Updating the camera drivers via SD cards

Ram Ganesh · January 6th, 2006, 02:34 PM

Straight from the camera Manual...

Quote:

How to update the driver in the Camera?

To update the driver, select PROPERTY on the thumbnail menu, and then SYSTEMINFO to check the version, then go to: https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av and download the necessary driver.

The updating procedure is completed when the downloaded file has been loaded into the camera via SD memory card

Page 125 in the manual. Sure, I finished reading 125 pages already ;)

My question is: is driver == firmware.... so whenever problems come, Panasonic can release a firmware upgrade (like nikon, Canon, JVC) and we update it via SD card?

first adopters are not guinea pigs anymore... yaay! :)

Edwin Hernandez · January 6th, 2006, 02:52 PM

That's a very good thing. Very good to know that. Perhaps, Panasonic can let us have for some extra money different features added that were not even thought about by the time it was released. For example: a new sub-menu to work with setting that emulate different emulsions (Kodak, Fuji, etc.) and more cinegammas or MagicBullets in camera. Who knows...!

Ram Ganesh · January 6th, 2006, 04:05 PM

or some third party hack can write a 35mm adapter IMAGE FLIP...
dreaming....

Michael Pappas · January 6th, 2006, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ram Ganesh

or some third party hack can write a 35mm adapter IMAGE FLIP...
dreaming....

I thought it had image flip

Mathieu Ghekiere · January 6th, 2006, 05:10 PM

Wasn't that the XL-H1?

Ram Ganesh · January 6th, 2006, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Pappas

I thought it had image flip

no HVX doesnt

Barry Green · January 6th, 2006, 08:53 PM

None of 'em do.

The H1 almost has it, but it requires you to remove the stock lens, so it's useless for homebrew mini35 users. And the real mini35 has its own flip, so it wouldn't work for that either.

Hans ter Lingen · January 7th, 2006, 05:32 PM

So Barry is it possible to not only update the driver but also the firmware via the SD card or is it the same???

Barry Green · January 7th, 2006, 05:57 PM

The firmware is the "driver" that they're talking about.

Steven Thomas · January 7th, 2006, 10:17 PM

This is real good news.

Upgrades and Bug fixes can breathe new life into the HVX.

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Edwin Hernandez Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Panama City, Panama Posts: 162	That's a very good thing. Very good to know that. Perhaps, Panasonic can let us have for some extra money different features added that were not even thought about by the time it was released. For example: a new sub-menu to work with setting that emulate different emulsions (Kodak, Fuji, etc.) and more cinegammas or MagicBullets in camera. Who knows...!

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Ram Ganesh Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 175	or some third party hack can write a 35mm adapter IMAGE FLIP... dreaming....

January 6th, 2006, 08:53 PM	#7
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,863	None of 'em do. The H1 almost has it, but it requires you to remove the stock lens, so it's useless for homebrew mini35 users. And the real mini35 has its own flip, so it wouldn't work for that either.

January 7th, 2006, 05:32 PM	#8
Hans ter Lingen Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 55	So Barry is it possible to not only update the driver but also the firmware via the SD card or is it the same???

January 7th, 2006, 05:57 PM	#9
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,863	The firmware is the "driver" that they're talking about.

January 7th, 2006, 10:17 PM	#10
Steven Thomas Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,896	This is real good news. Upgrades and Bug fixes can breathe new life into the HVX.