Viewfinder colors.

[Studsgaard]

Hi fellow Sony users,

 

I recently swapped from a Canon 6D with 24-105L glass and trying to get to grips with my new a6300 mainly with 50mm 1.8.

 

One issue is the viewfinder. As soon as I half press the shutter button to focus the colors change and only for a split second shows the 'true lively dynamic colors' and then again goes back to being pale and 'flat' ready to take the pic. The colors turn out ok on the actual picture.

 

I mainly shoot in P with center focus mode, single shoot drive and auto ISO. The ISO seems to change a lot even if I dont move and continuously shoot the same target. I've tried different metering modes but cant detect any change to the random ISO setting. It happily goes up to 6400 indoors but with lots of light through big windows and back down to 400. Even with high ISO it uses relatively long exposure - at least compared to what I am used to.

 

I need to get my head around this camera before going back to a bulky full frame Canon...

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The camera switches to a very intense image 

to facilitate focus. If you actually want to shoot 

for such intensified results you can adjust the 

creative styles, even beyond what you've seen 

if thaz your fancy :-)   

   

Another phenominon you may sometimes see 

when activating focus is the viewing image 

accommodating the change in aperture that 

occurs with some [not all] lenses during focus. 

This is also similar to what you describe, and 

it depends on whether your viewing is set to 

continuous brightness or effect preview.  

   

A full time live view camera is very different 

from an SLR such as your Canon. Wouldn't 

hurt to get one of those BIG books about it, 

for your specific model. Such books are much

clearer than the OEM manuals, but they do

tend to stick to the how-to. IOW they won't 

mention incidental things like you've asked 

about concerning what you saw. But since it 

takes a lotta menu diving to follow advice from 

users here on the forum, the big books are 

handy cuz they explain the short-hand terms 

found in the menus and have example pix of 

the results of menu choices. 

  

   

  

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[Guest Jaf-Photo]

It's probably an effect of the evaluative metering system. The camera strongly avoids clipping the histogram, so it may change exposure settings even if you change composition slightly.

 

The best remedy is to set min and max ISO to acceptable values, e.g. 100-1600 ISO.

 

Also, the Sony has a lot more powerful AF and orher functions compared to the 6D. So, do check some tutorials to expand your shooting habits.