Video setup for vlogging outdoors and indoors.
💎 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 will allow the camera to focus on your face continuously while giving you the option to tap the screen to focus on something else.
Set the Focus Mode to AF-C
Set the Focus Area to Wide
Set Face/Eye Priority to On
Set the AF Drive Speed to Normal
Set the AF Tracking to Responsive
🧙 Touch Tracking continuously tracks and focuses on whatever you touch on the LCD screen.
🌤 These exposure settings will put an emphasis on your face while automatically adjusting the exposure as light fluctuates.
Set the Exposure Mode to Aperture Priority
🧙 The lowest possible aperture F-number depends on your lens and focal length (zoom).
Set the Aperture to the Lowest F-Number
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)
🧙 AWB White Priority can help correct warm color shifts caused by artificial light.
Set AWB Priority to White
🌓 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
🎤 These audio settings are intended for a dedicated microphone, which will significantly enhance the quality of your audio.
Connect a Microphone into the Mic Input
Set Audio Level Display to On
Set Audio Recording to On
🧙 To prevent the audio from clipping, make sure the audio levels never surpass -3db while talking into the mic.