AWESOME Video Autofocus Trick for SONY Cameras (a7 III, a7R III, & a9 Settings)
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2018
- Settings guide to get the Sony a7 III to AF Lock while in video manual focus like the GH5. Quickly switch from autofocus (AF-C) to MF using the AEL button.
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This is a 3 year old video, but it is _exactly_ what I needed.
I just recently replaced my GH5 with the Sony a7s iii. I do mostly street videography for my channel, but the problem is that the autofocus would catch a passing cyclist and focus on them instead of the street, leaving the street out of focus until the cyclist passed. This now gives me the perfect balance of auto focus while also locking on to the subject.
Thanks!
no, This is a 5 year old video, but it is exactly what I needed.
I’ve been shooting sony for a couple years now, this is an incredibly simple tip that never crossed my mind. This is a huge help
Great! I'm glad. Thanks for saying so. Cheers!
Gerald Undone LOL 😂
Completely agree!! That just made my life a bit easier
Very very useful, I set manual focus for live stream and have spent 15 mins focusing then zooming with peak and making it perfectly focused now it takes 2 seconds, THANK YOU!
Glad to hear it. Thanks for the comment! Cheers!
@@geraldundone I had the GH5 for a year and LOVED the manual focus with the back button to put a video into focus. I now have the Sony a6600 and can not get this to work. I watched this video and couldn't get it to work. Any suggestions for the 6600? I can't find any RUclips videos for it and this manual focus hack.
This is perfect! Exactly what I was looking for! With funky eyesight, I honestly don't trust myself to get manual focus right. But I hate filming in AF, a bird flies into the shot, or a car drives by, or a breeze stirs the bokeh, foreground trees, and the focus starts shifting. This is exactly what I need to get the focus right & locked in!! Thank you!!
Amazing trick, thanks so much for sharing!! :)
Excellent tip!!! Easy to follow instructions. Love the picture in picture.
Thanks, Kris! I'm glad. Thanks for the feedback. Cheers! 😃
Bro I have been stressing so hard about this issue, so simple on my old nikon d750 but i couldnt get it to work no matter what I did with the new sony a7iii. I was super sad and depressed about it, trying to figure it out for days. no one on any forum online or any video anywhere addresses this except for you here. I can't understand why no one else is talking about this or cares, back button focus during video is so incredibly useful and important. THANK YOU!!!
Just make sure that your lens is set to autofocus and the camera to manual focus. If you set the lens to manual focus, this trick won’t work. Took me a solid hour to figure this out as I had the lens in manual focus. Thanks for the amazing tip Gerald! This truly is a lifesaver.
Thank you so much for all the excellent presented, useful information, covering every possible aspect. These are the most helpful videos I have watched.
Keep up the great work! It is highly appreciated!
All those focus controls have mushroomed into hundreds of ways to focus. Thanks for extracting a practical one and explaining it simply 👍👍👍
Two years later and this is still a great trick. Works well on Sony APS-Cs as well (just tried on my a6100). Thanks!
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this, it's been doing my head in ever since I changed to the A7III
2nd video in two days which directly helps me with my A7III. legend
Thanks Gerald. My a6400 was driving me nuts for video. Had stopped using it but found your video and am all smiles again. Legend !!! Cheers Gerry👍👍
Boom! I've been missing this from my Lumix cameras... Awesome tip! thanks! I assigned it to the multi-selector center button, because I do actually use my AEL and AF-On buttons for other stuff, but it's convenient enough.
Just wondering, what do you use the AEL and AF-On custom buttons for when shooting Video? thxs
Damn, this just made my work easier! thanks for this tutorial Gerald!
We learned a lot today. Thank you for sharing. We appreciate it.
It didn't work for me at first but it works now. If you have problems as well then here is what I did:
1. On Custom Keys (Tab 2, Page 8) for stills, set the AF-ON button to ''AF ON''. In stills mode I have the AEL button set to ''Eye AF'' for back button focus, so I leave that.
2. On Custom Keys for video, I have everything on ''Follow Custom'' except the AEL button (Page 3) which I set to AF/MF Control Hold.
3. Now I go into video Mode and switch to Manual Focus
4. When I press and hold down the AEL button now, it will switch to Auto Focus mode for as long as I hold the AEL button. While I am holding that button, I can half press the shutter button and it will work as in Geralds video.
I don't know what I did wrong at first, but this is how it should be set up.
Definitely needed this, thanks Gerald.
Absolutely brilliant. You've just solved the biggest problem I've had with my A7iii. Thank you so much for this brilliant tutorial.
Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for!
This info is a game changer! Thank you SO much.
Gerald you've undone it again! Awesome! 👍👍
I tried this on my a7 and it works. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. Thumbs.
I like having it on toggle, that way I can always have it in auto focus (since I usually use a gimbal) and can just press it once and it stays in manual. Great tip!
Your tip is also good!
Amazing information and I've never thought about AEL button on video 😅 thank you for sharing this 🙏😁
Very helpful, changed my A7III, love it
Thank you for the trick, that's really helpful!
This is so great! Just got an A7iii and this is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks so much for your time to make this video!
this is brilliant! Thanks so much. I'm just getting started in videography after years in photography. So helpful and clearly explained!
great trick I was trying to do the same on my a6400 but didn't know how
now I did it
it works just fine
you are the man
Awesome! Glad to hear it. Thanks for the comment.
Excellent video, synthetic and clear, thanks!
Well done Gerald Undone!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot.
Just came across this video now, its still relevant. The best part is, you sound like a smarter Dane Cook.
That’s cool man! Very helpful! More videos like that for Sony pls
a year and a half later and im just finding this gem of info. You are the man!!!
Another great video. Will be suing this on my A7iii for sure..
Nice Beanie bro! and Thank you!!! I had no idea I could do this with my a7iii and I've been wanting to do this!
i missed the tap&drag focusing on my Canon 80D, now this trick does it for me on my A7III. awesome, thank you so much!
Such a handy tip! Cheers for posting.
Thanks, Charles! Appreciate the comment. 👍
This is actually needed. Thank you. Subbed
Thanks! I'm glad I could help. Look forward to having you around. 😃
Best tip ever! Thank you Mr. Undone! ;)
Just brilliant! Thank you!
I'm starting to use man focus and this is exactly what I needed thanks so much!
Glad I found this, extremely useful thing to know when filming yourself especially. So there's no hunting or loss of focus.
A little remark: if your lens have AF/MF toggle then you need to switch it on AF on the lens, and then switch focus mode to MF in camera settings. That way it will work just like in this vid!
And if you switch to MF on lens and AF in settings, it will work opposite way. So it will change to MF while you hold the button and then return to AF. It also useful to correct AF.
Thanks for this comment. The tip wasn't working and your comment cleared it up for me. Cheers!
@@Jordz711 Cheers!
@@Jordz711 Same here! Thx for the helpful comment and G.U. for the video in the first place.
Fantastic tip ! thanks a lot
AMZING GERALD! Thanks for this awesome tip
You're very welcome! Thanks for the comment. Glad I could help. 😃
Boom! Great find man. Love the content ✊🏻
this is great advice! Will be using this :) thanks Gerald!!
Thank you so much Gerald!!!
OMG! Finally someone (you) explained this and also how to set it up!!!! Thank you!!!!!
Great tip-- thanks for the brevity as well-- SUBSCRIBED
Thank you Gerald. Useful tip "Trick"
Awesome! Really helpful!
Really this is one, i am searching all over RUclips.. helps me a lot!! Thank u so much for ur tip 👍😊
Had I seen this video 1 week ago..... Awesome, thanks so much Gerald.
Thank you sir! This will help a lot
Brilliant, I needed this! I shoot continuous all the time, but there are times I just want manual. Thank you Gerald!
such an amazing feature Gerald! 10x
great and simple Tip - very useful to save time on filming. Thanks
You're very welcome! Thanks for commenting. I'm glad it helped. 😃
Nest trick, thank you! 🙏🏻
Great video thank you very much , the way I'm doing this is a set af-on : af / am toggle , then it's just simple for switching between af and am
Felix Arias ... and that lets you keep AEL alive too, just be sure AF/MF lens switch is set to AF (if your lens has that switch)
This was very helpful. I was wondering what autofocus settings do most people use for filming cinematic b roll on the a7iii? What do you find most helpful. I usually have a box in the middle to focus everything on, but is there a better system that works for you?
Thank you so much dude ...! It's amazing trick ❤️❤️❤️❤️love it ...just subscribed 🤟
Great tip. Just getting into video and this is very useful. Thank you for the tutorial.
I'm glad. Thanks for commenting!
Love it! Thanks man
Cool, very helpful I guess! Thanks a lot, need to test that right away!
Great Tip and such useful information, not found in any manual. Thanks bud.
Thanks man! this helps and solves a lot of things for me!
Thanks great tip setting it up ASAP
thank you thank you. great tips. and i love how you deliver technical info. very clear . KEEP IT UP
Thank you very much! Appreciate it.
great tutorial thank you!
Very cool tips - for my A9 as well - wrks perfect
Very useful! thanks duuude!
Dude you just saved me from insanity. Coming into shooting video from doing sports stills for years, the sony AF is sooo brilliant but only really works for what I do with this setup, so that it works like I use it for stills. THAAAANK YOU!!!! Amazing. Been messing with this for weeks and not getting it quite right until now.
This tip has helped me a lot. My AEL button is permanently set as recommended. Thank you Gerald.
Great tip! Subscribed. Just got this camera and love it.
Thanks for subscribing. Appreciate it.
This is so helpful. thanks man
Thanks of sharing! You are the hero of the day! Sub!
That’s just freaking brilliant, thanks for the tip
Awesome trick mate. Subscribed ✌
Thanks a lot for the informative and very helpful trick 😍
You're very welcome. Thanks for the kind words. 😃
Never knew I needed this.. thanks!
Geralddddd I have a question. I’m shooting a video and I want to show something off on the camera while filming but it won’t go in focus 😭 what can I do?
Very useful tip. Thank You very much! :)
That was a super helpful tip, thanks!
Great discovery !!! It's so so useful ! Thanks !
Outstanding explanation and demo. Thank you.
This was so helpful thank you!
super helpful as always! THX
Great. This is what I was looking for, for a long time. :-)
Thank the gods this channel exists
Good stuff man. Subbed
Oh man, this is the exact feature I was missing. Thanks!
Great to know this! Thank you 😁
Best tip I`ve ever seen! Thank you bro!
Very very good tip! Thank you 💯💯💯🤜🏻🤛🏻
This was a very helpful video for me because Gerald really takes time to explain in detail. Newbies really need someone to hold their hand and explain in detail hands-on and not just throw out some terms.
absolute top..thank you man..i am a canonshooter eos 5d mark 4 and bought the a6400 with the crane m2 for a little cityscape video. i am in venice now and with this tip from you i am ready to go :-) thanx a lot