The Sony A7 II: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide

For example, suppose you want to take a panoramic shot the old-fashioned way, without using the Sweep Panorama feature. You mount the camera on a tripod, set the exposure manually, and take a series of overlapping pictures by panning the camera on the tripod head. The focus and aperture must be fixed; they should not change as you pan. After you ta

When we reviewed how we set the White Balance, we noticed that we use only two of the four methods. We use either the Fn button or the C1 button. When you set the White Balance with either of these methods, you will see the effect of the White Balance setting on the Live View screen as you scroll through the presets. This gives you immediate feedba

One reason to use the HVL-F43M instead of the inexpensive HVL-F20M flash unit is its greater power output, which is needed for bounced light. Although the light from the HVL-F20M can be tilted up at a fixed 75-degree angle, its intensity will be insufficient at ISO 100 with a stopped-down lens. You either have to raise the ISO or switch flash units

You can set the White Balance through the menu, the Fn button, the Quick Navi screen, or by pressing the C1 button if it is still set to its default customization.

Direct Manual Focus [DMF] is supposed to be a quick way to touch up automatic focusing.

We never access Exposure Comp. through the menu system. Instead, we use the Fn button or the Quick Navi Screen, which are gateways to that command.

When we shoot outdoor scenes, we turn off AWB and set WB to one of the preset values. For example, when we photograph sunsets, reds are more saturated when we set the WB to Daylight.

Samyang produces a fisheye wide-angle lens with a field of view of 180 degrees. It distorts straight lines into curves and has a 12mm focal length. To use long lenses, you will need to use adapters and lenses that were not designed specifically for the a7

It is impossible to record the entire three-dimensional structure with one photograph. To record the subject in its entirety, a combined mechanical and software approach is needed. You record several pictures at different focus points, which is known as a focus stack. After you capture enough optical sections, you use software to merge them and rec