White Balance: cannot proceed?

[Chadfish]

Hi

So today I go to a Best Western to shoot footage for a promotional video, and I go to white balance and I received a message saying "cannot proceed". If I push the WB button I get "White Balance Preset" even though I am switched to "A" or "B". All 3 switch selections give me "cannot proceed" and I'm just stuck.

I don't believe I have changed anything from the last time I shot. I have a PP set to Vortex' suggested outside settings, and one for inside. So switching between the two PPs does give me a 5600k / 3200k.

Any suggestions short of resetting the whole camera?

Thanks.

 

[Chadfish]

Relax everyone! Doug Jensen saved the day.

"It has nothing to do with your PP. Go to the OTHERS menu page and scroll down to the Direct Menu setting. Change it to "PART" and leave it there. You probably have it on ALL and that disables several of external controls on the camera.

Sony really blew it with this "function". I mean, if you're going to put a big "gotcha" in the camera, why not have an error message that suggests a cause or solution? "

Posted so future people can search this solution...

 

[Chadfish]

Also,

"Actually, it is in the EX1 Field Guide on page 22 (page 25 of the EX3 book) next to a red "WARNING" logo. I only missed mentioning it on the DVD. The Field Guide wasn't published until a year later. so I had plenty of time to include it on that one."