Minolta 5D White Balance problems...

[booktrunk]

Hi,

I got a new 5D on Saturday and I think with my usual luck i've got a broken one!!

Whte Balance is completely messed up. When I turn the camera on with AWB and Auto on the program side most of the time when I try to change the Whitebalance via it's control on the top of the camera it totally skips over the set mode and only allows me to choose spot metering or setting it manually, at 5500 etc...

It's really strange I just cannot get it to allow me to choose the "daylight", "cloudy", etc... settings. Sometime i've got it to work, but only after removing the lens resetting the camera then reattaching the lens. Then 5 minutes later it goes again and i'm back to square one.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Also, I guess it's give the shop a call time.. but as I only purchased it saturday from a branch of Jacobs I presume i'm within my rights to demand a replacement not just give it up for them to fix at their leisure which for all I know might not be until next year.

Cheers

steff

[witters]

Have you tried it on anything other than full auto mode? Maybe it doesn't allow you to change it unless you use another mode?

[longleyc]

"Merchantable quality" is your claim, unless your doing something wrong. Ask for a replacement.
Any quibbles just mention "trading standards"

The White Balance dial is on top to the left of the flash hot shot and has positions for Auto, Preset and Custom white balance, as well as Color temperature i recall?

You set the dial, then press the WB centre button for the appropriate menus. Then use the 4way controller to access the WB menu/setting you want.

If thats not happening then its faulty.

Thats a cracking camera the 5D even with the basic Nolta 18-70 AF DT kit.

[booktrunk]

Cheers,

Yeah it's when you try to switch to the "presets".

I cannot wait to get another one. Once I get it swapped I'm going to spend £100 and get the 70-300 lens as well and see what that's like, cannot really go to far wrong at that price

[booktrunk]

witters...

Sorry didn't see your message!!

Yes i've tried it on the different modes, full auto through to complete manual and it's just a little poorly.

Can't wait to get another one

[booktrunk]

Well got a new starter motor in the car yesterday so could go back to the nice friendly camera swap, once they got a working 5D out and I could prove mine was poorly they just swapped it for a new one.

So that was good, all's well that ends well

Oh... I somehow manged to buy a 70-300 zoom whilst I was there

Steff