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Poll - MySets and Custom Modes, Oly & Pana

Started Mar 11, 2018 | Polls thread
richj20 Forum Pro • Posts: 10,181
Re: Poll - MySets and Custom Modes, Oly & Pana

The Panasonic GX8 has 5 Custom Modes and 13 Fn "buttons": 8 buttons on the camera, 5 on the touch screen.

Add any explanation if wanting to about how your MySets/Custom Modes are configured.

The Fn Buttons are configurable, which makes it nice for setting up a standard configuration for all Custom Modes. Eg: I have Fn1 for Aspect Ratio, Fn4 for E-shutter off (for flash), in all modes. That makes it easy to remember.

I use C1 for normal photographing: Aperture Priority, ISO 200, WB=Daylight, etc.

Since configurations are "sticky" to a Custom Mode, this means if I change ISO or WB for a particular scene, when I shut down/restart, the ISO/WB are back to my normal configuration.

C2 is for Tripod: LVF, Timer on, Dual IS Off, etc.

C3-1 is for indoors: Auto WB, Auto ISO, etc.

When I configured everything, I wrote the settings on a 3x5 card to help remember. Now I don't need it.

Custom Modes/Fn Buttons make life very enjoyable.

- Richard

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