Learn photography and video on the Sony a6700 — from first principles.

Before light and lenses, learn the body in your hands. Every abstract idea in this guide lands on one of these dials, buttons, or menu items — so the faster the a6700 becomes muscle memory, the more attention you keep for the photograph.

1. What you're holding 6 min
2. The controls 7 min
3. The menu, tamed 6 min
4. Recommended setup 8 min
5. The focus system 8 min
6. Holding steady 6 min
7. Files & formats 6 min

Exposure, focus, and composition are the grammar of every still image. Learn them here as trades you make on purpose, each one tied to a control you already found in Part I.

1. Exposure, the whole picture 7 min
2. Aperture & depth of field 8 min
3. Shutter speed & motion 7 min
4. ISO & noise 6 min
5. Metering & the histogram 7 min
6. White balance & color 6 min
7. Focal length & composition 7 min
8. Reading light 7 min

Video adds time to the frame, and time has its own rules: frame rates, the 180° shutter, codecs, and motion. This part keeps the same first-principles approach and points it at moving pictures.

1. Frame rates & the 180° rule 7 min
2. Codecs & bit depth 6 min
3. Color pipelines 7 min
4. Moving the camera 6 min
5. Video autofocus 6 min
6. Sound, minimally 5 min

You own exactly two lenses, and that is a feature. Knowing each one deeply — where it sings, where it struggles, and how they overlap — is worth more than any lens you do not have.

1. Sony E PZ 10-20mm F4 G 6 min
2. Tamron 17-70mm F2.8 6 min
3. Close focus & the details 6 min
4. Filters & lens care 6 min
5. Which lens when 6 min