Originally posted by swanlefitte Basically I wondered if there was a way not to change settings without going into the menu. A quick override while I practice panoramas. Thus learning how the camera implements awb was helpful to be as creative in my options.
Like using manual lenses before I knew about the green button was pretty easy but the green button is much less hassle even though I could get the same shot with a couple seconds more work.
That's it.
I am practicing panoramas but wb changing is distracting with them. If as I am out and find a possible subject to practice I won't worry about changing the settings and put it together as is. I don't plan on keeping my tests. It's just to see how that subject in that environment works with stitching and composition, a button punch would be great but not worth a menu dive. If a test turns out worth keeping I will go back and correct all the raws in a batch but i am not going to do it for 20 batches of 20 photos 1 batch at a time. Loading in acr will take an hour. I can do that or let colorshifts be An annoyance
or menu dive 20 times in 2 hours of shooting. A quick button would save me so thats why i asked if there was one.
Since there is no quick button I choose the colorshift. If I change to jpg because of processing time then I will set my white balance, again which I could avoid if there was a quick button.
If I learn what I am doing and I am shooting handheld panoramas with an expectation of getting a photo not a test shot, it won't matter to me because batch processing will be the norm.
I have a specific purpose and I want the most reasonable way to my preferences and purpose. Normally I chase the butterflys in awb happily as long as I haven't changed the settings.
I understand the idea of a one button press, but it can't be done because WB isn't a on/off thing. You still have to tell the camera what WB you want to use if AWB isn't wanted. And this why it works like it is right now, pressing the WB button and then select the desired WB. It's similar to setting the ISO: you have to select the value (or auto) after pressing the button. The camera can't guess exactly what value you want to use nor can it guess that you want to shoot a butterfly and then a panorama for the next 20 shots and then back... Either it's set in auto mode (camera guessing) or in manual mode (what you want exactly), but it can't be both at the same time (hoping the camera will guess exactly what you want in and between shots).
Outside of this, the nearest thing to a one button would be to register User modes for panorama and butterflies. Then, you only have to turn the dial one notch between U1 and U2 to switch between the two sets of settings. Which is as fast if not faster than a button. For example, you can register AF.C, AWB, autoexposure and bright on U1 for butterflies and MF, manual exposure , daylight WB and landscape profile on U2 for panorama. Sure, some work has to be done beforehand to register the two modes but when it's done it allows to quickly switch between the two types of shooting.