GH4 GH5 - Microphone level control possible via custom functions?

[The Hebrew Hammer]

I love using my Panasonic GH5, but I find that one of the functions I use most frequently seems to be only accessible through finicky touch-screen controls.

To adjust mic levels while recording, it seems like you have to enter into the touch screen menu, click the camera icon on the right-side bar, then the microphone, then adjust.

I'm wondering if mic levels can be mapped to the custom function buttons on the joystick - ideally left and right - so you can quickly make minor tweaks while recording without going through menus. When I've looked through custom functions options, the only one that has to with sound seems to be Mic Directivity. Am I missing something?

Does anyone know if this is possible, or why its not? Hopefully leaving this out isn't just a way to sell XLR units for improved level control!

 

[Peter Berry]

No Fn button control I could find either, but I find the cine-cam icon on screen to be easy to use, and it's on-screen in any creative video mode - opening up noiseless SS,A,ISO and Exp. comp control n addition to mic level. Exposure comp. even works in M mode with auto ISO in 1/3 EV steps - a 1st for Panny!

Just leave the "touch tab" setting on in "touch settings" menu, and it stays on, unless you're in a Custom mode where it was off when saved. In that case, simply re-save the C setting with the touch tab on, and it stays on with re-starts.

Pete