The Sony A7 II: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide

In Manual Exposure (when ISO Auto is disabled), or in Aperture Priority, the shutter speed will change. If ISO Auto is set in Manual Exposure, the bracketed set will be created by changing the ISO setting. In Shutter Priority, the aperture will change. Use continuous mode when you want all the images in the set to be framed as similarly as possible

in Manual Exposure mode, the shutter speed and aperture are selected by you and fixed at those settings until you change them. However, if ISO Auto is active, you can add or subtract exposure compensation, as described earlier, by rotating the exposure compensation dial on top of the camera, or by using the menu, Function menu, or a physical ISO co

Focus can adjust during the burst if you set Focus Mode to Continuous AF and AEL w/Shutter to Off or Auto.

For most kinds of candid photography, sports, or photojournalism, most of us would rather get the shot rather than lose a fleeting moment, and so Release is often your best choice. If you have a little more time, and the shot won’t be affected by a short delay (perhaps half a second, on average), Balanced Emphasis, the default, will do the job. If

I prefer to choose Manual but then leave the display at the zero setting. This ensures the most accurate view of scene brightness

Center Lock-On AF Options: On, Off Default: Off My preference: Off This setting, the first in the a7R II’s Camera Settings 7 menu (shown in Figure 3.19), tells the camera to detect a subject positioned in the center of the frame and then adjust focus as the camera tracks its movement. A pair of white boxes appear in the EVF and LCD monitor. Move th