Good evening. Thank you for the in depth breakdown of the drive mode. I noticed you skipped over the self timer continuous option. I shoot with the A1 and was curious to know if there is a way to change the predetermined number of images captured when using this mode. I only see options for 3, and 5.
Great info! Had to watch this again to remember the differences between hi and hi+ on the a7iv. Recently I found one more variable that may slow down FPS, on an a9 camera, I had the FTP Transfer Func. turned on while shooting and the top drive speed I could use was hi. Once I noticed this, I set FTP Transfer to off, and the drive mode switched back to hi+ . I haven't tried this on the a1 or a7iv yet but thought I would share this for sports shooters to be aware of when connected to ftp during their shoots.
7:01 I'm looking at the A6400, the A6600, and the ZV-E10 because it's so much cheaper. In continuous bracketing mode, I'm wondering what the maximum stop difference is between shots on these Sony models, and the maximum numvber of shots. Looking at this part of your video, it looks like it would be 9 shots with at least 2 stops in between, which is exactly what I want, but I'm wondering if it varies between models.
your knowledge is like the manual, all is there, You just tell it better and easier to understand :) And if I understand you right about the Hi+ an Hi, when shooing birds with a 600 and a7iv, should I not use Hi+ when following the birds horizontally?
nice tuto. strange that for BKT 5 exposures, in "0,-,+" mode a7iv alternates "-" and "+". So, I preferred to set it to "-,0,+" which is in the right order of 5 exposures
And worth noticing: Continuous shooting reduces the bit depth in the raw file from 14 to 12 bits, making it more important to get exposure correct. Much less leverage in post as we only have 1/4 of the data to play with. :)
@@AlphaCreativeSkills mark, yes it does in some situations. I should say in the situations most people would use it in, it limits it to 12 bits. In the Sony help guide for the a7iv, there is a footnote under image quality settings. It says “raw images recorded with this camera have a resolution of 14 bits per pixel. However resolution is limited to 12 bits in the following shooting modes: continuous shooting when raw file is set to compressed”. The only way we are getting 10fps, is with 12 bit. We can’t get 10fps with 14 bit files. It’s not possible. Which is weird because my riii can do it uncompressed.
@@justonbrazda3846 Thanks a lot!! Still waiting for my A7iv so I haven’t checked yet. Easy to confirm the bit depth when looking at the (uncompressed) raw file’s image data. Salesman’s testimony not always completely accurate. Interesting we are still using these fairly low bit depths - has been 12/14 bits for more than a decade. Just adding a few more bits could make the camera close to ISO invariant. :)
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Good evening. Thank you for the in depth breakdown of the drive mode. I noticed you skipped over the self timer continuous option. I shoot with the A1 and was curious to know if there is a way to change the predetermined number of images captured when using this mode. I only see options for 3, and 5.
The options for this feature are limited
Great info! Had to watch this again to remember the differences between hi and hi+ on the a7iv. Recently I found one more variable that may slow down FPS, on an a9 camera, I had the FTP Transfer Func. turned on while shooting and the top drive speed I could use was hi. Once I noticed this, I set FTP Transfer to off, and the drive mode switched back to hi+ . I haven't tried this on the a1 or a7iv yet but thought I would share this for sports shooters to be aware of when connected to ftp during their shoots.
Thanks for this additional information Carlos.
I just shot some volleyball with the a7iv under led lighting. I had no distortion or lighting issues.
7:01 I'm looking at the A6400, the A6600, and the ZV-E10 because it's so much cheaper. In continuous bracketing mode, I'm wondering what the maximum stop difference is between shots on these Sony models, and the maximum numvber of shots. Looking at this part of your video, it looks like it would be 9 shots with at least 2 stops in between, which is exactly what I want, but I'm wondering if it varies between models.
The bracketing options don't vary between models.
your knowledge is like the manual, all is there, You just tell it better and easier to understand :) And if I understand you right about the Hi+ an Hi, when shooing birds with a 600 and a7iv, should I not use Hi+ when following the birds horizontally?
Hi is a live view with blackout between shots and Hi+ has a delayed view without blackout. I can’t pan accurately with a delay.
Ok, thx for taking your time an answer@@AlphaCreativeSkills
nice tuto. strange that for BKT 5 exposures, in "0,-,+" mode a7iv alternates "-" and "+". So, I preferred to set it to "-,0,+" which is in the right order of 5 exposures
I believe you can change the bracket order
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@@justonbrazda3846 Thank you.
And worth noticing: Continuous shooting reduces the bit depth in the raw file from 14 to 12 bits, making it more important to get exposure correct. Much less leverage in post as we only have 1/4 of the data to play with. :)
The bit depth no longer drops to 12 bits on the A7IV camera when shooting in Continuous mode.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills That is amazing news - great improvement from A7RM4 :)
@@AlphaCreativeSkills mark, yes it does in some situations. I should say in the situations most people would use it in, it limits it to 12 bits. In the Sony help guide for the a7iv, there is a footnote under image quality settings. It says “raw images recorded with this camera have a resolution of 14 bits per pixel. However resolution is limited to 12 bits in the following shooting modes: continuous shooting when raw file is set to compressed”. The only way we are getting 10fps, is with 12 bit. We can’t get 10fps with 14 bit files. It’s not possible. Which is weird because my riii can do it uncompressed.
@@realthoprivate if you are shooting at 10fps, you are shooting in 12-bit, not 14. It’s written in the a7iv help guide from Sony.
@@justonbrazda3846 Thanks a lot!!
Still waiting for my A7iv so I haven’t checked yet. Easy to confirm the bit depth when looking at the (uncompressed) raw file’s image data. Salesman’s testimony not always completely accurate.
Interesting we are still using these fairly low bit depths - has been 12/14 bits for more than a decade. Just adding a few more bits could make the camera close to ISO invariant. :)
What about the rest of the drive modes?
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