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Setting up the camera for stop motion animation

Setting up the camera for stop motion animation - Alpha a7 Tutorial

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Setting up the camera for stop motion animation

- The stop motion app is pretty simple. Let's launch it. From your Application List, you can choose Stop Motion+. You'll find that there's three settings from the main menu; a standard stop motion, one that creates a bit of a miniature effect, which is good if shooting at a high angle, and you want some blurring, or the ability to customize things. I prefer Custom here, so I can really dial in the exposure. I'll choose Custom. This allows me to set my settings properly. This case, I'm going to change the aperture a little bit, and I'm going turn auto ISO off, so I can really lock things in, and get a good, overall base exposure. ISO 400 should be good. We're a little underexposed, so I'll slow down the shutter just slightly, take a test shot. That looks good. I like that. All right, let's check some of the other settings here. We'll go back and we'll make a few adjustments. If you need to, you can turn on the self-timer. You also can control what's recording, and from the File Format,…

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