Simple Photography Tips for your Sony a6000

Simple Photography Tips for your Sony a6000

Simple Tips for Shooting a moving subject

Capture moving subjects with these settings.

Focus Mode
AF-C

Focus Mode: Continuously maintain focus on a moving subject by selecting AF-C while the shutter button is held halfway down.

Focus Area
Wide

Focus Area:  Select Wide to automatically focus on a subject, wherever it is positioned in the frame.

Drive Mode
Continuous Shooting Hi

Drive Mode:  When capturing a moving subject, select Continuous Shooting and hold the shutter button all the way down.

Shutter Speed
1/500 sec or faster

Shutter Speed: Select a fast shutter speed so that the subject doesn’t become blurred.

Shoot dynamic sports scenes

Use Lock-on AF when there are obstacles around your subject. Once this function is set, the camera stays locked onto the target. A frame with double green lines indicates Lock-on AF target.

Shoot swimmers in splashing water

How to select Flexible Spot

Press Fn Button
Choose Focus Area in the menu
Choose Flexible Spot
Move the AF range frame to the area that you want to focus on.

Use a shutter speed that is as fast as possible, such as 1/1000 sec or faster to capture each drop of splashing water.

When tracking a moving subject, set the Focus Mode to AF-C.

Tip: To prevent splashing water from interfering with focusing, select Flexible Spot for Focus Area.

Capture a performance

How to select Zone
Press the Fn button
Choose Focus Area in the menu
Choose Zone

Move the AF range frames to the area you want to focus on.To capture facial expressions of a performer, set Face Detection to On.

When framing your performer vertically, position a dancer’s face in the upper area of the frame. Select upper area of the frame and select upper zone in the Zone setting in the Focus Area. A shutter speed of 1/500 sec or faster to capture movement.

Shooting active situations

How to set up Continuous Shooting
Press the left side of the control wheel
Select Continuous Shooting Hi.

The key to capturing a definitive moment is to take many shots using continuous shooting mode.

The Sony A6000 offers plenty of opportunities to capture action by using high-speed continuous shooting at 11 frames per second (fps) in Hi mode. Keep the shutter pressed to continuously shoot.

Tips to capture animals on the move

To shoot animals that move unpredictably, set Focus Mod to AF-C and Focus Area to Wide. Use a fast shutter speed to ‘freeze’ the action like 1/500 or faster. Try to shoot in bright light or at a fast shutter speed to capture your subject clearly.

To shoot with a shutter speed of your choice, turn the mode dial to S and choose a shutter speed using the control wheel.

Capturing Speed

Capturing Movement
Select AF-C Focus Mode.
Set the Focus Area to Zone.
Choose a fast shutter speed of 1/1000 sec or faster in order to capture the subject clearly.

Shooting vehicles, people and pets gives great opportunity to capture movement.

To capture the shot, pan the movement of your target by starting the shoot before, and continuing to shoot after the photograph sequence has been taken.

Shooting portraits

When shooting a person, set Focus Mode to AF-S. Focus on the eyes wherever possible when you shoot a portrait and select Wide for Focus Area and On for Face Detection. Set the Eye AF function too.

Shooting Scenery

Select AF-S for Focus Mode when shooting a stationary subject.

Flower Power

To achieve a soft focus on the flower and blur the background, set Focus Mode to AF-S. Choose Flexible Spot Focus Area to allow a specific point of focus within the frame and the background will blur.

Shooting Food

Focus on a specific point to make a dish look more appealing by choosing a place in bright but not direct light. Use the Focus Mode of AF-S, with Flexible Spot.

Remember to have fun

Most importantly, take time to have fun with your photography by exploring new tips and techniques and don’t be afraid to use the different settings on your camera. Experiment with it all.

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