Camera Settings

The short answer: Creative Style and Creative Look are Sony's two in-camera colour systems, and every Sony camera has one or the other. Creative Style is the older system, found on cameras like the Sony ZV-1, Sony RX100 VII, and the a6000-series: it uses named styles like Standard, Vivid, and Landscape, each with three adjustments. Creative Look is the newer system, found on bodies like the Sony a7 IV, ZV-E1, and FX30: it uses two-letter codes like ST, PT, and VV, with eight

Why Sony photos look flat out of the box, and how photographers get the rich, "edited" look with no editing: in-camera colour using Creative Style and White Balance. Category: Sony Settings · Last updated: June 2026 The short answer: photos that look edited straight out of camera are made with two in-camera controls working together: a Creative Style (or Creative Look on newer bodies) that sets the photo's character, and a deliberate White Balance choice that sets its mood. T

There’s a moment at every reception where the room goes dark, the DJ kicks in, and every guest reaches for their phone and gets the same shot: flat, washed out, bland. Skin tones gone grey, the warm glow of the room flattened into nothing, the whole thing somehow both too dark and too lifeless at once. They post it anyway, because it’s the only one they’ve got. I was at one of those weddings recently with nothing but my RX100VII tucked in a tiny bag, and I came home with fram

I took my X100VI to France and Spain for three weeks and came back with some hard-learned lessons about setup. These are the five things I wish I’d configured before I left. Dial these in before your next trip and thank yourself later. 1 — Pre-load your custom recipes Don’t wait until you’re standing in front of the Eiffel Tower to figure out which recipe you want to shoot on. Go into your camera settings before you leave and load every recipe you plan to use into your custom

An archive of some of my most frequently asked questions on Tiktok and Instagram about my Fujifilm x100vi! How did I get my hands on one? I preordered mine through a local camera store called Vistek. What type of camera is it? It is a compact point-and-shoot camera with a fixed focal length. This means that you cannot interchange the lens, and it is also permanently set at a 23mm focal length (35mm equivalent). How much did it cost? It is $2159.99 CAD before tax. I live in On

A current list of all my Camera Equipment and Accessories Cameras Canon G7x Mark ii - https://bit.ly/43aIuPe Sony ZV-1 Mark i - https://bit.ly/4dhWPOz Sony RX 100vii - https://bit.ly/4nEmiq7 Fujifilm x100vi - https://bit.ly/4knXT5R DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo - https://bit.ly/44yC5Qc Sony A6500 - https://bit.ly/43r9R8Z 35 mm co Camera - https://bit.ly/42VkDUS Accessories White Wrist Strap - https://bit.ly/3H7Uc5D Sony Tripod - https://bit.ly/3F3NxsM iPhone Gimbal - https

Getting the perfect portrait photo with the flash can be a challenge. It is a fine balance between illuminating the subject, keeping the skin-tones beautiful and warm and determining how much background detail you want to keep in the shot. In this blog post I am going to share with you the two settings that I use on my Canon G7x Mark ii that give me the most flattering flash portraits possible. Here is a link to my video where I also share these settings: https://vm.tiktok.co