"Upgrade" 60i to switchable 50i in HDV? at DVinfo.net

Brian Broz · April 6th, 2006, 02:03 PM

Hi,
I know the canon is "upgradeable" to 50i recording, on the 60i camera. I always assumed this referred to HDV and DV rec modes.
However at a recent tradeshow I was told by a Canon rep that this is for DV only...not HDV. I think he may have been mis-informed, but wanted to check!
Thanks,

Brian Broz

Jack Foley · April 7th, 2006, 05:15 AM

I asked and Canon charges 600 Euros to unlock the other framerates (24F, 30F and 60i in my case). But they did not tell me that this only works for DV. And this would not make sense imho.

Jack

Mike Marriage · April 7th, 2006, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Foley

I asked and Canon charges 600 Euros to unlock the other framerates (24F, 30F and 60i in my case).

I wonder how many minutes it takes for the engineer to do..? 3 or 4 maybe... :-(

Jack Foley · April 7th, 2006, 06:55 AM

Yeah, it's a total rip off. I guess it is a simple menu entry in the "secret" maintenance menu, same as the masking out of dead pixels.

So i would rather say it's a 15 sec task.

Jack

Rodrigo Otaviano · April 7th, 2006, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Foley

Yeah, it's a total rip off. I guess it is a simple menu entry in the "secret" maintenance menu, same as the masking out of dead pixels.

So i would rather say it's a 15 sec task.

Jack

I think this camera has a Linux kernel running inside doesn't it ? So maybe this upgrade is just a matter of re-compiling the kernel (or perhaps simply running a shell script or something ... lol)

April 6th, 2006, 02:03 PM	#1
Brian Broz Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 61	"Upgrade" 60i to switchable 50i in HDV? Hi, I know the canon is "upgradeable" to 50i recording, on the 60i camera. I always assumed this referred to HDV and DV rec modes. However at a recent tradeshow I was told by a Canon rep that this is for DV only...not HDV. I think he may have been mis-informed, but wanted to check! Thanks, Brian Broz

April 7th, 2006, 05:15 AM	#2
Jack Foley Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 42	I asked and Canon charges 600 Euros to unlock the other framerates (24F, 30F and 60i in my case). But they did not tell me that this only works for DV. And this would not make sense imho. Jack

April 7th, 2006, 06:55 AM	#4
Jack Foley Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 42	Yeah, it's a total rip off. I guess it is a simple menu entry in the "secret" maintenance menu, same as the masking out of dead pixels. So i would rather say it's a 15 sec task. Jack