Sony a7ii Best Video Settings

What’s the best fast track video setting for Sony a7ii?

One time setup

• — RESETTING THE CAMERA —
• Go to Menu tab5 screen7.
• Setting Reset | Initialize | OK
• (Do this only once when you take over the camera from someone else who may have messed up the setting)
• — SELECTING NTSC OR PAL —-
• Beware! The SD card will be reformatted when doing jthis. So remember to transfer your files out from the card first.
• Go to Menu tab6 page2.
• NTSC/PAL Selector | PAL (for UK, Europe, and most Asia) / NTSC (for North America)
• Note! NTSC or PAL doesn’t matter in digital video playback, BUT it matters if you want to avoid the flickering issue when shooting under fluorescent lights.
• — SETTING VIDEO FORMAT —
• Go to Menu tab1 page2.
• File Format: XAVC S
• Record Setting: 25p 50M (for PAL) / 30p 50M (for NTSC)
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• — SWITCHING TO VIDEO MODE —
• Set Mode Dial to video mode.
• — FORMATTING SD CARD —
• Insert the SD Card.
• Press the MENU button.
• Go to Menu tab5 screen5.
• Format SD CARD. (Do this once for every new project to ensure sufficient storage space)

• — SETTING CREATIVE STYLE —
• Go to Menu tab1 screen12.
• Creative Style: Standard

• — SETTING AUTOFOCUS —
• Press Fn.
• Focus Mode: Continuous AF
• Focus Area: Expand Flexible Spot
• Go to Menu tab1 screen6.
• Set. Face Prty in AF: On | Face Dtct Frame Dsp: On

• — SETTING MANUAL EXPOSURE —
• Go to Menu tab2 screen1.
• Exposure Mode: Manual Exposure
• — FIXING SHUTTER SPEED —
• FIX the shutter speed to 1/60 by adjusting the Rear Dial.
• — SETTING ISO —
• Press Fn.
• Set ISO: 800
• — ADJUSTING APERTURE —
  Set the aperture for exposure depending on the scene by adjusting the front dial.

• — SETTING WHITE BALANCE —
• Press Fn.
• White Balance | Custom Setup | Point the camera at a white or grey object | Press the control wheel Enter button

• — SETTING AUDIO —
• Go to Menu tab2 screen2.
• Audio Recording: On
• Audio Rec Level: Adjust so level won’t hit the red.

Sony a7ii Specs

Sony a7ii User Instruction Manual