Lessons
Class Introduction
05:40 2Sony A7 Mark II: Overview
15:53 3Photography Basics
07:36 4Basic Controls
08:12 5Panorama Controls
04:44 6Mode Dial and Exposure Compensation
10:47 7Custom Key Settings
06:27 8Focus Area
08:45Multi Interface Shoe
02:31 10Back Side: Navigation
11:02 11Function Button: Modes
22:40 12Display Options
10:18 13Left and Right Side: Navigation
15:26 14Bottom and Front: Navigation
03:45 15Sony Lens Options
15:37 16Camera Menu: 1
09:29 17Camera Menu: 2
06:01 18Camera Menu: 3
02:42 19Camera Menu: 4
05:02 20Camera Menu: 5
08:31 21Camera Menu: 6
08:46 22Camera Menu: 7
11:32 23Camera Menu: 8
05:39 24Camera Menu: 9
07:16 25Custom Set-Up: 1
04:42 26Custom Set-Up: 2
05:33 27Custom Set-Up: 3
09:19 28Custom Set-Up: 4
04:24 29Custom Set-Up: 5
09:35 30Custom Set-Up: 6
03:53 31Custom Set-Up: 7
07:12 32Custom Set-Up: 8
02:41 33Wireless Options
03:44 34Application and Play Menus
17:42 35Set-Up Menu: 1-6
16:01 36Camera Operation
09:21Lesson Info
Panorama Controls
All right, next up is thie sweep panorama mode now this one is kind of cool for anyone who wants to gather a very wide shot very quickly and simply and one of the things that we're doing new in this fast start class compared to all the others is we now have gone out to the field and we shot some real video to show you how different features work so let's go ahead and show you a video clip of using this he mowed I'll into the panorama option there are two different styles right now if I checked the menu we are on standard panorama size and let's go ahead and line up our panorama and what we're going to do is press down on the shutter release the camera will take a serious of photos as we sweep to the right hand side as this arrow indicates right now so I'm gonna press the button and if I go too quickly uh it doesn't like that I can't do it so let's go back and try this again and you got to be nice and smooth about your movements and if you start, you know, tipping the camera doing crazy...
things like that it's not gonna work out so this time I will actually try to do it and here we go nice, smooth, even it's telling us which direction to move the camera and we move over here and it gets to the end uh, long one there. Ok, so it's gonna process that image? Let's, take a quick look at that image and you can see we've got this nice wide image here. All right, now we're going to do an extra wide panorama, but we're gonna have a fun little element that I think it's a great little tip for you. So we got kale in out here and she is on the left side of the frame and I'm going to start shooting pictures. And as soon as I have her out of the frame, which is right now, she's going to run around behind me over and get in the frame on the other side, hold still. There we go and let's see what happens to to get it didn't get her twins will play it back, and we have caitlin twins in there on the left and on the right. So you got to be real quick getting around. You're gonna get the super wide panorama. Uh, that should be a lot of fun to dio, so have fun with that one. All right, so here are the photos that I shot in that video example, and you can see caitlin or model here. There's not really too of him we wish there wass but there's only one and just ah pretty quick to run around to get on to the other side and so there are two different sizes here so let me go some through some of the technical aspects of this there are different ways that you can pan you could do a horizontal pan or you could do a vertical pan obviously a vertical pan is going to give you a little bit more reach top to bottom and so it depends on whether you want it how wide and how tall you wanted in doing this and you can change the direction by just turning the front dial on the camera so we actually end up having four different options and we will end up with four different sizes of panorama is the standard down which really isn't that wide the wide down standard right and then wide right and we end up with different size files my feeling is that the wide right looks cool but it's very hard to use an extremely skinny one and so wide down is one of my favorite and standard right is one of my favorite but there is a serious problem with this mode and if you are looking at taking a very high quality photo this does have some problems and so let me show you what this largest one looks like full screen here and we're gonna pan over and going to stop in here because I want to show you this was a very windy day in seattle, and you'll notice that the camera is shooting multiple individual photos and it is stitching them together and you can see where these lines are. There was varying amounts of sharpness and movement in the water and it's not seamless. It doesn't look very good with subjects that are moving, and so you have to be very careful with subjects that are moving because it just doesn't look real good. If you are looking to take a quick panorama, this is a simple and easy way of doing it. If you are looking at taking a professional quality image, I would recommend using the traditional technique of shooting individual photographs and then using some sort of software program to piece it all together, but for a quick little just nice to have a nice little remembrance of this place. It's a nice snapshot mode to use, so that is the sweep panorama mode, and once again you can simply change directions by turning the front dial. If you want to change the size between the standard and the wide, you have to do that in the menu of the camera itself.
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Ratings and Reviews
Diane Schulman
INCREDIBLE Class! I couldn't find anything on the internet that truly explained this camera, explained what it can and can't do and what accessories would work with it. I have had my Sony A7II for awhile now, but was so overwhelmed by it, I rarely even took it out of its case. It was just easier to use my Canon 5D III. After this class, I am so excited to finally practice with and use my Sony. John is an incredible teacher. He is thorough, professional, fun and knowledgeable! Buying this class was the best investment!!! I feel like I just got the gift of a new camera because I can finally use my Sony!!! Thanks John and Thanks Creative Live!!!
Enrique Vega es
I stored my Sony A7II for more than a year since I've been Canon's user for 7 years and I felt unsure of taking this new camera which implied a different menu system, different functions, a little bit intimidating. Finally, I took a bit of valor, put my camera next to the computer monitor for then start watching this guide and I spent a great time actually. I'm amazed at how helpful and clear is the sequence of the chapters. It was enough to get to chapter ten to know all the basic controls and start taking pictures with an equivalent confidence of my good old Canon, or even better since in the chapter 8th I learned how accurate and easy to use is the focusing system, either, manual or auto (For stills I've always used manual focusing). Very informative, enjoyable and now I became a new fan of the mirrorless cameras, at the point that I'm considering to buy another two :D
Madgardener
Was so grateful to find this class introducing the operation of my first mirrorless camera. The Sony a7 series is quite different from my Canon DSLRs and I am confident that John gave me a good head start. Without this comprehensive intro it would have been VERY frustrating and I would not be making full use of the camera's many abilities! Thanks for a great course at a fair price.
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