Z5 - can I have W/B fine tune on assign buttons? at DVinfo.net

Tom Hardwick · October 16th, 2009, 12:01 PM

I was talking to the Sony rep at the IOV forum yesterday and even he couldn't help me. On my Z1 I have assign buttons 5 and 6 set up to give me fine adjust of the daylight white balance, and I find this incredibly useful in run 'n' gun situations.

So if I can cool the image by clicking button 5 and warm it by clicking button 6. If I click button 5 five times (good reminder) I find myself filming with the (manual, natch) artificial light w/bal.

Question is, can I set up the Z5 assign buttons to give me the same facility?

tom.

Rob Morse · October 16th, 2009, 06:27 PM

Tom, it doesn't have that ability. It has a limited amount of items to choose from and WB isn't even on the list. There are things I wanted to use the assign button for as well but they're not there for me either.

October 16th, 2009, 12:01 PM	#1
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	Z5 - can I have W/B fine tune on assign buttons? I was talking to the Sony rep at the IOV forum yesterday and even he couldn't help me. On my Z1 I have assign buttons 5 and 6 set up to give me fine adjust of the daylight white balance, and I find this incredibly useful in run 'n' gun situations. So if I can cool the image by clicking button 5 and warm it by clicking button 6. If I click button 5 five times (good reminder) I find myself filming with the (manual, natch) artificial light w/bal. Question is, can I set up the Z5 assign buttons to give me the same facility? tom.

October 16th, 2009, 06:27 PM	#2
Rob Morse Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 427	Tom, it doesn't have that ability. It has a limited amount of items to choose from and WB isn't even on the list. There are things I wanted to use the assign button for as well but they're not there for me either.