[Dieter Kaupp]

Hi Denis,

Thank you first of all for taking a moment to comment.

I’m surprised more people haven’t made a comment on this issue. Maybe not too many are using the ‘Direct Menu Operations’ function with the toggle wheel.

I personally use it all the time. It makes using various functions so much easier to access without having to go into ones menu settings. Just using the toggle wheel to go from one setting to another for about 5 or 6 often used settings is a great tool. However, when this tool is not functional if an alert window appears, i.e.: battery low or card near full, this causes problems and frustration. When the battery low indicator shows, one still has about 5 minutes left of shooting. Same with a card near full alert window. That’s a long time left to shoot and without the direct operation function, it’s a problem, especially if you need to quickly change the color temperature or raise the light level in a low light situation. I guess one could put the camera to fully automatic, but that can cause problems too.

The new firmware recently released doesn’t address this issue, at least not what I have read. Hopefully Sony will address this issue, but without too many complaints, I would guess not.

If anyone else has more knowledge of this matter, please make a post.