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A Guide to the Sony A7III Creative Media Centre Sheffield Hallam University Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
Sony A7 Mirrorless Camera Settings Reset AMERA ETTINGS AMERA ETTINGS ETUP ETTING UP A ICTURE ROFILE DEAS FOR IGHT IME SHOOTING PROFILES DEAS FOR AY TIME SHOOTING PROFILES Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
• 693 phase detection and 425 contrast-detection Auto Focus points • 4k HDR movie recording • Sony E-Mount lenses – As well as our Sony lenses, it will work with all our Canon/ Sigma/Samyang/Tokina/Zeiss lenses with the included Metabones adapter.
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20. Sensor (DO NOT TOUCH) 21. Lens Release Button 22. Hand Grip 23. Mic Input 24. Headphone Output 25. HDMI Output 26. USB-C 27. Charging LED 28. USB Multi Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
You may get to the end of your shoot and then realise you can’t access anything you have filmed. Menu: Setup5: Format/Slot 1 or Slot 2 Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
There are also 4 other memory locations, that allow you to recall settings which are saved to an SD card. Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
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AF mode. However, if you hold down the AEL button and then press the shutter button at the same time, it will give you the focus lock. Once achieved you just let go of both buttons. Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
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Link’. The spot metering is then taken from the focus area. So, where ever you place the focus area on screen, the exposure will adjust according to the position it is in. Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
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Good way to check focus. AF in Focus Mag: MF Assist: Peaking Setting: Allows you to check focus once again. Peaking Display: On/Off Peaking Level: Low/Mid/High Peaking Colour: Red/Yellow/White Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
One more thing, if you do create proxies afterwards, make sure the aspect ratio is the same. Otherwise you’ll get framing issues when editing. Remember, Ultra-High Definition 4k has a different aspect ratio to full scale Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
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This would also be affected by what picture profile you have selected on the camera, which will go a long way to reducing noise. Audio Recording: Audio Rec. Level: Default is okay, adjust if required. Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
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This function is mostly automatic and links with stabilisation in the lens. You can turn it to manual and select the focal length of the lens you are using if the lens is not a Sony. Zoom: Zoom Setting: On:...
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This way you can 2 star anything you know you will definitely use, and 1 star things you are not sure about, but might come back too. Helps in post when looking for the good shots. Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
Sets the resolution for the HDMI output. HDMI Info. Display. Turn on/off the information on the screen. TC Output: Turns on TC output for external synchronisation to another camera or an audio device. Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
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My Menu Setting: Allows you to add the menu items you use most to your own menu for quick access. Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
The lower the framerate, the more bits per second per frame you will get. So 100Mbps at 24 fps would produce less noise than 100Mbps at 48fps. So, in this case, the best setting is 4k, 100Mbits/24fps. Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
(10bit vs 8bit), although it doesn’t carry many benefits save being wrapped in 422 codec; although this does get you a better colour profile. The noise produced is of a very similar level. Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
Manual Set: Point 80%, Slope: +2 (Nice highlight roll off) Colour Mode: Pro Saturation: -4 Colour Phase: 0 Colour Depth: R+3, G +1, B -1, C -4, M -4, Y +3 Detail: -7 Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...
Saturation: -5 Colour Phase: 0 Colour Depth: R+3, G +1, B -1, C -4, M -4, Y +3 Detail: for 4k use: -6, for 120fps Slow motion use: 0 Creative Media Centre Sony A7 III Settings Guide David Turner October 2019...