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Sony Alpha hacks talk
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  • asderasder

    Do you have the Japanese language firmware of SONY A7RM3 and A7M3 modified? If so, please send it to my email, ok? E-mail: 572017317 @qq.com

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @Ravi

    Just get proper camera (can get even cheap Z-CAM E1), such things won't happen.

  • RaviRavi

    Hello. I just got an a7ii and feel out of tune after getting to know that there is no 4k. I've heard that it is possible to remove 30 minutes limit, but how about 4k, is that a chance to switch it on? or there is hardware/firmware limitations? Thank you.

  • Jp1Jp1

    Also, would this be possible with the A7 series? http://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/www/disoft/int/playmemories-mobile/en/multi/index.html

  • Jp1Jp1

    Can we work on an app for video based A7 cameras.

    Some really useful features would be: The ability to auto pull focus from a "C" button. Saving focus points and then recalling them. Setting the focus duration from point A to B.

    Similar "macros" for automated aperture control and optical zoom on lenses that support it would also be cool.

    I'd love to know if this is possible. Thanks

  • sirosiro

    @doremon2010 Try to use Command Prompt instead of Powershell

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @doremon2010

    Please stop posting many messages.

  • doremon2010doremon2010

    @Kiwi303, @Mannokia, @ma1co, @nonor Or someone could help me! Tks a lot!!!

  • doremon2010doremon2010

    But i dont know i wrong what a step make me fail to repack this Fw!

    Who has successfully this created PLZ HELP ME :(((! IM NOOB.

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  • doremon2010doremon2010

    HI everyone! Someone can help me! I'm a new mem! I have Sony A77 Janan and i follow the topic http://192.163.210.236/talks/discussion/86/firmware-unpacker/p3 to change my lang to English!

    "1. place you (update file).exe in a new folder. place fwtool.exe in same folder.
    2. Drag and drop update on fwtool.exe
    3. You will get new folder with same name as update.
    4. Go to /(folder with update name)/nexhack/level3 . You should have FDAT_fs00.fsimg here. make a copy of this to your desktop, rename it to FDAT_fs00.mod.fsimg and copy this back to level3.
    5. For trying language hack, go to /(folder with update name)/nexhack/level4/FDAT_fw and do the region file replacing and checksum file editing. (skip this test if this is your first time, just to see if you are doing everything else correct and you can successfuly repack and flash a original firmware). MESSING THIS UP CAN BRICK YOUR CAMERA.
    6. Download 7zip if you dont have. open it, select all folders in /(folder with update name)/nexhack/level4/FDAT_fw and add to a .tar with compression set to 'store'. name it FDAT_fw.mod.tar and copy it to /(folder with update name)/nexhack/level3
    7. Go back to the folder where fwtool.exe is. hold shift, right click and select "open command window here". or just open a command prompt and navigate here.
    8. Use this line (without quotes) - "fwtool.exe -i 9 -c /(destination of update name folder)" replace 9 with a number greater than the last digit of your current firmware version on your camera. with 9 our new firmware version becomes v1.09 for example my update and fwtool are in a folder called nex in my D drive. My update.exe is called Update_NEX5RV102.exe. i would use - 'fwtool.exe -i 9 -c D:\nex\Update_NEX5RV102"

  • seeeeedsseeeeeds

    has anyone else run into a 2GB file size limit on .mp4 video recording? I want to be able to record footage at conferences, and right now I can't get past this issue. AVCHD works, but the file sizes are too much for my current setup. (128GBs are okay, but 256GB's are too damned high!) I have an a5000 and a6000.

  • jucytecjucytec

    Does anyone know if there are possibilities of adding a9 or a7rm3 support? my understanding is that a9 doesn't have playmemories app, and a7rm3 has it but it is disabled?!

  • Son_ilceSon_ilce

    I am looking on some info on how to reconfigure an a7s after i changed the image sensor (imager unit section) and main board (SY1039 - the backup battery BT0601 was replaced too) - seems the board needs to be calibrated and there is some reference in the service manual of an 'adjust sw'. As is, all works (all menus and buttons), but the sensor image is very dim - I have to have the ISO at max to get the some image out of it. Any of you has done this before or can point me to the right post (if exists)?

  • phillerphiller

    help me guys , need firmware with Russian language for NEX-5, in my NEX only Japanese ....

  • eatstoomuchjameatstoomuchjam

    @jeffcostello If you're not up building an app using the PlayMemories hack, you could just go with a low-tech solution and tape a small piece of acrylic to your camera's screen with the cropmarks drawn in. If you want it to be semi-permanent, you could just draw them on a screen protector after sticking it to the screen.

  • jeffcostellojeffcostello

    Or does somebody has an idea how to create Cropmarks on a Sony Alpha Camera?

  • jeffcostellojeffcostello

    Thank you. I already posted my question there but unfortunatly never got an answer...

  • eatstoomuchjameatstoomuchjam

    There has been some work along those lines.

    https://sony-pmca.appspot.com/

  • jeffcostellojeffcostello

    Sony alpha cameras always take images in aspect ratio 3:2 but you can choose a 16:9 overlay if you prefer to take images in 16:9. As the camera always saves the images in 3:2 you need to crop the images later in photoshop to 16:9. Unfortunately 16:9 is the only alternativ format you can choose and I would love the possibility to see black overlays in any aspect ratio i want.

    For canon cameras there is a reverse engineered software called „Magic Lantern“. One option within this software is the possibility to create your own cropmarks / overlays. You just create a photoshop file with two layers. A white background layer and a second layer with whatever shape you want. When you copy this photoshop file on the SD Card of your camera you can load it onto your camera. The second layer with your shape will then bye shown as an overlay. It´s meant to use it for different aspect ratios but you can also draw a flower and let it appear on your camera liveview.

    Here is a link to that software: http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Cropmarks

    For Arri cameras you habe the following option to create costum Framelines:

    http://www.arri.com/de/camera/alexa/tools/arri_frameline_composer/

    For Sony cameras there isn´t such thing but there seems to be a way to build android apps and install them on the camera to create new functions. My question is:

    Is it possible to built an app for sony cameras that lets you create costum overlays that show in camera live view?

    Best, David

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @astrobuoy

    Engineers who made algorithms can tell you :-) Can be hardware or partially hardware.

  • astrobuoyastrobuoy

    Does anyone think Sony's "star eater" bug/algorithm could be fixed with a hack? From what I've read their latest A7sii and A7Rii firmware updates haven't fixed the issue.

  • kameraguykameraguy

    recaptcha, thanks. I just tried it, but unfortunately it did not work (Exception: Response code not OK: 0x2006). Screenshot of error attached for reference.

    Not sure if I am missing a step, but what I did was install the app on my Mac and connect the camera via USB/MTP. Then selected Get Camera Info to confirm it was connected (no problems), then tried to install the OpenMemories: Tweak app. No bueño :(

    From what I read about the RX100m2, is that it lacks app support. So I guess there is no current way to install the tweak via the current method.

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  • recaptcharecaptcha

    kameraguy, try using the local installer instead of the browser plugin: https://github.com/ma1co/Sony-PMCA-RE/releases/tag/v0.12

  • recaptcharecaptcha

    Yeah, same here.

  • darkcloud545darkcloud545

    It would be great if anyone could upload Sony's apks. I don't have access to these apps in my country.

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