My Top 5 Sony Custom Functions - Bird & Wildlife Photography
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- I'm sharing my favorite custom functions for Sony cameras to optimize them for bird and wildlife photography. How to use back button focusing, using C1 for birds in flight (action button) and much more.
Used in this video:
Sony A7IV ▶ geni.us/Kvzcjrd
Sony A7R V ▶ geni.us/HEK7n
FE 70-200 2.8 GM ▶geni.us/ACS8A
FE 200-600 mm f5,6-6,3 G OSS ▶ geni.us/RUqO5P
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Sony A7IV ▶ geni.us/Kvzcjrd
Sony ZV-E1 ▶ geni.us/AEAYv
Sony A7R V ▶ geni.us/HEK7n
FE 200-600 mm f5,6-6,3 G OSS ▶ geni.us/RUqO5P
FE 70-200 2.8 GM ▶geni.us/ACS8A
Sony 14mm 1.8 GM ▶ geni.us/7g0sTsN
Sony 20mm 1.8 G ▶ geni.us/J1r18
Sony 20-70mm F4 G ▶geni.us/79n4
Tamron 28-75 2.8 G2 ▶ geni.us/TheS
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00:00 Intro
00:45 Back Button Focusing
01:30 Manual Focus Toggle
03:30 Action Button
05:55 Focus Area
07:03 Toggle Buttons
I still remember that kingfisher slide in the beginning so well. Such a cool move of him! And yes that Action button is so helpful!
Thank you for all of your content, I know you get this often but the amount of people inspired to get into wildlife photography by you is massive, including myself, so thank you again
@@Aadu1z Thank you so much for commenting. I can’t describe how happy that makes me feel!🙌
That high shutter speed action button tip is top tier. thank you very much
I actually got me a A7RV finally. This video helped a lot. Thanks man!
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Favorite wildlife vlogger 🎉❤
Olle nilsson Sir 🎉
@@Eldorado1032 Thank you so much❤️
@@ollenilssonen I feel blessed😇
I want to be like you.
I learned to love nature more through you 🤍💐🌴
To be honest, this is the first time I see the importance of the back button focus and explained well that I'm compelled to try it, thank you sir !! Along with a few other tips that I liked 😊
The action/override button is a great advice. I had set mine to be triggered using the focus button from the lenses. Also, instead of the -1.3 exposure, I set it to +0.3 but I also overrides the metering mode to highlight.
The quality of your videos is admirable. Keep it up. Much love.
@@armenhovhannisyan5505 Thank you so much for saying that!
@@ollenilssonen You are Best sir 🥰
Just tried the action button option worked a treat! Thanks for the tip!
love ur videos man, such a sick photographer also nice job condensing into 8mins without filling up 2 more mins with sponsors and shee.
I was out yesterday and had alot of problem with some of the things you said and in the future I will definitely use these tips😁
Thank you so much for this!!!! I’ve been watching videos non stop and this one was the most useful! I did have a question on what focus area did you use when catching those ospreys mid flight?
Oh my this has helped me a bunch! Thank you 🙏
Me drinking sparkling water cause i am worth it and taking notes ✍
@@vlightphotography Haha perfect!!
@@ollenilssonen thank you for the great tips Olle! I especially loved the "action button", i can't count how many times i lost a good shot cause there was sudden fast movement and i wasn't prepared for it. The action button is a brilliant idea! 🤯
@@vlightphotography Glad to hear that! It’s a really nice function for those situations😃
I don't have a Sony but I still really wanted to watch this!
@@birdswithbeau Glad to hear that!🙌 Hope you found something useful😄
You made a video for exactly what I commented on your last video. Thank you so much! It's so cool to see!!!
Brilliant video mate !!! can you do a video settings video as well please
That Action Button is so cool! I need to find out if Canon has anything like that!
Really nice video and the action button is a really nice feature that I didnt know about!
I don't agree with changing exposure compensation dial though, I think clicking the "joystick" is intuitive enough :D
This is why being able to change settings to this degree of granularity is great though, these opinions are subjective and different for different usecases
Great video as always Olle !!! I have a lot of similar settings, I love the customization available on my Sony.
Thanks Olle really useful tips, setting my new menu now 👍
EXCELLENT video!!! Looking forward to the video one. THANK YOU!
@@helencogan2187 Thanks mate, appreciate it!😍
Good video. Some nice tips. My main issue at the moment is that the autofocus in my sony a7iv and sigma 100-400mm can't seem to ceep up with birds in flight. New to my camera so hoping i find some random setting causing it since my a6400 didn't have the issue... enjoy the time outside taking photos all!
I changed c2 to switch focus area. Saving the wheel that can lock to do other things. Then put face/ eye subject detect as record button
first advise is amazing!! I didn't know that! It change freaking everything! Thanks!
@@aavasyagromov Glad you found it helpful!😍
Amazing brother ❤
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@@MsHippieman Stort tack!😍🙌
Even though I don't own a sony, I feel like I should watch this video 😅🤣(Nikon 🤝Sony)
Awesome information! Thank you so much! 😊
Glad it was helpful!🙌
Thanks for this video, just finishing figuring out the setup of my new camera. I'd love to know if you can tell me what I'm missing, or if it's a great idea, it's a combo from several youtubers and the manual's descriptions, plus some experimentation. I have two back buttons for focus: one for Tracking On + AF On, and the other for AF-On. ALL the focus zones I have available are NON-tracking because with the tracking + af button, they become tracking. And when I press AF-On, there's no tracking but it still has the same focus zone. Then I also have a toggle for Subject Ref On, and another to cycle through the subjects. So far this has worked great, but it's only been three weeks. After watching this video I will also make an Action button, and maybe another one for fully manual single shots. Thanks!
This is best settings for me Olle
Great tips - i do not shoot with Sony but i might can transfer some of these settings into my System ✌
@@tkNAT Glad you found them helpful even for another system!😄
Hey,
what place in sweden is the best for wildlife photography?
I'm planning to spend a little more time in sweden and was wondering where to go. Can you give any tips? or you got any app or website where you can research like specificially wildlife sights and stuff?
thanks in advance for taking your time.
love your content. By far my favorite photographer on youtube! 🔥
Informativt och välgjort! Måste undersöka om nått av de går att applicera på Canon!
Can you do the same for a7 lll please 🙏🏼
Legend watching from Australia 🤝🏼
@@Nine.siixxx Appreciate it 🙌❤️
@@ollenilssonen anytime mate! you have inspired me so much love your videos thank you ❤️❤️
I just got an A7RV, and am still learning about it, if I am getting this wrong please straighten it out for me! The A7RV has a feature you can just turn on and leave on: Full Time DMF. When that's on, you can stay in AF-C, and the manual focus ring just works, although the magnified view does not come up unless you turn it to MF on the camera or on the lens.
Yes he mentioned that at 3:13. He just likes it more the way he showed it...
@@GunterdieGudrun I think what @ameleh61 refers to is a feature called ”Full Time DMF”
It’s basically the same thing but you don’t need to press the AF-on button for it to work. That feature is only available when pairing the camera with certain newer Sony lenses, I believe!😄
@@GunterdieGudrun On the A7R5, Full Time DMF as a Focus Mode is there, but it is also available as a setting that allows you to stay in an automatic focus mode, but still move the focus ring to either get final focus, or to tell the camera where you want to focus so you can then hit autofocus again and it knows what you want. It's the best of both worlds, as far as I can tell. Here's from the online manual: If you set [Full Time DMF] to [On], you can always perform manual focusing operations without setting [Focus Mode] to [DMF]. There are some exceptions, and it does not bring up the magnifier, so maybe it's not as good as the way he's got it.
@@ameleh61 The DMF is great for fine tuning your focus after achieving AF and then you take the shot. However, after each shot, you have to use AF again and second, it doesn't work with tracking.
@@funnybeingme ah, ok, thanks.
I use Sony A7II But still want to watch this. 🙂
Hi Olle, I wanted to ask what lens would you recommend for wildlife i have a6400 and my budget is not best so cheaper the better :). Btw love ur videos u are such a inspiration
Thanks for the info! (still on nikon d5000 so they don't work, but I will try to upgrade)
Thanks for the vid. I’m really interested in the Action button. How would the focus work if you are holding that down instead of back button focus?
@@tom9239 It works as an AF-on button as well!😄
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Hey Olle. Thanks for the video and thumbs up for the Sleep Token Shirt ;)
BTW, what’s the Cap? I saw it on an Instagram reel earlier but with a golden dear logo. I’m super curious!
@@Marquess271 Thanks for watching man! Glad you also like Sleep Token🤌🏼
The cap is a Milwaukee Bucks cap from Mitchell & Ness 🙌
@@ollenilssonen That reply was as fast as it can get 😅 Thanks a lot!
@@Marquess271 Haha no worries mate!
Great video, very useful and non-obvious tips!
Instead of BBAF I simply map AF lock to AF-on button. Lock focus where you want, press the AF-on, recompose, shoot.
Instead of assigning AF/MF toggle to say AEL I prefer to assign Recall custom hold to it like you described later on. In this case - S tracking area to quickly focus on small object and being able to recompose at the same time.
This is all the more complicated when shooting all sorts of stuff, not only the wildlife :)
Nice video! btw i was wondering what kind of backpack do you have especially since you use the 200-600?
@@tptobiasThank you!
I use the Shimoda Action X50. I have a video about what’s in my camera bag that you can check on the channel!🙌
@@ollenilssonen thanks for you answer! I will look it up. Im curious tho about the 600mm do you have some chromatic abberation with unedited pics? I do have it a little so im curious about yours.
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I think you can do all these settings on my A7III but it has a different settings configuration.
@@undistractabl yes! 🙌
What about turning ON the Automatic Focus without any help of a button?
If you engage back button focus on the Sony, how can you shoot BIF with your panic button (or with 1, 2,or 3 programmed for BIF)? Does the panic button override BBF/1,2,3? I have 1 preset for BIF on my A7R5 but find that the AF is overridden when I engage back button focus.
How do you remap the focus mode dial?
Hey olle, i have been doing wildlife photography for just under a year with a canon 400d camera, however i feel i need an upgrade. I would like a mirrorless sony camera but im not sure what one to get. I was looking at the sony a7III but do you have any suggestions? ps love the vids
When I setup the action button. The camera is not focusing. It focuses only when I press my af on .because it is my back button focus . Then should I press three things at once ? Shutter ,back button focus and the action button which is customized
Hi ! Why exp to minus ? Is it to compenstae fr white sky background?
I'm not understanding the benefit of having both AF/MF Selector Toggle and back-button focus as stated in your video.
I prefer and use the AF/MF Selector Toggle as an advanced back-button focus setup. When I press it, it goes to complete manual focus and I can press the shutter button without going back to AF. Also I have my red record button as a focus magnifier which helps for magnifying the subject when manual focusing.
I like this setup better because I use my camera for general purpose so if I hand the camera to someone (I just declick the AF/MF Selector Toggle or when I turn off the camera and back on it resets the shutter to full AF) they won't get confuse as to why the camera isn't focusing when they half press the shutter (compared to the classic back button focus where the shutter doesn't do any AF).
Also thanks I will definitely utilize that Action Button (assigned to m AEL button)!
Precapture has solved all the problems.
I am surprised you set your panic high-shutter speed button to set the exposure to -1.3. I would have expected the opposite, when i go into high shutter speed bird in flight mode i increase exposure to +1.0 or more, because birds will often go against the bright sky as backdrop and if i dont up-expose the bird will just come out black, and autofocus will struggle.
anyway great video, i will try some of the things!
@@DanielSymphonies It’s because I don’t want the ISO to go bananas. I’m mostly shooting at f6.3 and it’s often already too dark for the fast shutter speeds.
I also find the photos to turn out sharper at a lower exposure😄
Totally understand your point on the bright sky!
Thanks mate!
I have never experienced that the shutter sound scares animals, I have experienced the opposed where I hade a moose that where curios about the sound walked up about 2 meters away from me before I started to back up which made the moose startled and walk away
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olle how do you find so many owls. i cant seem to find any?
@@PhotographerJimmy I’m out a lot looking for only owls, I ask around a lot too!
But I think it looks like I’m finding more owls than I actually do 😄
Hej! olle im 13 and love photography however im stuck with a terrible camera that has a fixed zoom lens (lumix fz82). And its got alote of problems... i realy need an upgrade but sadly i only have 250 gbp wich is like 320 dollars (just the camera body, i have an extra 60 dollars for a lens). I would love to start making short cinematic films and take some beautiful photos! Do you have any ideas on what i could get or even afford? I thought you would be a great person to answer my question.
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Me watching sony a6000 with 55 - 210 mm lens 🥲
Can you share some of your story or experience with that camera setup? I'm planning to buy that for my first camera
I’ve been trying to use DMF on my 6700 but it never switches to manual focus, has anyone else had this problem?
When you are using DMF, are you continuously holding the shutter button or Back focusing button or letting go of either then trying to use the focus ring? If so, I believe you have to continue to hold those buttons so autofocus has engaged first, and then you can use the focus ring to make adjustments.
@@JWS218 holding both
Now get an a1 which is suitable for wildlife
@@architecture_logs 😏😏
@@ollenilssonen you are using a wrong body amigo.. 😂
Day 4 asking which lens should i get
Sony 70-350/ sigma 100-400 for my crop sensor camera,
Just starting out, @ollenilson pls reply