Salted Line/Sony a6300/Sony 18-105mm f:4.0

[Barmaglot]

So my question here is, is there a setting on the a6000 where, with the flash popped up, it is possible to turn the flash off AND adjust WB to a custom setting? I find that only one or the other is possible but I hope I've missed a way to do it.

You can take a pair of magnets (strong neodymium ones) and put them on the back of the housing, near the pop-up flash, one inside, one outside, so that you can use the outer magnet as a handle to move the inner one. The pop-up flash has a small magnet inside, and the camera has a Hall effect sensor to detect when the flash is down, so if you put a strong magnet near the flash housing, it will trip the sensor and the camera will behave as if the flash got pushed down.

 

[dkjens0705]

Dang, now there's an answer I didn't expect. Thank you, I'll look for some magnets and try that.

 

[dwilhelm]

As an alternativ you can set the camera to use the silent shutter mode. That should also deactivate the flash even if it is popped up

 

[dkjens0705]

As an alternativ you can set the camera to use the silent shutter mode. That should also deactivate the flash even if it is popped up

I don't find that option in the a6000 menu.

 

[dwilhelm]

I don't find that option in the a6000 menu.

Ah, sorry, didn't see that you are using the a6000. It is available in the a6300 and upwards.