Sony Camera Basics: The Photographer’s Starter Manual

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.