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I have been a working professional photographer for 29 years, using Sony Alpha exclusively for the the last 5 years. I never stop learning useful things from your videos. I consider myself pretty tech savvy, but your understanding is on a different level. It's not just the tech, you have a great eye too. Very impressive Mark!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to provide this positive feedback 👍

@HowDidIGet3700Subs

8 ай бұрын

… and how are u going to cope when AI takes over professional photography? Pro looking Portraits being generated by AI for someone’s face- all they need to do is upload a few pics of their face. Even weddings will be taken over by AI cameras where people just wide angle point and shoot and it comes out looking professional, adding DOF & panning & cropping automatically

Awesome! Very helpful information. Thanks Mark!

As always, wonderfully informative, clear, and useful. Thanks, Mark!

Great, very concise guide again Mark. Thank you!

These videos are so helpful. Thank you.

Another excellent video presentation: thanks a lot.

Thanks for the helpful video. Loved the motorcycle shot as well.

Fantastic, this cleared my doubts about wide and wide lock on, and when to use them ! Thank you again Mark.

Another great video Mark. I have learnt so much. Thank you

Thanks, another well explained video.

Thank you Mark for all the helpful info to get the best out of our cameras.

Great video. Very concise and most informative. Thanks Mark.

That's awesome. Thank you for explaining.

So clear when you explain it...

Thank you for the lesson 👌

Always a pleasure learning from you Mark.

Terrific. Clear and comprehensive.

Thank you, extremely helpful

Absolutely brilliant information. Helped me a lot. Thanks

Awesome explanation mate. This is the best video on this topic.

Thanks a lot Mark! A very informative video on the focus system.

For someone moving to Sony, this is another incredibly helpful and informative video. My thanks to you Mark. I have a feeling I'll be referring back to this one again. You produce excellent content. Thank you.

Thanks again for a great learning video!

Lots to learn and getting a lot closer with your excellent intro. Will check out the longer video on your website. Many thanks

Most helpful video I have found to date to help me futher my knowledge of my A7iii. I will be going to your website. Thank you.

Mark, You consistently offer the clearest, most informative, and most helpful tutorials on the Sony Alpha system of anyone on KZread. I really appreciate your efforts!

excellent tutorial. Thanks so much.

Love your videos and the FB Group is Incredible.

Great video Mark. Thank you!

Top notch!! Always a pleasure 🙏

100x better than those run-off-the-mill 5 minute tutorials from those "popular" youtubers.

Best tutorial on this ever!

Fantastic video as always Mark, found this particularly helpful as I've been missing focus on a few birds-in-flight shots. Can't wait to put this into practice and get out shooting again!

perfect tutorial. Thank you so much !!

Thanks for this Mark! I have moved from Canon to Sony and learning a lot about my new camera thanks to you!

I watched you for the first time last night and liked it so much I'm watching this other great video of yours tonight.

This is a great refresher (as I did watch the full 90-or-so minute video on focusing you previously posted). Thanks for helping the Sony shooters keep their skills sharp (no pun intended).

Thanks Mark... although I’ve been around the Sony systems for 5 years now, your tutorials not only tell me about features but also why some work and others don’t. My success rate has improved quite a bit since I started watching your videos. The thoroughness is exemplary. Cheers.

Outstanding tutorial!!! Precise and understandable explanation! By far the best video i found that explains the capabilities of my sony alpha 7. Thank you so much!

Just when I thought I'd mastered an aspect of my camera's slightly bewildering range of customizable features, along comes another of your comprehensive and well-explained videos and I realize my misunderstanding - in this instance I hadn't noticed that Eye AF works in AF-S too, rather than just from a custom button in AF-C. Thanks again!

Thank you. Very thorough and in-depth. You are not annoyingly padantic.

I think this will be the first time I'm not skipping adds . Oh man this channel is a gold mine. Thanks Mark!

This is very helpful and informative. A lot of others try to teach the subject matter; you succeed.

Thank you Mark, very informative. Cannot wait to try out these new focus skills when I am on safari next month. Will be great to catch the wildlife instead of the flora around it this time.

I really appreciate your willingness to help explain the ins and outs of the Sony systems in a clear and concise fashion. I also appreciate the fact you focus on education v. product promotion. Keep up the great work!

Love your vids Mark.

You are the best camera expert; no doubt! Thank you so much ❤🙏🏻

Thank you so much for your time and knowledge sharing of these videos. I am a converting Canon user and so appreciate how easy to understand your teaching style is.

Superb job is done sir. Thank you.

Your motorcycle pics are phenomenal

Very informative,thank you

So useful. Thanks for taking the time to make these movies. I really can't understand why some peeps give a thumbs down, just daft

great short summary here Mark but the top photographers will want to watch the entire 1.5 hr Master Class for sure. keep it up

Unbelievable how advanced these digital cameras are. This video was helpful thank you

This is the best focus tutorial on KZread

Thanks so much for the this 💕💕

Just moved to Sony and your video is a great help, thx.

Wow. You really explained a lot for me. Not only do I have my C2 button mapped out to my focus systems, I understand when to use them. I’ll definitely check out the more in depth explanation, but this video really helped me out a lot.

Great detail in all your video's!

Superb video! Thank you, Mark! Very thorough and succinct.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Helpful as always

Thank you didnt knew c2 was already assaigned. Sony did a great job i just had to switch iso to the center wheel and subject lock to the center button everything else was already mapped out good for me

Awesome, thank you.

I cant imagine why anyone would give a thumbs down on this video. Just perfect. Thanks Mark!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

5 жыл бұрын

Probably because I couldn’t say what needed to be said in under 3 minutes 😉

@SLR33406

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a great video! I’d say one of the easiest to follow to help me with my Sony a7 Mark II.. thanks!

@neneodonkor

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂 49 peeps so far. They could be bots.

@RW_CreativeMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Probably Canon-Nikon fanboys-girls 😂😂😂

I just want to thank you for your precious teaching. Thank you very much!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

i had a lots of trouble autofocusing in low light when using medium spot focus area. i'll try some different modes. tnx

Awesome, comprehensive and easy to understand, thank you.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I keep coming back to this video as its so concise and covers a wide range of situations WITH suggestion of possible solutions. I can't thank you enough for the clear explanations! It's always helped me so much!😌

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video Mark!

Great video, Mark.

Thank you for all the useful info Mark. BTW that motorcycle photo is absolutely stunning. I didn't know it was even possible.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Many thanks Mark for sharing this video. I learned stacks!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Mark, this was one of the most usable video I watch thill now, I really like your videos and this one is great, specially at the end, when you talk about the Eye AF e few other stuff, I really love the AF of my Camera, but I was having some troubles, because the camera was going to focus in a different subject that I pick, but with this video I finally understand some of the troubles I was having with my great camera and I will be able to correct that, so excited about it. I use to shoot on M only, but I do agree with you about use Aperture Priority mode, however, on A7III, I'm scare to death of the Exposure Comp. Dial, since it never stay still. When store or pick the camera from my bag, that thing always turn, but since I the camera on M mode, not a big deal, but if I decided to use Aperture Priority, that will be terrible if accidentally turns and I don't notice. Is it anyway to kind of disable that Dial, so it would not affect my Exposure?

Your tutorials are SO comprehensive and concise that it just amazes me. What a breath of fresh air!! You have truly found your calling. Thank you so much for making it easier for us regular folks who just want to learn without a lot of extraneous silly or impertinent info. 😁

@AlphaCreativeSkills

5 жыл бұрын

When I used to write text books I called them essential skills as I cut out the extraneous info (unfortunately for some I still have a lot to say about some topics). If Sony made the technology simpler I could perhaps make shorter movies 😉

MARK GALER IS DA BOMB. Thanks Mark!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks - I think

Thank you Mark👍

Your ability to demystify is outstanding! I'm going to try wide more often now. Thank you!!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Thank you!!

Mark, fantastic, thank you.

That's so useful video that I have been looking for! Thanks Mark!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

You really nail these videos. You make me feel like a student again whenever I watch them, so many insightful lessons! You've earned a new sub!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

8 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Thank you Mark for your valuable wisdom! This was my problem keeping my subject in focus!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Very helpful! Thanks.

Thanks again Mark!

Thank u great information

Best Video on youtube. I watched a lot

I am so thankful for you! This is the problem i have experienced at dog photography. I can't wait to try and use your advise. :) Thank you!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

I’ve been a patron for almost a year now, but I seem to continue to learn every day. THANKS!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it Michael! It is important to note that I only manage to get to 10% of the comments here on KZread, so be sure to use the Q&A forum on Patreon.com/markgaler if you have nay questions relating to this video.

Very useful informations

Mark, as usual great video and well detailed. Just to add on, if you are shooting an event or sports and you happen to use 2 different focus areas mostly, you can recall one focus area by customizing a recall button.

@SuperFrise

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent idea!

This was really helpful

@AlphaCreativeSkills

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

Thank you Mark for your reply to my query on assigning functions on Sony camera lens....I don't know how you do it but the message was well received...I'm just a hobby photographer but belong to a non competitive camera club in Grimsby Ontario Ca...you're the best thank you...

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Very informative and details. People told me that they usually preferred flexible spot focus mode but could not explain clearly the benefits over other modes. I now understand the usability of wide focus area mode and lock on mode. Thank you.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

4 жыл бұрын

Many people offer suggestions or recommendations without actually knowing how the camera is designed to work. I also have to admit to getting slightly frustrated with photographers recommending a single setting. Sony would not give us so many options if there was a single ‘best’ setting for all situations.

I have watched so many videos where people try and explain the Sony focus system and none compare to yours. You know when you are dealing with an expert on a subject when they can explain a concept so simply. Thank you for putting this video together, you have a real talent for teaching.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback Phil. I used to be a senior lecturer in photography so preparing talks is something I have been comfortable with for a few decades now.

Very helpful, Mark. Thanks. I've been using Nikon SLRs for my whole career and just got a Sony a7s as a backup so this is very useful.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Top Notch Stuff!

GREAT VIDEO!!! HEADING TO YOUR WEBSITE.

I've had that exact problem with long grass and trying to track dogs. Wide does work well most of the time but it has failed me with this, so will probably try to see which lock on tracking mode works best for me.

thank you