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Canon DSLR Development (+ other development) => Non-CANON cameras development => Topic started by: philmoz on 28 / May / 2013, 16:12:36

Title: Samsung release source for NX2000 & NX300 mirrorless cameras
Post by: philmoz on 28 / May / 2013, 16:12:36
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/05/28/Samsung-releases-source-code-for-NX300-NX2000-mirrorless-cameras (http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/05/28/Samsung-releases-source-code-for-NX300-NX2000-mirrorless-cameras)

Will be interesting to see what 'develops' :)

Phil.
Title: Re: Samsung release source for NX2000 & NX300 mirrorless cameras
Post by: reyalp on 28 / May / 2013, 17:03:30
Quote from: philmoz on 28 / May / 2013, 16:12:36
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/05/28/Samsung-releases-source-code-for-NX300-NX2000-mirrorless-cameras (http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/05/28/Samsung-releases-source-code-for-NX300-NX2000-mirrorless-cameras)

Will be interesting to see what 'develops' :)

Phil.
Very interesting. Sony has previously released source for their Linux based cameras, but AFAIK they all have a locked down bootloaders so you couldn't actually do anything interesting with it.

The dpreview article is making sounds like Samsung isn't taking this approach. Given their experience with android etc I wouldn't be surprised if they released something useable, but I don't see anything from Samsung confirming that.
Title: Re: Samsung release source for NX2000 & NX300 mirrorless cameras
Post by: philmoz on 28 / May / 2013, 18:41:03
Quote from: reyalp on 28 / May / 2013, 17:03:30
Quote from: philmoz on 28 / May / 2013, 16:12:36
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/05/28/Samsung-releases-source-code-for-NX300-NX2000-mirrorless-cameras (http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/05/28/Samsung-releases-source-code-for-NX300-NX2000-mirrorless-cameras)

Will be interesting to see what 'develops' :)

Phil.
Very interesting. Sony has previously released source for their Linux based cameras, but AFAIK they all have a locked down bootloaders so you couldn't actually do anything interesting with it.

The dpreview article is making sounds like Samsung isn't taking this approach. Given their experience with android etc I wouldn't be surprised if they released something useable, but I don't see anything from Samsung confirming that.

If you follow the link to the Samsung site from DPReview, then click the Photography/Digital Cameras menu you get to a download page. There is a download for the source plus another for build / install instructions - which goes through the firmware update steps.

So it would appear you can replace the camera firmware with a custom version.
Not sure if there are limitations, or proprietary bits in there though.

Phil.