New Panasonic Pro cameras and AF100 50p/60p software upgrade

bleach551

Panasonic AG-HPX600

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&catalogId=13251&itemId=672507&modelNo=Content04022012054037684&surfModel=Content04022012054037684

Panasonic AG-HPX250 improvements

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&catalogId=13251&itemId=673004&modelNo=Content04022012052929413&surfModel=Content04022012052929413

HPX250 owners can take advantage of a free software upgrade that will enable Focus-in-Red and “Turbo One” One-Push Auto Focus functionality

MicroP2 memory SD cards

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&catalogId=13251&itemId=671502&modelNo=Content04022012052157415&surfModel=Content04022012052157415

Software upgrade for AG-AF100

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&catalogId=13251&itemId=671505&modelNo=Content04022012052729863&surfModel=Content04022012052729863

Panasonic has introduced a software upgrade to augment the recording and shooting functions of its popular AG-AF100 Large Imager HD Cinema Camcorder. The upgrade (AG-SFU100) will enable acquisition in the 1080/60p and 1080/50p HD recording formats (in new 28Mbps PS mode), and will substitute the 2.39:1 aspect ratio marking for the current 2.35 marker.

Recording in the high-resolution 1080/60p and /50p master-quality formats is rapidly gaining popularity in broadcasting, sports and scientific analysis. The 2.39:1 marker in the AF100’s viewfinder/LCD monitor will be valuable for narrative and documentary shooters, as it is a standard aspect ratio for presenting films in movie theaters.

The AG-SFU100 software will be available in May at a suggested list price of $250.

So, this is all. Besides Jan Crittenden herself looks so upset with the things they introduced.

vidpro

Does anyionel have the code and could provide it to me? There is now way to buy it anymore.

Regards, Bjoern Bloehdorn

Lobster

Hi! Has someone got the 25 digit code for the AF101 50p/60p Update? I've got 2 AF101 Cams here... Thanks a lot!

zcream

If it is the same code, please check if it works and post back.

jtlostica

From my understanding the 25 digit code is the same code all round, anyone have access to it? Kind of a a few years late lol

tubefingers

Great camera, especially for €300! We are still using our 2 on paid jobs until we get the EVA

IronFilm

Is no more "poor image quality" than a GH1 would be!

So for that price (300 euros!!), with those features, it is a bargain!

peaceonearth

you may have many buttons but they won't help you with the poor image quality. It was already poor when the camera came to the market 7yrs ago and it hasn't improved since then. It's not only wasted money it's first of all wasted time.

IronFilm

Wasted? You have built in ND filters. Full size HDMI and SDI outputs. Dual memory card slots. Waveforms and vectorscopes. Tonnes of buttons on the body for quick access. XLR inputs. Timecode in/out. Plus the "big camera presence" (handy sometimes for people to take everything a little more seriously when doing otherwise no budget shortfilms.... which is probably a typical usage for a 300 euro camera).

If (I'm not, I own an F3 & BMPCC) I was in the market for this kind of thing and saw one for 300 euros (which is similar ish price to a GH2) then I'd be all over it, I'd pounce on this immediately before it got sold to someone else!

peaceonearth

I wouldn't take it as a gift. 300€ wasted. If you need a cheap m43 camera a GH2 has way more value.

IronFilm

There is no hack. You get what you get with it when you buy the camera.

I'd normal recommend NOT getting the AF100 (it pretty much is on the inside a camera between perhaps a GH1 and GH2 hacked).

But at only 300 euros? GO FOR IT! :-D

Joseph_McLein

Hey guys,

I have an offer to buy Ag-Af100, in good condition from my friend, just for 300euros, so I'm interested in this topic...

Are there any news for hacking/buying this update code from anywhere?

P.S. it's my first post in this forum after following it for years. Best wishes to all of You from Lithuania :)

Pepe

So it has been around 7 years since the release of the original AG-AF100 and you can now buy second hand units really cheap on eBay, I bought a second one just recently for $800. So now I have two AF100 and neither can shoot at 1080 50/60P because of Panasonic's decision to limit the number of released upgrades (the most blatant planned obsolescence move ever). So is there any way to somehow get this 25 digit key from another source, using a keygen?

Combetek

Does anyone have access to the 25-digit key code?

brudney

It's a big corpo, they don't understand such obvious ideas...

tubefingers

What you said @IronFilm, what do Panasonic lose by releasing the upgrade for free now that the AF100 reaches the end of its life? I don't understand this decision - why not extend the usability for those of us still shooting with the AF's

IronFilm

Sad, wish they'd just put it up to download for free rather than completely discontinuing it

tondoktor

F****K! Today i hang Hours and Hours on different Panasonic Support Lines i want buy the Upgrade Code but it's discontinued and no chance to get it from Panasonic they cancel the upgrade too but they tell me that the Codes are the same and it's possible to activate it with more Cam's can anybody send me this Code i'm willing to pay 150 when it works!!! Thanks!

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Panasonic AG-AF100A Starter Kit with 14-140mm Lens for $1995

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/750702-REG/Panasonic_AG_AF100_Starter_Kit.html

ysjack

SDXC UHS-II mock up photo

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/586/301/003.jpg http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20130204_586301.html

AJ-MPD1G

http://www.pronews.jp/news/1304041430.html

larsarus

I could only detect 1 row with my iPhone olloclip macro lens.

Ze_Cahue

https://www.sdcard.org/developers/overview/bus_speed/

"UHS-II Pin Layout

A new pin layout was introduced to support the UHS-II bus interface. The new second-row pins on the full-size SD memory card and microSD memory card are used for the UHS-II signals. The first-row pins are used for the normal speed, high speed and UHS-I bus interface signals to provide interoperability with existing non-UHS-II host devices."

They will work at UHS-I speed only. Unless Panasonic hide the UHS-II compatibility with GH3. GH2 only has 1 row of pin contacts, I dont have a GH3 to check it out, maybe some of you guys can have a look inside the SD compartment.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@Ze_Cahue

I think that they are for Panasonic cameras only .

Ze_Cahue

Micro P2 cards are UHS-II, they share same size but have more electronics contacts. Will they work at full speed on a normal SDHC/SDXC reader/slot?

shian

http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/AJ-P2M032AG.asp

Has anyone gotten any word whether or not these will work in the GH line of cameras? Cuz there's a petition to Panasonic to do allow RAW recording on their cameras the way ML has allowed it on Canon cams.

I'm probably barking up the wrong tree, but it would be very cool to see the GH2 shooting RAW to these cards...

olegkalyan

I got it too, installed, so fat have not shot with the new upgrade!

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