Sony A1II FW Version 4.0 Menu Settings for Shooting Sports, Action, & Birds In Flight @PMRTV

Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

There has been some confusion about which settings to use or not use with the powerful AI in the A1II most recent firmware update 4.0. This video seeks to flush all that out for Tracking AF settings with the new update. I've been shooting sports for 40 years and was an early adopter to Sony back in 2014. This video is not intended to be the end all for settings but rather to give you a starting point to find success and then you can adapt and change to fit your specific needs from there.

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