Last time I was shooting in shade with the Sigma 60mm 2.8, I found the lens often hunting, failing to acquire focus. I had lock-on AF and face detect both on. My focus area was also flexible spot and I was not always using the center focus point. Thanks to your video, I now know the reasons why the lens was hunting. Thanks.

It would take me million years to find out this trick.... Thank you very much.

Thanks, very useful. Your in depth reviews are really great but these smaller 'useful tips' videos are also good for building knowledge.

As a newbie to anything camera related, this tip worked perfectly! I can now take a focus shot in low light. I am highly excited ! Thanks

FINALLY I figured this out!! Probably not rocket science for you pros out there, but for folks having trouble replicating this there's two absolutely critical things that need to be set. 1) The camera needs to be in manual mode (M) and 2) You have to be shooting in RAW format. Manually moving the ISO as David does in the video should change real-time on the screen. The only aspect I cannot figure out is I cannot "see" in dark areas as good as he can in the video. I still get no focus or AF won't play nice. I think this has to do with the lens he is using vs. the kit lens I have.

Thanks for taking the time to publish! just got my new Sony a6000 today and I'm eager to learn - Great quick tutorial!

This is great video. Thanks. NOTE: **One other setting people may have to do when shooting in manual/low light/raw is to go to Menu / Settings / 2 / and change Live View Display to "Setting Effect OFF". This will give you the constant bright screen if you are getting a dark screen. (I used the kit 16-50 and this step along with the other video steps did the trick)

thx for another great video. You are giving me so many reasons why I should buy the a6000. I'm sold.

Thank you - a great way to allow the camera to work for you and stay out of its own way!

thank you, great tips, I thought I was going to have big problems with low light on the A6000,then came across your vids,thank you and keep up the great work,

Thanks for mentioning the memory part didn't know what it was for till now. Very handy thank you!!

SO Helpful! I totally forgot you could save settings in the Memory Tab! Thanks for sharing!

Super helpful video! I am going to get sigma 30mm. Thanks.

Nice explanation. Thank you , Just got my Sony A6000 and a Canon M50

Thanks for the tips! Just got this camera and love it so far!

Good. Love to see more of this kind of info, rather than be told just how much smaller the a6000 is.

Perfect. Was wondering why all the hunting in low light. I had face detect on. Setting everything to memory is also a great idea.

So helpful. Thank you for all the A6000 tips you provide!

Excellent tutorial, short and sweet.

i hope thiis will help. specially in long exposure shots i have massive problems with my focus.

Great video...I turning off Lock On Af helped alot-wish I had known that before

Just fantastic, tried asap. wow impressive. Great tutorial .

Very cool Davin I will try this indeed. Thank you for sharing this information.

Thank you so much. Your explanation was fantastic. You help me a lot.

Very useful video, thanks very much!!

Thanks for a thorough explanation!

Thank you very much for your great videos!

Thumbs up !!!!!! great Tutorial!

I'm a beginner hobby photographer, and my husband just bought me this camera (Sony a6000). I've got a lot to learn, but have found your videos very helpful! I found this video trying to figure out how to focus on an object, but I would like to blur the background. Can you show a step by step video on how to do this trick please!? I really like your videos because I learn better by watching and seeing how it's done. Thanks again for all your helpful videos!

Another good, concise tutorial for #A6000 owners. Thanks, David. I'm glad I subscribed. Cheers.

Very useful.. Thanks

No comment and just say bravo also thank you for share this experience with us 👍👍

thanks.Will try it out.

Hi Lavikka, do you have a video with guidelines/setting for street/day light shooting? this video was very helpful. Thank you!

Very mnay thanks Dain, very useful will put those settings in at once Huw

Thanks for the tips very useful as always. Scott

SUPER HELPFUL, THANK YOU

Great video

Great info.. I enjoy it..

Thank you all, your message well noted, just to let you all know that my hands are shaking too much and all my snaps are not very clear with 24mm f18. So I just received Zeiss 1670 f4 yesterday, going to take it for a ride today.being a novice going to try all I can at different settings. I hope to learn soon. Will keep you posted.

Very heplful....thanks

Awesome

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO :) YOUR VIDEO HELPED ME SO MUCH UNLIKE OTHER VIDEOS...ONLY TALKING AND NOT GETTING TO THE POINT. THANKS AGAIN :)

Thank you!

Sigo muy de cerca sus videos, son de gran utilidad, que recomiendan que i la a7 II para la fotografía de bodas?

Hi David Would you show us how to do micro adjust on Sony A7iii on Sony lens? We all need your help because I had watching on KZfaq but all on cannon and Nikon therefore “ No-one had really talk about Sony alpha system completely and I am very confused. On canon camera it has wide and telephoto adjustments but Sony don’t so I’m very confusing. Thank you Sincerely Shawn 👍

Thanks bro!!! Helps a lot!

Now I got that lens and that lens is 16mm f2.8 with converter. He shot awesome photos.

Great video, great channel. Watched all of your videos and now I sold canon 5d Mk II and bought a6000. my goal is to shoot videos like my channel intro. Can I trust this af option to shoot my videos or as I did with canon before each shot should I set focus ...

I tried with my sony A6000 e16-50mm set all menu item as what you show, but it does not work, can you help Pls, thanks

If your using a strobe how would you change the settings. I have the Sony A7ii and turn off the live preview is that correct?

so for focus mode, i can select continuous af or single shot af, right?

THANK YOU

Does the firmware on the A6000 need to be upgraded first? Thanks.

Thank You

I notice you have your creative styles set to standard with sharpness +1. What do you like about this setting? Does the additional sharpness come at the cost of more noise?

thank you

Do this same setting works for kit Len?

nice info.... new Sony A6000 for Christmas... coming from Canon XSi.... still learning.... thanks for the tip.

Does this work for shooting videos as well?

Thanks for the great tips! I feel this works best with subjects that are relatively close. Do you have any tips for getting sharp focus on night time cityscape shots? I face issues of not having the subject lit enough to tell if it's in focus, and also that the manual focus ring is way too sensitive and doesn't seem to allow for subtle adjustments past 30m or so.

Great videos. Pardon my newbie question. I have an a6000 with both the kit lens and an SEL24F18Z lens. Just tried your settings but could not replicate what I see in your video. Your LCD view finder was projecting the low light room so well in your video I was so hyped to try it but want able to replicate it. I followed your video exactly. Are my lenses incompatible?

One quick question on that sigma 30 original version. (I hear the new Art version is not as Sharp). When you say it is 100% compatible, will it do the eye auto focus? I was guessing it didn't, but now I am not so sure? You have to set it to a custom button like AEL. Thanks and keep up the great videos!

i am just curious - what do you think about using the a6000 for a wedding? indoor/low light. have you ever used one for a wedding like that? if so..what lenses would be best to go with it?

I'm confused, if you turn off live view settings effect you can no longer see the screen getting brighter or dimmer when changing the iso so how can he have them turned off.....? Please do a more detailed video going through all settings.

This is a great method but these settings would make for badly overexposed shots if working with speedlights.

Hi I have done all the settings the same but still seems very dark even have the exact same lens very strange cheers and all the best

Overall - how useful is the facedetection? I currently have it enabled but maybe i should just switch it off?

I did all of that and mine looks nothing like yours. Perhaps it's the lens? Could you test with the 16-50mm kit lens, please?

Hello Lavikka, i shot lots of indoor sports, like volleyball or basket. Do you think Sony A 6000 or A 6300 can do a better job than Canon 7D Mark 2? Thanks a lot!

The sigma and all other third party lenses like the tamron 18-200 are not fully af hybrid compatible. The phase detection af only works when set to wide or zone and when the focus mode is set to continuous. Than you can see the little squares moving on the screen, but only in the center of the frame. So it is called wide mode but because it uses the phase detect system which is only supported in the centre you get center focus. With sony lenses they move all across the screen and you have a real wide mode. Because you have set it to centre af in this video you just get the contrast detection functionality with the 3rd party lenses. So no tracking/phase detect.

I really appreciate all the tips you provide. Unfortunately, this tip isn't working for me. Using your exact settings (including turning Live view effects off & shooting in RAW with my Sony A6000 and a Sony SEL35F18 lens (shooting at 1.8 wide open), my screen is NO where near the brightness of yours. Not sure is a firmware update (am on ver. 2.0) is the reason. I even tried dropping my shutter speed from 1/50 down to 1/20 and the improvements are marginal.

Hello mate. I've received Sony A6000 as a Christmas present. I just can't seem to get the image quality right. The sharpness of the photos are poorer than my smartphone. Can you suggest what settings I should implement to improve the sharpness? Cheers mate

Lavikka Photography do you use AF assist light for low light shots?

Hi my friend? my Sony a6000 doesn't show HSS on camera's screen on left side of screen when I put more than 200 to 4000 shutter speed and I set flash set in fill in and others as well. I have Godox V860ii and X1 2.4 trigger. How can I get HSS on camera's screen? can you send me step by step please. I will really your help.

Hi Davin thanks for all the great videos. I had a question about lens compatibility with the dynamic AF. I have the Sigma 19mm EX DN lens and I've upgraded to the latest firmware on my a6000 (v3.10). Is the 30mm compatible and the 19mm not or is it just limited versions of the lenses? The settings screen is reporting the lens as Ver. 01 not sure if that is pertinent.

I am not sure if i missed something with this video, but is there way with either this or the A7 series, to have the viewfinder at say 3200, but shoot at say 400 or any different required iso?

What does continuous AF mean? AF like As fuck?

Jason Lanier took wonderful portrait by Sony a6000 but i asked many times which lens did he used? but he never answer and can you his KZfaq and can you tell me which lens did he used?

At 2:17 you get a line where it says 20-25-30 etc. I dont have that line at all. The sluter just changes, but i want that line in my gui when i change shutter/aperture. I asked you this in another thread byt couldnt explain :) Silly question but i want to know why i cant toggle it. Tried the view options, no luck.

Thank you for This video Is there A way to transfer Imagines to social media Without Loosing image quality ?? Thanks

Hi Davin, I just bought new 24mm f18 for my a6000 directly from Sony. I tried all your setting per your advise. But when I press the Shutter button half way, it brightens up and become dark again. And the Focus Square is not turning green. And also it does not get as bright as what OI watched in your above video. Please advise your expertize

For each time you successfully focused on something, did the focus assistance light go off?

I copied your settings exactly and the LCD view is still dark. This is even with the live effect view turned off. Does this trick only work with certain lenses? Did something change after the update to the camera software? I am using SEL1855/B. It would be nice to see ALL your settings.

Hello Gary. First of all Thank You for ur technical videos. and I have a issue shooting pic with flash on with my a6300 and that is: while I am pressing shutter button all the way down, sometimes it's unable to shoot a pic , it is like hunting at that time but not shooting. and to work it properly I'm again turning off and on the camera then it's working properly for first few pics and again the same issue follows. Why is it happening? Please help me.

1:23 is only for filming

Good info. I see you have a shutter glidder when you chance the shutter (time 2:19 in you movie). Some others have also a aperture glider. I haven't a glider on my A6000? How can i get it? Can you help me. Is it the new firmware? When i chance my aperture or shutter only the numbers change, their is not a glider. Regards Frank

On the nex 6 anything above Iso 800, was unuseable . Has the I so noise been improved on the a6000.

How what you set the camera for low light wedding processional in a church (no flash)?

So do I use this setting if I am shooting in low light outside? I'm going to Antelope Canyon in Page, AZ and I'm not sure what setting I should use on my camera. I have the a6000 with the kit lens.

I have Sony A7ii and when I try to use off camera flash at night with shutter speed of 125 and ISO of 200 I can't see anything. It is too dark. how do you use off camera flash in low light.

Hello! Can you do this as well in Sony a5100?

Hi I'm using a Sony A6000 with a 16-50mm kit lens. I have set to AF-C, Face and lock on to off, live view effect off. When I set my ISO to eg.3200 or higher, the view still dark. I can't view the brightness like in your video...what am I missing? Thanks.

I have Sony a7 and tried these settings in room with pretty much same darkness. Was shooting wit canon 50mm 1.8. Didn't get this result like yours in this video. Why ?

what did you do for the dark background excluding you?

my bf is a photographer and he is using D610 and he bought a A6000 to me for Christmas gift. He found out A6000 could not focus to face in indoor area. He want to know is A6000 low light AF only can focus not below EV 0 environment?

Hi David, nice video! I have a Zeiss 24mm 1.8. I set my settings according to the video and my screen is not even close to being visible as yours. Could it be my lens?

Can u show on Sony a5100 please !!;(

is liveview the same as evf thinking of getting the a5100

3:05 notice the battery jump :)