Sony A7C and Sports Photography - My Preferred Settings

In this video I will walk you thru my Sony A7C settings specifically for Sports Photography. I use my Son Jase for tracking purposes both running and riding his bike towards me. Gear used linked below and thanks for watching, Jay

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[shotbysingh]

I'm super grateful you make such great A7C videos!! Favorite youtuber for tips and tricks. You are super detailed and make it simple for everyone. Your videos are just GOLD and straight to the point

[viveksathish]

Thank you for the video. There are a couple of things I would like to highlight.
1) If you are shooting Raw, the WB doesn’t matter
2) I would disable Pre-AF as it slows down the high speed shooting
3) Spot Metering- I would link to focus point instead of center

[ztoobez]

Great tutorial Jason. I just picked up an A7C, so I'll definitely try these settings.

[Alxnder]

Great video man, thanks! And your kid is super adorable lol.

[peter]

My sharp looking dog appreciated these tips

[djm]

Exceptionally informative video. Thank you for the great set up guide. Set mine exactly the same way and shot some fantastic motorcycle racing shots.
The tracking hardly misses anything using your settings, even the riders eyes when it could see through the visor. 👍

[yoki]

Thank you ... very informative.... oh and thank Jase for doing the hard work... without him on his bike or running we wouldn't know just how good the tracking is on the A7c.... Regards... Yoki..

[MikeKeller]

This is awesome, thanks so much! Shooting some high school basketball for a friend tonight, hoping this is the ticket.

[KyleSharpton]

I love you tutorials man! I’ve learned so much from you! Thank you!!

[orpaztron]

thanks Jason. I'm getting out to shoot footvolley with the 85 mm 1.8 and your settings. hope to get some sunset reddish sports shoots.

[CoryShubert]

... and yes we can. Go to Menu/Camera icon 2/Custom Key/select the camera button (3/3) then select Tracking On. So far testing is exactly what I hoped for, no need to touch the back of the camera to initiate, just press the camera button and tracking locks on.

[AbuYussuf]

Thank you very much, I learned alot from you.

[jestonyaguilar]

was considering this as my first camera for sports but don't see much videos. thanks for this!

[donaldrandell]

Thanks for sharing. It was very helpful.

[CoryShubert]

Hi, nice video... I recently sold my gen1 70-200f4 lens for the newer updated one. Was out shooting a hockey game and couldn't get the thing to lock on and stay as the original lens did. Curious if you know if we can select one of the custom buttons on the lens to trigger focus lock like we can by touching the back of the screen? Will try and see, but I also sent back the lens and will see if it was a bad one or user error... cheers.

[vpnconsult]

I want to give you an like for the amazing athlete on the thumbnail!

[flyingpointrd]

Jason - This is great, thanks for posting. A bunch of us have tried to figure out how to use PocketWizard triggers with A7Cs as a 2nd or 3rd remote. For some reason, Sony decided not to use their multi-USB although they use it on less expensive cameras (e.g. ZV-1). Any chance you've ever tried to figure out how to use a remote trigger?

[PeteBreen]

Great shots! It's all about the lens.

[scottlnrd]

I've been trying to find the right settings for plane spotting at the airport. Typically these planes are moving, so I'm going to give these settings a try. Only difference for me is the Sony 200-600mm lens. Let me know if you have any additional recommendations for that. But it sounds like this may work just fine. I'll try it with a tripod and hand-shooting just to see.

[joobes]

Wow i'm going to try this lens out. Thank you for the tips. I'm curious if there's a different lens you use for recording?