This is a 3 year old video, but it is _exactly_ what I needed. I just recently replaced my GH5 with the Sony a7s iii. I do mostly street videography for my channel, but the problem is that the autofocus would catch a passing cyclist and focus on them instead of the street, leaving the street out of focus until the cyclist passed. This now gives me the perfect balance of auto focus while also locking on to the subject. Thanks!

@CreativeView

Жыл бұрын

no, This is a 5 year old video, but it is exactly what I needed.

I’ve been shooting sony for a couple years now, this is an incredibly simple tip that never crossed my mind. This is a huge help

@geraldundone

5 жыл бұрын

Great! I'm glad. Thanks for saying so. Cheers!

@vidvoodoo

4 жыл бұрын

Gerald Undone LOL 😂

@royrodriguez4779

4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree!! That just made my life a bit easier

Just make sure that your lens is set to autofocus and the camera to manual focus. If you set the lens to manual focus, this trick won’t work. Took me a solid hour to figure this out as I had the lens in manual focus. Thanks for the amazing tip Gerald! This truly is a lifesaver.

This is perfect! Exactly what I was looking for! With funky eyesight, I honestly don't trust myself to get manual focus right. But I hate filming in AF, a bird flies into the shot, or a car drives by, or a breeze stirs the bokeh, foreground trees, and the focus starts shifting. This is exactly what I need to get the focus right & locked in!! Thank you!!

Bro I have been stressing so hard about this issue, so simple on my old nikon d750 but i couldnt get it to work no matter what I did with the new sony a7iii. I was super sad and depressed about it, trying to figure it out for days. no one on any forum online or any video anywhere addresses this except for you here. I can't understand why no one else is talking about this or cares, back button focus during video is so incredibly useful and important. THANK YOU!!!

Very very useful, I set manual focus for live stream and have spent 15 mins focusing then zooming with peak and making it perfectly focused now it takes 2 seconds, THANK YOU!

@geraldundone

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it. Thanks for the comment! Cheers!

@deadair271

3 жыл бұрын

@@geraldundone I had the GH5 for a year and LOVED the manual focus with the back button to put a video into focus. I now have the Sony a6600 and can not get this to work. I watched this video and couldn't get it to work. Any suggestions for the 6600? I can't find any KZread videos for it and this manual focus hack.

Excellent tip!!! Easy to follow instructions. Love the picture in picture.

@geraldundone

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kris! I'm glad. Thanks for the feedback. Cheers! 😃

Amazing trick, thanks so much for sharing!! :)

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this, it's been doing my head in ever since I changed to the A7III

Thank you so much for all the excellent presented, useful information, covering every possible aspect. These are the most helpful videos I have watched. Keep up the great work! It is highly appreciated!

All those focus controls have mushroomed into hundreds of ways to focus. Thanks for extracting a practical one and explaining it simply 👍👍👍

2nd video in two days which directly helps me with my A7III. legend

Two years later and this is still a great trick. Works well on Sony APS-Cs as well (just tried on my a6100). Thanks!

It didn't work for me at first but it works now. If you have problems as well then here is what I did: 1. On Custom Keys (Tab 2, Page 8) for stills, set the AF-ON button to ''AF ON''. In stills mode I have the AEL button set to ''Eye AF'' for back button focus, so I leave that. 2. On Custom Keys for video, I have everything on ''Follow Custom'' except the AEL button (Page 3) which I set to AF/MF Control Hold. 3. Now I go into video Mode and switch to Manual Focus 4. When I press and hold down the AEL button now, it will switch to Auto Focus mode for as long as I hold the AEL button. While I am holding that button, I can half press the shutter button and it will work as in Geralds video. I don't know what I did wrong at first, but this is how it should be set up.

Boom! I've been missing this from my Lumix cameras... Awesome tip! thanks! I assigned it to the multi-selector center button, because I do actually use my AEL and AF-On buttons for other stuff, but it's convenient enough.

@clickryanG

5 жыл бұрын

Just wondering, what do you use the AEL and AF-On custom buttons for when shooting Video? thxs

I tried this on my a7 and it works. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. Thumbs.

Dude you just saved me from insanity. Coming into shooting video from doing sports stills for years, the sony AF is sooo brilliant but only really works for what I do with this setup, so that it works like I use it for stills. THAAAANK YOU!!!! Amazing. Been messing with this for weeks and not getting it quite right until now.

this is brilliant! Thanks so much. I'm just getting started in videography after years in photography. So helpful and clearly explained!

I like having it on toggle, that way I can always have it in auto focus (since I usually use a gimbal) and can just press it once and it stays in manual. Great tip!

@bobceffo

4 жыл бұрын

Your tip is also good!

Definitely needed this, thanks Gerald.

Thanks Gerald. My a6400 was driving me nuts for video. Had stopped using it but found your video and am all smiles again. Legend !!! Cheers Gerry👍👍

This is so great! Just got an A7iii and this is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks so much for your time to make this video!

Damn, this just made my work easier! thanks for this tutorial Gerald!

This info is a game changer! Thank you SO much.

Thank you for the trick, that's really helpful!

Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for!

Glad I found this, extremely useful thing to know when filming yourself especially. So there's no hunting or loss of focus.

a year and a half later and im just finding this gem of info. You are the man!!!

Absolutely brilliant. You've just solved the biggest problem I've had with my A7iii. Thank you so much for this brilliant tutorial.

We learned a lot today. Thank you for sharing. We appreciate it.

This was a very helpful video for me because Gerald really takes time to explain in detail. Newbies really need someone to hold their hand and explain in detail hands-on and not just throw out some terms.

Brilliant, I needed this! I shoot continuous all the time, but there are times I just want manual. Thank you Gerald!

This tip has helped me a lot. My AEL button is permanently set as recommended. Thank you Gerald.

Very helpful, changed my A7III, love it

Really this is one, i am searching all over KZread.. helps me a lot!! Thank u so much for ur tip 👍😊

Another great video. Will be suing this on my A7iii for sure..

Amazing information and I've never thought about AEL button on video 😅 thank you for sharing this 🙏😁

this is great advice! Will be using this :) thanks Gerald!!

This is actually needed. Thank you. Subbed

@geraldundone

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad I could help. Look forward to having you around. 😃

Well done Gerald Undone!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot.

This video was a lifesaver! Shooting people that are sitting with expressive hand gestures, the camera tended to wanna focus on their hands, especially if they moved closer towards the lens. This method lets me keep the focus back on their faces where it needs to very easily. (and have a use for the AEL button!) Thanks! Liked and subscribed!

Thanks man! this helps and solves a lot of things for me!

That’s cool man! Very helpful! More videos like that for Sony pls

Just came across this video now, its still relevant. The best part is, you sound like a smarter Dane Cook.

Such a handy tip! Cheers for posting.

@geraldundone

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Charles! Appreciate the comment. 👍

OMG! Finally someone (you) explained this and also how to set it up!!!! Thank you!!!!!

I needed this desperately!!! I'm doing underwater filming school and I would have these awesome shots only to get ruined by the stupid AF and unfortunately once the camera is in the housing I can't change the manual focus because I don't have a focus ring for my lens for the underwater housing. UGGGG. Hopefully tomorrow's dive will be an alllll new experience. Thank you soooo much for taking the tine to think outside the Sony Box!!!

I'm starting to use man focus and this is exactly what I needed thanks so much!

i missed the tap&drag focusing on my Canon 80D, now this trick does it for me on my A7III. awesome, thank you so much!

Amazing! My Sony Alpha was not focusing and I came across your video It tried the AEL button and it seemed to fix what I was looking for ... Thank u so much !!!

great trick I was trying to do the same on my a6400 but didn't know how now I did it it works just fine you are the man

@geraldundone

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad to hear it. Thanks for the comment.

Awesome! Really helpful!

Thank u! a life changer advice. I was looking for some feature like this one cause autofucus fails a lot sometimes I was shooting under sunlight and because of the light couldn´t control the autofocus and sometimes if a far object made the autofocus change. With this now I completly shoot on manual mode and I focus the area then I chill :D Thanks a lot Gerald.

Just brilliant! Thank you!

Boom! Great find man. Love the content ✊🏻

This is great thanks Bro! I gotta tell my brother about this, he was telling me about this the other day, and I said no you can’t do this!! You the man....

@geraldundone

6 жыл бұрын

Ha. Nice! I'm glad. 😃 Cheers!

Gerald you've undone it again! Awesome! 👍👍

Incredibly useful. This is the hallmark of valuable content: is it still relevant years later? Yes. Thanks for the great content.

super helpful as always! THX

went back to this video since I just got my A7III today. i think around months ago you only had abt 10k subs!! CHEERS GERALD! from the Philippines

Had I seen this video 1 week ago..... Awesome, thanks so much Gerald.

Great tip. Just getting into video and this is very useful. Thank you for the tutorial.

@geraldundone

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad. Thanks for commenting!

This was very helpful. I was wondering what autofocus settings do most people use for filming cinematic b roll on the a7iii? What do you find most helpful. I usually have a box in the middle to focus everything on, but is there a better system that works for you?

Thank the gods this channel exists

Love it! Thanks man

Excellent video, synthetic and clear, thanks!

absolute top..thank you man..i am a canonshooter eos 5d mark 4 and bought the a6400 with the crane m2 for a little cityscape video. i am in venice now and with this tip from you i am ready to go :-) thanx a lot

This video really helped me with my Sony. Now that I'm back with canon, I was having the same problem. I had this video bookmarked. Of course the menus are different, but because of your video I KNEW WHAT I was looking for. So now I can toggle focus when shooting video. THANKS A BUNCH.

Thank you so much dude ...! It's amazing trick ❤️❤️❤️❤️love it ...just subscribed 🤟

thanks - also coming from GH4 I was missing this feature. Now I have my A9 and A6500 this way for photo and video. thumbs up

It took me a few watches to fully understand this but I love it! Set my A7iii up to use it this way it will help so much

This is so clever!!! Will definitely practice this technique!

Thank you so much Gerald!!!

thank you thank you. great tips. and i love how you deliver technical info. very clear . KEEP IT UP

@geraldundone

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Appreciate it.

Brilliant tip. Thank you!

AMZING GERALD! Thanks for this awesome tip

@geraldundone

6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for the comment. Glad I could help. 😃

great tutorial thank you!

Great Tip and such useful information, not found in any manual. Thanks bud.

Woooooow! Sooooo cool! Thank you!

YOU ARE AMAZINGGGGG, THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEED!

Cool, very helpful I guess! Thanks a lot, need to test that right away!

This is so helpful. thanks man

Great trick I've been looking for, for month. As a former Panasonic user like you, I'm feeling bad with that strange Sony continuous AF that never stops and can ruin your shots in video mode. Thanks a lot Gerald !!

Great video Gerald. If I wear a cap like that will it make me as bright, articulate and informative as you? It`s my only hope..

Awesome trick mate. Subscribed ✌

Fantastic tip ! thanks a lot

Nest trick, thank you! 🙏🏻

Nice Beanie bro! and Thank you!!! I had no idea I could do this with my a7iii and I've been wanting to do this!

FINALLY I have a solution to this, it's been a nightmare trying to get A7RIII camera focussed on me and staying there when shooting my head to camera stuff. Brilliant tip, thanks :D

@geraldundone

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, Dan! Happy it helps. Thanks for saying so. Cheers.

A little remark: if your lens have AF/MF toggle then you need to switch it on AF on the lens, and then switch focus mode to MF in camera settings. That way it will work just like in this vid! And if you switch to MF on lens and AF in settings, it will work opposite way. So it will change to MF while you hold the button and then return to AF. It also useful to correct AF.

@Jordz711

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this comment. The tip wasn't working and your comment cleared it up for me. Cheers!

@simpleserpent1337

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jordz711 Cheers!

@drAndreLinoge

Жыл бұрын

@@Jordz711 Same here! Thx for the helpful comment and G.U. for the video in the first place.

So handy. Thanks man.

Thanks! This is great!

Thanks great tip setting it up ASAP

such an amazing feature Gerald! 10x

Very very good tip! Thank you 💯💯💯🤜🏻🤛🏻

Thank you sir! This will help a lot

Great tip-- thanks for the brevity as well-- SUBSCRIBED

Very helpful!!! Thanks!

Great discovery !!! It's so so useful ! Thanks !

I had that problem with my Sony Zv-e10... but on Zv-e10 if in manual focus, I've found if you press the shutter button it will focus and lock, same as your button configuration. Congratulations, great to know and difficult to find.