Sony A7s - Can you adjust white balance while recording?

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The Irish TRex

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Title says it all. Shot my 3rd wedding today with my two new A7s cameras (such a killer camera) but one snag I hit was not being able to adjust white balance while recording. Is there a way to do this? The long toasts tonight were during sunset as the sky went from one color to another and I couldn't adjust until I stopped rolling. Seems odd to not allow that. Any way to do this?
 
I agree that's a real shame. I wanted to do a demo film showing color temperature changing (as is possible on the GH4, and Canon C300, but sadly not possible on the A7s.
This should definitely be a feature request, along with being able to reassign the movie record button to the shutter button.
 
jcs said:
Try the AWB setting ;)
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I had it on AWB during this time, and as the color changed, the camera went from natural looking to really blue for a period of 2 minutes then adjusted to the new correct looking color. I'm shocked actually that this isn't possible with this camera.

Nicholas Natteau said:
I agree that's a real shame. I wanted to do a demo film showing color temperature changing (as is possible on the GH4, and Canon C300, but sadly not possible on the A7s.
This should definitely be a feature request, along with being able to reassign the movie record button to the shutter button.
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Definitely agree. I'm slowly getting used to the side button after 3 full weddings but it'd be nice to have that "option".
 
Nicholas Natteau said:
I agree that's a real shame. I wanted to do a demo film showing color temperature changing (as is possible on the GH4, and Canon C300, but sadly not possible on the A7s.
This should definitely be a feature request, along with being able to reassign the movie record button to the shutter button.
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Is there even a place to make a "feature request" for this camera? I know Panasonic jumped on the audio issue right away with the GH4, but this issue seems like it's an oversight and not an error since some of their cameras allow you to adjust WB during recording and some don't. Frustrating nevertheless.
 
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