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Video settings, in depth

What are the right video settings on the Sony a7R V — 8K, full-frame 4K 60p, and S-Log3?

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XAVC S 4K as the default, S-Log3 from Picture Profile PP8 when it will be graded (PP11 S-Cinetone when it ships as-is) — and 4K 60p at full frame width, with the card speed and heat budget planned before you roll.
File Format: XAVC S 4K  ·  4K 60p: full frame, no crop  ·  Color: PP8 S-Log3 or PP11 S-Cinetone  ·  Cards: CFexpress Type A / V60+ for 8K  ·  Auto Power OFF Temp: High
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Step 1

Pick the format by the edit

MENU→Shooting→Image Quality/Rec→File Format

XAVC S 4K is the default that never embarrasses: 10-bit, friendly to every editor. XAVC HS 4K records the same quality in smaller files and bills your computer at the edit. XAVC S-I compresses frame by frame for the heaviest grading work — at up to 600M it demands the fastest cards. XAVC HS 8K, at 24p/25p only, buys resolution headroom with heat and storage.

Step 2

4K 60p keeps the whole frame

MENU→Shooting→Image Quality/Rec→Movie Settings

Recording 4K 60p/50p or 8K, the APS-C/S35 setting locks Off and the camera shoots the full-frame angle of view — the opposite of the a7C II, whose 60p locks the Super 35 crop on. A 24mm frames like a 24mm at every 4K rate this body offers. The trade at 60p is not width; it is heat.

Step 3

S-Log3 lives in Picture Profile

MENU→Exposure/Color→Color/Tone→Picture Profile

There is no Log Shooting menu and no Cine EI on this body. PP8 is the S-Log3 preset (S-Log3 gamma, S-Gamut3.Cine color); PP11 is S-Cinetone for footage that ships ungraded. Turn Gamma Display Assist on so the flat log image previews at a viewable contrast.

Step 4

Plan the endurance before you roll

MENU→Setup→Power Setting Option→Auto Power OFF Temp.

8K needs a CFexpress Type A (VPG200) or an SDXC V60 or faster; XAVC S-I 4K wants VPG200 or V90. Set Auto Power OFF Temp. to High and the guide rates continuous recording, camera started cool, at about 60 minutes of 4K and 30 minutes of 8K at 25°C — halving at 40°C. On High, shoot from a tripod: the guide warns a hot body held for a long take can cause low-temperature burns.

Try it now

Set XAVC S 4K and PP11, switch Gamma Display Assist on, set Auto Power OFF Temp. to High — then record one 60p clip and confirm the framing matches your 30p clip exactly.