Essential Settings for Sony A6000

Essential Settings for Sony A6000

It’s is essential to get to know your cameras’ capabilities.

How to:
Turn the mode dial to select a desired shooting mode.

Start with setting the camera mode — the large dial on the top right of the camera. The controls range from point-and-shoot, simple through to full manual.

These mirrorless cameras have an easy on-screen interface and layout of controls.

Tip: Shooting in P, A, S or M mode is recommended for full control, rather than Intelligent Auto or Superior Auto mode.

P (Program Auto)

Allows you to shoot with the exposure adjusted automatically. You can also select various settings using the menu and adjust them as desired.

For example, this mode enables a small aperture and fast shutter at noon to avoid overexposure, and the opposite at twilight to avoid underexposure.

Program mode offers the ability to customize exposure, making it ideal in most shooting conditions.

A (Aperture Priority)

Allows you to adjust the aperture to control the depth of field allowing you to shoot when you want to blur the background.

Set the aperture using either the control dial on the top right of the camera or the control wheel on the back of the screen.

S (Shutter Priority)

Allows you to shoot fast-moving subjects by manually adjusting the shutter speed.

Controlling the shutter speed will set how long the exposure will be, allowing you to freeze or blur action. The camera will automatically adjust the aperture to accommodate the shutter speed you have selected, achieving the correct exposure.

M (Manual Exposure)

You’re in control. This setting allows you to shoot still images with a desired exposure by adjusting the shutter speed and the aperture.

Use the control dial on top to set the aperture and the control wheel on back to set shutter speed. The rear screen and electronic viewfinder show a preview of how your settings will affect the photo.

Read More: For more details on using the Manual Settings on your Sony a6000 – read this post written by fellow blogger and Sony a6000 enthusiast Chance Inman.

Intelligent Auto

Allows you to shoot still images with the settings adjusted automatically.

Superior Auto

Allows you to shoot still images of higher quality with the settings adjusted automatically than you could with Intelligent Auto mode.

Superior Auto is especially turned for low-light shooting.

Sweep Panorama

Just like on many smartphones, you can capture an extra wide photo by holding the shutter down and sweeping the camera across a scene (you’ll hear a continuous clicking sound as the camera captures dozens of individual photos that it then stitches together into one image).

MR (Memory Recall)

Allows you to shoot an image after recalling often-used modes or numeric settings that have been registered in advance.

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