@Vitaliy_Kiselev

No worries, haha. I seriously think I have a problem - I check this thread 5-10 times a day. Hope everything is going smoothly with the dump :)

@Vitaliy_Kiselev What is the priority order? GH3, of course. But what is next on the list?

Are you working on several camera systems at once?

I ask because you have the bodies for several cameras without firmwares. Then, there are cameras with firmwares that you don't have (G6).

How do you decide what is next?

@Vitaliy_Kiselev

I know you cant really speculate much but... What would you say the likely hood of seeing a Gh3 Ptool within the remainder of this year?...

I am thinking of cancelling my BMPCC and getting a GH3 instead. Either that or MFT BMCC.

@Matthew

[...] from what I understand, once @Vitaliy_Kiselev can complete the dump, the rest of the process should be a bit smoother.

After the constipation is handled, there is still the matter if figuring out the encryption of the firmware I think - I don't think that necessarily is smooth sailing, but here's hoping...

One man Band (Vitaliy Kiselev) :)

Once a full fledged PTool is out then development of new "settings" is left to the community.

PS Checking this topic once a day :)

I think we realistically need to hang our hope on Panasonic coming with focus peaking in a firmware update, for the GH3 to get it. It is actually really disappointing that they don't seem to be heading that way.

@SuperSet

It is not wish list topic. Please note than many people get all this offtopic things to their email.

So, guys stop posting here. This is topic only about development status.

Just joined and after reading PAGES and PAGES of several threads with requests for the GH3 hack and I'd like to summarize that what most users would like is a 4K,14-bit, RAW file with 18 stops of dynamic range that can be written to SD cards. Now, I live in Colorado where the use of recreational marijuana has been legalized... but it clearly isn't as good as the stuff some of YOU are smoking, lol.

I mean, it's fun to dream big... but if you honestly think that Panasonic put RED Epic hardware inside your GH3 and then crippled it in a camera you can buy for $1000 on ebay, then I am confident that you've been typing these fantasies from inside a very comfy room which has been padded and secured from the outside for your own personal safety ;)

Vitaliy hacks are INCREMENTAL improvements which take a good product and make it noticeably better for the benefit of all users and I'm pretty sure he has explored which software bottlenecks can be circumvented and which blockages are inherent in the hardware. He'll come up with something great and we'll love it. I've only just ordered my GH3 and am anxiously awaiting its arrival, but in the meantime I wanted to add my own small request to the list:

Please hack us a setting that will let my GH3 give me the best blowjob of my life and then cook me breakfast in the morning. That would put these GH-series in a class of their own and worth ten times the sticker price. And if you could get it done by Friday, my prospects for the weekend would really be looking up :)

Love this place and all the enthusiasm (even when it's a little ambitious and impatient!)

--jerr

@jerremaniac / others This thread is about the development status only.

And please stop the same old questions. As;-

RAW=unlikely. If the GH3 could be hacked for raw you won't get continuous raw recording beyond perhaps 8 seconds at HD quality. the sd card controller is simply not fast enough. Resolution would have to be sacrificed for sufficient elongated raw recordings on the GH3.

4K=Unlikely.

Higher bitrate Intra = Likely.

Any chance of hacking the BMPCC? ;) hehe

The 5D3 uses a very fast CF card controller, to enable writing 6fps RAW photo sequences, and it's still just barely able to do 24p continuously. None of the Canon cams that use SD cards can record continuously at 1080p. The GH3 uses SD cards and it's very unlikely that its controller is any faster than the Canons'- why would either manufacturer pay for a faster (more expensive) SD controller part when their cams, in stock form, don't need them?

Topic closed until update to prevent flame.