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Tramm Hudson · May 26th, 2009, 09:57 PM

I'm as excited as everyone about the new firmware from Canon -- it will free my time to work on more interesting enhancements for the "5D Mark Free", once I have the new firmware mapped and my code working with it again.

Today's new widget: Zebra stripes!

Dan Chung · May 26th, 2009, 10:10 PM

Tramm,

That really is amazing, great work.

Dan

Chris Barcellos · May 27th, 2009, 12:25 AM

Tramm: Personal congrats on this next step. Understand you will be looking at piggy backing this latest with the new firmware from Canon.

Bob Thompson · May 27th, 2009, 01:43 AM

Tramm, Fantastic job.

Robert Esmonde · May 27th, 2009, 02:03 AM

Fantastic! Thanks Tramm.

Congratulations on achieving so many practical advances so quickly. Let's hope Canon don't break your ability to update the new 'manual' firmware.

Jeremy Nicholl · May 27th, 2009, 03:02 AM

What an interesting 24 hours. First the Beachtek, then Canon's firmware and now zebras.

Thanks very much indeed for all your work Tramm, and since others are making suggestions here's my request. Any way to implement peaking to assist with focus while shooting in the same way you've done zebras? Given that one can't enlarge the image once shooting and the autofocus interferes with the exposure peaking would be a good way to check focus while shooting on the run.

Jon Fairhurst · May 27th, 2009, 11:29 AM

What's awesome is that it seems that Canon is updating the sensor control stuff (and I expect 24/25p before the holiday sales season), allowing Tramm to work on usability features like zebras and audio monitoring. A peaking feature seems to be exactly in line with the newly focused direction for the Mark Free firmware.

These are exciting times!

Chris Hurd · May 27th, 2009, 12:47 PM

Outstanding -- thanks a ton for all of your efforts, Tramm!

Matthew Roddy · May 27th, 2009, 01:28 PM

What you're doing is amazing work, Mr. H.
I hope you know how much you're doing for Da Community here.
Thanks very much for the awesome additions and work!

We all have our lists and thankfully Canon has taken a step toward resolving those.
If you're looking for votes as to what to look at next, my vote is for uncrippling the output so we have HD output to monitor. This presumes, of course, your work goes well on the audio, and it also presumes Canon will give us 24/25P.
There is, of course, more, but you all that.

Again, thank you for your hard work and meritorious service.

Alvise Tedesco · May 29th, 2009, 01:08 PM

Awesome widget!
Thanks so much

Yang Wen · May 30th, 2009, 01:45 PM

Mr. Hudson

Great work! You are a genius.

One thought though... with all the new features you are adding, including realtime sampling etc... does it get to a point where all the new features will max out the CPU power in the 5D2 and would there then be risking the performance of the core video functionality? I mean we don't really know the performance cushion the 5D2 has right? A disaster scenario would be the CPU overheating and crashing, or too many processes resulting in dropped frames or corrupted video stream etc... or maybe only error-ing when filming a complex scene and the CPU has to work extra hard on compression. Thanks

Paul Cascio · May 30th, 2009, 04:52 PM

I'm curious about what is involved, and what knowledge/experience is needed, to tackle these types of mods? I am really impressed.

May 26th, 2009, 09:57 PM	#1
Tramm Hudson Wizard Status Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 239	Zebra stripes I'm as excited as everyone about the new firmware from Canon -- it will free my time to work on more interesting enhancements for the "5D Mark Free", once I have the new firmware mapped and my code working with it again. Today's new widget: Zebra stripes!

May 27th, 2009, 12:25 AM	#3
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Tramm: Personal congrats on this next step. Understand you will be looking at piggy backing this latest with the new firmware from Canon. __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

May 27th, 2009, 11:29 AM	#7
Jon Fairhurst Inner Circle Join Date: May 2006 Location: Camas, WA, USA Posts: 5,513	What's awesome is that it seems that Canon is updating the sensor control stuff (and I expect 24/25p before the holiday sales season), allowing Tramm to work on usability features like zebras and audio monitoring. A peaking feature seems to be exactly in line with the newly focused direction for the Mark Free firmware. These are exciting times! __________________ Jon Fairhurst

May 27th, 2009, 12:47 PM	#8
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,368 Images: 513	Outstanding -- thanks a ton for all of your efforts, Tramm! __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

May 29th, 2009, 01:08 PM	#10
Alvise Tedesco Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Milan/Italy Posts: 63	Awesome widget! Thanks so much __________________ vimeo.com/alvisetedesco web.mac.com/alvise.tedesco/DP/home

May 26th, 2009, 10:10 PM	#2
Dan Chung Major Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Beijing Posts: 665	Tramm, That really is amazing, great work. Dan

May 27th, 2009, 01:43 AM	#4
Bob Thompson Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 340	Tramm, Fantastic job.

May 27th, 2009, 02:03 AM	#5
Robert Esmonde Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 51	Fantastic! Thanks Tramm. Congratulations on achieving so many practical advances so quickly. Let's hope Canon don't break your ability to update the new 'manual' firmware.

May 27th, 2009, 03:02 AM	#6
Jeremy Nicholl Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Moscow, Russian Federation Posts: 50	What an interesting 24 hours. First the Beachtek, then Canon's firmware and now zebras. Thanks very much indeed for all your work Tramm, and since others are making suggestions here's my request. Any way to implement peaking to assist with focus while shooting in the same way you've done zebras? Given that one can't enlarge the image once shooting and the autofocus interferes with the exposure peaking would be a good way to check focus while shooting on the run.

May 27th, 2009, 01:28 PM	#9
Matthew Roddy Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Riverside, Ca Posts: 307	What you're doing is amazing work, Mr. H. I hope you know how much you're doing for Da Community here. Thanks very much for the awesome additions and work! We all have our lists and thankfully Canon has taken a step toward resolving those. If you're looking for votes as to what to look at next, my vote is for uncrippling the output so we have HD output to monitor. This presumes, of course, your work goes well on the audio, and it also presumes Canon will give us 24/25P. There is, of course, more, but you all that. Again, thank you for your hard work and meritorious service.

May 30th, 2009, 01:45 PM	#11
Yang Wen Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 991	Mr. Hudson Great work! You are a genius. One thought though... with all the new features you are adding, including realtime sampling etc... does it get to a point where all the new features will max out the CPU power in the 5D2 and would there then be risking the performance of the core video functionality? I mean we don't really know the performance cushion the 5D2 has right? A disaster scenario would be the CPU overheating and crashing, or too many processes resulting in dropped frames or corrupted video stream etc... or maybe only error-ing when filming a complex scene and the CPU has to work extra hard on compression. Thanks

May 30th, 2009, 04:52 PM	#12
Paul Cascio Trustee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bristol, CT (Home of EPSN) Posts: 1,192	I'm curious about what is involved, and what knowledge/experience is needed, to tackle these types of mods? I am really impressed. __________________ Paul Cascio www.pictureframingschool.com