@@PMRTV What a hell of a difference changing to these settings has made to the tracking. It's like a whole new camera. All to do with changing from 3 to 4 in the 1-to-5 list. Super chuffed. Thanks!
Thank you my brother down the road in UT country.. I just got my first a9 last week.. You need to come up to Johnson City sometime other than just Bristol races..
hi there and thank you for this video. I'm using an a9 with sony 200-600mm at softball and baseball coverages. sometime I'm having a problem with the camera when ever I bring it up to viewfinder and I'm trying to shoot right away but I can't!!! my thumb is on back focus button and I'm trying to fire away but nothing happen no focusing point show up . I can see live feed but nothing work . I have to basically let go my finger and fire again . with that I miss alpt of action. so not sure what going on there. my camera body is less than a yr old and the lens is about a month old. my setting is pretty much sport setting . I was shot in jpg ,tracking point focus , fast frame rate . has it ever happend to you ? thank you so much again .
check and make sure that you are set to AF-C and not AF-S. if you are set to AF-S this is exactly what would happen. Also, to make the camera wake up as fast as possible, don't allow it to go to sleep at all. This is another setting that can be changed. let me know if this helps you! pat
I hate to say this but sell the lens before it breaks. It's a great sharp lens but it's a holdover from Olympus and suffers from purple fringing and other optical issues. None of the newer E mount bodies can correct any of this out. AF is sluggish to acquire but then does a good job once it's tracking a subject. I'm not sure Sony is servicing them anymore so be careful with it so it doesn't become a paperweight. You will be limited to 10 fps just like a Canon mount lens of the same era. Hopefully Sony will come out with their FE300GM lens sooner than next year as so many of us are ready to purchase!!!!
Could you please explain a bit more about the AF tracking sensitivity? I'm getting into sports a bit but confused about your explanation :) I would think you wanted the AF as sticky as possible until you release AF ON and point at a new target? To avoid it switching target when a player comes in between you and your intended target? Or am i misunderstanding how it works? Thanks!
the more "sticky" you make the AF, the more difficult it is to get off one subject and onto another. In sports like soccer and hoops, you can't do sticky and be successful.
@@PMRTV are you saying you want the camera to switch subject when holding the AF, instead of releasing AF pointing at new subject and holding AF again? In that case how do you know what subject the camera will focus? (it might catch someones back?)
I am planning on getting an A9II when this craziness is over. When you switch the aspect ratio from 3:2 to 1:1, does the EVF change to show the new aspect ratio, similar to the 4:5 format in other cameras?
absolutely. I think when you shoot in RAW, the files will still be 2:3 though, but your jpgs will be square--really cool for pushing out images direct to IG from assignments and games!
High ISO NR (3:17): You use "normal", which is the most aggressive of the three choices (off, low, normal). Interesting, especially since you said you would rather do NR in post rather than in camera, yet you are choosing the highest in-camera NR option. BTW, have you compared low NR vs normal NR at ISOs 10000+ ? (Its on my list of things to do too.)
AF Tracking (8:15): #1 locked on to to a particular subject and dont let go vs #5 jump to any subject that crosses the selected AF point as often as necessary. Why do you pick #4 or #5? Dont you want to stay locked on to a single player throughout the play?
No, absolutely not as the game changes too fast. think about basketball where the ball can be passed as many as 15 times before it's shot. You'd never get any decent action with tracking locked on...
I shoot wild birds in flight, fast action shooting. #1 "LOCK ON" works well for my situation. I was using #5 "RESPONSIVE" setting and missing focus on a lot of shots, it was driving me crazy..LOL
For the life of me I do not understand why anyone would switch to a crop mode when it is so easy to crop in post and get the exact crop you want. It isn't like extra pixels magically appear when shooting in crop mode.
Because the crop mode also enlarges the image in the viewfinder. If you know you are going to crop (like if your lens isnt long enough at all), then being able to see what you are shooting is a plus.
when you are on deadline, you may need to send the image right from the camera to FTP. Being able to crop in camera is killer, especially for those pesky pop-fly balls deep to center-field. You don't always have the luxury of downloading to a laptop, especially at the Olympics.
Thank you, Patrick, for this - I keep learning so much new stuff about this amazing camera.
Great to hear! Thanks Justin :)
@@PMRTV What a hell of a difference changing to these settings has made to the tracking. It's like a whole new camera. All to do with changing from 3 to 4 in the 1-to-5 list. Super chuffed. Thanks!
Thank you my brother down the road in UT country.. I just got my first a9 last week.. You need to come up to Johnson City sometime other than just Bristol races..
I love round track... NASCAR is great sport to shoot. I was at the Spring race last year btw.
Thank you
You're welcome
Thanks PMR.
my pleasure!
The focus & tracking of these cameras (a9 & a9ii) are incredible, can you do a video how/when to use back button focus on them?
yeah.. I really need to do this. if only there was some sports to shoot for the example video!!!
hi there and thank you for this video. I'm using an a9 with sony 200-600mm at softball and baseball coverages. sometime I'm having a problem with the camera when ever I bring it up to viewfinder and I'm trying to shoot right away but I can't!!! my thumb is on back focus button and I'm trying to fire away but nothing happen no focusing point show up . I can see live feed but nothing work . I have to basically let go my finger and fire again . with that I miss alpt of action. so not sure what going on there. my camera body is less than a yr old and the lens is about a month old. my setting is pretty much sport setting . I was shot in jpg ,tracking point focus , fast frame rate . has it ever happend to you ? thank you so much again .
check and make sure that you are set to AF-C and not AF-S. if you are set to AF-S this is exactly what would happen. Also, to make the camera wake up as fast as possible, don't allow it to go to sleep at all. This is another setting that can be changed. let me know if this helps you! pat
@@PMRTV thank you so much ill try that .I'll keep you update .
Any suggestions for A9 with Sony 300mm and the LA-EA5 adapter?
I hate to say this but sell the lens before it breaks. It's a great sharp lens but it's a holdover from Olympus and suffers from purple fringing and other optical issues. None of the newer E mount bodies can correct any of this out. AF is sluggish to acquire but then does a good job once it's tracking a subject. I'm not sure Sony is servicing them anymore so be careful with it so it doesn't become a paperweight. You will be limited to 10 fps just like a Canon mount lens of the same era. Hopefully Sony will come out with their FE300GM lens sooner than next year as so many of us are ready to purchase!!!!
Could you please explain a bit more about the AF tracking sensitivity? I'm getting into sports a bit but confused about your explanation :) I would think you wanted the AF as sticky as possible until you release AF ON and point at a new target? To avoid it switching target when a player comes in between you and your intended target? Or am i misunderstanding how it works? Thanks!
the more "sticky" you make the AF, the more difficult it is to get off one subject and onto another. In sports like soccer and hoops, you can't do sticky and be successful.
@@PMRTV are you saying you want the camera to switch subject when holding the AF, instead of releasing AF pointing at new subject and holding AF again? In that case how do you know what subject the camera will focus? (it might catch someones back?)
I am planning on getting an A9II when this craziness is over. When you switch the aspect ratio from 3:2 to 1:1, does the EVF change to show the new aspect ratio, similar to the 4:5 format in other cameras?
It does on my A9 so I'm sure the A9II is no different!
absolutely. I think when you shoot in RAW, the files will still be 2:3 though, but your jpgs will be square--really cool for pushing out images direct to IG from assignments and games!
High ISO NR (3:17): You use "normal", which is the most aggressive of the three choices (off, low, normal). Interesting, especially since you said you would rather do NR in post rather than in camera, yet you are choosing the highest in-camera NR option. BTW, have you compared low NR vs normal NR at ISOs 10000+ ? (Its on my list of things to do too.)
yo are correct-- I made the mistake--I use low typically.
AF Tracking (8:15): #1 locked on to to a particular subject and dont let go vs #5 jump to any subject that crosses the selected AF point as often as necessary. Why do you pick #4 or #5? Dont you want to stay locked on to a single player throughout the play?
No, absolutely not as the game changes too fast. think about basketball where the ball can be passed as many as 15 times before it's shot. You'd never get any decent action with tracking locked on...
@@PMRTV Makes sense in that case. I am usually tasked with following specific players (not the ball), so I need to stay on them.
I shoot wild birds in flight, fast action shooting. #1 "LOCK ON" works well for my situation. I was using #5 "RESPONSIVE" setting and missing focus on a lot of shots, it was driving me crazy..LOL
@@PMRTV Patrick how about shooting Rodeo's should I use AF tracking? Thanks
@@bigshotmedia yep! Howdy Pards...
For the life of me I do not understand why anyone would switch to a crop mode when it is so easy to crop in post and get the exact crop you want. It isn't like extra pixels magically appear when shooting in crop mode.
Because the crop mode also enlarges the image in the viewfinder. If you know you are going to crop (like if your lens isnt long enough at all), then being able to see what you are shooting is a plus.
when you are on deadline, you may need to send the image right from the camera to FTP. Being able to crop in camera is killer, especially for those pesky pop-fly balls deep to center-field. You don't always have the luxury of downloading to a laptop, especially at the Olympics.