Video at 11:50 mark has a weird repeat and then just cuts to outro in mid-sentence. Just wanted to make you aware in case something important was cut out.
Thanks for this great tip. But at the end, your video cut out mid sentence, while you were still explaining. Can you continue the thought, and repost this?
Patrick, love your work! I recently bought the A7rv with a new grip and found that the grip did not fit and later found out that that is an issue with the current grip sold and said to fit as per the Sony Corporate, but I can tell you that after taking it back to Precision Camera in Austin Texas I was told that I was among numerous a7rv owners advising that the battery grip fitment was off. I had a gap that I was able to see through. I noticed in your video that you had a grip on yours and wondered if you had the same issue. There is a big thread on DP Review regarding this issue. Hope it gets fixed soon and maybe you could contact some of your Sony peep's and see what's up with this issue. Keep up the good work. Thank You
I found I can have the AF-ON button set for AF-ON/Tracking-On on for still and left that button as "FOLLOW STILL" for video menu. I don't shoot much video, but I thought I'd share the setting with you. This custom (hidden) feature Tracking-on/AF-ON is found in AF-MF section > Focus Area > Tracking On + AF on and can be assigned to the AF-ON button. The unfortunate thing is it is a Hold option. I wish it could be a Toggle button.
Thanks for your video Patrick. I'm wondering what's your process for stabilisation? I'm filming basketball games but I am getting micro-jitters and skips here and there. I am currently only shooting 30fps. I've tried with Active Steadyshot and Standard, tripod/monopod, handheld and use Davinci Resolve to post stabilise. Not sure if the camera stabilisation is affecting Davinic's stabilisation. Would you have any thoughts on this?
Should the “tracking on” box that appears on the screen be green colored when it is in focus and tracking on the subject? When I press the tracking on button to follow the subject, it appears to be in focus and tracks the subject but the box is white colored and not green (which usually indicates that the subject is in focus). This video was super helpful. Thanks!
weirdly, both are true. When you see green, it's when you are forcing the AF in "tracking on," and when you see white, you are not pushing the AF-ON button and the camera is doing its thing by itself.
super tutos on that topic. do you sometimes switch to MF ? i was expecting to see your focus area. spot or wide or center fix ? with lcd, we can press any location but if we use center fix, i don't imagine moving my camera up and down to set center fix on different faces. what is the trick ?
thank you. In photo i used to let tracking extended spot on center, point camera to subject and half press shutter button to track and shoot. But in video, doing same with a fix spot changing subject with the spot will change the angle of view of the camera during the traveling. If we move the focus point with joystick i suppose the camera will autofocus any object between starting and ending point. With LCD you just put your finger on an object in spot focus or tracking which is fast. So, it would be very nice if you could explain how, in a football,... match you can change player,... and move the focus point. perhaps a ninja 5 view of your a7r5 would help ?
I read that Sony will add video features to the A1 that are in the A7rv via firmware. Would be great news for A1 owners if it’s the tracking on in video feature!
Hello Mister! I have an issue with vignetting on my photos on cameras a7RIII and A7IV. The middle of the photo is dark and like onion rings from center to corners is goes bright. Especially more visible this vignetting on blue/grey sky at background. How to fix it, please could you advise? I guess some settings on camera should be adjusted as this issue is not related to lenses as i changed lots of lenses and on different 'f' stops the result is the same vignetting with bright corners with onion rings from center to corner. In general i am using sony 200-600G, Tamron 35-150 and tamron 17-28. Thank you
Hi Patrick i have just bought this camera to try it for sport. I have it for 1 seek and if i dont like it i can return it and pay the thousands extra for A1. Just wondering if you also have any good settings for stills? i am having a go tomorrow night with the footy guys at training to see if it will be " good enough " so i dont have to shell out almost double for an A1 as i actually really like the camera and the colours and details it gets
What do you think about this same camera but only using it for football photography? I saw a video where someone said the fps is too slow but I’m new to this so I don’t know if that’s true. I’m looking to purchase this camera for football photo/video but I don’t want to purchase the wrong camera. I’m currently using the a7iii but would like to upgrade to this one if it’s the right move.
When I started out, the Nikon f3 could only go 6 fps. At 10 fps, its as fast as the more recent Nikon d4, d4S cameras. People made some serious good frames with them. If it's what you can do, the a7RV will do great for your for shooting sports, just always use it on mechanical shutter and then crop into the files to your heart's delight :)
Patrick: I am a Sony A1 wildlife shooter, and given the similar needs for sports and wildlife video, I wonder whether you find the trade-offs of the A7RV make it the superior choice over the A1 for video? I am struggling with this issue for an upcoming Pantanal trip, and vacillate daily on the many A1 advantages vs. the superior AF/tracking & better IBIS of the A7RV... if you wanted top wildlife results with the Sony 600/4, 400/2.8, & 200-600 for stills & video, which body would you prefer to use? (OK to say both if you feel the A1 still wins for stills but A7RV would be your choice for video.) Many thanks!
Gordon, while the AI is great in the a7RV, it's got nothing on the a1 for AF accuracy and speed, though the IBIS is better on the V. I think you already have the right camera for the job :)
I owned the A7R5. its IBIS and subject recognition is great. But 3 reasons in the A1 covers all this and make A1 the top camera. which are: #1 - stacked sensor with 120 calculation per second ( which is crucial for bird photography especially BIF) and 30fps (insane.!!!) without black out #2 - very minimal rolling shutter(again thanks to that stacked sensor). In A7RV, 8K 24p is waste. Sony kept it for marketing, I don't think any professional would use 8K of 7RV because of the horrible rolling shutter effect. #3 - 4k 120p - for beautiful slowmo without loosing the data(4k). 7R5 do 120p on HD only(my 4yr+ old A9 do the same) But as hobby photographer, considering the price difference I bought A7R5 which is a good camera for my kind of work. Btw, Sony will rollout a firmware update to support AF tracking on in video mode for A1 soon. So you have the best camera now, I dont see any reason you have a second thought. enjoy.!!
Did I miss something? How do you select the item you want tracked. Appreciate you putting this video out but it was very frustrating watching you fiddle with other settings instead of discussing the topic at hand. Also you might kept it more interesting by running the game video as B-roll over your tutorial with volume ducked. Ok now I need to go find a video on how to select the items you want focus tracked.
Hi Patrick, This is interesting because your shutter speeds are much higher than the 2x frame rate/shutter speed rule. Please correct me if I'm wrong, as this is how I see it. At 60 fps, there's 60 frames in each second. Each frame will contain an image. To create each frame, can the shutter speed can be anything over 1/125? ( as long as exposure is correct). For example, in your video, would there be 60 1/640 ss exposures stretched to fill in each one of the 60 frames. Without any more visible stuttering or jerkiness than seen at 1/125 ss? Hard to explain, I hope you catch my drift. Cheers Braden
ou point out a longstanding rule of thumb for video--"never go more than one stop of shutter speed over your frame rate." When you do, it's called "over-cranking." I love the effect and don't feel like the video suffers too much from braking that rule. Shooting at much higher shutter speeds allows me to harvest sharp still-frame grabs easily, from the footage. For me, over-cranking is great. Cheers!
in-body is just easier and way less stuff to lug around. it's also inconvenient that when you plug in an HDMI cable into a Sony body, it shuts off the internal and external screens on the camera so you cannot use the EVF at all :(
no, Sony seems to have missed the lead on "tracking on." I think they will find out how important the feature is in the next few months as people experiment and get great results....
You should be able to use it for stills. I have the A7SIII and A7IV, and both of them have the ability to map the AF-ON button to "Tracking On" and "Tracking + AF On". I would assume this would still be available for photo mode in the A7RV.
@@PMRTV I've been setting up my a7rv today. I've been playing around with what I think is a new feature "Select Face to Track". What's really cool is that I tested it in stills and I was able to pick our and track the subject out of people that I wanted to photograph. Additionally, it works in video mode too. So, now I have AF-ON button mapped to Tracking On and AEL to "Select Face to Track" (I found that I can "bounce" between the two buttons.
