Potentially interesting for samsung users: time limit removed...

[Marco Tecno]

...for nx300 (unfortunately not for nx1). But this guy has proved that hacking the fw of nx cameras is possible. I've immediately asked about nx1. Read the topic here (dpr):

 

http://***URL removed***/forums/post/56754944

[Andrew Reid]

Very nice work!

[ricardo_sousa11]

Soon ! 4k 60fps !

[Jimmy]

Would be quite funny if the NX1 is discontinued, then a hack makes it the dream camera... They will be like gold dust.

[Marco Tecno]

hehe, taking away the time limit for the nx1 should be as easy as he did with nx300. Implementing the cropped 4k video from nx500 (as a selectable alternative to full sensor readout) should/could also be done, when comparing the two fw and looking at the differences. Perhaps even higher bitrates could be implemented.

Adding features that are not present at all (e.g. focus bracketing...) is highly unlikely imo.

[ricardo_sousa11]

Would be quite funny if the NX1 is discontinued, then a hack makes it the dream camera... They will be like gold dust.

Soon...xD

[Pavel Mašek]

Anyone has old firmware for NX1? The "NX hack guy" says he needs it for firmware investigation. http://***URL removed***/forums/thread/3923549#forum-post-56764744

I personally have never updated NX1 manually so zip file with firmware always "dissapear" after fw update.

[Jimmy]

Adding features that are not present at all (e.g. focus bracketing...) is highly unlikely imo.

While it is very unlikely that we are in for another ML like experience, it is linux based and you only have to see how people are modding Android to see that potential, if they get to root level.

[tupp]

While it is very unlikely that we are in for another ML like experience, it is linux based and you only have to see how people are modding Android to see that potential, if they get to root level.

"They" got to root level.

[Jimmy]

Good old Georg Lukas!

Once you at at root level, potentially the sky is the limit in terms of the features they (he!) could add. It's a bit like writing software for a jailbroken iPhone... Once you are in and behind all the locked doors they put in place, you can write almost any software imaginable.

[Marco Tecno]

That was long ago and never moved farther. Perhaps no interest from the author or not enough knowledge of the hardware of these cameras.

[tupp]

That was long ago and never moved farther. Perhaps no interest from the author or not enough knowledge of the hardware of these cameras.

Don't belittle Lukas' crucial foundation work.  He did most of the heavy lifting for those that followed, and he did it only May of last year.  Obviously, the NX hacks moved farther because of his work.

The Lukas rooting of NX cameras led to this work (and this work), which led to the simple work of your boy on DP Review disabling the video time/file-size limit.  Your boy acknowledges the immediate upstream source, and that source acknowledges Lukas.  From the comments on Lukas' page, there are evidently others who are also hacking the NX cameras, thanks to him.

[Dean]

He really does look like a Steve Jobs

This could be the begging of the NX1 becoming a cult cam.

Some things I'd love to see if can be done ...

• Ability to use AFS during recording
• Ability to focus in standby mode
• Peaking stay on for ever

[Marco Tecno]

What do you mean with afs? Is it af single? That's available AFAIK. Also peaking on in video...

[neosushi]

Ability to lose magnify focus in stand by / video mode would be great too... :/ (also ability to change the zone of the magnify would be great !)

[IronFilm]

Nifty! I own the NX300 specifically, which is the camera the hack was actually just done on. Hearing the limit is removed is the best news I've got today :-D
Reckon I will stick with my GH1 bodies and other m4/3 cameras for my multi camera filming for this wedding season (the good quality GH1 bodies with no record limit, and at a very low price, makes them a perfect set up!), but it now looks very highly likely next season will be done with NX300 / NX500 / NX1 bodies. (their easy ability to be kept charged with a simple USB powerbank is another bonus for using them with long running set ups)

[Pavel Mašek]

It looks pretty exciting! It seems that guy will be able to increase video resolution for NX300...

For NX1 - I would better start with some basics :-) eg. increase of bitrate. Just remember non-linux GH2 which had originally 1080p in 25mbits and hacking brought almost 200mbits video...

[Pavel Mašek]

And here is another interesting thing for NX users. This guy ( http://***URL removed***/forums/thread/3818034 ) figured our how communicate NX body with NX lens... His final goal is make some kind of intelligent conversion between NX body and Canon EF lenses... Who knows if it will be possible :-)

(My good old Canon 24-105 with working IS and aperture control on 200mbit H265 NX1... hehe, now I am dreaming)

[Marco Tecno]

I have always stated that NX cameras should be hacked, given the fact they are based on Linux and have partially open source fw. Of course the skills required are high.

NX1 has great potential. Just think if they could unlock 6.5k video at high bitrate, perhaps in 4:2:2 or even raw.

Remember that with the lexar 2000x sd card the nx1 can save 5-6 raw+jpg/sec, that's about (or even more than) 200MB/sec (1.6Gbit/sec). So the internal i/o is there to be filled by video!