Phil Bloom
February 23rd, 2008, 02:27 PM
greg, 5001 posts. that's just past a milestone!
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Phil Bloom February 23rd, 2008, 02:27 PM greg, 5001 posts. that's just past a milestone! Greg Boston February 23rd, 2008, 02:36 PM greg, 5001 posts. that's just past a milestone! Yeah, I remember looking awhile back and that I was getting close. My only hope is that the majority of them helped someone in some way. -gb- Peter Newsom February 23rd, 2008, 02:36 PM Thanks guys, had a nasty scare there. So do I just go ahead and do the package update the same way? Peter Phil Bloom February 23rd, 2008, 02:36 PM at least 6 of them am sure :-) Greg Boston February 23rd, 2008, 02:38 PM Thanks guys, had a nasty scare there. So do I just go ahead and do the package update the same way? Peter Yes, and be sure to cycle power to the camera between each part. The camera will often have lights flashing at the end. Ignore them. -gb- Greg Boston February 23rd, 2008, 02:39 PM at least 6 of them am sure :-) Haha, real funny. Okay wiseguy, you get to pick which six they were. :-) -gb- Peter Newsom February 23rd, 2008, 07:18 PM Well I completed the upgrade, and the rest of the process went smoothly. Thanks Greg! The improvements to the camera are very noticeable. First and foremost the improved highlight handling is just great. Before I had to really watch for flesh tones blowing out, but now it seems that I can go way past the 70 units with out a problem. With the noise reduction on the blacks seem to get crushed slightly, but not in a bad way. Now 9db gain is completely viable, and I have set my gain settings to 0, 6, and 9. I plan to run with setting NR no. 1 and see how thing look in daily use. Bottom line is, I think that Sony have really improved the camera again! Peter Tony Partamian February 25th, 2008, 03:55 AM As i understood...some users upgraded from the older AT = 1.50/1.56 to the newer 1.60/1.93 without going to sony support and using the special jig required in the intermediate 1.54/1.62 upgrade procedure... Is that really safe without the fresh 1.06? What do we miss if we don't do that? ...i read that it's only for >128MB MS support.... Peter Newsom February 25th, 2008, 05:13 PM Just got back from shooting NHL hockey news this morning with the new firmware update. I shot Noise Reduction #1,35mbs HD HQ 60I, with the Standard look from the file menu. I added +20 low key sat., and +15 detail. I fed in both SD and HDSDI, though I didn't get to see the footage on a big HD monitor. Every thing looked good. Some observations. The picture looks much better overall, almost a creamy look, with a considerable reduction in grain. My viewfinder seems better, a bit sharper and more clear. I liked it better. The LCD looked better as well. White balance numbers were lower, with my sungun reading about 3000K under flourescents, whereas it used to be about 3200 or 3300K. The arena bowl lighting looked much better, with nicer flesh tones, especially under preset 3200K. I used to need a higher number and preset was out of the question as flesh tones would get a sort of brownish grey tinge to them. I could swear that the camera used up my battery faster, more than just a little. All in all the camera took a big step ahead. Peter Thierry Humeau March 4th, 2008, 07:23 AM snip..... and, wtf is that "ana v out safe"?? analog video out safe. like a "broadcast colors only"?? Robert, To reduce power comsumption, the F350/355 and F330/335 have an automated "power save" feature on the analog video out circuitry that will shut it off if no device is detected on the line. There is a tendency for this feature to kick in prematurely when feeding video through long or poorly terminated video lines with the risk of completely loosing the camera signal. When the "ana v out safe" is set to OFF, the composite video output circuitry is always active. Setting "ana v out safe" to OFF will increase the power draw a bit but the camera composite output will be reliable. Thierry. Greg Boston March 4th, 2008, 08:05 AM In addition to Thierry's explanation, it should be noted that this feature defaults to OFF in the camera menu. So, if you're looking for something causing extra battery drain, don't look there unless you have previously turned this feature ON. -gb- Eelco Romeijn March 6th, 2008, 02:06 PM Hello everyone, Today i noticed a strange thing wich i think appeared after the update. The LCD screen looks more clear as Peter already noticed, but it's much more cropped at the bottom of the image. Lowest menu lines drop a little off the screen. It's only on the LCD, not in the VF. Can't find a menu for adjusting the LCD screensize. Has anybody here the same issue? Please have a look. The rest of the update works great. Eelco. Uli Mors March 7th, 2008, 02:06 AM no - cannot confirm. after fw upgrade, LCD doesnt crop more or less... ? KR ULI Kalunga Lima March 7th, 2008, 04:11 AM This may seem like a dumb question, but how can you tell what firmware is presently installed in your camera? tanx Greg Boston March 7th, 2008, 08:02 AM This may seem like a dumb question, but how can you tell what firmware is presently installed in your camera? tanx Go to the Diagnostic Menu Page that shows ROM version. -gb- Greg Boston March 7th, 2008, 08:06 AM In addition to Thierry's explanation, it should be noted that this feature defaults to OFF in the camera menu. So, if you're looking for something causing extra battery drain, don't look there unless you have previously turned this feature ON. -gb- I have to amend this to switch the OFF and ON nomenclature. The function is Analog Video Save (as in power save) and defaults to ON as it's a battery save feature. -gb- Chris Rowe March 7th, 2008, 11:39 AM Hi Greg, Does this new firmware apply to all of the XDCAM HD Cameras? This group is so f-350 heavy that we seldom hear about the other cameras. I have firmware package 1.76 on an F-335 and was wondering if I should install this new firmware and if I would receive any enhancements to the camera. Best regards, Chris Kalunga Lima March 9th, 2008, 03:30 AM As i understood...some users upgraded from the older AT = 1.50/1.56 to the newer 1.60/1.93 without going to sony support and using the special jig required in the intermediate 1.54/1.62 upgrade procedure... Can anyone confirm this? thanks Eelco Romeijn March 9th, 2008, 03:54 AM Can anyone confirm this? thanks I personally wouldn't take that risk. You might cause yourself a lot of trouble when it doesn't work and your cam has to be repaired. Dimitri Liaos March 12th, 2008, 05:53 PM When I did the upgrade before this one (at a Sony Service) they gave me a PDF file that was the revised version of the F350 manual. Does anybody know if there exists a new version of the manual reflecting the latest firmware upgrade? Mitchell Skurnik March 12th, 2008, 07:30 PM There might be something at ftp://storage@ftp.sony.com/XDCAM%20-%20Optical%20Disc/ |