne restent pas en memoire sur le 1 et 2 ?
Hi Matt, amazing video, I'm not sure but did you ever make a video talking about C.temp/filter? You mentioned you like using it for white balance. But, Im not sure what the numbers mean. :)
Thanks! I haven't made a video about it but it isn't that complicated. Look up color temperature and kelvin values. Here's a chart: lowel.tiffen.com/edu/color_temperature_and_rendering_demystified.html
thanks for the chart! If you ever make a video about it.. looking forward to it!
Great video's Matt. Today I watched them all four and it really helped me out. No paper tutorial needed anymore.
I have just a question. Do I understand right that in Europe we use PAL, and you have set your camera to NTSC?
Since I can't find the 30fps etc.
And any idea how I can look back the slowmotion files back on my camera? Or can I only see that back in FCP?
Great video's, I signed up!
Cheers from Amsterdam,
Coen
Hey Coen! You are correct, for Euro broadcast PAL is used. In the US we use NTSC. Both have quite different framerates which is why you don't see 30fps on your camera. I don't use FCPX so I don't think I can be much help with your slow motion files. Take care!
Great videos Matt, thank you so much from Barcelona, Spain!
One question! We were setting 2 A7Sii at the same time, and we had a problem with both of them at the same time. Whenever we arrive to the 4th video the batteries of both cameras died. So we turn off the cameras and changed batteries. And the horrible surprise was that both cameras lost some settings we have set. For example, we had lost the Dial settings, number 1 and 2 are not there anymore. The M1 and M2 are still there as we setted. Also, all the custom buttons setup disappear... and had been reset to the original.
Do you know if is this normal? Have you heard anyone or it happen something like this sometime?
Thank you so much for all your tutorials!
Thank you! That sounds like the camera battery dying caused a total reset of your camera software. Major bummer! This is why I always try to shut down my camera and not let the battery die.
Thanks Matt. Now we are more familiar with the camera after working a few days. There are no more problems. But we still have problems with the memories M1 M2 M3 M4, there is no way to keep them well. Our settings disappear every time we turn off the camera, I do not know what we're doing wrong. We will continue to prove.
Thank you very much man! Cheers from Barcelona-Spain.
Matt, I need to se to the C3 button to record button. What is it called in the custom key ?I dont see any option called record to set to C3.
It's called "MOVIE"
Thank you soooo much for making these videos. My camera is now set up like yours yay! OMG I don't even know how to ask this but how do I record? I seriously have no idea I just bought this camera and I know nothing other than what you said on this video. I am going to Israel on Saturday and want to take 4K videos of my trip. please someone help me :/ Thank you!
Thanks Jasmine! There's a red recording button on the side.
Hi Matt WhoisMatt Johnson, wondering if you know how to set the A7SII to DO NOT create Thumbnails for clips? When I batch transcode with Media Encoder the Thumbnails (stills) get transcoded too and I would like to avoid that by not having the Thumbnails on the first place. Thanks!
Hey Carla! I don't believe you're able to change this setting. As a workaround, I usually sort my video clips after copying them from my memory card. The sorting lets me select only the video files. I can then copy all the thumbnails to a second folder so they stay out of my proxies.
I recently bought Sony 28mm for my A7s ii which I am going to use with pilotfly H2. I want to try auto focusing feature but don't have any idea how can I get maximum output from auto focusing feature. Could you help me please? Thanks in advance.
+Harvest Creative Media hey! The A7sii doesn't have a ton of autofocus settings. Set it to wide autofocus with face detection on and hope for the best.
Hi Matt,
What lenses do you have for coverage throughout a day? Any particular reason you aren't using canon Ls?
Sigma 24mm and 50mm with Nikon mount. I got tired of my Metabones adapter being a bit weird with some of my Canon lenses so I switched to the full manual aperture control that Nikon offers. I'm a bit fan. I still have some Canon glass but don't use it often.
Thanks, a question what is the name of the adapter? I have a fotodiox and the aperture goes crazy
Thanks Ivan! This is the adapter: th-cam.com/video/nNQklaHbdi4/w-d-xo.html
do you give the couple the raw footage flat as is?
+Cody Newkirk hey Cody! Usually I don't offer raw footage to the couple. If they really want it I'll do a basic color on it to bring up he contrast and saturation.
Hi Matt! Learned a lot again! Thank for making this great videos for us! I Have a question! If i buy a 35mm Primelens, i got a 70mm with the "menu" zoom function, is that correct? And... do i loose quality with this zoom function in the menu?
Hey thanks Koen! Yes, your 35mm will be able to go to 70mm. You'll lose a bit of quality, but not as much as you would from zooming in post.
its sound likr a nice idea, in cass of the 80mm G Sony... Waiting for a35 from sony? or a samyang or rokinon, enyone?!?
is there any option to record 2K resolution with A7Sii ?
Nope, your options are 3840x2160 or 1920x1080.
Thanks, is there any DSLR camera with 2k ?
Why would you want to shoot 2k?
Jacob Steed , just trying to save card not record 4K at the same time better than 1080.
Hi Matt! Great video, just subscribed :) I'm about to upgrade my camera gear and was thinking of an combination with the Black Magic Cinema Camera (2.5k) + Ronin M. What do you think about this combination? Should I maybe get an Sony A7s with an external recorder + Ronin M instead? I can't really afford the Sony A7sII.
if you can... I would wait till Januari Matt, think the version III is coming soon.
The Black Magic Cinema Camera is already a few years old. I would go with the A7S. Do you really need an external recorder?
If Sony follows their previous release schedule, we will see an A73 in a few momths, followed by an A7R3, then the A7S3.
Matt, what video settings do you shoot the weddings ? 4K 24fps 100M ?
Or 1080p 60fps and then make it to the 24fps timeline in final cut pro ?
I find that, if I shoot at 4K 24fps, then there is no way, I can add the slow mo in post.
and if I shoot at 1080p 60fps , then there is a good chance or lowering down speed to 50%, so that the little slow mo effect can be done.
But what about the whole ?
Does the whole file get slow to 24fps, if we put a 60fps file to a 24fps timeline ?
Hey! I shoot in a mix of framerates and resolutions. Usually 4K30, 4K24, or 60fps at 1080p. I edit in Premiere, and put everything onto a 24fps timeline. I conform the footage that isn't 24p to 24p.
So the timeline is 1080p 24fps. What if a client asks 4K film ? Sony A7 doesnt do slow mo at 4K. What cam do you use for that ?
Jetspot Networks when you Edith en premier at 24fps, the 60fps automatically go to the best slow mo, May has a video about it. Search on his channel
Hi I use the sony a7sii with the 50mm 1.8 sony full frame lens .. is there is a possibility to keep the image sharp? .. because he becomes increasingly sharp and blurry ... do you know what lens stay nice sharp if someone comes close or moves?
+Top Level Studio's (Shotbybounce) hey! That sounds like a focusing issue. I would check your focus settings and use face tracking.
I had all the settings saved in C1 & C2 then all of a sudden everything was gone and only my M1 setting was saved. Any clue why this would happen? It seems like there is some auto metering going on as well even though I followed the settings in Part 1. Halpp
+kime powell hey Kime! Very strange. Did your battery die? I've heard of that wiping settings before.
Thanks for the reply Matt! That actually did happen, must have been why. No worries tho, I just watched the setup video again, alls well now.
Wat happened to the Sony Logo in the front ???
Gaff tape happened to the logo :)
hi matt, i just notice that a7sii still photo is worst at high iso, like horizontal noise. but when i turn to video mode the image is fine, less noise at the same iso. do you know what happened?
Hey Ferano! Are you shooting raw? The image should be cleaner than the video if the settings are the same.
gosh, you are the god of a7sii. i was only shoot with jpeg. thank you so much!
How do you change the autofocus speed?
+J Childers don't believe you can with the A7sii for video.
Been looking into it, unfortunately you're right.
Best Budget camera for $1000, ??
Sony a6300.
I know it has been 4 years - but I've just got my hands on this camera and can confidently say... these were the 4 most helpful videos I found on the whole internet. I'm a 'Run & Fun' shooter (or at least I will be with this camera) so thank you so much for this.
Someone get their hands on an a7iii and send it to him! I need a Menu Setup video just like this but for the a7iii from you Matt!
hi bro... u said to set the pic profile to pp8... but in my sony a7sii the pp8 has its ISO set to 1600 and above.. can u help me out here .. cz in ur pp8 the iso was normal set to 100
Just finished all four of the videos in the series in one sitting. Like drinking from a firehose... Since I will mainly be shooting photos with a manual lens, I have some of my own customizations to consider. But Matt has shown me the Path to Greatness by customizing my Sony a7ii. Fun ahead! Thank you, Matt. This was all very helpful!
Thank you so much! Awesome videos.
Can you please make a video about prices. How much should I be charging for a wedding? Where is a good price to start at when you're a beginner. And maybe share your experience and how you got started. Please and thank you !
Thanks Joel! That's going to be dependent entirely on your market. Make enough $ to cover your costs of gear, travel, and time.
Hey everyone,
I've recently bought a7sii and one question is bothering me - when i press the function button (fn), the menu doesn't pop up, but it "copies" function of C2 button. i couldn't find any solution. Does anybody here know how to solve it?
Thank you
preciate cha
Thanks Matt, those videos works for my RX10 too, just few is not for me but in general this series works a lot. Thanks
Seriously the most helpful set of videos I’ve ever seen. You keep things funny and interesting and easy to understand. So great!
You really helped me man. Thanks.
I was overwhelmed when I bought this camera.
I complain about the Sony menus NO MORE! Thanks for doing the series Matt, but just so you know, my baby is prettier than your baby.
Hahaha!
What are your export settings for TH-cam? Do you upload prores or h.264?
Here are my settings :) whoismatt.com/exportsettings
Matt, thank you SO much! I need to go over the 2nd video again, but you have answered so many questions. Ready to shoot this wedding at Ashton Gardens!
Awesome!
"More patriotic of Sony to have Red white and blue" ... It's a Japanese company :)) but I forgive you, you have a great content, love your videos ;) Thank you
+Miro Jakab bahaha thanks
Thanks for this whole series of videos - I got the a6500 at launch and learning the menu system seemed impossible! Your own settings and shortcuts provided a great basis for me to go and further customise the options I need for my own use, and this function menu setup has actually changed the way I interact with the camera. Keep up the great work :)
Awesome! So glad that has helped you out!
Thanks so much for the info? Is there a way to save your settings onto an SD card to load onto another a7SII? Love the setup, but I can't watch 4 videos in a row to get all the settings in rentals every time ;) Thanks.
Hey Brandon! I believe they may be saved on the memory card but I haven't tested this. May want to google it :P
Looking at your video I just had a revelation. If I trim your beard I am pretty sure you will look nice. The why want to be ugly, just wait to get old then you can let that beard grow to cover your face. By the way your video really helped me.
+Mielu Lonc hahaha you sound like my parents!
if we're shooting a wedding with an a7sii in your custom picture profile how do I set my Canon DSLRs to match as close as possible? Cinestyle?
Hey Isaac! I've had good experiences with the Prolost Flat picture profile. It isn't as flat as Cinestyle.
Duuuude, this series was so good! I shoot on the Rii but 99% of this still applies. Looking fwd to dialing in my own variation. Thanks for taking the time to put this out!
Thanks Justin! Glad that helped!
Matt, great job! Perfect settings! Your videos are watching in Russia! Let's run&gun. ))
Thank you!!
Thanks Matt.. 👍
Thanks for these videos! I'm shooting a movie and I had less than 24 hours to learn how to use the a7s II and this was a great crash course.
Thanks Jared! Glad it helped you!
this playlist link (from part 1 to part4) should be printed on every Sony alpha manual book!
+Ilham Maulana 😂😂😂 yessss
Hi Matt, watched all your Sony a7sii videos and loved them! Learned so much from you. Thank you! I hope you may see this question I have about AF-C in movie mode specifically. Do you know if it's possible to "see" the green autofocus confirmation boxes within the screen while filming? Maybe I'm missing a setting, but I can see these detection points when shooting people in photo mode. But when I start to film, I do not see these AF-C points, so I'm not able to tell where the camera is focusing when recording video in AF-C. Is this possible? Thanks a lot!
+Brian Westfield thanks Brian! Unfortunately no, that's photo only. You can set your autofocus to be a smaller box so your camera will always know where you want it to focus. Change your focus area from wide to one of the tighter options.
Hi Matt, thanks for the reply. Sorry I guess I explained my issue wrong. But I found the problem. If you enable 4k video mode "and" dual record, the A7s/Rii can't perform face detection in AF-C. The camera disables this function. If you turn off Dual Rec, then you can record 4K with AF-C face detection (white boxes tracking faces on the screen when recording). I contacted Sony support and asked they open an internal bug to see if this is by design due to HW limitations, or if this is a defect that can be addressed in future FW updates.
Thank you Matt
+Daniel Peprník thanks Daniel!
Great video. Very helpful tips on settings.
Do you hide your lav in your beard?
+Art Apparent of course 😂
Great stuff, thanks a lot Matt.
+Arman Lari thanks Arman!
AMAZING BRO!
+Will Holton haha glad to help!
Thanks for replying MJ. I just got my camera friday at noon from KEH. I went out and shot night time footage around 830-10pm in medium lit down town buffalo and I see noise and more noise. ISO around 3200 is there a reason why and also I see the camera is always searching unless standing still. Can you advise any thing bro. Thanks
Hey Will! What lens and resolution were you using? That will be the biggest factor in determining why that was messing up.