Landscape Photography - Optimum Camera Settings (Hand-Held) 

You are a life saver. I am a beginner and I switched from Fuji to Sony a7iii (strictly because I wanted to move into a full frame and also have the ability to be on crop mode). I am still struggling with learning the camera but you have been a lifesaver. So, thank you.

I don't understand how this only has 450 or so likes with 13k views.. Mark you are amazing ! Thank you for all your time and effort you put into sharing this amazing content. You are a true master and artist. I would gladly pay you to carry your gear anytime, on any adventure. I seem to never stop learning from you. Thanks Mark.

Excellent as always. Straight to the point.

Oh man. That PAL tip was just what my brain needed! Thanks!!

I have the A7Rii and this tutorial is SO useful. Thanks!

Very informative Mark, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge

Thank you again, you are so helpful with these cameras.

I am so glad I found you're channel, very very helpful, thank you.

Mark is absolutely pumping out the videos lately. Great work!

I always find a new trick to setup my R3 with your helpful videos... Thanks !

Thanks so much Mark, this was a BIG help in my transition to Sony

Thank you so much Mark. This was outstanding.

Another outstanding tutorial! Thanks for all the insight. This is making my camera so much more easier to use.

Helpful as usual, thank you.

Love the colour and detail.

Ive had my a7iii for about a year now and never knew it had the live setting on/off toggle. This will most definitely help me out with my astro/live music work. Many thanks!

Impressive video,definitely giving me hints for my next photography tutorial and photoshoot!👌

It is amazing, you are able to put small nuggets of gold in each video. Huge thanks 😊

Perfect tutorial - thank you!

always useful, thanks Mr. Galer.

Thanks Mark I soot a great photos with your setting on my Sony a7riii in Australia and New Zealand las weeks. Hand held landscape works grate.

Great information, thank you Mark!

Simply put, YOU ARE THE BEST, Thanks Mark!

Another Great learning video...Thanks.

Thanks very much. I learned a lot watching your videos

Thank you for all your work!

Great presentation...Top Drawer! Concise and to the point. Thanks for all your time and efforts.

After a long period of inactivity (kids, building house etc...) Picked up photography again. My canon 50d was outdated and wanted to step into the full frame world. After some extensive research I decided to go mirrorless. I first considered even switching to Nikon. For some reason I didn't consider Sony... Maybe it's the branding that didn't appeal to me... I don't know. But boy,... I bought a a7 III second hand with 5000 clicks as well as 2 new lenses. 35 and 50 mm sigma art 1.4. The camera is amazing, with eye af etc... Your videos really are a cataclyst for me learning the song system. I'll never go back. Thank you so much Mark for the no nonsense explanation. This is really good stuff!

So relevant - thanks for sharing (I am so happy I found this channel!

Thank you your videos you short cut my learning curve thanks :)

Thanks Mark I find all your content so useful, I love my A7, best purchase ever and you are helping me get the most out of it! I hope Sony gift you all the cameras and lenses you ever want!!!

Thanks for the video. Oh I'm sticking with the Sony 🤗

Wonderfull !! Many thanks Mark

Thanks very much Mark .... from Madrid

very guided ....thanks mark

Very useful lecture. Greetings from Norway.

Thanks Mark, that was really helpful :)

Interesting and helpful thanks Mark …

Thank You. THANK you. THANK YOU!!!

Very Good, thanks mark

Nice part of the background info and how you got into the Sony world. With your expertise and being around long enough to remember a dark room and manual lenses, i would very much appreciatie a video in wich you share your thoughts on the evolution that photography has taken in the last 40 years. Great video as always, this wil be my last setting in your PAL method. Thanks, i couldnt have gotten here without you. ...im a bit further in the movie now... i love the photo examples with the small Manfrotto

Very useful content. Thanks for sharing. Going to get myself a mini tripod now.

awesome instruction

Dear Mark, amazing 😉 video lessons. Thank you 🙏

Most informative Mark Im an Olympus shooter however Im about to buy a Sony A7R4 Im heading to Iceland and Scotland next years so hope Ive got a Handle on the Sony well before I head off Your Ebook and RU-vid videos are most helpful

Great, thank you very much !

Thanks ... very useful

thank you so much sir.

I wish someday i can master the sony cameras like you :)

Excellent and very informative Mark, I am switching to Sony in a few months and will be buying the A7riii and as I mainly shoot landscapes this is a fantastic tutorial, I keep hearing how Sony's menus are a nightmare but as you've explained the set up it's not too bad and I'm sure I will soon get used to it, thanks once again. :-)

so helpful thank youuuuuuu

Firstly thank you.

Superb video tutorial as always Mark. So detailed and informative for any Sony user or anyone who takes landscapes handheld. Good tips and tricks and logic behind each option. Only issue is..if we registered the first 3 of your setting videos into the cameras 1, 2 or 3 mode dial (Portrats, Action, tripod landscapes) we wont be able to save this new one as we only have 3 slots (on the A7xx series) and only 2 mode dial slots (on the a6xxx series) so.. hahahha oh well cant have it all. I anxiously await each and every one of your new videos as they are the best out there. SONY RULES and you rock. One of my fave RU-vid teachers to say the least. Keep it up. and Happy New Year.

Hi Mark. i recently purchased the RIV. Have you done an e-book of this model? BTW love this camera and you have made using it so much easier. I have to admit I do study the settings weekly for hours so i dont miss anything there's so much to learn. Thanks so much.

Hi Mark, thanks again for this video. I wish you could give a complete tutorial on the camera settings, especially the function and short keys. Does function widow change when I change from photo to video? I like your explanation on reducing the contract. This actually does not make any changes to the raw files. I am wondering if you would change the contract of a picture profile to make changes on the raw photos? Do photographers use any picture profiles for photos, or just for video?

Mark, fantastic set of videos and information, has helped me no end in understanding the A7 cameras. Just moved from Nikon to A7m3 with plans for an R 3/4. I have a question regarding what you would suggest is the best options for my genre which is steam railway photography. I use portrait for still subjects but moving subjects fall between landscape, to get crisp clear definition of the surroundings and action (some of these are moving at 75mph) for freezing steam, wheel movement etc.. I have used your Action Landscape from the image of Mt fuji on the bullet train with good results but are there any tweaks you may suggest? Many thanks Andy

When you were talking about changing the contrast setting in Creative Styles for viewing the lcd, I saw that you had adjusted sharpness too. When is this useful for a raw shooter? Many thanks for a great movie!

I look a lot of videos from you in the last days. They are all awesome. But I‘ve one question: why did you not shoot in M?

Do you think Sony's animal eye focus will be a firmware update or just included in the new cameras?

Love the video but I have a question. I have been setting up my A7R3 with your previous settings (PAL) but now you show an additional setting for Landscape for Memory 3 (hand held). My previous Memory 3 has the Landscape settings for (Tri-pod). Surely the old one will now be over ridden. Am I missing something?

Thanks Mark, this was great, can I ask, Lightroom doesn't recognise my ARW files when I shoot raw, whats the best work around. Cheers Mark...

Good video I shoot apsc cameras like a6000 6300 any adjustments u suggest??

Hi Mark. This video reminded me to check my settings on compensation... my 18-105 has the distortion compensation greyed out whether I put it on my a6000 or my a6300. My other lenses don’t seem to have this issue. Is there any reason for this and are there other lenses that have this issue?

Hi Marc, van you tell me what your settings are for Recall Custom Hold 3 in the Landscape memory?

Hi Mark, how to focus the hyperfocal distance with Sony lenses that do not have the distance ring?

So the memory settings (PAL, 1/2/3), are only temporarily stored on the memory card?

In landscape if we expose for the highlights, why is muti metering better than highlight for the metering mode?

Hello. Will lowering the saturation in the profile affect the histogram when taking the photo?

hello, as I do on long times on nd filters, with AF off, will turning DRO on auto affect the RAW file

A7iii don't have Live View Display. What is our solution when light levels go down in this case

Does anyone know if the ISO Auto min shutter speed setting works on AR7ii? I am following Mark’s instructions exactly but the shutter speed changes rather than the ISO. I even set the Min Shutter Speed to 1/30 and it still changes down to 1/5” or so rather than the ISO adapting. (Yes I am in A (Aperture priority) mode.) Anyone have any ideas or had a similar issue? Tx

The Fn functions are also saved to the memory (on card)?

I have an A7R3 and struggle to find the focus point that creates a sharp throughout the image even at F/11 and F/16 with my 24mm F/1.4 GM lens handheld.