EosHD just made a wiki entry where he explains how to install the Panasonic GH1 firmware hack.
List of major improvements:
– 24p native footage, no need to unwrap from 60i or use pulldown on NTSC models
– Increase in image quality
– Higher bitrates in AVCHD mode
– Interface language can be selected from large range of international options
Sounds awesome. Let me know if the firmware hack works without any flaw. And please keep in mind that this is a hack soyou have to be aware of the risks!
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Just used this to change the language on my Japanese GF1
followed the instructions on the wiki and got the option to update version and the language settings
Updated the firmware and menu’s now showing in english.
what a result
Wow, now THAT is AWESOME!
It would be great to have this on an Olympus!
There are now image or video quality improvements, ATM. AVCHD and MJPEG hacks are in research status. Download ptool and check descriptions of patches carefully to see what works.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=206788
To BA, you are saying this works with a GF1 too? Can you now shoot 1080/24p on your GF1 with a higher bitrate AVCHD? I’m buying one today if that is the case.
credit should go to tester13 and dvxuser
I’d be interested to find out what the image improvements are. Do they apply only to video images, or also to stills?
Anyone else had experience with this on a GF1? if so, what is possible with the hack and the GF1?
Tom,
the only options i got on hacking the firmware were to update the version and change the language.
obviously something common in the firmware on both cameras but not in the video format