David Busch’s Sony Alpha a7R II/a7 II Guide to Digital Photography

From our perspective as users, there’s a pragmatic reason to have two such modes: the speed with which you can capture a follow-up shot. When the camera uses the multishot strategy in Superior Auto, the camera can spend up to 10 seconds processing the images and saving them to the memory card, during which time the camera is inoperable. That makes

Although Intelligent Auto mode can produce great results, Superior Auto mode has an added feature that can fine-tune the camera settings to create higher-quality images. Superior Auto determines the same scene modes as Intelligent Auto (table 4-2), and it can determine if the image would benefit from the application of one of the following six shoo

An advantage of using A and S modes is that they allow you to control the depth of field or the appearance of moving subjects, respectively.

The slider lock is essential if you take exposures that last minutes. The remote control also has a dedicated button that starts a movie and a rocker switch that adjusts the focal length of motorized zoom lenses. In addition, it can be used on the Sony SLT series cameras. The previous remote control model for the SLT series cameras cannot be used o

You can rotate the front or rear dial to change the combination to other values, such as f/2.8 and 1/250 second, or f/5.6 and 1/60 second. Sony calls these changes Program Shift.

Most DSLRs and Sony SLT cameras require you to stop the lens down manually by pressing a depth of field preview button. This is not necessary when the a7 II is set to A mode. With this setting, the camera provides a real-time depth of field preview. As you close or open the aperture, the display screen shows the depth of field as the sensor sees it

If your goal is to switch from automatic to manual focus, you will find that the AF/MF button can be even faster and more convenient because there are additional command settings.