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Sony Photography: Getting Started with Your Sony Camera

Improve your photography by learning how to confidently use your Sony mirrorless camera!
Bestseller
Rating: 4.3 out of 54.3 (165 ratings)
839 students
Created by Phil Ebiner, Video School, Sam Shimizu-Jones
Last updated 10/2020
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to use your Sony camera comfortably and confidently
  • You will know how to use both automatic and manual settings to take great photos
  • You will know how get proper exposure with settings like aperture, shutter speed and ISO
  • You will know how to navigate the camera menu to get to the settings you want
  • You will be able to pick up your camera in any situation and take beautiful photos
  • You will learn all of the camera basics like focus, white balance, flash, creative filters, burst mode, and more

Requirements

  • You do not need any photography experience. While knowing basic camera terminology will be helpful, we will go over the basics of new terms and concepts.
  • You should have a Sony mirrorless camera (any Sony camera will do!)

Description

This is the only online Sony camera course you need to learn how to use your camera to take amazing photos!

Get comfortable using all of the buttons and features of your Sony mirrorless camera.

Be confident taking great photos and understanding basic photography settings.

Quickly navigate your camera's menu to change any setting you want.

By the end of this course, you should be able to pick up your camera in any situation, and use it to take beautiful photos. We want photography to be fun for you, and by knowing the ins and outs of your camera, it will help you to not only become a better photographer but also have a great time shooting photos.

In this course, we basically try to cover every button, dial, menu option and feature of a typical Sony mirrorless camera.

What do we cover in this Sony mirrorless course?

  • Quickstart guide to automatically taking great photos

  • Overview of the camera body, buttons, dials and ports

  • Taking a photo

  • Reviewing a photo

  • Exposing your photos properly

  • Automatic shooting modes

  • Burst and other drive modes

  • Focus modes and points

  • Metering modes

  • Exposure compensation

  • White balance

  • Color profiles

  • The Sony menu system

  • Formatting a memory card

  • Using the internal flash

  • Using an external flash

  • Reading the histogram

  • Wifi connection and Sony smartphone app

  • The viewfinder and diopter

  • Sony video modes

  • Recording audio

  • Using an external microphone

  • Choosing a lens

  • SD card options

  • ND filters

  • and so much more!

Who is this course for and what cameras is it good for?

This course is perfect if you are brand new to using a Sony mirrorless camera. This course is great if you have zero experience with photography or if you already know a lot about photography, but are new to Sony mirrorless cameras. Please note that this course will teach you how to use your Sony mirrorless camera. It is not a complete photography course that will teach you the artistic and creative side of photography. This course is a more tech-specific course.

We taught this course using one of the latest Sony mirrorless cameras in the A7 line. Most Sony mirrorless cameras are very similar and have similar options, buttons and features.

If you have a Sony A7, A7II, A7III, Sony A7Ri, A7Rii, A7Riii, A7Riv, Sony A7R, Sony A6000, A6300, A6400, A6500, A6600, A6700, Sony A9, A9ii, or any other model of Sony camera, this course should help you.

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If you are unsatisfied with the course, or if it just isn't for you, we have a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Our goal is to make sure you love this course! We are always listening to students and improving our courses to make them even better. If you ever have a suggestion on how to make this course better, just let us know!

What are you waiting for?

If you want to learn how to take amazing photos with your Sony mirrorless camera, enroll now!

See you in class!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for complete beginners who don't know how to use their Sony camera
  • This course is for anybody who just purchased or received a Sony camera
  • This course is NOT a general photography course that will teach you the creative side of photography. Rather this is a course that will teach you the technical camera buttons, dials, modes and options to help you become a better photographer

Course content

5 sections • 36 lectures • 3h 14m total length

  • Preview01:25
  • Preview00:35
  • Preview00:11
  • Preview04:48
  • Tips to Improve Your Course Taking Experience
    01:06
  • Preview11:43
  • How to Review Your Photos
    02:36
  • Key Differences Between Sony Models
    08:32
  • UPDATE - Sony's 2020-2021 Camera Roadmap
    09:10

  • Introduction to Exposure
    00:46
  • How to Read & Adjust Exposure with Your Camera (Shutter Speed, Aperture & ISO)
    05:32
  • The Exposure Triangle
    06:22
  • Aperture & Shutter Priority Modes
    03:16
  • Program Mode
    02:29
  • Additional Scene and Shooting Modes
    02:59
  • Bulb Modes
    01:34
  • Focusing, Focusing Modes and Autofocus Points
    07:17
  • Drive Mode (Taking Single or Multiple Photos, Auto Timer)
    04:42
  • Metering Modes
    05:55
  • Recording Video
    05:38

  • Welcome to This Section
    01:29
  • Camera Settings Menu 1
    36:08
  • Camera Settings Menu 2
    23:11
  • Network Settings Menu & Sending Photos to a Smartphone
    08:16
  • Playback Settings Menu
    04:14
  • Setup Menu
    11:36
  • My Menu
    02:27

  • Welcome to This Section
    00:21
  • Lens Choices
    05:58
  • Lens Filters - UV Filters & ND Filters
    04:19
  • Lens Cleaning Kit
    02:26
  • Batteries & Chargers
    02:09
  • Memory Cards (SD Cards)
    01:38
  • Vertical Grip
    01:27
  • External Microphone
    01:40

  • Thank You
    00:40

Instructors

Phil Ebiner
Top-Rated Instructor, 2 Million+ Students
Phil Ebiner
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 265,037 Reviews
  • 2,128,952 Students
  • 134 Courses

great courses for beginners

I'll teach you the skills necessary to stand out from the crowd. Whether it’s a personal passion or a business pursuit, you can learn video, photography, art, design, marketing skills and more here.

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Step-by-step tutorials and project-based learning.

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One-on-one support from experts that truly want to help you.

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With our happiness guarantee, you have nothing to worry about. Become a member or join an individual course today. We have a 30-day money-back guarantee on all courses.

more about phil

My professional background is in video production and editing. I graduated from Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television in 2011. Since then, I've worked on thousands of projects that have appeared in movie theaters, film festivals, television and online.

Today, I create all kinds of things from photographs that can be seen on my Instagram to homemade sourdough bread that feeds my family. Who knows where life will take me. But I know wherever I am, I'll be creating.

Since 2012, I've been creating online courses that over two million students from around the world have taken. Course topics include everything from photography and video to design and business courses. If I can't teach it , I collaborate with other experts who share their skills with absolute beginners.

Video School is my website where you can take my online courses. You can also find them on top course platforms like Udemy.

Photography & Friends is a website and community I created to help new photographers become confident with their cameras.

I can't wait to see you in class!

- Phil

Video School
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Learn creative skills, from absolute beginner to advanced mastery. 

Video School exists to help you succeed in life. Each course has been hand-tailored to teach a specific skill from photography and video to art, design and business.

Whether you’re trying to learn a new skill from scratch, or want to refresh your memory on something you’ve learned in the past, you’ve come to the right place.

Education makes the world a better place. Make your world better with new skills!

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Sam Shimizu-Jones
Cinematographer / Photographer
Sam Shimizu-Jones
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 61,336 Reviews
  • 623,097 Students
  • 17 Courses

  With a focus on cinematic beauty and human connection, Sam specializes in capturing peoples’ cultures and lifestyles.  His affinity for traveling has led him to work on productions of all types and sizes across the United States, Western Europe, Eastern Asia, Central and South America.  His travels abroad have taught him invaluable lessons in what it takes to capture stories while on the road. 

  Born and raised in the skateboard and surf culture of Santa Cruz, California, Sam found his passion for photography and filmmaking at a young age while making extreme sports videos with his friends. At Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, he was educated in many aspects of filmmaking but focused on cinematography, directing, and documentary film.  It was also during this time that he expanded his photography skills, working in the darkroom, printing 35mm film for the first time and taking photos for school's newspaper at various school events. 

  Today, Sam looks to further explore the art of photography and grow as a filmmaker, expand his production company, Will Call Cinematic and continue to explore cultures around the world.  He is lucky to call these two passions of his work and looks forward to learning the skills and knowledge he has learned with his students. 

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