Sony HDR FX1000 Shot Transitions at DVinfo.net

Steven Pustay · April 28th, 2010, 02:36 PM

I am unable to assign Shot Transitions to buttons 4,5,6 according to the manual. When I go to assign button functions, the Shot Transitions option is not on the list.

When I press the button 4 repeatedly, as the manual suggests the shot transition options do not appear, so I guess they aren't set by default to shot transitions.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve Pustay
Horizon Video

Adam Gold · April 28th, 2010, 03:00 PM

It's actually never in the regular list. IIRC, when you go to ASSIGN in the OTHERS menu, there should be an interrupt screen asking you if you want to use SHOT TRANS -- when you say yes, it should assign them to buttons 4, 5 and 6.

I won't be near my gear until tonight but if no one's come up with a better answer by then I'll circle back. All I can remember now is that it's a little tricky and not intuitive and not well-explained in the manual. The manual seems to imply it's on the screen where you select which button, rather than the next screen where you select the actual function.

EDIT: I was sort of right. It's been a while since I used an FX1000, but if it's the same as the Z5's menus, when you go to OTHERS > ASSIGN you should see ASSIGN 1 though ASSIGN 6. Don't select any of those; scroll down and you should see SHOT TRANSITION. Select that and it should ask you if you want to assign buttons 4 through 6 to the SHOT TRANSITION functions. Tell it yes and you should be good to go.

April 28th, 2010, 02:36 PM	#1
Steven Pustay New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canton, OH Posts: 21	Sony HDR FX1000 Shot Transitions I am unable to assign Shot Transitions to buttons 4,5,6 according to the manual. When I go to assign button functions, the Shot Transitions option is not on the list. When I press the button 4 repeatedly, as the manual suggests the shot transition options do not appear, so I guess they aren't set by default to shot transitions. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Steve Pustay Horizon Video

April 28th, 2010, 03:00 PM	#2
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	It's actually never in the regular list. IIRC, when you go to ASSIGN in the OTHERS menu, there should be an interrupt screen asking you if you want to use SHOT TRANS -- when you say yes, it should assign them to buttons 4, 5 and 6. I won't be near my gear until tonight but if no one's come up with a better answer by then I'll circle back. All I can remember now is that it's a little tricky and not intuitive and not well-explained in the manual. The manual seems to imply it's on the screen where you select which button, rather than the next screen where you select the actual function. EDIT: I was sort of right. It's been a while since I used an FX1000, but if it's the same as the Z5's menus, when you go to OTHERS > ASSIGN you should see ASSIGN 1 though ASSIGN 6. Don't select any of those; scroll down and you should see SHOT TRANSITION. Select that and it should ask you if you want to assign buttons 4 through 6 to the SHOT TRANSITION functions. Tell it yes and you should be good to go. __________________ "It can only be attributable to human error... This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error." Last edited by Adam Gold; April 28th, 2010 at 11:17 PM.