for the custom WB i guess u have to, then again its not like the default auto WB is bad.

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Added on August 24, 2011, 11:03 amanyway...i still wonder if i should get a fisheye...i know its something that wont be used often...but sometimes u wish u had it...but starting at rm1k+...zzz...

let me fix for you 

Yeah, although he mentioned Sony A700 can snap for the PRE setting easily, D7000 can do the same too. But again, at the point of time of our exploration yesterday, we failed to fiddle out how to work it with Nikon till I back home and flipped my manual. In fact, he did used the WB button + the dials to switch across WB presets.

However, he mentioned that there is one more setting for WB which he did not found in D7000 system. Let see what's exactly he mentioning and probably I failed to get it out

Isn't that is the Fine tune White Balance settings which you saw yesterday? The Squarish color thingy with a point where you can move to either increased blue, amber, green and magenta?

Given that's the case, isn't the D7000 would able to offer wider option with two values adjustable than only one which I saw from your video?

Okay I get what you mean now for point 1. I don't recall exactly how many steps required but its about there.

On the second part is point where you meant Sony is more user friendly than Nikon right? Or rather Nikon do not have that? Actually Nikon have similar to what you have shown in video no.2, but in a wider variety. But that one can only be accessed in the menu. For Sony, can be accessed from top LCD only?

but nikon got the "BKT" function rite? 

Basically, like what CY mention and I also mentioned before previously, the Custom WB can be set without going through the menu.

On your second video, the green/magenta shift, I think we can't do that for Custom WB without going through the menu on the D7000, not sure about higher end models. But for preset WB, I think we can adjust with limited options on the D7000.

From your video:
I guess the main reason is because the top LCD in D7000 is small, compared with Sony, which implement on the BACK LCD instead; This give much more room and more intuitive UI (colour screen), also means more can be done.

Actually, for the D7000 and also other models, you can press the INFO button to access a set of available controls for quick access, which is using the BACK LCD.

Then again, I guess it's sort of different implementation? Usually people talking about quick controls is without having to access the BACK LCD; If we refer to the back LCD, I think many things can be done, such as what I mentioned for the "INFO" button to bring up Nikon's interactive UI? For higher end models, this UI provides more controls.

Nonetheless, I'd like to see Nikon implement adjusting the green/magenta shift onto the top LCD. Does higher end models have this (since D7000 top LCD is smaller)?
The Sony is not access from top LCD, it's from back LCD.

Chill, I got the video to show how it is done in the Nikon system instead. ;-) Now I wonder how long would I take to get it up live ._.

tried on my d5100
menu button -> white blance -> preset manual -> measured -> snap photo

or using picture

menu button -> white blance -> preset manual -> use picture -> select
4 step on my side

now i can pretake grey colour yipeee!!!!!

The thing that triggered this discussion is probably when you said Nikon requires many steps, cause I recalled it wasn't as complicated as you described earlier.

Just need to read the manual or actually understand how the Nikon body control works ;-).

Anyways posted my video few post before this.

Sifu(s) lately i played alot of Pre WB, i can say my shoots now are much better, less lightroom adjustment for WB.

A noob question here: Is it advisable to print out grey card? if it is, is there a standard colour to follow or any grey colour would do? As I did some reading in DP forums they mention grey is better than white card O.O(I blur already)

Can someone help me clear my doubts