DrKevbo
Contributor
There has been some question about white balance and the video mode on the NEX-5. the supplied literature really doesnt address it and it is not intuative on the camera. So, I did some checking and this is what I found.
" If you want to use a particular white balance or creative style setting, be sure to set the camera to a shooting mode, such as program, in which thoese settings can be made; if you switch back to intelligent auto or scene select mode, the camera will revert back to its automatic settings. Dont worry about setting other exsposure-related items, such as DRO, or metering mode, which will have no effect."
The other exposure- related function that you can set in video mode is apature.
First you need firmware version 3 or higher. to maintain a fixed aperture you have 2 choices
1) Set the camera to intelligent auto and use the background defocus
2) use the aperture priority setting
Hope this helps
" If you want to use a particular white balance or creative style setting, be sure to set the camera to a shooting mode, such as program, in which thoese settings can be made; if you switch back to intelligent auto or scene select mode, the camera will revert back to its automatic settings. Dont worry about setting other exsposure-related items, such as DRO, or metering mode, which will have no effect."
The other exposure- related function that you can set in video mode is apature.
First you need firmware version 3 or higher. to maintain a fixed aperture you have 2 choices
1) Set the camera to intelligent auto and use the background defocus
2) use the aperture priority setting
Hope this helps