Sony F5/F55 1.10 Firmware Update - March 6th

[Dennis Hingsberg]

Released on March 6th 2013 - addresses various small bugs but this firmware is also suppose to address chroma artifact issues when shooting neon or sodium vapour type lighting.

NEW Firmware v1.10 with release notes - Sony Community

F55/F5 Ver. 1.10 Release Notes

Image processing improvement:

1.Corrected; the “black edge on highlights” issue. This fault may occur on high-brightness transitions when shooting with HyperGamma or S-Log2 gamma.

Operational improvement:


1.New software prevents the camera from occasionally freezing when holding down any of the following keys: PREV, EXT, F.FWD, F.REV, PAUSE, STOP & THUMBNAIL

2. Metadata handling improvements:

2.1 RDD 18 -Gamma for CDL- data accuracy improvement.

The value of the “Gamma for CDL” parameter as specified in SMPTE RDD 18 - Acquisition Metadata Sets for Video Camera Parameters - may be incorrectly registered as “S‑Log2”. Version 1.10 correctly registers the value as: “Content Video”

2.2 Audio Rec Port name correction.

The AV Format tab always displays the Audio Rec Port name as “DIRECT” on the Content Browser preview window. Version 1.10 correctly indicates: “ANALOG” for Audio Channel 1/2 and “OTHERS” for other channels.

2.3 Extended UMID - Source Pack - Time and Date.

The camera registers metadata compliant with SMPTE ST 330 -Unique

Material Identifier- (UMID). A scribal error was found in the description of

Extended UMID- Source Pack-Time and Date. The Time Zone indication is always (UTC-09:00 Alaska). Version 1.10 correctly changes the UMID Time Zone according to the setting of the camera’s System-Clock.

3. Salvaged Clip Playback improvements.
The following issues were resolved:

3.1 The camera fails to playback a salvaged clip of 15 minutes or longer duration.

3.2 Content Browser fails to playback a salvaged clip.

4. SxS card corruption when using Content Browser for Mac V. 2.0.
Prevents “SxS card becomes inaccessible by the camera” after using SxS card adapter models SBAC-US20 or SBAC‑US10 for browsing and playing back clips on a Mac lacking SxS UDF driver version 2.11.