Comments on: 3rd Party firmware transforms wimpy GH1 into Optimus Prime!!

By: Video Editing

Video Editing — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:46:09 +0000

Love the GH1. Glad that there are software pioneers out there (read hackers) that have augmented what is possible with my GH1 and also my Cannon 5D MKII. Without these softwares the cameras are far less functional for what I do on a daily basis.

this is gonna sound like a crazy question but does anyone see a day where the camera makers become responsive to the actual users and I don’t know do something extreme like ‘listen’ to them in the design phase?

By: Wolfenbarg

Wolfenbarg — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:56:02 +0000

It’s been done again. Vitaliy has made the newer unhackable bodies capable of reverting to 1.32 firmware, which means they are compatible with the hack once again.

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/16/official-gh1-lenin-hack-project-discussion/p4

I’ve been playing around with this a bit since I’ve only just gotten a GH1. The difference is AMAZING. With the new, ridiculously low price point of a GH1 body (I got a bundle with the 14-42 kit lens for 500 bucks) I think this just became the best value for your money. Alternatively, you can get the body plus the 20mm 1.7 for a little more than what I spent. Panasonic isn’t going to be happy.

By: Dub

Dub — Sat, 28 May 2011 22:37:56 +0000

A hacked camera does not denote what type of hack you got. Heard a rumor that all gh1s regardless of manufacturing date will be hackable this Monday. Someone found a way to downgrade the latest GH1s. The rapture has yet to happen but the 2nd coming of the GH1 might occur on Memorial Day. Crossing fingers waiting anxiously.

By: Alan Eddy

Alan Eddy — Sun, 08 May 2011 14:58:35 +0000

Hi Connor. I’m in the same boat.. a newbie who arrived after the party was sort of over. I think there is a lot of life left in the GH1 scene. I guess people are focussing on the GH2 and awaiting the results of the hack for that camera.

Make sure you reset the camera to defaults in the menu before applying any new firmware. I noticed reading up on the divx user blogs a few people had forgot to do that before trying new things. Read the divx user blogs as there is a sort of manual in blog form there.

Unfortunately the getting started guide on EOS HD seems to have vanished. Perhaps someone should post a new hand holders guide for the starters…?

By: Connor McGuire

Connor McGuire — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:35:01 +0000

I know this post is old (sorry) but I do need some help. I am a little late in the gh1 game, but I recently bought a hacked one off of ebay and I am trying to get the hack to work properly. For some reason the hack won’t work for avchd!? I have been using mjpeg and it is working perfectly, even getting up to 62 mbps normally! But when I try to increase the bit rate of avchd, it just doesn’t work; it basically ignores it. I have tried several variations in ptool but I get the same result. Now I bought the camera hacked already (it was at ver. 0.0) so I don’t know if that’s a factor…

Any ideas?

By: Charos

Charos — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:15:44 +0000

No activity since the middle of the year. Anyone doing this hack? Himmmmm.

By: InArtMedia.org | Blog | Why the (hacked) Panasonic GH1 is a better video camera than the Canon5DMk2

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:56:43 +0000

[...] Bloom posted a great blog post on what the firmware hack brings to the GH1 which you can read on his blog. I’ll admit that image quality is close enough between these two cameras that the 5D might [...]

By: Dan Penkauskas

Dan Penkauskas — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:59:49 +0000

Hi Chris,

How do you get your AVCHD footage to play on your HDTV? I have a very nice Samsung plasma. I try playing via its USB port. It won’t play .mts files. I changed the file extension to .mkv, and the video plays, but I don’t get sound. I’m reluctant to convert the video to another format, particularly now that we can get native 1080P 24 fps on our hacked GH1s.

Best regards, Dan

By: Chang Dek

Chang Dek — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:53:26 +0000

Hi, great video of the hacked GH1 – I am wondering if that same hack will work on my GF1?
Thanks in advance for a reply or recomendation. Chang

By: LSocorro

LSocorro — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:09:11 +0000

That’s been a huge advance for the lucky ones, but not my case
I’ve just bought my GH1 from B&H, downloaded everything needed and followed the steps by tester 13, but skipped a little big detail, GH1′s made after july 2010 are not able to be hacked, at least until Panasonic releases a new firmware.
Yes, there’s hope, even if you leave in a country whith strict currency politics and no decent Pana dealer