My Sony A7RII Settings
A few of you have asked me recently what settings I change on my Sony cameras. Since I just bought another Sony A7RII, I figured I'd record me walking through the menus and setting up the camera for the first time. Something to keep in mind is that my style of shooting is predominantly landscape scenes and (more or less) stationary subjects.
For those that prefer reading, here is the list of the settings I change from the defaults. I explain my reasoning in the video.
Camera Settings
Quality to RAW
File Format to AVCHD
Bracket Settings to - -> 0 -> +
Focus Area to Single Point (Medium)
ISO AUTO MIN SS 1/4000
SteadyShot to Off
Color Space to Adobe RGB
Custom Settings
Zebra to 100+
Grid Line to Diag + Square Grid
Auto Review to Off
Peaking Level to Mid
Peaking Color to Yellow
Priority Set in AF-S to Release
Custom Key Settings
Custom Button 1 to SteadyShot
Down Button to Deactivate Monitor
AF/MF Button to AF/MF Ctrl Toggle
Setup Menu
Audio Signals to Off
Pwr Save Start Time to 5 Min
Remote Ctrl to On
USB Connect to Mass Storage
Copyright Info
Write to On
Set Photographer and Copyright holder to my name
Everything else I keep at the default setting. That doesn't mean I won't change settings based on field conditions. I find the defaults for everything else a reasonable baseline for my shooting style.