A7rII memory settings?

[adwb]

I am trying to understand what get saved in the the memory settings? It appears there are two main ones with then sub save options as well? Has anyone any idea what is saved by default?

I Am, for example, trying to save a setting for studio work so manual, no prefocus light, no live view and so on but that seems to be impossible . The memory saves seem not to be full camera settings just very limited ones or am I missing something?

[UNOlker]

I'm with you. I dont understand how you set the memory, and i dont see it in the book. Like, it would be nice if one memory could be for image stabalization off, manual focus, 100 iso, etc for when i use a tripod... and then another for silent shutter, 1000 iso, image stabalization on auto, AF wide for when im doing street photography.

 

Anyone have a link to good write up on this or can explain?

 

Thanks

[Golem]

I too gave up on experimenting with

the memory thingies. I really like the

idea. I use all memory channels on

my Canon so when I saw what looks

to be 8 channels on A7M2 I thought

that looked great.

 

Maybe someone who's figgered it all

out will post the magic info here ?

 

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[MickDK]

+1

 

Sony's menu system is utterly confusing - to the point of being downright bad. I have A7R2 and 5D3 - the latter has built-in help for the advanced functions. You just press the "Info" button to get an detailed description of what the different options do. It is all very logical and easy to understand.

 

But Sony want me to go online and read some "Help manual". Apperantly they forgot to include that in box....

[adwb]

found a post, then lost it ,that said the extra user saves are only on the sd card not in the body so if you change card you loose them, that's pretty useless.

[peterbkk]

The memory system is quite simple. I don't use the sub-memories as I find two is enough for me.

 

Just set the camera exactly the way you want to shoot, including your preferred "starting point" for aperture, etc. Then save that to one of the memories. Then change all the camera settings to the second style you prefer. Then save that to the second memory.

 

I have M1 set to a very manual setup, with AF-S, 100 ISO, Aperture, Spot focus, Etc. I think of it as my "careful quality" setting.

 

I have M2 to a very automatic setting, with AF-C, tracking, Program, Auto ISO, etc. I think of it as my "grab what's happening quickly" setting.

 

The other useful thing about the Memory is, when you've been messing around with settings, one flick of the mode dial and you are back to a "known state".

 

 

Works fine.

 

 

Regards

Peter

http://www.peterwalker.com

[adwb]

Sorry but I have to disagree, it does not work fine, you cannot memorise all the settings that you would use for example studio work where the live view and preview wants to be off, all that get remembered are the basic parameters that are shown on the memory screen, and worse still the sub memories are stored on the sd card not the camera , take the sd card out and the sub menu display  nothing stored and if you change cards you loose the submenus you have stored, realy not thought out very well by Sony hopefully an upgrade at some point might fix it.

[alastc]

The memory settings only save what is in the first 'tab' of the menu (the camera one), not the cog or other menus.

 

That covers most things you get to from the Fn button, but not (for example) slient shooting as that's in the cog menu tab.

 

-Alastair

[Guest all8]

Do the A-mount cameras have a better implementation?

 

Edit, no apparently not. If I were a pro I would probably stick with my DSLR ....

[Emptymind]

Are you talking about the 1 and 2 modes on the mode dial? 

 

I have mode 1 set to shooting Raw and mode 2 for shooting video. Thats all I need. I have not attempted to set M1, M2 etc and maybe thats why my memory recall slection in the menu is always greyed out.

[Golem]

Well this is not good news but at least it's news. I'll

now cease wondering how to use them, and ignore

them. I'm very spoiled. My Canon SLR remembers

everything .... except to buy my wife a birthday gift.

 

Now, about them Sony "Picture Profiles" .... ? My

camera has several editable profiles, and I don't

know if they are default settings, or edited by the

first owner. I've just begun messing with them.

 

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[ridgerunner]

Well this is not good news but at least it's news. I'll

now cease wondering how to use them, and ignore

them. I'm very spoiled. My Canon SLR remembers

everything .... except to buy my wife a birthday gift.

 

Now, about them Sony "Picture Profiles" .... ? My

camera has several editable profiles, and I don't

know if they are default settings, or edited by the

first owner. I've just begun messing with them.

 

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I probably changed them from default!

[peterbkk]

Sorry but I have to disagree, it does not work fine, you cannot memorise all the settings that you would use for example studio work where the live view and preview wants to be off, all that get remembered are the basic parameters that are shown on the memory screen, and worse still the sub memories are stored on the sd card not the camera , take the sd card out and the sub menu display  nothing stored and if you change cards you loose the submenus you have stored, realy not thought out very well by Sony hopefully an upgrade at some point might fix it.

Let me qualify my comment then: it works fine for me. I'm OK with just two memory settings that are accessible from the mode dial. Don't need 8 memory settings. Probably couldn't remember what I'd saved in the 8 slots anyway. And the savable options cover everything I need to switch on the fly when shooting.

 

But then I'm not one to spend time playing with camera settings. I'm old school: Set, Forget, Focus attention on the image then Shoot.

[edcesnalis]

I want to save my settings in memory 1 and memory 2.  When I go there to save there is no save option.  How do you save?  I went back to default settings in case something I had on was preventing the feature but still no luck.

[adwb]

When you are the save point in the menu just press the enter button, nothing tells you you have suceeeded but if you check you will find you have

[Username]

As was touched on earlier in the thread, it's worth emphasizing     

that even if you find the memory thingys deficient or useless, be 

glad that they are there. They do serve one great purpose even 

if you have no other use for them. We see posts now and then  

asking why some feature doesn't work or is greyed out and the 

the replies to such an OP usually include the suggestion that the 

user may have changed stuff without realizing it. If it were not for 

the memory channels, you'd hafta "Initialize" the whole camera 

to be rid of accidental changes that you maybe made but maybe 

did not make. Initializing undoes ALL your personalizing of your 

camera ... returns everything to Factory Default. Using one of the 

memory channels can test whether you indeed have made some 

sorta change that you're unaware of. If using the memory channel 

unblocks the mystery problem, then you'll know your blockage is 

due to some setting you have accidentally made. You'll still hafta 

figger out WHAT change you made, but at least you know where 

you stand ... you know that the camera isn't malfunctioning.