NYDirector2/47 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I need to convert the Canon 1DX to ether the 1DC firmware or Raw video firmware similar to that available on the 5D Mark III. Does anyone have a link or any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted January 16, 2014 Administrators Share Posted January 16, 2014 There's currently no way to do it. Magic Lantern won't do it, concerned about legal complications. Big shame! I'd love to see it and I think it would be technically feasible. 1D C 4K maybe, raw video definitely maybe. A used 1D X can be bought for £3500 on eBay right now. That's only £500 more than the 5D Mark III was when it was launched. Almost prosumer price territory and a lot more accessible than the £8500 Canon want for the 1D C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ebrahim Saadawi Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 As I Andrew said, I understand they won't do it for legal reasons (shame on Canon!) But I was wondering, are the 5D and 1Dx that different? Couldn't we have an easy way to run even the 5D's ML on a 1Dx? I mean there are many cameras that don't have official ML builds but have other ones that work fine (1100d/50d/40D). It would be extremely cool if we could even only run the RAW module on a 1Dx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted January 16, 2014 Administrators Share Posted January 16, 2014 There's nothing to stop an enterprising 1D X user trying anything under the sun. If one has the technical knowledge and the camera you can take the open source code and compile it for the 1D X, but it's way beyond my knowledge on how feasible this is, whether it would work, or if it would need the know-how of the Magic Lantern guys to get it working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germy1979 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Good God how awesome a jail broke 1DX would be... matt2491 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted January 19, 2014 Administrators Share Posted January 19, 2014 Any 1D X users want to pick up a coding book and try? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt2491 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Compared to a 1DC, a 1DX is attainable in my world. I'd donate to the cause. Someone get on it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billdoubleu Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Apologies for resurrecting such an old thread. But I found it amazing that, here we are, 8 years after this thread was started and you still cannot find firmware, whether official or dumped, for the 1DC on the internet. A 1DX can be had fairly cheap these days and would be so fun to have with 4k capabilities. No wonder canon will always own this camera market. They play the game better than anyone. PannySVHS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted January 10, 2022 Administrators Share Posted January 10, 2022 It's a dead system now! Too late for that famous firmware file to make an appearance. I reckon 1D C was cancelled almost as soon as it launched. PannySVHS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannySVHS Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I think my fascination for a Lumix G6 is emotional but with good reasoning, giving a magical hd image with the right settings. But having a fascination for a 1DC seems less rational to me. Akward. Maybe it's because it still costs a bit and does not offer more in the image department than similar priced Lumix S cameras. Whereas a G6 can be had for 150eu and gives you a satisfying image for very little money. So question is, would a 1DC make sense to image connoisseurs? I never saw that 1DC mojo like others did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 @PannySVHS really?! I still think that the 1DC has one of the best 4K images around... PannySVHS and webrunner5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted January 11, 2022 Administrators Share Posted January 11, 2022 Yeah 1D C has serious mojo especially in Canon LOG, big fat files full of nice colour and texture, not over processed, not too electronic. I still have mine and will never sell it however obsolete it gets 🙂 webrunner5, PannySVHS and mercer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannySVHS Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Darn the both of you for making me reevaluate my statement. I never felt the mojo was right in my face. The 1DC was always a mystical camera to me. In that way it had mojo. But the images never wowed me enough. Maybe the Wow was not big enough for the big chunk of money which it cost back then. 12000eu/usd was astronomical! I was still fancying it for the plain fact of CLOG and lack of "artificial sharpening" and for its mystical status. My S1 does not feel effortless to me. I don't know what it is. It does not excel under natural light. Maybe I couple it with the wrong lenses. On paper it smokes the 1DC. But mystical qualities are not surrounding the Lumix. 1DC pieces always had a muted look to me. I never saw any grades going into the 70ies or Kodak look. It sometimes looked so neutral as trying to hide lack of potentially thick colors by low contrast and understated color palette. Whereas other cameras impressed with rich and thick color, 1DC seemed to love the understatement. For instance 5d Raw always wowed me on the other hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I Always think of this frame grab with a 1DC. Pretty unbelievable. No, I didn't take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted January 11, 2022 Administrators Share Posted January 11, 2022 16 hours ago, PannySVHS said: 12000eu/usd was astronomical! $2000 now on eBay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenEricson Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said: $2000 now on eBay! Wild. The images are so nice. 4K upload on Vimeo holds up in 2022 easily. 17 hours ago, webrunner5 said: I Always think of this frame grab with a 1DC. Pretty unbelievable. No, I didn't take it. Really nice. I always loved how clean and balanced the Canon baked in images look. (assuming it is based on the contrast levels.) We've gone through years and years of poorly graded LOG footage... I own the Canon C70. They removed a lot of the nice baked in profiles that existed on the Canon C300 Mkii. I'm convinced the OG C-LOG on these older cameras was better. There's something lacking with the C70. A lot of brown / red images rather than yellow / golden. webrunner5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 20 hours ago, PannySVHS said: Darn the both of you for making me reevaluate my statement. I never felt the mojo was right in my face. The 1DC was always a mystical camera to me. In that way it had mojo. But the images never wowed me enough. Maybe the Wow was not big enough for the big chunk of money which it cost back then. 12000eu/usd was astronomical! I was still fancying it for the plain fact of CLOG and lack of "artificial sharpening" and for its mystical status. My S1 does not feel effortless to me. I don't know what it is. It does not excel under natural light. Maybe I couple it with the wrong lenses. On paper it smokes the 1DC. But mystical qualities are not surrounding the Lumix. 1DC pieces always had a muted look to me. I never saw any grades going into the 70ies or Kodak look. It sometimes looked so neutral as trying to hide lack of potentially thick colors by low contrast and understated color palette. Whereas other cameras impressed with rich and thick color, 1DC seemed to love the understatement. For instance 5d Raw always wowed me on the other hand. Was 'muted' the style at the time? The price of it alone is enough to ensure that a different type of film-maker would be buying it, and they'd potentially be grading it differently? $12K for a camera seems crazy, especially now with what you can get for $5-6K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted January 11, 2022 Administrators Share Posted January 11, 2022 It was priced for Hollywood to use as a crash cam, and for rental houses to buy a handful to rent out. Never intended to be a mass market product. These odd things always end up being the special ones, I forecast 1DC prices will be back up in the $12,000 range come another 20 years as they'll be collectors items (at least the ones still in a good condition). kye and PannySVHS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 50 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said: It was priced for Hollywood to use as a crash cam, and for rental houses to buy a handful to rent out. Never intended to be a mass market product. These odd things always end up being the special ones, I forecast 1DC prices will be back up in the $12,000 range come another 20 years as they'll be collectors items (at least the ones still in a good condition). Makes sense. We have the Komodo now for that purpose, and the BMMCC before that. It would be interesting to see if ARRI made something for that niche, although I won't be holding my breath... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 5 hours ago, BenEricson said: Wild. The images are so nice. 4K upload on Vimeo holds up in 2022 easily. Really nice. I always loved how clean and balanced the Canon baked in images look. (assuming it is based on the contrast levels.) We've gone through years and years of poorly graded LOG footage... I own the Canon C70. They removed a lot of the nice baked in profiles that existed on the Canon C300 Mkii. I'm convinced the OG C-LOG on these older cameras was better. There's something lacking with the C70. A lot of brown / red images rather than yellow / golden. I'll be honest I have been looking to buy a modern R series camera used and other than the R5 which I can't ever afford, I am hard pressed to see the magic CS of old days. I think a new Sony looks more like a Canon than a Canon! I think the original C300, C100, 1DC, C500 all sort of had the Canon look I liked. Now I have seen some of the R series photos that look damn good, but you can see they have been processed to hell and gone. You didn't have to do that years ago. I have lost all interest in buying the newer stuff. PannySVHS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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