Hi
Does anyone know when the promised firmware update is coming? I do not appear to be able to access the profiles option on the camera grip and I therefore assume that this one of the several things waiting to be implemented.
Any info would be appreciated.
Lol..good question. £15,000 camera with half the stuff missing months after launch.
My dealer said we have to wait until Photokina is over until we see another update.
Makes you wonder why the wait for a trade show to finish, I would have thought that Hasselblad's "valued" customers would have come first. On another note, Phocus 3.0.4 is now out and on the Hasselblad site.
Yes, I agree. I am guessing it's a case of prioritising their limited resources, i.e. not enough staff!
I saw 3.0.4 but what is 'True Zoom'? Is it something to do with that H-branded phone case? Zzzzzzz....
Just updated my H6D with a firmware update 1.5.2.
I received an email today saying one was available. A little disappointed as it was only a bug fix release, and at that just one bug fix. This is what the read.me file listed.
Bug fixes: Solves a an issue with incorrect orientation.
Hopefully something more substantial is coming...
Weird as when I re-checked the read.me it says the firmware update is from July 19-2016.
I wonder why Hasselblad mentioned the latest firmware upgrade in there latest marketing email that came to me today.
Now I am confused ???
A bit like the update of Phocus to 3.0.4. A very superficial upgrade that most of us would not even use or notice.
Does anybody know where the Firmware Upgrade for the 100c went?
Beginning of October now...not a squeak of an update.
Following just received from Hasselblad
Hi David,
Thank you for your e-mail and taking the time to contact us.
We are working hard on the new firmware update and the plan is to release it within a couple of weeks.
Thank you for your patience.
Best Regards,
The Hasselblad Reception
Fingers crossed eh?
I've been in touch with them as well to ask them to get on to it so hopefully we'll see something soon.
I have been contacted early this week by Hasselblad Japan. They informed that the final firmware of the H6-100c had been released.
Since this is not public yet I assume it is a beta that may have functions implemented with more or less known issues that would be fixed in the coming weeks.
I hope to have the chance to play with a camera equipped with this firmware tomorrow.
Overall I am concerned by Hasselblad software abilities and it makes me wonder whether it is wise to proceed while P1 is releasing useful features at high pace.
Cheers,
Bernars
Got to play with the H6D-100c with "final" firmware today. Much better than it was one month ago.
No major issue seen at all, just some slight difficulties focusing with the 50mm sometimes, none with the 100 and 120.
Overall pretty smooth. I was once again impressed by Truefocus.
I was authorised to use my SD card but requested not to share images yet.
Cheers,
Bernard
I need to check the shutter count of an used HCD lens. On my H4D body, which I traded in for a H6D, I could simply navigate to system status >usage in the main menu, where I would find the actuations of the body and the attached lens. With the H6D however I am not able to find that information. All I get is an >about with informations on serial number and firmware of the camera.
Am I missing something - or is this function/feature still missing in the software?
As I found out, the shot count can't be viewed at the moment, but it will be added with a future firmware upgrade. :(
Anyone knows, if shutter count information could be found in the Efix data of raws taken with the lens in question?
/ best,
ganesh
New firmware has been posted with some nice improvements - the spirit level is back and you can pan across the image in live view to check critical focus before taking the shot.
Quote from: davidthescot on October 27, 2016, 04:28:47 AM
the spirit level is back
Hi David, Can you "user" calibrate it in both orientations?
Ta,
Alex
Added functionality for H6D-50 Compared to v1.5.x:
• RAW Video
• Spirit level support
• Pan in live view - 100% resolution focus aid
• Improved startup time
• Improved camera stability (many system errors have been fixed)
• Improved SD card robustness a lot!
• Various language improvements
• Improved tethered stability
• Improved user interface functionality and stability
Added functionality for H6D-100 Compared to v1.8.x:
• Spirit level support
• Possible to record H.264 on SD card (was disabled on v1.8 because of SD problems)
• Pan in live view - 100% resolution focus aid
• Improved camera stability (many system errors have been fixed)
• Improved startup time
• Improved SD card robustness a lot! Now possible to record h.264 video on SD cards.
• Various language improvments
• Improved tethered stability
• Improved user interface functionality and stability
October 20, 2016
Yay, Raw video! But boo, no power over usb... >:(
Ben
Still no profiles or manual white balance measurement. But, at least the spirit level is back..thank you!
Is Live Video in Phocus broken for anyone else after this update? It works once, but when you stop it and try to start again, the screen is just black.... same if you try to zoom in for focus.
Ben
Damn, I just upgraded the FW to 1.12.0 and now my camera is in a lock.
It informed me that the FW upgrade was succesfull and I had to reinsert the battery, which I did.
When I start the camera, the small LCD screen tells me it is in f8, 1/250 etc but has the hourglass. I cannot take a picture.
The back however only shows f1.0 and 1.0 sec with no further options and when I touch the screen of the digital back, the small light turns red and nothing works anymore, camera completely freezes.
So I took the whole system apart (Lens, VF, Battery, Back) but no luck.
There is no way I can redo the FW or revert back to an older version.
Anybody a clue how to fix this without having to drive back and forth to the dealer??
thnx
try to flash an older firmware.. this way communications between body and back will be 'reset'
Thanks but I cannot (re)flash anymore.
It will no longer read the card, nor communicate with the back :-(
Quote from: PeterDorr on November 08, 2016, 09:00:38 AM
Anybody a clue how to fix this without having to drive back and forth to the dealer??
You can try to connect the back alone (no camera, no card) to your computer and see whether it accepts to be re-flashed with Phocus then. If not, I'm afraid it is time to send it back to Göteborg.
You can try to connect the back alone (no camera, no card) to your computer and see whether it accepts to be re-flashed with Phocus then. If not, I'm afraid it is time to send it back to Göteborg
Nop, there is no power on the USB port :-(
You can try to connect the back alone (no camera, no card) to your computer... and to a 12V power supply, then.
I notice that the current firmware on the Hasselblad website is 1.12.0 for the H6D 50 + 100.
My camera arrived from Sweden 2 weeks ago and the firmware is saying v 1.5.2-3631
Can anyone say if this is a newer or older version than that on the website?
Many thanks,
Michael
Kinda looks like an old version to me. Download the one on the web..I'm sure that it won't let you "upgrade" to an older version..
1.12.0 is definitely the latest one. Enables Raw video and more. It's confusing that the first number after the "1." is another 1, looks like it's older than 1.5.2, you don't normally see double digits in version numbers.
Ben