4. Customizing Your Camera

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ISO 160 • 1/125 sec. • f/6.3 • 35mm lens

Personalizing an a7-Series Camera for the Way You Shoot

Although they have fewer buttons than many DSLR cameras, Sony cameras can be customized for the ways that you shoot.

There are slight differences between the menus of the different Sony a7-series cameras, but once you get the hang of them they’re very similar. This chapter will help you make sense of all those settings and what they do.

Poring Over the Picture

Manual mode is perfect for shooting outdoors with studio strobes.

ISO 200 • 1/50 sec. • f/5.6 • 70–200mm lens at 70mm

Using the Control Wheel to Select ...

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