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Rok Furman · May 1st, 2006, 03:44 AM

i was wondering... were there any firmware updates released by canon for the XL1 camcorder? third party maybe?

you know, like with the still cameras - where there was hacked firmware out before the official release by Canon...

am i missing anything? :D

Andrew Khalil · May 1st, 2006, 10:46 AM

I believe Canon diod have a firmware upgrade for the original XL1 a while back that you can probably still get but the XL1 doesn't have user upgradable firmware, so you'd have to send it to Canon for them to do it.

Don Palomaki · May 3rd, 2006, 05:01 AM

I can confirm there was a firmware update for the XL1, available as a Canon-installed upgrade in around 1999-2000 or so. One of the things it addressed was focus tracking as zoom changes in manula focus mode. I am not aware of any hacked firmware.

Rok Furman · May 3rd, 2006, 05:06 AM

can the XL1 be hacked in any way to make it user-upgradable?

what were the improvements of the newer firmware?

May 1st, 2006, 03:44 AM	#1
Rok Furman Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 25	Firmware update? i was wondering... were there any firmware updates released by canon for the XL1 camcorder? third party maybe? you know, like with the still cameras - where there was hacked firmware out before the official release by Canon... am i missing anything? :D __________________ special people, not special effects. big hearts, not big budgets

May 3rd, 2006, 05:01 AM	#3
Don Palomaki Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Northern VA Posts: 4,487	I can confirm there was a firmware update for the XL1, available as a Canon-installed upgrade in around 1999-2000 or so. One of the things it addressed was focus tracking as zoom changes in manula focus mode. I am not aware of any hacked firmware. __________________ dpalomaki@dspalomaki.com

May 3rd, 2006, 05:06 AM	#4
Rok Furman Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 25	can the XL1 be hacked in any way to make it user-upgradable? what were the improvements of the newer firmware? __________________ special people, not special effects. big hearts, not big budgets

May 1st, 2006, 10:46 AM	#2
Andrew Khalil Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 424	I believe Canon diod have a firmware upgrade for the original XL1 a while back that you can probably still get but the XL1 doesn't have user upgradable firmware, so you'd have to send it to Canon for them to do it.