The Sony A7 II: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide
These SCN modes give you more control because the camera will make setting decisions—such as ISO, exposure, shutter speed, and aperture—based on the mode you choose. This is an excellent way to increase your percentage of satisfactory images.
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It might seem illogical, but the exposure compensation dial is enabled when you set the ISO to [ISO AUTO]. When you do this, you can alter the recommended exposure by turning the exposure compensation dial, which in turn alters the ISO setting. In contrast, the dial is inactive if you set the ISO to a fixed value.
Carol F. Roullard • The Sony A7 II: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide
The camera will track the subject so you can take shot after shot until one of the following conditions is met: the subject is no longer in the field of view, you turn off the Center Lock-on AF command with the menu, or you turn off the camera.
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capacity and a higher write speed. If you insert the card into a computer that cannot handle its speed or capacity, you may receive a prompt that asks you to format the card. Don’t format the card unless you are prepared to lose all the data stored on it.
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This brings us to Face Detection and some of the inconsistencies in the design of the Intelligent Auto and Superior Auto modes. There are four portrait modes: Portrait, Night Portrait, Backlight Portrait, and Infant. You might think the camera would automatically use Face Detection, but this is not the case. None of these portrait modes are
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only way we could review the movie on our camera was to use the Time-lapse app. If you exit the app, the time-lapse movie will not be played when you press the playback button.
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Slow Sync. Use this Flash Mode option with slow shutter speeds. The flash fires, and the camera shutter is kept open so the sensor can capture light from the background. Typically in flash photography, this area is illuminated by ambient light and the flash illuminates subjects that are close to the camera. This
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Some photographers claim that UV filters degrade image quality and offer minimal protection. We disagree with this viewpoint.
Carol F. Roullard • The Sony A7 II: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide
The Picture Effect function lets you apply a predefined effect filter when you record movies and JPEG pictures. It is disabled when you shoot panoramas and when Quality is set to [RAW] or [RAW & JPEG].