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Chapter 1 In a Nutshell
1.1 What's New?
1.1.1 A new 24 megapixel sensor
1.1.2 Sony's Best Focus Tracking
1.1.3 Much better Out-of-Camera .JPGs
1.1.4 4K and Other Video Features
1.2 Features that should have been on the Original A6000
1.3 Other Noteworthy Features
1.3.1 14-bit RAW
1.3.2 Can shoot 2 Kinds of videos simultaneously
1.3.3 Three Different Low-Light Modes
1.3.4 Handheld High Dynamic Range (HDR)
1.3.5 Peaking Color
1.3.6 Face Detection and Improved Eye AF
1.3.7 Downloadable Apps
1.4 Software for your Camera
Chapter 2 Essential Configuration
2.1 The Function Button
2.2 Reassignable Buttons
2.3 Some Essential Customizations
2.4 Suggested Configuration for Shooting Kids and Pets
2.5 Suggested Configuration for Video
2.6 Suggested Configuration for shooting portraits
2.7 Suggested Configuration for Landscapes
2.8 Suggested Configuration for Legacy Glass
2.9 What’s Incompatible with RAW?
2.10 My Personal Camera Settings
Chapter 3 Quick Guide for the Impatient User
3.1 The Two AUTO Modes
3.1.1 “Intelligent Auto”
3.1.2 "Superior Auto”
3.2 P,A,S,M Modes
3.3 Focusing Essentials and Face Detection
3.3.1 Other Focus Area Choices
3.3.2 Face Detection
3.3.3 Focusing Modes
3.3.4 Focus Confirmation
3.3.5 Quickly Switching between Wide Area AF and Spot AF
3.4 Flash
3.5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Playback Mode
3.6 Configuring the DISPlay
3.7 Quick Guide for Video
3.8 Center Lock-On AF
3.9 The Panorama Mode
3.10 Remote Methods
3.11 The “Images Remaining Counter”
3.12 Lens Nomenclature
3.13 Available APS-C Format Lenses
3.14 Viewfinder Eyepiece Diopter Correction
Chapter 4 Using Legacy Glass
4.1 Essential Stuff – Read this First
4.1.1 For Manual Focus Lenses
4.1.2 For Autofocus Lenses
4.2 A Short List of the Most Popular Adapters
4.2.1 Sony A-mount Lenses
4.2.2 M42 / Pentax Screw Mount
4.2.3 Leica M / Zeiss ZM
4.2.4 Leica R
4.2.5 Canon EF (EOS)
4.2.6 Canon FD
4.2.7 Nikon
4.2.8 Pentax
4.2.9 Minolta MC/MD
4.2.10 Olympus OM
4.2.11 Contax
4.2.12 Medium Format Lenses
Chapter 5 Wi-Fi, NFC, and Apps
5.1 What is NFC?
5.2 Setting Things Up – Smartphone Functions
5.2.1 Install PlayMemories Mobile
5.2.2 Transferring an Image To your Smartphone
5.2.3 Configuring NFC on your Smartphone
5.3 Now What?
5.3.1 Send (resized) images to your smartphone for social Media
5.3.2 Smart Remote Control
5.4 Uploading Files to your Home Computer
5.4.1 Configuring PlayMemories Home
5.4.2 Initiate your Download
5.4.3 Throughput Rates
5.5 Applications
5.5.1 If your camera is connected to your computer via USB
5.5.2 If your camera is connected to the internet via a Wi-Fi router
5.5.3 Apps Currently Available
Chapter 6 The “Recording” (Camera icon) Menu Settings
6.1 Image Size
6.2 Aspect Ratio
6.3 Quality
6.4 Panorama Functions
6.6 (Movie) Record Setting
6.7 Dual Video REC
6.8 HFR Settings
6.9 Drive Mode
6.9.1 Single-Shot Advance
6.9.2 Continuous Advance
6.9.3 10s, 5s, and 2s Self-Timers
6.9.4 Self-Timer Continuous
6.9.5 Bracketing
6.9.6 Bracketing for HDR
6.9.7 What exactly changes when you bracket?
6.9.8 White Balance Bracketing
6.9.9 DRO Bracketing
6.10 Bracket Settings
6.11 Flash Mode
6.11.1 Flash Off
6.11.2 Auto Flash
6.11.3 Fill Flash
6.11.4 Slow Sync
6.11.5 Rear Sync
6.11.6 Wireless Flash
6.12 Flash Compensation
6.13 Red Eye Reduction
6.14 Focus Mode
6.15 Focus Area
6.15.1 Wide
6.15.2 Zone
6.15.3 Center
6.15.4 Flexible Spot (S, M, or L)
6.15.5 Expand Flexible Spot
6.15.6 Lock-On AF
6.16 AF Illuminator
6.17 (Movie) AF Drive Speed
6.18 (Movie) AF Track Sens
6.19 Exposure Compensation
6.20 Exposure Step
6.21 ISO
6.21.1 High ISO Noise Levels
6.21.2 Multi-Frame Noise Reduction (MFNR)
6.21.3 AUTO ISO Settings
6.21.4 Specifying Auto ISO Boundaries
6.21.5 Greater-than-25,600 ISO Values
6.22 ISO Auto Min. SS
6.23 Metering Mode
6.23.1 Center-weighted and Multi-Segment Metering
6.23.2 Spot Metering And AEL
6.23.3 A Different Method of Handling Difficult Lighting
6.24 White Balance
6.24.1 Auto White Balance and Pre-Set White Balance
6.24.3 The Color Temperature setting
6.24.4 Custom White Balance
6.25 DRO / Auto HDR
6.26 Creative Styles
6.26.1 Frequently Asked Questions
6.26.2 Saturation Setting
6.26.3 Sharpness Setting
6.26.4 Combining Settings
6.27 Picture Effect
6.27.1 Toy Camera
6.27.2 Pop Color and Posterization
6.27.3 Retro Photo
6.27.4 Partial Color
6.27.5 Soft High-Key
6.27.6 High-Contrast Monochrome
6.27.7 Soft Focus
6.27.8 HDR Painting
6.27.9 Rich-Tone Monochrome
6.27.10 How do these effects differ from before?
6.27.11 Miniature Mode
6.27.12 Watercolor and Illustration Mode
6.28 Picture Profile
6.28.1 Gamma Options
6.28.2 The Nine Profiles
6.29 Zoom
6.30 Focus Magnifier
6.30.1 AF with Focus Magnifier
6.31 Long Exposure NR
6.32 Hi ISO NR
6.33 Center Lock-On AF
6.34 Smile / Face Detection
6.34.1 On (Registered Faces)
6.34.2 Smile Shutter
6.35 Soft Skin Effect
6.36 Auto Object Framing
6.37 Auto Mode
6.38 Scene Selection
6.38.1 Portrait
6.38.2 Sports Action
6.38.3 Macro
6.38.4 Landscape
6.38.5 Sunset
6.38.6 Night Scene
6.38.7 Handheld Twilight
6.38.8 Night Portrait
6.39 Movie / HFR
6.40 SteadyShot
6.41 Color Space
6.42 Auto Slow Shutter
6.43 Audio Recording
6.44 Audio Rec Level
6.45 Wind Noise Reduction
6.46 Memory Recall
6.47 Memory
Chapter 7 “Custom” (Gear icon) Menu Settings
7.1 Zebra
7.2 MF Assist
7.3 Focus Magnification Time
7.4 AF in Focus Magnification
7.5 Grid Line
7.6 Marker Display / Marker Settings
7.7 Audio Level Display
7.8 Auto Review
7.9 DISP Button
7.9.1 Graphic Display
7.9.2 Level
7.9.3 Histogram
7.9.4 For Viewfinder (Rear LCD only)
7.10 Peaking Level / Peaking Color
7.11 Exposure Set. Guide
7.12 Live View Display
7.13 AF Area Auto Clear
7.14 Disp. Cont. AF area
7.15 Pre-AF
7.16 Zoom Setting
7.16.1 Differences between CIZ and Digital Zoom
7.17 Eye-start AF (A-mount only)
7.18 FINDER / MONITOR
7.19 Finder Frame Rate
7.20 Release w/o Lens
7.21 Release w/o Card
7.22 Priority Set in AF-S / AF-C
7.23 AF w/ shutter
7.24 AEL w/ Shutter
7.25 Silent Shooting
7.26 e-Front Curtain Shut.
7.27 S. Auto Img. Extract
7.28 Exp.comp.set
7.29 Face Registration
7.30 AF Micro Adj. (A-mount Lenses Only)
7.31 Lens Comp.
7.31.1 Shading
7.31.2 Chromatic Aberration
7.31.3 Distortion
7.32 AF System
7.33 Function Menu Set.
7.34 Custom Key (Shooting and Playing Back)
7.34.1 All Assignable Functions
7.34.2 Bright Monitoring
7.34.3 More on Eye AF
7.34.4 Flash Exposure Lock / Hold
7.35 Dial / Wheel Setup
7.36 Dial / Wheel EV Comp
7.37 Zoom Ring Rotate
7.38 MOVIE Button
7.39 Dial / Wheel Lock
Chapter 8 Wi-Fi Menu
8.1 Send to Smartphone
8.2 Send to Computer
8.3 View on TV
8.4 One-Touch (NFC)
8.5 Airplane Mode
8.6 WPS Push
8.7 Access Point Settings
8.8 Edit Device Name
8.9 Disp MAC Address
8.10 SSID/PW Reset
8.11 Reset Network Set.
Chapter 9 Apps Menu
9.1 Application List
9.2 Introduction
Chapter 10 The “Playback” Menu Settings
10.1 Delete
10.2 View Mode
10.3 Image Index
10.4 Display Rotation
10.5 Slide Show
10.5.1 PhotoTV HD and Bravia Sync
10.6 Rotate
10.7 Enlarge Image
10.8 Protect
10.9 Specify Printing
10.9.1 Printing the Date on the image
10.9.2 Cancelling DPOF files
Chapter 11 The “Setup” (Toolbox Icon) Menu Settings
11.1 Monitor Brightness
11.2 Viewfinder (EVF) Brightness
11.3 Finder Color temp.
11.4 Gamma Display Assist
11.5 Volume Settings
11.6 Audio Signals
11.7 Upload Settings (Eye-fi card only)
11.8 Tile Menu
11.9 Mode Dial Guide
11.10 Delete Confirm.
11.11 Display Quality
11.12 Power Save Start Time
11.13 NTSC/PAL Selector
11.14 Cleaning Mode
11.15 Demo Mode
11.16 TC/UB Settings
11.17 Remote Ctrl
11.18 HDMI Settings
11.18.1 HDMI Resolution
11.18.2 24p / 60p Output
11.18.3 HDMI Info. Display
11.18.4 TC Output
11.18.5 REC Control
11.18.6 CTRL FOR HDMI
11.19 4K Output Select
11.20 USB Connection
11.20.1 PC Remote Software
11.21 USB LUN Setting
11.22 USB Power Supply
11.23 Language
11.24 Date/Time Setup
11.25 Area Setting
11.26 Copyright Info
11.27 Format
11.28 File Number
11.29 Set File Name
11.30 Select REC Folder
11.31 New Folder
11.32 Folder Name
11.32.1 If Standard Form is Selected
11.32.2 If Date Form is Selected
11.33 Recover Image DB
11.34 Display Media Info.
11.35 Version
11.36 Setting Reset
Chapter 12 Movie Mode
12.1 Video Nomenclature Simplified
12.2 So How Do I Know What Video Format to Choose?
12.3 Choosing a Frame Rate and a Bit Rate
12.4 What is "Super35"?
12.5 4K Shooting
12.6 Capturing a 4K Freeze Frame
12.7 Manual Control in Movie Mode
12.8 Slow-Motion Videos
12.8.1 The in-camera way
12.8.2 The higher quality way
12.9 S-Log2 and S-Log3 Primer
12.9.1 The Gamma Curves
12.9.2 Gamma Curve Nomenclature
12.9.3 HDTVs have Much Less Dynamic Range
12.9.4 S-Log2 and S-Log3
12.9.5 Grading
12.10 Shooting 2 Video Formats At Once
12.11 Playing back Videos
12.12 External Microphones
12.13 External Display
12.14 Monitoring Video and Audio
12.15 Importing your Files to your Computer
Chapter 13 Wireless Flash and Advanced Flash Topics
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Flash Models
13.3 Bounce Flash
13.3.1 Diffusing your Light
13.4 Wireless Flash
13.5 As Simple As It Gets
13.6 The New Wireless Protocol
13.7 Groups and Channels
13.8 Will the Control Bursts Affect Exposure?
13.9 Manual Flash Mode
13.9.1 To Put the 60 Into Manual Slave Mode
13.9.2 To put the 43 into Manual Slave mode
13.10 A Portable Studio Setup
13.11 High Speed Sync (HSS) flash
13.12 To Probe Further
Chapter 14 DRO and HDR
14.1 Dynamic Range Optimization
14.1.1 How it Works
14.1.2 More DRO examples
14.1.3 Frequently Asked Questions about DRO
14.1.4 So When Does DRO kick in?
14.1.5 When DRO is bad
14.1.6 Combining with Sunset Image Style
14.1.7 DRO on Your Computer
14.2 High Dynamic Range (HDR)
14.3 DRO vs. HDR
Chapter 15 Digital Imaging Topics
15.1 Introduction
15.2 An Introduction to RAW
15.3 The Bayer Filter and Demosaicing
15.4 How Your Camera Creates A JPG
15.5 RAW, TIF, and JPG Compared
15.6 JPG Compression Artifacts
15.7 Any Other Upsides to Shooting .JPG?
15.8 RAW Processing using Capture One Express
15.9 RAW Processing using Lightroom or Adobe Camera RAW
15.10 Image Size and Resolution
15.11 “Hot Pixels”
15.12 Memory Cards
15.12.1 Memory Card Corruption Issues
Chapter 16 Additional Resources
16.1 Some Cool Accessories
16.1.1 Vertical Grip
16.1.3 External USB Battery
16.1.4 Dirt Cheap Battery Chargers
16.1.5 My Favorite Memory Card
16.1.6 Underwater Housings
16.1.7 Leather Cases
16.1.8 External Microphones
16.1.9 And more…
16.2 Upsells
16.2.1 Books on Other Cameras
16.2.2 An Introduction to Sony’s Wireless Flash (video)
16.2.3 Ways to ‘Wow!’ with Wireless Flash
16.2.4 25 Ways to “Wow!” e-Booklet
16.2.5 Advanced Topics 2
16.2.6 Back-Button Focus
16.2.7 f2 Cameracraft Magazine
16.2.8 The Friedman Archives Seminars
16.2.9 The Friedman Archives Blog
16.2.10 The Road to China
16.2.11 The Maui Xaphoon
16.3 Epilogue
Appendix A A Condensed Guide to the Basics
1.1 Shutter Speeds
1.2 F/Stops
1.3 ISO
1.4 Focal Length
1.5 Tradeoffs
1.6 Program Shift
1.7 The Histogram Display
1.8 The “Secrets” of Light and Composition
1.9 Writing with Light
1.10 Composition – The Rule of Thirds
Appendix B A “Cookbook” for Special Shooting Situations
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Fireworks
2.3 Artistic Waterfalls
2.4 Stage Performances / Rock Concerts
2.5 Nighttime Time Exposures
2.6 Shooting in Snow
2.7 Outdoor Group Portraits
2.8 Street Photography
2.9 Sunsets and Silhouettes
2.10 Nighttime Sports
2.11 Product Shots
2.12 Christmas Lights
2.13 Candlelight Shots
2.14 Star Trails
Appendix C Cheap Yet Secure Backups
Appendix D Tip Cards
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