All your videos are incredibly helpful, I'm from Mexico and I follow many in Spanish but there's no one like you, I wish you could make your videos with Spanish translation on your patreon and it would certainly be your first subscriber. Thank you very much for sharing all this and I will continue to watch all your videos
Out of the many hundreds of Ambassadors that Sony appoint around the world, only a small handful make educational videos. You could ask Sony in your region to appoint ambassadors who are both photographers and educators (like myself) so they can support the Alpha community.
Ive been shooting sports with hi+ the whole time and wondering why my shots seemed delayed or inaccurate. Will definitely switch to hi drive. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks - clarified some of my 4 year old A7Rii settings, especially self-timer during bracketing. The display icons do not change when you enable the self-timer in the bracketed exposure mode, and that was very confusing. I honestly didn't realize I could use the self-timer for that mode. This will really help my HDR stack alignment. I am tempted to just get the A7Riv for the sensor dynamic range, but I'll probably just learn how to better use what I have. I put the bracket settings on the down button below the control wheel so they are quickly accessible. BTW, I hate recurring subscriptions. I wish Patreon had a fixed duration option, say 3 or 6 months, but that is not in their DNA.
Woohoo - 100,000 is certainly a milestone. It is an important number for companies who measure your worth on how much reach you have to the photographic community. The long path to reach 100K is often a labour of love as the revenues from advertising doesn't pay the rent.
Thanks Mark for your very thorough review of Sony A7RIII. Can you please explain how toTURN OFF the Cont. bracketing setting on the A7RIIIA? I always enjoy your videos. Thanks
Thank you, thank you and thank you for creating a channel geared toward action sports photography. I've been looking for this type of content for a while and am super excited that's it's Sony based since I get my new Sony camera tomorrow. Can't wait to get the menus and settings all dialed in for my main area of photography which just happens to be motorcycle racing. Looking forward to checking out your channel and videos.
Further to my comments below about acceptable dynamic range within 1 frame, Sony APS-C . I just did some tests of an average road and sky photo , early evening. I can select out and make an overexposed white sky ok, by to two multiple blends > and 2. Screen blend the darker [ but not black ] road three times > to get a reasonable photo. This was nearly as good as a photo blend of three RAW files, but I needed to add situation. I was not working with any total blacks though. So I eat words below, Mark probably can work 6 stops in one photo with the big full-frame camera he has.
Thank you Mark for the information. I will have Sony a9 after Movement Control Order MCO during Covid-19 end. I shooting photo of Malaysia Football League at one of football club.
Mid is very useful on an A9 to slow it down from 20 to 10 fps when the decisive moment isn’t that decisive. I sometimes use Lo at demonstrations and parades.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thank you! If I weren't sure what to expect on my A7C during unplanned events like street photography, is Mid also a good option to have ready?
If things are unfolding quickly you may want to ramp it up to Hi and when actions are unfolding slowly you would want to slow it down unless you want to be looking at a lot of very similar images in post.
Dear Mark, may you share your opinions when using FE lens on APS-C? How does color quality, image quality? Alot of rumors floating around internet have made me misinformation alot. Thank you very much.
Here is my video on using a range of lenses across the e-mount system: ruclips.net/video/seo7RmNVZSI/видео.html There is a link to a gallery of ultra HD images in the info section below the movie. Subscribe to my channel if you have not already done so so you don't miss out on the new movies I am releasing.
Hi Mark - Ive just received my new Sony A7Riii, and I'm a brand new shooter to Sony. Can you perhaps tell me which of your videos is for the ABSOLUTE first time out-the-box instructions?
First of all, thx for zour great informativ tutorials in top quality. I looking forward evertime of a new tutorial from you. Sorry for my question but can I apply this "drive" mode also in my Alpha 7 Mark III? I miss this some function in the menue and also in the focus mode views. Perhaps I couldnt understand all what you explained, but I tought this mode is also for my camera. I've checked also my great German Sony Rederence Book (Bildner Publishing House) for my camera, but also missed comments to this "drive" mode. I would like test this mode also on my fantastic camera. Thanks a lot in advance.
Hello. The Drive Mode parameter in the menu is gray and inactive. It says that the Self-portrait/ -timer function is disabled BUT I found this function, and it is also gray and does not work. But when I press it, it simply says that it is disabled, but it is not clear how to enable it. And I went there because I have Drive Mode enabled for a 3-second delay in taking a photo, so I am trying to disable it. Help, does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thanks!
Drive Mode settings are usually accessed by pressing the left side of the Control wheel. Try this control to see if you get a more useful message as to why your choice is disabled. I offer personal support and guidance on my Patreon.com/markgaler
Thank you very much Mark, for these very informative videos and tutorials. Your photography skills and knowledge is incredible! I must have watched 10 or 15 of your videos before ultimately deciding on the A7III. But I do have a question: I understand and use the custom memory locations (MR 1/2), but from time to time, I use the additional M1 thru M4 memory locations. I just recently discovered that those M1-M4 memory locations are stored on the memory card and therefore are lost when I ultimately reformat my card. My question: Is there a way to store those memory location info onto other media or computer location, then restore them back to a newly reformatted memory card? Or even better, maybe, can the info in those locations be printed or exported in some fashion, so that I can manually input the info and settings into my camera after reformatting my memory card? Thanks
But what do you do when the tracking is not acquired (at 3:28 in the video)? How do you get the tracking to acquire the moving subject? Increase shutter speed (or Auto ISO min SS)?
Does anyone know why continuous bracket mode has to be held down to fire all the shots desired? Just got the a6700, and it is making me hold down. Frustrating. I want to press once, and have camera fire off the brackets. The a6300 doesn't do this.
Wish the self-timer had a choice longer than 10 seconds, but after blowing the shot a couple times ( a very pedestrian group shot in which I had to run into the frame) I went to the intervalometer function and just specified one shot after 30 seconds. Camera was on a second-story balcony and I had run downstairs to join the group. No way was I...or anyone...gonna make that dash in only 10 seconds!
@@paulscottfilms Now I remember I did two, calling out "OK everybody, there will be an extra one in case anyone blinked on the first, ha ha." But it was an unwieldy group of co-workers coming and going at a daylong barbecue, some suddenly with very little time left to stay because a kid began going nuclear or whatever. Like trying to herd cats. Even in the 15 minutes of me walking around reminding everyone not to forget we should take a group shot, some people filtered away and a few of the people who stayed for the shot were clearly hurried (politely) and needed to move on. During the countdown after I hustled into the shot, one guy said to everyone "Hey, there's no blinking light on the camera (which there isn't in intervalometer mode). It's not going to take a shot." So in the final few seconds I'm having to say "It will, it will, c'mon everyone, just look at the camera!" None of that probably sounds too unusual when dealing with a big, disjointed group, so we did the best we could and still got almost 50 adults in the photo!
Mark, I just watched the episode where you shot an Asia boy kicking a ball in single burst mode. The main photo you showed is not one of the 7 photo you took in the burst. How did you do that?
Mr Galer, you are a jewel for Sony Corporation. Do they realize how precious you are?
I’m extremely grateful for all your videos, sir.
Two videos within a week from Mark - my fav RUclipsr and educator. Feels like winning the jackpot 🤗
More to come!
Extremely clear and useful instruction. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
All your videos are incredibly helpful, I'm from Mexico and I follow many in Spanish but there's no one like you, I wish you could make your videos with Spanish translation on your patreon and it would certainly be your first subscriber. Thank you very much for sharing all this and I will continue to watch all your videos
Out of the many hundreds of Ambassadors that Sony appoint around the world, only a small handful make educational videos. You could ask Sony in your region to appoint ambassadors who are both photographers and educators (like myself) so they can support the Alpha community.
For understanding sony system your channel is the best. Helped me a lot to understand my camera much more than what I know.
Ive been shooting sports with hi+ the whole time and wondering why my shots seemed delayed or inaccurate. Will definitely switch to hi drive. Thanks for the tip!
Mark- You provide such thorough information to know my camera inside and out as I follow along with you!
Thanks for the positive feedback Hazard Storms
fantastic totorial as always Mark. the best vids for Sony owners. keep it up
Glad you enjoyed it
@@AlphaCreativeSkills ALWAYS Mark Always!
Another valuable and concise video from Mark.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very clear and helpful! Thanks 🙏
Many thanks Mark🌷
I hope one day you make videos about your great landscape compositions.
I discuss composition in my Lightroom Classic and CC Masterclass videos.
wow. That was really amazing. Thank you very much for all the tips.
Glad it helped!
Thanks - clarified some of my 4 year old A7Rii settings, especially self-timer during bracketing. The display icons do not change when you enable the self-timer in the bracketed exposure mode, and that was very confusing. I honestly didn't realize I could use the self-timer for that mode. This will really help my HDR stack alignment. I am tempted to just get the A7Riv for the sensor dynamic range, but I'll probably just learn how to better use what I have. I put the bracket settings on the down button below the control wheel so they are quickly accessible. BTW, I hate recurring subscriptions. I wish Patreon had a fixed duration option, say 3 or 6 months, but that is not in their DNA.
Thank you mark for the video. Love from India. 😃😃🙏🙏
Off topic: 100 000 subscribers! Congratulations and keep up the good work!
Woohoo - 100,000 is certainly a milestone. It is an important number for companies who measure your worth on how much reach you have to the photographic community. The long path to reach 100K is often a labour of love as the revenues from advertising doesn't pay the rent.
Thanks Mark for your very thorough review of Sony A7RIII. Can you please explain how toTURN OFF the Cont. bracketing setting on the A7RIIIA? I always enjoy your videos. Thanks
Press the left side of the Control Wheel to access the Drive Mode settings
Thank you, thank you and thank you for creating a channel geared toward action sports photography. I've been looking for this type of content for a while and am super excited that's it's Sony based since I get my new Sony camera tomorrow. Can't wait to get the menus and settings all dialed in for my main area of photography which just happens to be motorcycle racing. Looking forward to checking out your channel and videos.
Further to my comments below about acceptable dynamic range within 1 frame, Sony APS-C .
I just did some tests of an average road and sky photo , early evening.
I can select out and make an overexposed white sky ok, by to two multiple blends > and
2. Screen blend the darker [ but not black ] road three times > to get a reasonable photo.
This was nearly as good as a photo blend of three RAW files, but I needed to add situation.
I was not working with any total blacks though.
So I eat words below, Mark probably can work 6 stops in one photo with the big full-frame camera he has.
Thanks!
Thank you Mark for the information. I will have Sony a9 after Movement Control Order MCO during Covid-19 end. I shooting photo of Malaysia Football League at one of football club.
Great stuff as always! May I ask what Lo and Mid on Drive Mode would be useful for then over Hi or Hi+?
Mid is very useful on an A9 to slow it down from 20 to 10 fps when the decisive moment isn’t that decisive. I sometimes use Lo at demonstrations and parades.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thank you! If I weren't sure what to expect on my A7C during unplanned events like street photography, is Mid also a good option to have ready?
If things are unfolding quickly you may want to ramp it up to Hi and when actions are unfolding slowly you would want to slow it down unless you want to be looking at a lot of very similar images in post.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Many thanks! That does clear things up for me!
Dear Mark, may you share your opinions when using FE lens on APS-C? How does color quality, image quality? Alot of rumors floating around internet have made me misinformation alot. Thank you very much.
Here is my video on using a range of lenses across the e-mount system: ruclips.net/video/seo7RmNVZSI/видео.html
There is a link to a gallery of ultra HD images in the info section below the movie. Subscribe to my channel if you have not already done so so you don't miss out on the new movies I am releasing.
Hi Mark - Ive just received my new Sony A7Riii, and I'm a brand new shooter to Sony. Can you perhaps tell me which of your videos is for the ABSOLUTE first time out-the-box instructions?
I recommend downloading the free eBook from my website - everything is mapped out in a logical order.
What mode is better for continuous shooting ? Aperture priority ?
I personally use Aperture Priority in conjunction with ISO Auto Min SS
Can a running dog be photographed with an electronic shutter on a Sony A7III camera?
Or is it necessary to switch to a mechanical shutter?
Thank you.
Mechanical shutter
First of all, thx for zour great informativ tutorials in top quality. I looking forward evertime of a new tutorial from you.
Sorry for my question but can I apply this "drive" mode also in my Alpha 7 Mark III? I miss this some function in the menue and also in the focus mode views. Perhaps I couldnt understand all what you explained, but I tought this mode is also for my camera.
I've checked also my great German Sony Rederence Book (Bildner Publishing House) for my camera, but also missed comments to this "drive" mode. I would like test this mode also on my fantastic camera. Thanks a lot in advance.
This information is applicable to the A7lll
Hello. The Drive Mode parameter in the menu is gray and inactive. It says that the Self-portrait/ -timer function is disabled BUT I found this function, and it is also gray and does not work. But when I press it, it simply says that it is disabled, but it is not clear how to enable it. And I went there because I have Drive Mode enabled for a 3-second delay in taking a photo, so I am trying to disable it. Help, does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thanks!
Drive Mode settings are usually accessed by pressing the left side of the Control wheel. Try this control to see if you get a more useful message as to why your choice is disabled. I offer personal support and guidance on my Patreon.com/markgaler
Thank you very much Mark, for these very informative videos and tutorials. Your photography skills and knowledge is incredible! I must have watched 10 or 15 of your videos before ultimately deciding on the A7III. But I do have a question: I understand and use the custom memory locations (MR 1/2), but from time to time, I use the additional M1 thru M4 memory locations. I just recently discovered that those M1-M4 memory locations are stored on the memory card and therefore are lost when I ultimately reformat my card. My question: Is there a way to store those memory location info onto other media or computer location, then restore them back to a newly reformatted memory card? Or even better, maybe, can the info in those locations be printed or exported in some fashion, so that I can manually input the info and settings into my camera after reformatting my memory card? Thanks
Watch my Total Recall video tutorial that will show you how to manage your M1-M4 settings.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thank you very much Mark. Will do. Class act, you are.
But what do you do when the tracking is not acquired (at 3:28 in the video)? How do you get the tracking to acquire the moving subject? Increase shutter speed (or Auto ISO min SS)?
Use a wider aperture or focus on something with greater contrast
Does anyone know why continuous bracket mode has to be held down to fire all the shots desired? Just got the a6700, and it is making me hold down. Frustrating. I want to press once, and have camera fire off the brackets. The a6300 doesn't do this.
Sony never discuss their reasoning behind the changes they make to the firmware. We just have to work with the workflows they provide us with.
Mark is the self timer mode available on he A7ii in bracketing Mode ?
Sorry I can't remember - a lot of cameras ( at least 10) have been through my hands since the A7II
Wish the self-timer had a choice longer than 10 seconds, but after blowing the shot a couple times ( a very pedestrian group shot in which I had to run into the frame) I went to the intervalometer function and just specified one shot after 30 seconds. Camera was on a second-story balcony and I had run downstairs to join the group. No way was I...or anyone...gonna make that dash in only 10 seconds!
I'm surprised you didn't set it up for maybe 20 shots every 15 seconds or so.; for fun, the off chance.
@@paulscottfilms Now I remember I did two, calling out "OK everybody, there will be an extra one in case anyone blinked on the first, ha ha." But it was an unwieldy group of co-workers coming and going at a daylong barbecue, some suddenly with very little time left to stay because a kid began going nuclear or whatever. Like trying to herd cats.
Even in the 15 minutes of me walking around reminding everyone not to forget we should take a group shot, some people filtered away and a few of the people who stayed for the shot were clearly hurried (politely) and needed to move on. During the countdown after I hustled into the shot, one guy said to everyone "Hey, there's no blinking light on the camera (which there isn't in intervalometer mode). It's not going to take a shot." So in the final few seconds I'm having to say "It will, it will, c'mon everyone, just look at the camera!"
None of that probably sounds too unusual when dealing with a big, disjointed group, so we did the best we could and still got almost 50 adults in the photo!
Mark, I just watched the episode where you shot an Asia boy kicking a ball in single burst mode. The main photo you showed is not one of the 7 photo you took in the burst. How did you do that?
The boy was happy to repeat a flying kick for the camera three times. I have three very similar sequences.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Probably should have used them.
Will keep watching. Your knowledge is priceless.
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