Filming scenario for birds and wildlife outdoors during the day.
💎 These image quality settings will produce fantastic detail, color, and dynamic range without needing to color grade.
Rotate the Mode Dial to Movie Mode
Set the File Format to XAVC S 4K
Set the Record Setting to:
Set the Picture Profile to PPOFF
Set the Creative Style to Standard
🧙 If you prefer a more natural look or a better starting point for color grading, I recommend increasing saturation slightly while lowering contrast and sharpness.
🧙 DRO/Auto HDR brightens the shadows and produces an image with more dynamic range.
Set DRO/Auto HDR to Lv5
🧙 SteadyShot stabilizes footage when hand-holding the camera, however, it's only available with lenses that have image stabilization built-in.
Set SteadyShot to On
🦅 These autofocus settings allow you to continuously focus on an animal as it moves around the frame while also giving you the option to pinpoint focus by tapping the LCD screen.
Set the Focus Mode to AF-C
Set the Focus Area to Wide
Set Face/Eye Priority to Off
Set the AF Drive Speed to Fast
Set the AF Tracking to Responsive
🧙 Touch Tracking continuously tracks and focuses on whatever you touch on the LCD screen.
🦉 These exposure settings put an emphasis on birds and wildlife while automatically adjusting the exposure as light fluctuates.
Set the Exposure Mode to Aperture Priority
🧙 Your lens may not be capable of reaching F2.8, in which case, set the aperture to the lowest possible F-number instead.
Set the Aperture to F2.8 or Higher
Set the ISO to Auto
Set the Metering to Multi
Set Auto Slow Shutter to On
Set the White Balance to AWB (Auto White Balance)
🧙 Setting a manual white balance can fix color shifts that sometimes occur outdoors and produce more consistent results.
Set the White Balance to C.Temp./Filter and adjust the temperature to:
🌓 Steps to make the image brighter or darker.
Decrease [-] the Exposure Compensation to -0.3, -0.7 or -1.0
Increase [+] the Exposure Compensation to +0.3, +0.7 or +1.0