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Contents
Meet the Author Camera Controls Masterclass Movies
Why customise your camera? Finder & Monitor eBooks
Learning Support Multi-interface shoe Useful Sony Accessories
Did I make the right choice? Control Wheel & Custom Buttons What’s in Mark’s Bag
• Key Features Saved Settings Mark’s Custom Settings
• Full Frame Advantage
• Sensor Design
Focus Mode & Focus Area Supporting Website
• Sensor Stabilization Making Movies Link Index
• Card Slot & Battery Other Notable Features
• DMF
• Multi-Selector
• Eye-AF in Continuous Autofocus (AF-C)
• 4K Movies Captured using the Full Frame
• Large Buffer for Shooting Action
• Fast Reliable Autofocus in Continuous AF

Mirrorless Advantages Donation Page

 MARK GALER is a photographer, educator and
published author (30 books for Focal Press). He has a
commercial background in editorial photography and was
also a Digital Imaging Ambassador for Adobe for a period
of 14 years. He was a Program Director and Senior
Lecturer in Photography at RMIT University in Melbourne
and has circumnavigated the globe on a motorcycle.

Mark is using his wealth of experience as both a

photographer and educator to support the Sony Alpha
Community and was appointed a Sony Global imaging
Ambassador in 2016.

Mark owned the original Alpha 100 and currently owns an

A7RIII, A9 and A6500.

Mark Galer
Sony Global Imaging Ambassador 4-Minute Profile Movie

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Why customise your A7III or A7RIII camera?
The Sony A7III and A7RIII are technically
advanced cameras that are highly customisable
to meet the demanding needs of a broad range
of creative photographers. This guide has been
designed to provide you with ideas and
suggestions to help you customise your own
camera to help maximise your creative potential.

After extensive shooting with the Sony A7 and

A9 cameras I have now settled on the custom
settings that enable me to work quickly and
intuitively in all shooting situations.

Note > The settings outlined in this guide are

suggestions only and are not intended as
definitive settings that will suit all photographers.

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Learning Support
This eBook would be a 1,000 pages long if I
mapped out all of the camera setups and
technicalities of working with these Mirrorless
marvels. For this reason I have built in
numerous links to allow you to navigate to my
Alpha Creative Skills YouTube channel and/or
website to learn more on a particular topic I
have raised in this eBook.

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 Note > This movie is targeted
to you if you previously owned
a Canon camera. It is a way of
bringing you up to speed with
your new Alpha camera to
help in the migration process.

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A7RIII & A7III Playlist

Note > This book is supported

by a comprehensive Playlist of
movies specifically created for
the A7III and A7RIII cameras.

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Did I make the right choice?
Key Features
I consider these 10 features to be the ones that have
made the A7III and A7RIII cameras so successful for
Sony. Competing cameras are often lucky to have
half of these features.

1. Backlit Illuminated Full-Frame Sensor

2. Stabilized Sensor
3. Dual Card Slot
4. Extended Battery Life 10/10
5. Direct Manual Focus (DMF)
6. Multi-selector/Joystick
7. Eye AF in Continuous AF (AF-C) The A7III and A7RIII cameras have a number
of features that are both incredibly useful, but
8. 4K Movies captured using the Full Frame
also serve to set them apart from competing
9. Large Buffer for Shooting Sports cameras. The following pages will outline
10. Fast reliable AF in Continuous AF some of these key features.
dpreview.com is the most popular independent reviewer
and voted the A7RIII as the product of the year in 2017
and the A7III as the product of the year in 2018.

dpreview.com awarded the A7III its top prize for 2018

Full-Frame Advantage
Sony’s Full-Frame Mirrorless cameras were
launched in 2013 and big jumps in performance
have been achieved with each subsequent model.
The body has been redesigned for each
subsequent model release - first to accomodate
Sensor Stabilization and then again to accomodate
the larger Z-series battery and dual card slots.

The main advantages in performance have been to

the Autofocus and 4K movie capability. In the
following slides, however, we will look at the
performance advantages that photographers enjoy
for having chosen a camera with a Full-Frame
sensor rather than an APS-C or Micro Four-Thirds
sensor (often referred to as crop sensors).

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 Full Frame Versus Crop Sensor

www.camerasize.com

The Full Frame Sony A7III and A7RIII cameras are no bigger than many Micro Four-Thirds cameras,
but the differences in sensor size is significant and this directly leads to superior Image Quality (IQ)
of these cameras in terms of dynamic range and high ISO performance.
 Full Frame
Figure/Ground
Separation
The size of the sensor in
a Full Frame camera
(when compared to crop
sensor formats) enables
the photographer to
separate the subject
from the background
more easily using
differential focussing or
FE 85 F/1.4 GM ‘shallow depth-of-field’.
 Beautiful Bokeh

FE 100 F/2.8 STF GM

FE 85 F/1.4 GM
 FE 85 F/1.8
A great lens that is
recommended for
photographers on a
tight budget
Sensor Design
Sony uses back-illuminated sensors (BIS) in the
A7III and A7RIII cameras. This modern sensor
design has added significant improvements to both
Image Quality and speed of data traffic to the CPU
or Bionz X processor.

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 Full Frame BIS
Conventional structure Back-illuminated structure

Gapless OCL Gapless OCL

Aluminum wiring layer Photodiode substrate

Copper wiring layer

Light receiving
surface Photodiode substrate

The advanced sensor design in the

A7III and A7RIII cameras leads to
significant advantages in terms of
image quality when compared to
cameras using conventional sensors.
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 A broad dynamic range enables the
camera to record rich detail in bright

Full Frame BIS Dynamic Range

highlights and dark shadows without
having to bracket exposures.
 The quality of the recorded shadows
can be made lighter in camera
(when shooting JPEGs) by using a
feature called DRO (Dynamic Range
Optimizer) or in Post Production by

Full Frame BIS Dynamic Range

raising the Shadows slider when
shooting in the Raw file format.
ISO 5,000
High ISO Performance

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 + 80 Masking (Sharpening)
+15 Luminance Noise Reduction
Post-Production

Full Frame BIS High ISO Performance

+ 80 Local Noise Reduction
Protect the in-focus detail,

Red Mask indicates where local

Noise Reduction has been applied.

Full Frame BIS High ISO Performance

ISO 8000

Unprocessed Raw file

Avoid underexposure
Processed Raw file
Apply Noise Reduction primarily
to the out-of-focus areas and
mask any sharpening
Sensor Stabilization
Sony calls its Sensor Stabilization ‘SteadyShot’. It is
also referred to as ‘In-Body Image Stabilization’ (IBIS).
This 5-Axis Stabilization of the sensor is vastly
superior to using 2-axis stabilized lenses without any
In-Body Image-Stabilization. When using a stabilized
lens the camera will use a hybrid approach to image
stabilization which can offer advantages when using
longer telephoto focal lengths. If stabilization is
switched off on the lens, it will also be disabled on the
camera. It is recommended to switch stabilisation off
when the camera is mounted on a tripod for long
exposures and when the photographer is following
rapid and erratic motion.

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5-Axis Stabilization of the
sensor is vastly superior to
using 2-axis stabilized
lenses without any In-Body
Image-Stabilization (IBIS).
25mm @ f/11:1/5 second

Sony’s IBIS or ‘SteadyShot Inside’

allows the photographer (with
care) to shoot hand-held using
very slow shutter speeds.
1/5 second @ f/11 (16mm)
You can select these slower apertures
in Manual Exposure Mode or Aperture
Priority and set the ISO Auto Min SS
setting to ‘Slower’.

FE 16-35 F/2.8 GM
1/5 second at f/11
Card Slot & Battery
The two cards may look the same, but it is worth
noting that Slot 1 is the lower of the two slots and is
also the fastest (by a long shot). You can set up how
you would like to manage the images and movies
being saved to these two slots by going to ‘Rec.
Media Settings’ in ‘Setup6’ (the Toolbox icon in the
Menus). If you choose ‘Simult.’ (simultaneous) instead
of ‘Standard’ you will effectively be working to the
limitations of the slower slot. As I often shoot Sports I
have mine set to ‘Slot 1 > Standard > Auto Switch
Media On’. A wedding photographer who needs
insurance against a card failure will choose Simult.

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Z-series battery
NPFZ100
Batteries can be charged
in the camera but Sony’s
BC-QZ1 battery charger
means that you can
charge two batteries at
the same time (one in the
camera and the second in
the charger).

Dual SD Card Slots

Lower Slot is UHS-II (SDXC-II)*
*recommended if you shoot action sports

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DMF
Focus Mode
DMF
Manual Focus Override + Magnified Live View
 Override Focus to Here

DMF If Camera Focuses Here

Focus Assist + DMF

Recall Custom hold 1
 If Eye-AF isn’t being your
friend (it mostly likes
humans) then DMF is your
next best friend when you
are working at close range
with a wide aperture prime.

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Alternatively use AF-S or AF-C
and move a Flexible Spot AF
area to the desired focus point
using the Multi-selector.
 The Multi-Selector has a
number of functions other
than moving the Focus
Point - discover what they
are in this movie

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Eye-AF
Eye-AF in Continuous AF
for when your subject won’t stay still
Eye-AF
Real Time Eye-AF in AF-C.
Accessed via a Firmware
Upgrade in March 2019. A
custom button will no longer
have to be held down to
activate Eye-AF in AF-C.
Animal
Eye-AF
Real Time Animal
Eye-AF in AF-C
Accessed via a
Firmware Upgrade
(Mid-2019).
 Full Frame 4K Movie Capture
This is a still image taken from a full-frame
4K movie at high ISO. If you intend to take
stills from movies you may want to use a

9 Full Frame 4K Movie Capture

faster frame rate such as 50 or 60fps and
increase the shutter speed to 1/100 second.
Full Frame 4K Movie Capture
This is a still image taken from a full-frame
movie (not Super 35). The shallow depth of
field achieved from using a wide aperture
may require the use of an ND filter when
the ambient light is bright and the shutter
speed is slow (1/100 sec or less).
Buffer: 89 Raw Images
The camera ‘buffer’ stores recently captured
images before writing them to the memory
card. A large buffer enables the camera to
shoot at high from rates for extended periods
of time. The cowboy is dismounting from the
horse after he has successfully stayed on for
8 seconds. The camera was able to carry on
taking photos at 8 frames per second for an
additional 3 seconds to capture this image.
Fast & Reliable Continuous AF
Sony currently
makes the most
reliable Continuous
AF tracking of any
Mirrorless camera
Mirrorless Advantages
Mirrorless cameras have
significant operating differences
when compared to DSLR
cameras. Understanding these
differences will help you avoid
some pitfalls that are commonly
encountered by photographers
who do not adjust their workflows
after leaving their DSLRs.

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Shutter

The Sensor provides a live

view to the Finder &
Monitor. A mechanical
shutter is only used to time
the duration of the
Live View Display exposure except when
‘silent shooting’ is enabled.
Sensor
A DSLR uses a mirror to
provide an optical view to
the Finder. This view,
however, may be
significantly different to the
one the sensor sees.

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 EVF ‘Live View’ Advantages

Live View provides a WYSIWYG view*

*Live depth-of-field and exposure preview
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In the vast majority of instances a live view from the
sensor is an advantage over using the optical
viewfinder of a DSLR - there is, however, a couple of
reasons we don’t want to preview the scene through
Live View: Depth of Field
a small aperture we have selected, e.g., f/11 or f/16.
Focus Here
Magnify View
Check Focus Here
This movie demonstrates how to find
the hyperlocal distance without using a
calculator when on location.
 Many photographers put
their camera on a tripod
without any reason to. In this
movie I outline the perfect
settings for people who have
a love/hate relationship with
tripods :-)

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Live View: Exposure
 If you are ready to come out of
AUTO the, P, A, S and M
settings on the Shoot Mode Dial
will enable you to gain a greater
degree of control over your
creative photography

PASM
P: Program

A: Aperture Priority

S: Shutter Priority

M: Manual with Auto ISO

Exposure Compensation

This allows you to ‘fine tune’ the Auto Exposure

 Live Histogram

The Live Histogram in the Finder and on the

Monitor will alert you to overexposed tones
 Live Histogram

These overexposed tones may not be able to

be recovered in Post Production editing. These
tones are referred to as being ‘Clipped’.
Light meters want to make things look ‘Average’, even when they are not

Overexposed Exposure Compensated

Exposure compensation is required to render a black swan black

Scene with Dominant Dark Tones

Over exposure
WYSIWYG

Exposure
Compensation
 WYSIWYG
whatyouseeiswhatyouget

Exposure
Compensation

…if it doesn’t look right in the Finder then, odds on, it isn’t right
Scene with Dominant Dark Tones
Scene with Dominant Light Tones
Shadows Lightened Further in Post
 The GOAL of…
Exposure Compensation
The goal of adjusting the
Absolute Black

Absolute White
exposure, before you take an
image, is to put the brightest
highlights and darkest
shadows between the goal
posts of absolute black and
absolute white (clipping). If
you don’t you will lose detail
in the highlights or shadows.
Expose for the Highlights
Process for the Shadows
Live Exposure
Press the Display button until
you see the Histogram on the
monitor or in the Finder.
 Exposure Review
When reviewing your images
you can press the Display
button a number of times until
you see the histogram view.

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 Live View Display
You may need to switch this
to OFF when working with
off-camera non-Sony flash
in a darkened studio or
when the ambient light is
very low. Learn More here:
https://youtu.be/tPKjkbk09us

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Live View Display ON
Ambient Exposure -2.0
Flash Exposure +1.0
Flash Compensation required
because of light toned subject
Sony HVL-F45RM
Wireless Radio Flash

Sony FA-WRC1M
Wireless Radio Commander
 Note > This movie was made
using an A7RII but the
principles are the same for all
Sony Alpha E-Mount
cameras. Live View Display
is currently found on page 7
of the Camera Settings2 tab

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 Note > There are a handful
of lenses in Sony’s E-Mount
lens lineup where the camera
does not momentarily open
the aperture wider to assist
focus in AF-S. Learn how to
overcome this if you own one
of these lenses.

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Camera Controls
This is an overview of the main dials and
buttons - where we get to take creative
control of the camera. If you have no interest
in these you may as well just leave the
camera in Auto - but given you have
downloaded this eBook I am guessing you
are a control freak and won’t be dictated to
by a lump of metal, silicon and glass. If the
pages all seems a bit mundane and obvious
I would invite you to click on the multi-
selector movie - I bet there are a few things
about this joystick you didn’t know about :-)

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Navigating Menus

To customise the settings of the

camera press the ‘Menu’ button (1) and
navigate the menus using the ‘Control
Wheel’ (2) or Multi-selector (3). Press
1
the ‘Center button’ (4) to select an
option and press the Menu button to
3
cancel or move back to the main menu.

The camera can be customised by

using the first two tabs and the last tab 2
of the Menus. These are: 4
Camera Settings1

Camera Settings2

Setup
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 Front Dial

White
Balance
…until you override it for something else

Rear Dial

Diopter Adjustment Dial

Movie button Multi-selector
Movies can also be started Move the focus point or
using the shutter release navigate menus - press to
button if the option is confirm a selection
selected in the Main menu.
If you are fussy about the Control wheel
quality of your movies you
will need to set up the Movie Scroll through menu items or
settings in the Menus (see move focus area
the Making Movies section).

Center button
Select menu items to modify
or confirm commands

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 … because there are
more things at play
than meets the eye!

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AF button
AF-ON Button can be setup for
Back-Button AF if ‘AF with Shutter’
is disabled in the Menu. Note that
the button also serves to Zoom in
when you are reviewing an image.
Playback button
Review captured images/movies
AEL button
Auto Exposure Lock - this is also a
Custom button and most people I
know have set it to do something
else, e.g., Eye-AF or Recall Custom
hold. Note that the button also serves
to Zoom out in Review mode.
Fn Button
Function button to access Fn or
‘Quick’ menu. At least half of the
items in the Fn menu probably
don’t need to be there, but that is
OK - we can change them.
C4 / Delete button
It is only a trash/delete button in
Playback mode so don’t get
paranoid about pressing it OK.
 Fn Key
Access and modify your 12 most used
Function (Fn) Menu camera settings for quick control - these
can be customised by going to Page 8 of
the Camera Settings2 tab. You will
probably notice that mine looks nothing
like yours! Drive Mode and ISO are
usually in the Fn menu by default, but as
we can also access these via the left and
right buttons on the Control Wheel there
is no problem with replacing them with
something more useful.
 Function (Fn) Menu
Fn Menu Upper1 Upper2 Upper3 Upper4 Upper5 Upper6
Upper Silent Shooting Live View Display Px Shift Multi Shoot Touch Operation Metering Mode Audio Signals

Lower Lower1 Lower2 Lower3 Lower4 Lower5 Lower6

APS-C Shoot: Manual Peaking Display Face Priority in AF SteadyShot Prioritize Rec. Media Shoot Mode

Note: Px Shift Multi Shoot is an A7RIII only feature

Consider replacing it with ‘Peaking Display’ on A7III

Live Google Spreadsheet Link

I have been known to change my mind, so if I do
this is where you will get to hear about it first as
this is a live spreadsheet.

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Fn Menu
This is an alternative view of the Fn
menu that can be accessed by
pressing the Display button, just
below it, several times (before you
press the Fn key).

After pressing the Fn key you can

navigate to anything you want to
change using the Multi-selector.
You don’t have to press the Center
button or Multi-selector in to select
the setting - you can simply start
turning the front and rear dials to
make changes to that setting.
 Navigate Fn Menu
In the standard view of the Fn
menu you can access and modify
your 12 most used camera
Function (Fn) Menu settings for quick control by
navigating to the Fn item using
the Multi-selector. When the item
is highlighted you do NOT need
to press to select.
 Fn Heads-Up Display As viewed in EVF (Finder)

Front Dial Front Dial

This adjustment is called ISO Auto

Minimum Shutter Speed - As I shoot in
Aperture Priority most of the time I tend to
adjust this setting every time I encounter
a new subject.
Use the Front Dial
to navigate the
main options on
the Fn menu you
have navigated to
Rear Dial Rear Dial

Note > Not all options above the line

have sub-options below the line.
Rear Dial

Navigation
Use the Rear Dial to navigate
any sub-menu options.

ISO Auto Min SS

ISO Auto Minimum Shutter
Speed cannot be switched
Off. Standard is the default
position. Modified settings
only take effect if you have
selected ISO Auto and you
are using Aperture Priority or
Program modes.
 Vertical Menus
When a Fn option is selected
with a press of the Multi-selector,
Sub-menu (rear dial)
or a Custom Key, the main
menus will run vertically rather
than horizontally and the
submenus can still be accessed
using the Rear dial.
Finder & Monitor
The finder is often referred to as the EVF or
Electronic ViewFinder. It is advisable to
spend some time setting these up just the
way you like them. Brightness may appear to
be the only option at first glance (page 1 of
the Setup1 menu) but the Creative Styles
(Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness) can
also be adjusted. The DRO setting (Dynamic
Range Optimizer) also has an impact on the
image presented in the Finder and on the
Monitor. These modification have zero effect
on Raw images being captured.

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Electronic
ViewFinder / EVF Eye Sensor (keep clean - otherwise
Monitor may be disabled)

Monitor
If the Monitor is tilted the
view will not switch to the
Finder. The monitor’s
brightness can be set to
‘Sunny Weather’ when the
ambient light is very bright
Monitor
The Monitor can be used
as a Touch Screen to select
and move focus. These
settings are accessed via
the Setup3 menu.
Multi-interface Shoe
This may sound like a fancy word for what
most people call a ‘Hot-shoe’ but Sony’s
Multi-interface shoe does more than just
trigger a flash. I think I can count 21 little pins
at the leading edge of the shoe - this is all
about communicating with a range of
compatible devices.

Sony flashes cannot compete on price with

the Chinese brands (did I really need to tell
your that) but the one thing that can be said
for their flashes is they work - you will not find
forums full of questions about HSS, banding,
sync failures and misfires.

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Multi Interface Shoe

The latest Sony Flashes end with the

letters ‘RM’ - these can communicate
with Sony’s commander without needing
to purchase a separate receiver.

Sony FA-WRC1M Sony HVL-F45RM

Wireless Radio Commander Wireless Radio Flash
Multi Interface Shoe

This is the Microphone you will see me ECM-W1M

wearing when I am recording many of
my movies for my YouTube channel Wireless Microphone
Control Wheel &
Custom Buttons
Before the arrival of the Multi-selector on the
MK III cameras, it was the Control Wheel and
the Dials that were our main form of
interaction with the camera. Old habits,
however, are often hard to break so if you
have upgraded from a previous Sony Alpha
model you may need to start using the Multi-
selector when you are navigating through the
menus. It is faster to use, compared to the
Control Wheel, and can be used while your
eye is at the Finder.

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Level Display
Pressing the Display button
repeatedly cycles through
different levels of information
(including the Histogram and
the Level (shown here).
Display
You can decide what

display options are

displayed by going to

the DISP Button in the

Main Menu

Display
Check or uncheck the

options you want to see

or not see when you press

the Display button

 ISO
Adjust Parameters • Auto
• 100-32,000
(if required)

Note > Upper limit of Auto ISO

can be modified if required.
 ISO Auto Min. SS
This controls the minimum
Adjust Parameters shutter speed the camera
(if required) will use - but only so long
as the camera can achieve
an appropriate exposure.
The camera will ignore this
setting if there is a risk of
over or under-exposure.

 I have described this as my

favourite custom setting - I
use it so often I have set the
C1 key to access it.

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 Drive Mode
• Lo
• Mid
Lo, Mid, Hi & Hi+ • Hi (recommended for live-view panning)
• Hi+ (fastest frames per second)
Drive • Self-Timer Options
• Bracket Options
NOTE > Avoid Hi+ if you need
live view ‘real-time’ panning
 Saved Settings
Create a memory for
groups of your favourite
Camera Settings
The ability to recall a group of saved camera
settings means a photographer can quickly
switch from shooting landscape with one
group of settings to shooting action with a
completely different group of settings with just
one turn of the shoot mode dial.

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 Memory Recall

Note > The A7III has two Memory Recall options while the
A7RIII has three and also a lock button in the center of the dial.
Registering a Memory
When the camera is setup
up with a group of settings
you can save these by going
to Memory on the third page
of the Camera Setup1 menu
 Memory Settings
Portrait Action Landscape
Single Head & Shoulder Freeze / Pan with Blur Wide-Angle : Hand-Held
Movie Link https://youtu.be/zPpelMC75lw https://youtu.be/ZNloKXpUOWA https://youtu.be/cdP2YcSBbL8

File Type RAW Compressed RAW Compressed RAW Uncompressed

Shoot Mode Aperture Priority Aperture Priority Aperture Priority
Aperture (Starting) f/4 (or wider) f/4 to freeze or f/8 to blur b/ground (panning) f/11
ISO AUTO AUTO AUTO
ISO Auto Min SS Fast 1/2000 to freeze or 1/250 to blur b/ground Slower
Shutter Speed N/A N/A N/A
Drive Mode Single Shooting Continuous Shooting Hi Single Shooting
Focus Mode Continuous AF Continuous AF DMF
Focus Area Expand Flexible Spot Wide Expand Flexible Spot
Focal Length 85mm 100-400mm 16-35
Face Detect ON ON N/A
MF Assist ON N/A ON
Metering Mode Multi Multi Multi
SteadyShot ON OFF or Mode II ON
White Balance AUTO (or set to lighting) AUTO (or set to lighting) AUTO
 You are not limited to
just 2 or 3 memory
settings - you can save 4
more to a memory card!

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 A7III and A7RIII
See why I chose the
settings that I did…

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Drummer Boy by Mark Galer
Sony A7III with Batis 2.8/135
1/640 sec at f/2.8, ISO 320
Nath by Mark Galer
Sony A7III with Batis 2.8/135mm GM
1/640 second at f/2.8, ISO 800
 See why I chose the
settings that I did…

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Sony A7III
Triathlon by Mark Galer
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1066 by Mark Galer
Sony A7III with FE 100-400 GM
1/1000 second at f/5.6, ISO 100
Barking Owl by Mark Galer
Sony A7RIII with FE 400 F2.8 GM
1/2000 sec at f/2.8, ISO 2500
Australian MotoGP by Mark Galer
Sony A7RIII with FE 400 F/2.8 GM + 1.4 TC
1/4000 second at f/4, ISO 400
If you wanted to see what the future
had in store for the MK IV models of
your favourite A7 camera, then you
probably need to look no further
than the sensor design of the A9.

The shape of things to come!

Welcome to the α9 …my Time Machine

Read all about why I voted this the best Imaging Technology from 2017

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Takaaki Nakagami by Mark Galer
Sony A9 with FE 400 F/2.8 GM
1/500 second at f/6.3, ISO 100
1/5 Second Hand-Held
1/5 Second Hand-Held
 If you love Graduated
filters and ND filters then
these settings are the
ones you’ll probably be
wanting to take a look at.

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St. Kilda Pier by Mark Galer
Sony A7RIII with FE 12-24 F/4 GM
30 seconds at f/11, ISO 100
NiSi S5 Filter kit with 150mm Filters
 Grand Tetons by Mark Galer
Sony A7RIII with FE 24-105 F4 G
10 seconds at f/11, ISO 100
NiSi V5 Filter kit with 100mm Filters
The Spirit Returns by Mark Galer
Sony A7RIII with FE 100-400 GM
2/5 second at f/11, ISO 100
 Grand Tetons by Mark Galer
Sony A7RIII with FE 24-105mm F4 G
1/50 sec at f/16, ISO 100

My ‘table-top' tripods spend more time on the ground.

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 If the exposure on a Sunny
day is the same in Paris as
it is in Melbourne, then why
are we metering to find the
correct Aperture, Shutter
Speed and ISO? Take a
look at this ‘Sunny 16' way
of making photos. P. S. I
didn’t invent it. I learnt it
when I was 16!

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Focus Mode & Focus Area

If you like taking photographs of subjects that

don’t stay still, these Focus skills are the
essential tools for success. When somebody
asks me what the best Focus Area is I know
they need help - because the answer is that it
depends on the subject and the background
and the presence of obstacles that may
momentarily obscure your subject. Once you
know why the camera chooses the subject it
chooses, then it not longer appears to be
rocket science. You can master this skill - I
have confidence in you :-)

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 Focus Mode
Typically found in the Fn menu
• AF-C* : For Moving subjects

Function (Fn) Menu • AF-A : Automatic AF

• AF-S : For Static subjects

• DMF: Direct Manual Focus

• Manual Focus

*Note > AF-C (Continuous AF) is

referred to as ‘AI servo’ by Canon
DMF (Direct Manual Focus) is a powerful
Focus feature on Mirrorless cameras (as
outlined in the ‘Key Features’ section). To use
DMF you must first half-press press the
shutter release of press the AF-ON button and
then turn the focus ring on the lens. If You
have switched Focus Assist on in the Menus
(page 13 of the first Camera Setup tab) the
view will be magnified to help you achieve
critical focus. Push Focus using DMF to Here

If Lens Focuses Here (Wide or Zone AF Area)

Manual Focus
FE 100-400 GM
or DMF at closest focusing distance
MF Assist
Consider turning on MF

Assist & Focus peaking when

working in Manual Focus or Direct
Manual Focus (DMF). DMF is a
very powerful tool on Mirrorless
cameras for fine-tuning focus
after it has first looked on to your
subject in Autofocus.
 Macro
DMF
DMF is especially useful
focus mode for Macro work
Custom Key
As Focus Mode does not have
a dedicated Custom Key you
can assign one in the Custom
Operation1 > Custom Key
menu. I would recommend
assigning it to C3 or C4 if you
need to switch Modes quickly.
 Focus Area

Choosing AF-C and an appropriate Focus Area are

critical for success when subjects are moving.
The C2 Button is often used to gain fast access to
the Focus Area as it is one of the most frequently
changed settings for many photographers.
 Quick Change
Change settings quickly
using the Front and rear
Front dial dials. Top row adjustments
Rear dial via Front Dial and bottom
row adjustments via the
Rear Dial. The current ‘For
Viewfinder’ view was
accessed by pressing the
Display button on the
Control Wheel repeatedly.
 Vertical Menus
When a Fn option is selected
with a press of the Multi-
selector, or a Custom Key,
the main menus will run
vertically rather than
horizontally and the
Sub-menu (rear dial)
submenus can still be
accessed using the Rear dial.

If the Lock-on AF options are

grayed out you need to
switch from the AF-S to AF-C
Focus Mode.
 Focus Area
Auto Selection AF* = Wide
*’Auto Selection’ is terminology
Front dial used by Canon to refer to the
camera picking an appropriate AF
point - most Canon, users,
however, choose a small cluster of
AF points to improve the reliability
of maintaining accurate focus. This
is not the case with Sony’s AF
systems - do not be afraid to
choose Wide as your AF Area.
 Wide Prioritizes Center & Close

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The A7III has 693 Phase Detect
Autofocus points covering 93% of
the surface area of the sensor -
unlike some cameras Sony Alpha’s
have incredibly reliable AF when the
Focus Area is set to Wide. There is
no need to use a smaller Focus Area
unless the need arises.

Watch the Focus Area movie to learn

how to choose the most appropriate
Focus Area for your subject.
Priority
Face Priority and Eye-AF will override all Focus Areas.
A Flexible Spot can, however, be used in conjunction
with Eye-AF. When multiple faces appear in the frame,
Eye AF will choose the eye in the face that is nearer
the spot AF point).
Eye AF
You will only find the Eye AF
focus feature in the Custom
Key settings (it does not
appear in any other menu). It
can be reassigned to another
button - including the Focus
Hold button on the lens (if
available). It will automatically
work in AF-S Focus Mode
without pressing a Custom key.
Focus Point Link
When using Spot Metering
rather than Multi (Evaluative
Metering) you can link the
metering point to the Spot AF
point. This can present a useful
workflow for photographers at
concerts. It is perhaps the only
time I don’t use Multi Metering or
Manual Exposure.
 If you like action and you
click on one movie link in
this eBook - make it this
one. In fact, watch it twice!

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 I wont lie - this movie is
not short. But it is
everything you wanted to
know about focus - and
then a little bit more. One
of my best rated movies
on YouTube!

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Making Movies
If you just press the red recording button
on the back of the camera you will start
capturing movies in Program Mode (P). It
is worth going into the menus and setting
up the Mode, Format and Record Settings
if you value the quality of your movies

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Movie Mode
Exposure mode when capturing
movies can be set in the Main
menu. I prefer to set the Shoot
Mode dial to the Movie icon and
then you can adjust the shooting
mode of the movie capture in the
Fn menu (bottom right). I also
use the Shutter release to Start
and Stop the movie recording.
This has to be activated in the
menus (Movie3).
File Format
Use the XAVC S movie codec
for the highest quality movie
recording. XAVC S prefers SD-
XC cards to SD-HC. 4K is great
but I wouldn’t use it for shooting
extended clips - the camera will
get hot, the files will be huge
and you lose some features that
are available to you when
shooting in HD.
Record Settings
Use the settings with the highest
‘M-number’ (2nd number) for the
highest quality movie recording,
e.g.100M

Note > Due the Power

frequencies you will notice I
shoot in Australia using 25 and
50p while in the USA you will
have options for 24, 30 and 60p.
 This isn’t everything you
need to know about
recording pro quality
movies but it will set you
on the right path :-)

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 Picture Profiles Blog Post

Personally I wouldn’t even

dream about using a
Picture profile when
shooting movies until you
have read this blog post.

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Other Notable Features
When is Manual Exposure Mode not
Manual? Why have I relegated Exposure
Metering to ‘Other Notables’? Why would
you want to switch SteadyShot off when
you just upgraded to camera that has it?
What is all the fuss about the first curtain
shutter - will you join the ‘I must turn it off
for better bokeh’ club or will you just leave
it on - the way Sony thought was best for
you? Can you solve the mystery of the
disappearing Bulb setting? The answers
to all of these questions await you in the
pages that follow.

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When manual is still auto?
This is not a custom setting but is a feature that can easily be overlooked
if you are new to professional Sony cameras.

Manual Mode on the A7III and A7RIII can

be used in conjunction with Auto ISO.

This means that the optimum shutter

speed and aperture is set by the
photographer and the ISO is adjusted
automatically by the camera, so that an
average auto-exposure is achieved. Use
the Exposure compensation dial to
increase or decrease the exposure. I
prefer to use ISO Auto Min SS in
conjunction with Aperture Priority in
preference to Manual with Auto ISO.

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 If you understand how the Light
meter works in your camera,
you will also learn when to use
Exposure Compensation for the
times it does not choose an
appropriate exposure. You need
a very good reason to change
the default Metering mode from
Multi to one of the other options.

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SteadyShot
5-Axis Image Stabilization.
Switch SteadyShot OFF when
camera is mounted on a tripod.
This menu item may be grayed
out if there is a SteadyShot
switch on the lens. Switching
SteadyShot off on the lens will
switch it off in the camera.
 Silent Shooting
Silent Shooting is
enabled from Menu

Drive > Camera Settings 2

e-Front Curtain Shut.
This may need to be turned to Off
when working with non-Sony
lenses at wide apertures and very
high shutter speeds. You may
hear some photographers telling
you to switch it off. Unless you
encounter a problem with uneven
exposure (when using a non-Sony
lens with a very fast shutter
speed) or banding (when using
flash) you are recommended to
leave it on.
 The e-front Curtain shutter
reduces the lag between
pressing the shutter and the
camera taking an image. It
results in a quieter shutter
sound and removes the risk of
vibration ruining your slow
shutter speed images. It does,
however, change the look of the
bokeh and can cause issues
with adapted lenses. Find out
more by watching the movie.

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Bulb
Bulb is selected when
the shutter speed passes
30 seconds

It can only be selected

if the Drive Mode is set
to Single Shooting and
Silent Shooting is OFF
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 Mode

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Masterclass Movies
Hungry for more? Well, join the
Masterclass series — designed for
photographers with serious stamina for
extra learning. I have cherry-picked four
of my presentations for you to watch. Just
get comfortable I have been known to talk
for a while on subjects I am passionate
about :-)

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 In this presentation I take a look at the
technological developments that have had an
impact on my own 38-year career in
photography. From Tri-X and Kodachrome
film, and the advent of the first DSLR
camera, right through to the Full-Frame
Backlit-Illuminated Stacked CMOS Sensors I
use today. I suggest that, although the
photographic eye is important, the gear does
make a difference to what and how I make
my images.

In this 72-minute movie I explore the

equipment I have chosen and the additional
travel items I pack when I travel light with my
mirrorless cameras. Although it focusses on
Sony equipment it would be suitable for
anyone thinking of moving from a DSLR to a
lighter and more compact camera kit. The
movie also explores some of my basic
camera settings and some advice on
shooting styles when traveling.

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 In this one-hour seminar style movie I introduce
you to the tips and techniques for capturing
powerful portraits on location. I take an editorial
approach to creating portraits of family, friends
and complete strangers that I have only just met.
I explain the camera settings I use, and also how
I frame my images. I complete the presentation
by taking a look at some simple lighting on
location techniques.

In this 90-minute presentation for Adobe at the

Make-it conference in Sydney I outline my
complete workflow from capture to output. It
includes Colour Management, optimising
software and hardware for speed, creating a new
‘Custom Default’ for Lightroom, optimising and
automating import workflows, incorporating a
‘Mirrored RAID’ drive into my imaging workflows
+ incorporating Develop presets and Smart
workflows in Adobe CC imaging products.

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eBooks
If you have enjoyed this eBook and would
like to download additional eBooks just
head over to my website and take a look
at what is on offer.

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Useful Sony Accessories
I don’t leave home without any of these
products. You may be able to find
cheaper non-Sony items but I would be
wary of batteries and cards - unless you
know they are the genuine article. In fact
even if they are branded as being Sony I
would still advise buying from a reputable
dealer that is not selling look-alike clones.

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Some accessories for your A7III or A7RIII
camera that you may like to consider is a
spare battery or two (NP-FZ100) and a
dedicated battery charger. Batteries can be
charged in the camera but Sony’s BC-QZ1 is
recommended.

As the megapixel count of both cameras is

generous it is worth considering moving up
to a larger class 10 SD XC card (95 MB/s)
for Slot 2 and a fast SD XC II card for Slot 1.

For photographers working with the camera

on a tripod, Sony’s RM-VPR1 remote release
is a perfect companion.
For photographers with larger hands or
working with heavier lenses Sony’s Grip
Extension (GPX 1EM) may be the perfect
solution to improve ergonomics.

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 Get a Grip
For those who would like a bigger grip
extension

Grip Extension
A7III, A7RIII, A9
GPX1EM
 If I had the time to record
this again I would stress that
Sony isn’t the only company
that make attachments to
make the grip more
comfortable for larger hands
- and yes I am aware that
Chinese companies can
make everything cheaper.
The main reason I made this
movie was to show that it
takes just 3 seconds to clear
this grip out of the way when
changing the battery.

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Lens Adapters
Sony’s LA-EA4 and LA-EA3 lens
adapters will allow you to mount any
Sony A-Mount lens onto your E-Mount
camera. This effectively expands the
range of lenses that you can use with
your camera.If the A-Mount lens has a
focus motor in the lens choose the LA-
EA3 adapter for optimum AF
performance.
Lens adapters for other makes of lenses
are also available to use with the E-
Mount cameras such as Metabones and
Sigma’s MC-11 adapter.

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What’s in Mark’s Bag
What gear goes in the bag, and which
bag gets chosen, can often change
depending on the trip. Most of the world’s
airlines, however, are becoming more
stringent in regard to the carry-on weight
allowance carried by passengers. 7Kgs
(approximately 15.5lbs) is the standard
allowance and some airlines allow an
additional handbag/laptop bag so long as
it fits under the seat in front. The following
examples demonstrate the amount of
gear, and what type of gear, I tend to
select for extended photographic trip.

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 The ‘Two-Bag’ solution for
traveling light

Bag 2: Travel Essentials

Bag 1: Camera Gear*

*Tripod is Packed in ‘Checked Luggage’
 A7RIII

Primes
674 g
inc. battery & cards

Voigtlander 15 Helier III 247 g

Sony FE 35 F2.8 ZA 120 g
Sony FE 55 F1.8 ZA 281 g
Sony FE 85 F1.8 371 g

Subtotal: 1.7 KG
Accessories + Bag 2000 g
Sirui T-025X Tripod 876 g
+ iPad Pro 477 g

Total: 5 KG
Zooms
A7RIII 674 g
inc. battery & cards

Sony FE 12-24 G 630 g

Sony FE 24-105 G 738 g
Sony FE 100-400 GM 1646 g
Sony FE 85 F1.8 prime 371 g

Subtotal: 4.1 KG
Accessories + Bag 2000 g
Manfrotto Evo Tripod 300 g
+ iPad Pro 477 g

Total: 6.8 KG
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 Carbon Fibre Tripod and Monopod

[Pro]Master 525C Gaffa

Tape Jobi Strap

Charger
HVL-F45RM
FE
16-35 GM LaCie
External Rain Filter Pouch
Drive Cover
Peak
Design
Straps
ND Filter
ND 64 &
SensorKlear II
FE Charger ND 200
85 f/1.8 Lead
Sony
Body
A9
+ Lens
Caps
Grip
Extension Lens Caps

Remote Release
Battery
Sony A7RIII
1.4 x Tele
Rocket
Converter
Blower

FE 100-400 GM
Peak Design
FE 24-105 G
Capture (clip)
Manfrotto & Allen Keys
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International Driving Licence
+ Passport + Medical Insurance Liquids in Travel Case

Gaffa Water Bottle

Tape

SD Card Reader
Batteries & Travel Case

USB Plugs

iPad Pro Camera

512 GB with keyboard USB Charger Battery
& Leads Travel Twin
Adapter Adapter
Ear
Plugs
Pen for Immigration Cards Beanie Down Jacket

Mosquito
Repellant
64 GB
SD Cards

Spare Glasses
1 2 3 4 Cleaning Cloth
Fingerless
Gloves

5 6 7 8 Noise Cancelling Headphones

& Flight Adapter
Sleep Mask
Card Wallet & Small Items Compact Umbrella

1 Spare Multiport Covers 2 Band Aids 3 Spare Eye Cover 4 64 GB USB-3 5 Kwells & Immodium 6 Panadol 7 Glasses Strap 8 Calotherm Cloth
RX100

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 A laptop bag must be
small enough to fit under
the seat in front of you
when travelling on a plane

Brixton Ona

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 You may have noticed that I am
using an iPad Pro rather than a
laptop computer to help save on
weight (nearly a 1KG or 2 pounds
saving). If you want o read how I
use a Lightroom CC workflow
when I am travelling then you can
read about it here.

Brixton Ona

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What’s in Mark’s Bag - full equipment overview

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Mark’s Custom Settings
These Settings are intended as Starting Settings
only. They should not be seen as prescriptive
settings that are locked down - other photographers
may use different settings to achieve the same
outcome. Click on the Movie link (below each title)
to see why I have chosen my settings. My Starting
Settings will most likely be changed after I have
started shooting - this may be influenced by
changing lighting or creative decisions.

Shutter Priority is a viable alternative to shooting

Sports/Action. Note that the Landscape settings
change if the camera is on a tripod (auto ISO
becomes a fixed ISO value). Uncompressed RAW
is only really necessary for Landscape shooting but
Uncompressed files can have lossless compression
when imported as DNG files in Lightroom. Setting a
fixed White Balance setting is only really critical for
JPEGs and Movies but some photographers may
prefer to set this in-camera rather than in post.

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 Memory Settings
Portrait Action Landscape
Single Head & Shoulder Freeze / Pan with Blur Wide-Angle : Hand-Held
Movie Link https://youtu.be/zPpelMC75lw https://youtu.be/ZNloKXpUOWA https://youtu.be/cdP2YcSBbL8

File Type RAW Compressed RAW Compressed RAW Uncompressed

Shoot Mode Aperture Priority Aperture Priority Aperture Priority
Aperture (Starting) f/4 (or wider) f/4 to freeze or f/8 to blur b/ground (panning) f/11
ISO AUTO AUTO AUTO
ISO Auto Min SS Fast 1/2000 to freeze or 1/250 to blur b/ground Slower
Shutter Speed N/A N/A N/A
Drive Mode Single Shooting Continuous Shooting Hi Single Shooting
Focus Mode Continuous AF Continuous AF DMF
Focus Area Expand Flexible Spot Wide Expand Flexible Spot
Focal Length 85mm 100-400mm 16-35
Face Detect ON ON N/A
MF Assist ON N/A ON
Metering Mode Multi Multi Multi
SteadyShot ON OFF or Mode II ON
White Balance AUTO (or set to lighting) AUTO (or set to lighting) AUTO
 Custom Buttons
Portrait Action Landscape
Single Head & Shoulder Freeze / Pan with Blur Wide-Angle : Hand-Held

C1 ISO Auto Min. SS ISO Auto Min. SS ISO Auto Min. SS

C2 Focus Area Focus Area Focus Area

C3 Focus Magnifier Focus Magnifier Focus Magnifier

C4 Focus Mode Focus Mode Focus Mode

Down Button White Balance White Balance White Balance

AEL Button Recall Custom Hold 1 Recall Custom Hold 2 Recall Custom Hold 3

AF-On Button AF-On AF-On AF-On

Focus Hold Button Eye AF Eye AF Eye AF

Multi-Slc Center Btn Focus Standard Focus Standard Focus Standard

Center Button Eye AF Eye AF Eye AF

 M1, M2 and M3 Memory Settings
Landscape Street Movie
Wide Angle with Tripod ‘Sunny 16’ hand-held
Movie Link https://youtu.be/JQkS5fcXv6g https://youtu.be/XVcoGkYkfAw https://youtu.be/4NfqnTxpTOY

File Type RAW Uncompressed RAW Uncompressed XAVC S 4K - 25P100M

Shoot Mode Manual Manual Shutter Priority (or Manual)
Aperture (Starting) f/11 f/16 N/A
ISO 100 400 AUTO
ISO Auto Min SS N/A N/A N/A
Shutter Speed N/A 1/400sec 1/50 Second
Drive Mode Self-timer: 2 Sec Single Shooting N/A
Focus Mode Manual Manual Continuous AF
Focus Area N/A N/A Wide
Focal Length 12-24mm 35mm N/A
Face Detect N/A N/A ON
MF Assist OFF N/A ON
Metering Mode Expose to the right Expose for the weather Multi
SteadyShot OFF ON ON
White Balance AUTO Daylight Daylight (or set to lighting)
 Reg Cust Shoot Set

Recall Custom Hold 1 Recall Custom Hold 2 Recall Custom Hold 3

Shoot Mode uncheck Shutter Priority Aperture Priority

Aperture uncheck uncheck
f/8
Shutter Speed uncheck 1/250sec 1/250sec
Drive Mode uncheck Single Shooting Single Shooting
Exposure Comp. uncheck uncheck uncheck

ISO uncheck uncheck

Auto
Metering Mode uncheck uncheck uncheck

Focus Mode DMF Single-shot AF Continuous AF

Focus Area Wide Expand Flexible Spot Wide
AF On On On On
 Function (Fn) Menu
Fn Menu Upper1 Upper2 Upper3 Upper4 Upper5 Upper6
Upper Silent Shooting Live View Display Px Shift Multi Shoot Touch Operation Metering Mode Audio Signals

Lower Lower1 Lower2 Lower3 Lower4 Lower5 Lower6

APS-C Shoot: Manual Peaking Display Face Priority in AF SteadyShot Prioritize Rec. Media Shoot Mode

Note: Px Shift Multi Shoot is an A7RIII only feature

Replace with ‘Peaking Display’ on A7III

Live Google Spreadsheet Link

I have been known to change my mind, so if I do
this is where you will get to hear about it first as
this is a live spreadsheet.

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