"Cannot Proceed"

Phil Bloom · November 27th, 2007, 05:07 PM

Not sure what I have done, but have done it twice now. I cannot change gain when in manual mode. I keep getting the message "cannot proceed". Last time I reset all settings and it was fine, but I don't want to do this again.

Any ideas?

Chris Forbes · November 27th, 2007, 05:11 PM

Ditto for me I was messing with the settings and got the do not proceed error. I had to reset the settings.

Phil Bloom · November 28th, 2007, 01:28 AM

Am wondering if there is a bug in the firmware here that needs fixing

Eric Pascarelli · November 28th, 2007, 07:22 AM

Same here - for both the Gain and the White Balance switches.

Phil Bloom · November 28th, 2007, 07:48 AM

Definite fault. Am sure it will be fixed soon.

Chris Forbes · November 28th, 2007, 12:54 PM

try to adjust the on-screen options with a tape or battery warning up. It doesn't work.

Phil Bloom · November 28th, 2007, 01:04 PM

Hey...we are the beta testers after all in a way! Do Sony read these forums at all?

Carroll Lam · November 29th, 2007, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Bloom

Not sure what I have done, but have done it twice now. I cannot change gain when in manual mode. I keep getting the message "cannot proceed". Last time I reset all settings and it was fine, but I don't want to do this again.

How are you trying to change gain, Phil - by using the PRST-A-B switch or do you mean you can use the menus to set the values for the switch settings?

Carroll Lam

Phil Bloom · November 29th, 2007, 04:09 PM

its using the hard switches. When it happens it affects the white balance switch too

Carroll Lam · November 29th, 2007, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Bloom

its using the hard switches. When it happens it affects the white balance switch too

Thanks, Phil. I just wanted to be on the watch for the same problem.

Carroll Lam

Carroll Lam · November 29th, 2007, 05:41 PM

Others have posted about the manual gain setting switch and I have about the manual shutter switch sometimes leading to a "cannot proceed" message, requiring an "all reset" to restore normal operations.

Well, I just finished an experiment where I painstakingly changed one menu setting at a time away from the factory default settings. I didn't change every parameter, just the ones I had been changing to my preferences.

When I finally got down to "Direct Menu" and changed it from "Part" to "All" I started getting the "cannot proceed" warning when I operated either the shutter or gain switches. So, out came the manual and sure 'nuff there at the upper right of page 19 were the words "When the Direct mode is set to "All," tje GAIN, SHUTTER, and WHITE BAL switches are disabled."

Now, I'm a great believer in RTFM and I had studied the manual quite closely and I'd studied the manual for days before receiving my EX1 and I missed that statement completely.

Now that I understand what Direct Menu is and how it works since having the actual camera I can see the logic of this method of operation but I wish the preceding statement had been highlighted a little better.

"All is forgiven."

Carroll Lam

Chris Barcellos · November 29th, 2007, 05:54 PM

Thought it would be something like that....

Zachary Fink · February 3rd, 2008, 10:11 AM

Thanks - That stumped me as well

Andreas Johansson · February 3rd, 2008, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Bloom

Hey...we are the beta testers after all in a way! Do Sony read these forums at all?

If I was a Sony rep and did read this I would reply with a classic RTFM!

Maybe we don't want Sony to read all our post :)

Billy Mead · February 3rd, 2008, 07:09 PM

Yeah.. had me for about 20 minutes tonight. Thanks GOD for the search function here!

But the error message itself is kind of creepy. 'Cannot Proceed' just plain sounds bad...

November 27th, 2007, 05:07 PM	#1
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	manual gain...cannot proceed Not sure what I have done, but have done it twice now. I cannot change gain when in manual mode. I keep getting the message "cannot proceed". Last time I reset all settings and it was fine, but I don't want to do this again. Any ideas? __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

November 28th, 2007, 01:28 AM	#3
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	Am wondering if there is a bug in the firmware here that needs fixing __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

November 28th, 2007, 07:48 AM	#5
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	Definite fault. Am sure it will be fixed soon. __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

November 28th, 2007, 01:04 PM	#7
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	Hey...we are the beta testers after all in a way! Do Sony read these forums at all? __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

November 29th, 2007, 04:09 PM	#9
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	its using the hard switches. When it happens it affects the white balance switch too __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

November 27th, 2007, 05:11 PM	#2
Chris Forbes Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut Posts: 155	Ditto for me I was messing with the settings and got the do not proceed error. I had to reset the settings.

November 28th, 2007, 07:22 AM	#4
Eric Pascarelli Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 498	Same here - for both the Gain and the White Balance switches.

November 28th, 2007, 12:54 PM	#6
Chris Forbes Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Ut Posts: 155	try to adjust the on-screen options with a tape or battery warning up. It doesn't work.

November 29th, 2007, 05:41 PM	#11
Carroll Lam Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 128	"Cannot Proceed" - Solved Others have posted about the manual gain setting switch and I have about the manual shutter switch sometimes leading to a "cannot proceed" message, requiring an "all reset" to restore normal operations. Well, I just finished an experiment where I painstakingly changed one menu setting at a time away from the factory default settings. I didn't change every parameter, just the ones I had been changing to my preferences. When I finally got down to "Direct Menu" and changed it from "Part" to "All" I started getting the "cannot proceed" warning when I operated either the shutter or gain switches. So, out came the manual and sure 'nuff there at the upper right of page 19 were the words "When the Direct mode is set to "All," tje GAIN, SHUTTER, and WHITE BAL switches are disabled." Now, I'm a great believer in RTFM and I had studied the manual quite closely and I'd studied the manual for days before receiving my EX1 and I missed that statement completely. Now that I understand what Direct Menu is and how it works since having the actual camera I can see the logic of this method of operation but I wish the preceding statement had been highlighted a little better. "All is forgiven." Carroll Lam

November 29th, 2007, 05:54 PM	#12
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Thought it would be something like that.... __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

February 3rd, 2008, 10:11 AM	#13
Zachary Fink Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 134	thanks Thanks - That stumped me as well

February 3rd, 2008, 07:09 PM	#15
Billy Mead New Boot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boston MA Posts: 15	Yeah.. had me for about 20 minutes tonight. Thanks GOD for the search function here! But the error message itself is kind of creepy. 'Cannot Proceed' just plain sounds bad...