Great video! Another hack is that you can install apps to it, basically it's running a modified version of Android and there is a way to install custom apps that are not accessible in the camera's store. For example I wanted to install the time lapse app from Sony but since I don't live in the u.s. The App Store did not let me buy it. So after some research I found out you can install custom apps. So there is a time lapse app which lets you take time lapses in photo mode with silent shooting!
That was how I originally set it up too! Lately, it’s S&Q on one, 120fps on the other, and then I spend 90% of my time in manual mode and I just make sure I’m on 24fps there.
It’s still a higher bit rate than the video that the a6000 shoots and I was happy to post the videos I created with that camera, so for the convenience it affords me, I still like it. It depends on the situation though, if it’s something that I ABSOLUTELY need to have top quality and crazy editing capability, I’ll shoot a raw photo timelapse. But there are lots of situations where that process is cumbersome and not really necessary. For example, you can shoot a quick timelapse on your phone and it can be more than useable for a vlog or something like that.
My memory recall is slow, whenever i switch the dial 1 and 2, it pop up the setting information, this wasted few seconds where i can't start shooting instantly.
Ea Ea Studio - interesting, I don’t switch modes often but I haven’t noticed them taking a lot of time. I’ll have to pay attention to this from now on.
For the AF / MF button hold trick, I assign custom button to AF-on / back button focus, then disable AF function in shutter button. So, only one button press whenever i want to AF, after release, it stays MF.
I just picked up a Sony 6500. Thanks for those great little hidden features, Dunna. For the focus tap zoom in feature you can actually set a time for when it jumps back out to regular view. This way you don't have to double tap again.
Yes I think it even defaults to this feature but I disabled it for fear of smashing my camera for ever time it snapped back out when I was trying to focus haha! Thanks for watching Borgi!
Re: highlights - you need to expose for highlights in some situations, even if it means some of the other stuff is a bit dark because you're protecting them. Re: colours - not sure if you're referring to the "Sony colours" problem, but I fix that in post with some tweaking
Although not a Sony user, but its good to learn a new thing! Who knows, maybe one day i’ll make the switch and these features here are impressive indeed! Keep it up bro ;)
Hey duna un tips en mirrorles si tiras en 1.4 y activas el manual shuter tienes más luminosidad y el desenfoque es más cremoso que usando el elecronic shuter
Semi-hack/tip. Open the battery door and pull the lcd away from the camera body to buy yourself even more time before the overheat warning pops on. 🏆👍🏼
Hi Dunna! Great video, especially the PP hack with the silent shooting option ! I have a question about the S&Q : did you manage to save the S&Q in a Custom Menu 1 or 2 ? It seems that it saves all my setting except the S&Q > when I hit RECORD on my selected menu 1 or 2, it starts a regular video recording instead of S&Q :(
I'm new to the a6500 and I love the tip about setting the memory 1 & 2 modes. I'm trying to set them both, one for time-lapse, one for slow-mo, but each time I go to set one mode, it shows that the other mode is the same. How do I get them to be different? Sorry if this question isn't clear...I'm a total noob.
Hmmm yeah its a bit tough to know what to say. Basically, go to the movie setting, get all your settings where they should be... find memory 1/2 in your menu, and choose to save to the one you want. Then go to the S&Q (assuming you're using that for your timelapse) and do the same for the other setting spot. That should get you there hopefully!
Hello, Good evening! All right? I bought my A6500 in the USA and it did not come with the menu option in Portuguese. I thought I installed the 1.05 firmware on my sony brazil site. Do you think it would work? hug
Actually I just made a video on that topic! How To Shoot A Time-Lapse: THREE METHODS!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MRJ2RpIYy2Y.html
Well I never knew about tapping the screen for zooming in to focus. Thanks. I have c1 set to focus zoom but then trying to move the little orange square around to where I want to focus is a real PITA
Absolutely! I own two and I absolutely love them. Pair it with some decent fast lenses and it’s very capable in low light without spending a fortune. Highly recommended
Gotta say, this was good. Thanks for all the tips and tricks. I love my a6500 but definitely feel like I don't use it to it's potential. I mainly shoot action photography and often have a difficult time with autofocus but I do like the camera (and lenses) and am happy to learn more about hot to use it properly. Thanks again.
For RU-vid videos and documentaries and interviews and B-ROLL should I get the GH5s or should I get the a6500 with the Atomos Ninja 5 (it'll be same price for both as just the GH5s).
Hey man! You're really cool, and I really mean it. You sorta remind me of me, if I were to become a vlogger hehe :) I just ordered the A6500 and love the way you explain things. Thanks
Oh wow! Didn’t know about touch screen functionality in Manual mode. And I have my a6500 for over the year! Love all other tricks! Great tips!!! Dunna THANKS! Great videos
When switching between vid & photo does the picture profile settings apply to to the 6400 as well? Not sure if they updated it with a fix to the problem you mentioned
The settings are still the same, although the way that I use it, it becomes a tool not a problem. Essentially, picture profiles can't be used when using silent shooting. But I don't want picture profiles in RAW photos anyway because they don't apply to the final image anyway so what I'm seeing on the screen wouldn't be accurate. So the silent shooting hack allows me to shoot photos with no PP but as soon as I hit the movie record button, my PP turns back on for the video. As far as I can tell, its the same on the a6400.
You can have more than just 2 settings on memory, it's 6!! 1 and 2 it's the fastest, but you can save more 4 and select or screen menu when you turn the dial to number 1or2.
Great tip! I actually recorded something about that but I fumbled all my words up in the video so I cut it out and figured it still made enough sense hahaha 😂 thanks for letting everyone know though!
Fantastic work as always! My favorite camera hack currently is white balancing for tungsten light and using those lights as practicals in daylight scenes. It looks so naturally beautiful.
Cool! I think I get what you’re saying but can you explain a bit more? Balance the camera for tungsten so instead of looking orange, the tungsten lights look daylight and the daylight looks more blue? Or balance for daylight so that the daylight looks natural and the tungsten has that warm orange glow?
Thanks Jimmy! I use a lot of third party motion graphic templates, pretty sure that’s what these titles were. Sometimes I build them myself but I’m usually too lazy 😉
@@dunnadidit The reds are very much like the canon colour science to my eyes. Do you have a grading tutorial or something that I can look at ? :) And please consider doing one if you haven't already. Thank you!
Thanks! That's exactly what I've been trying to achieve! I don't have a video yet but it's definitely on my list because I get asked this a lot! I'm still playing around with it a ton so I wanna make sure if got something solid before I teach it! But hopefully soon!
Great video you rock ! i have an a 6500 too but on 9:02 i noticed that i have only 25p and 30p in record setting i do not have 60p like you and also in Frame Rate mine stops at 60 fps please tell me why ?
Did you manage to save the S&Q in a Custom Button 1/2 ? It seems that it saves all my setting except the S&Q > when I hit RECORD, it starts a regular video recording :(
Hey Dunna, it was a great video, all of the tipps are very useful. in fact i have written them down. I have one question, will the Eye auto focus work on video? i haven't tried it yet?
Hey man awesome video what device do you use to edit your video? i am going to buy a6300 this week and need a good laptop can you please suggest me good laptop for video editing budget is 1300USD.
Hey Abdul. I have a 2017 MacBook Pro. It’s probably a bit over your budget but I must admit I’m not sure what else is out there in the world of PC’s I’ve been a Mac guy for a long time.
I have a sony a6500 with an e mount and a sigma lens. I have a problem and it is that the light always makes it automatic so I configure all manual, is it through the lens that this happens?
Hi ! Congrats on the videos. I loved the color you use ... What color setting of the camera do you use? And in the edition which color do you use? Greetings from Brazil :)
Hey Sabrina! I use the EOSHD custom cine2 profile usually and I custom color grade. I'll be doing a video on this in the future for sure! Thanks for watching!
Completely excellent. I had missed Eye focus in the centre dial. Also the double tap on the screen for enlarging that area in manual. And dumb enough I just could not work S and Q. Thumbs up and subscribe .
Hey man! Great video! A lot of these I can use with my a6300 too! Question for you; you mentioned you live stream with yours. Can you shoot a video explaining how you do that? That’d be sweet. Or maybe you already have one?
Dude. You can tell how much effort goes into these videos. And yet all he’s only got 7.5k subs! Sure, it’s a lot. But compared to what people consider a lot... it’s nothing. Keep pushing ;D you’ll get the subs you deserve soon
Wow thank you so much! Every single subscriber seems awesome to me! I’m so thankful for the growth I’ve been having and can’t wait to see where we can take this!!
Good point! I’ve found a few weird things about memory recall actually. It also saves the picture profiles at the time of setting the memory recall... not just the selected one, but all the customizations done to the whole list. Kind of quirky.
That’s probably a lot of the issue, with 120fps you lose a decent amount of quality because it needs to cram so many frames inside the same but rate. I suggest trying to be more mindful of what you’re going to want to slow down and only shoot those in 120. Either that or switch to 60 so that it’s not quite as bad.
I heard that if you use an extrernal power suplly the 30 min video record cut off no longer applies. Is that true? I heard it but i cant find any info on internet
I don’t know! I’ve been pondering this myself. I had an external monitor for a bit but I sold it because when you plug in a monitor, you lose the ability to use face tracking in 4K. So even though I can’t see myself when recording internally, I have confidence that the face tracking is working. But some of the features and functions of the ninja v are pretty awesome too.
@@dunnadidit yep! I love how it's totally silent, literally 0 noise! I used to have a Canon and was so used to the shutter noise, and when I tried silent shutter, I was (Shocked Pikachu Face)
Great video! For some reason when I set up M1 or M2 for videos and I want to go back to Manual mode for photos. The ISO doesn’t allow me to go lower than 200. Do you know why? Thanks!
Tip #2 about clear image zoom... I followed the steps you show and set cust button 3 to zoom but when I'm in video mode I'm unable to zoom in as mentioned. It still has that button for iso modification. Can you specify what steps are needed to use that zoom function in video? I use a 16mm sigma so I'd love to be able to use that! Thank you!
why is zooming in at 3:24 when u press the record button and in photo mode (M) is a little bit wider? and how can I make it be the same (wide)on video mode
It’s just the aspect ratio. In photo mode, it defaults to being 3x4 whereas video can only be 16x9 so it has to crop the top and bottom a little bit. As far as I’m aware, there is no way to shoot 3x4 video on most cameras.
Great tips Dunna! Oh! And maybe in a TimeLapse, you want to record normal-speed audio (like room tone or ambient) to paste It in post, it'll give you some reallystic (that's the Word?) Impression on your footage!
Hey Dunna, I caught your comment on Livestreaming. I don't believe you have a video dedicated to your live streaming setup (or maybe you do), but I was curious what that is? Looking to live stream as well. Thanks in advance!
I sure don’t! But that’s a fantastic idea! I use my a6500 with the engaging cam link. But maybe I should do up a video on that! Thanks for the suggestion.
@@dunnadidit I'm all for it! Since Live streaming is such a popular platform (and since I'm interested) I think a video on your setup would be great! Hope to see one in the future! Thanks!
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