Switching faster settings from photo to video

Started by redcrit, May 23, 2016, 07:05:09 AM

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redcrit

Hey,

I often shoot videos and fotos of the same subject, and I have to switch all of the settings every time (go in menu, change the mode to Photo ExpSim, then change shutter and aperture...).
I know there is the setting preset but I find it a bit inconvenient because when you switch for it if you're still in video mode, the shutter can't go under 1/33th of second, and sometime it gives ma the wrong temperature of color (from yesterday for instance).
So by any chance would there be a way to switch in one click ? That would be a huge time saver, to be honest.

Thank you.

Walter Schulz

Config presets: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=8499.0
Prefs -> Customize Menu (ML's MyMenu)
And a little helper for rebooting: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=14828.msg161005#msg161005 (Deactivate all Lua scripts you don't intend to use to speed up reboot.)

a1ex

If the number of settings you want to switch is fairly small, you could write a Lua script that does the switch.

garry23

@redcrit

To illustrate what A1wx says, if you look at my latest Lua script, you will see how simple it is to set different ML menu items.

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=17298.msg167443#msg167443

Also look at my toggler script that cycles around different ML menu configurations.

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=16931.msg164564#msg164564

BTW I'm not a programmer, but Lua has a low entry bar  :)

redcrit

Okay I am gonna check that out, thank you guys.

redcrit

Well, well, well I am kinda confused, wouldn't there be by any chance some kind of tutorial to follow ? Because I am kinda lost to be honest.
How can I create a lua script that basically change me from photo to video mode   and set different shutter speed and aperture ?

EDIT : Oh okay I got it  ! Nice, I got it looking in the config files in Prefs, I am gonna try it out.