What’s the best fast track video setting for Sony a7ii?
One time setup
- — RESETTING THE CAMERA —
- Go to Menu tab5 screen7.
- Setting Reset | Initialize | OK
- (Do this only once when you take over the camera from someone else who may have messed up the setting)
- — SELECTING NTSC OR PAL —-
- Beware! The SD card will be reformatted when doing
jthis . So remember to transfer your files out from the card first. - Go to Menu tab6 page2.
- NTSC/PAL Selector | PAL (for UK, Europe, and most Asia) / NTSC (for North America)
- Note! NTSC or PAL doesn’t matter in digital video playback, BUT it matters if you want to avoid the flickering issue when shooting under fluorescent lights.
- — SETTING VIDEO FORMAT —
- Go to Menu tab1 page2.
- File Format: XAVC S
- Record Setting: 25p 50M (for PAL) / 30p 50M (for NTSC)
- — SWITCHING TO VIDEO MODE —
- Set Mode Dial to video mode.
- — FORMATTING SD CARD —
- Insert the SD Card.
- Press the MENU button.
- Go to Menu tab5 screen5.
- Format SD CARD. (Do this once for every new project to ensure sufficient storage space)
- — SETTING CREATIVE STYLE —
- Go to Menu tab1 screen12.
- Creative Style: Standard
- — SETTING AUTOFOCUS —
- Press Fn.
- Focus Mode: Continuous AF
- Focus Area: Expand Flexible Spot
- Go to Menu tab1 screen6.
- Set. Face
Prty in AF: On | FaceDtct Frame Dsp: On
- — SETTING MANUAL EXPOSURE —
- Go to Menu tab2 screen1.
- Exposure Mode: Manual Exposure
- — FIXING SHUTTER SPEED —
- FIX the shutter speed to 1/60 by adjusting the Rear Dial.
- — SETTING ISO —
- Press Fn.
- Set ISO: 800
- — ADJUSTING APERTURE —
Set the aperture for exposure depending on the scene by adjusting the front dial.
- — SETTING WHITE BALANCE —
- Press Fn.
- White Balance | Custom Setup | Point the camera at a white or grey object | Press the control wheel Enter button
- — SETTING AUDIO —
- Go to Menu tab2 screen2.
- Audio Recording: On
- Audio Rec Level: Adjust so level won’t hit the red.
Sony a7ii Specs
Sony a7ii User Instruction Manual