- In this video,
I'm going to show you how to
get the best vlog settings
for your Sony A6400.
Let's get it.
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We love the Sony A6400.
Not only because of all its features
but just because it is a
great camera to vlog with.
But we understand that a lot
of people bought this camera
probably for the very first time
or maybe it's their
first camera in general.
It may be a lot to take in.
However, we don't
recommend shooting on Auto.
If you bought this camera,
you can really get some great,
crispy video out of it so,
we're going to show you a very simple way
to set up your camera.
So you could set it and forget
it and get to posting videos.
So the first thing you want
to do is get into Movie Mode.
We're going to head right into Movie Mode
with the dial and then, the second thing.
If you have your Exposure setting
on either Manual or Program,
you want to change that
to Shutter Priority.
And the way you do that
is you go into the Menu,
under the second tab right over here,
you could see Exposure Mode.
We're going to change
that to Shutter Priority.
The reason why this is important
to change out is because when vlogging,
the one thing you don't
want to change to be honest
is your Shutter Speed.
It's what's going to keep
your video looking consistent
all the way through.
Whether you're inside, outside,
awkward lighting, good lighting.
You just want to make sure that
the movement that's going on
in the video is good for the person
that's going to watch your
vlogs I.e their vlogs.
You just want to make sure
that you lock that in.
Now that you have your Exposure Mode
set to Shutter Priority.
Now, based off of your frame rate,
you just simply double that
and that's what you set
your Shutter Speed to.
Here at Think Media,
we usually do 30 frames per second
so we're just going to make
sure that we're shooting
in 4K/30 frames per second.
As you can see, we have that all set up.
Which means, you want your Shutter Speed
to be 1/60 of a second.
I'm just going to crank that
right down from 500 to 60.
If you want to do 24
frames, that's totally fine.
You can do 50 on your Shutter Speed
and then if you're going to film 60,
you want to do 125 on your Shutter Speed.
The next thing is
changing your ISO to Auto.
This is again, a set
it and forget it setup
for your Sony A6400.
We're just going to put the ISO on Auto
and now what's going to
happen is your camera
is going to work with Auto and Aperture
to adjust your Exposure.
You could see from this example
footage we shot right here.
From inside my house which
is pretty chill lighting,
I go outside
and the camera's literarily
changing the Exposure for me
and with my Shutter Speed
just staying locked on,
it's very consistent.
It's still smooth.
Yes, maybe my Aperture's a little high
but at least the shot's very consistent
as far as motion jitter goes.
From inside the car,
we want to just make sure that
you can go inside/outside,
not even having to adjust settings
and it's just going do it for you.
Now that we're inside,
it's on Aperture F4.
Ruby!
What you doing?
What you doing?
The fourth thing you want to
set up is your Focus setting.
The first thing we're going to do is
we're going to change our
Focus Mode to Continuous.
Make sure it's not on Manual
but it's on Continuous.
And then you want to change
your Focus Area to Wide.
You want the camera to take
the full picture into consideration
when choosing what to focus on.
So if you change the
Focus Area to let's say...
A Flexible Spot.
The issue is if your face
is outside of this square,
it's not going to be able to grab focus.
That's why it's really important
to just make sure that's on Wide
and it actually makes face
detection much easier.
Which leads me to my fifth thing
and that is turning on Face Detection.
It's so nice to actually
have that all set up so,
we're just going to turn Face Priority on.
As you notice, I'm just
jumping into shortcuts.
We did a video talking
about the best shortcuts
for this camera if you
want to check that out.
We'll put it in the YouTube card
and in the description below.
Simply saying, that's why I
have those shortcuts set up.
It's just so we can jump in.
If we're going into vlog mode,
could simply go into Fn or
we could go into my
Menu settings under Menu
and it's all ready to go
and super easy to set up.
Let's say you didn't watch that video.
I think one thing if you have yet to do,
just go into your second Menu option
and on page nine...
Under
Focus Touch Operation,
just make sure you hit Touch Tracking.
Because the camera comes
out of box on Touch Focus.
Touch Tracking enables
real time Auto-focus
which is why people
rave about this camera.
It has incredible Auto-focus.
But when you enable Touch Tracking,
it really unlocks the full
potential of that capability.
Also when it comes to
vlogging and your setup,
some suggestions we
recommend here at Think Media
is definitely when vlogging,
you want to go with a Wide Lens.
For this setup, we have
the 10-18 F4 Sony Lens.
One of the best vlogging lenses.
Reason being because this
lens has Optical SteadyShot.
And what that means simply is that
there is technology in
this lens to lessen jitter.
And if you didn't know,
the Sony A6400 doesn't have
In Body Image Stabilization
and so, adding a lens
that has Optical SteayShot
is pretty key and very helpful.
Second is Microphone or Audio.
You just want to make sure
you pick a good Shotgun Mic.
Rode makes one that
doesn't require battery.
We're currently using the Deity V-mic D3.
Super cool mic
because it shuts on and
off with the camera.
The third thing you want to think about
is a Relocation Mount for your mic
and that comes because the hutch you mount
is obviously in a position
where it takes away the ability
to use the flip-up screen
which is what's awesome about
this camera for vlogging.
You want to make sure you
have a good Relocation Mount
and we'll put all of this stuff
in the YouTube description below
so make sure to check those links out.
Question of the day is:
What lens are you vlogging
with with your Sony A6400?
Let us know in the comment section below
and we'll see you in the next video.
Peace!
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