Panasonic DMC-FZ20

External Since: Mar 05, 2005 Posts: 5

> >>>>Yep. I just don't get why manufacturers seem to go out of their
way to put
   > >>>>in tripod sockets that aren't at the nodal point, made out of
metal, and
   > >>>>far enough away from the battery door so quick release mechanisms
can be
   > >>>>used. I get the sense that some of the designers just don't
understand how
   > >>>>a camera is used by higher end users.

With many cameras, having the socket under the lens centre would add
6mm to the camera height to allow for the socket depth. I think it is
a case of trying to keep the dimensions down.

BTW, as with other computer driven projects, does firmware for cameras
get updated/new versions???? Has anyone managed to extract and reverse
engineer a cameras "BIOS". I would have thought that with a USB
connection, this should be possible.

External Since: Jul 01, 2004 Posts: 1198

colinstone DeleteThis @hotmail.com wrote:
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> BTW, as with other computer driven projects, does firmware for cameras
> get updated/new versions???? Has anyone managed to extract and
> reverse engineer a cameras "BIOS". I would have thought that with a
> USB connection, this should be possible.

Yes, the firmware for my Nikon Cameras has had one update for each model,
as I recall.

Someone reverse engineered the Canon BIOS for the deliberately crippled
300 DSLR, and uncrippled many of the features....

Cheers,
David