Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Would be great if there was a consortium of software engineers to re-write firmware. For years I having been using the completely re-written os for my music player called "RockBox". (www.rockbox.org) It was written by many authors in the manner of Linux. It works on many different MP3 players. Over the years it has morphed and changed directly in response to the users discussion forum. Think they have even had a convention or two. Eric On 4/6/07, David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote: > I thought Nikon had something going with Capture. Let proprietary > external software do the big number crunching. So what if Capture cost > $100. I never had to pay for an upgrades. And it's decent software. I > still I use it. Especially for raw conversion. Transfer of tiffs to CS > is simple. > > I guess the proprietary thing is a little scary. But all camera firmware > is proprietary. I'd rather upgrade a PC application than firmware. > Firmware upgrades are easy, until you run into Murphy's Law. > > I can understand why camera companies might be uneasy having a third > party -- even one like Adobe -- maintain partial control over output. > OTOH, most camera companies weren't in the software business.....until > recently. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Filippone [mailto:red735i@earthlink.net] > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:56 PM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: RE: [Leica] DMR firmware? > > > Another problem avoided with film....... > > I am told it is not hard, IF you know the purpose of the bits of > original code. Reverse engineering is the real trick. > > Depends on who is holding the wrench........ > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > I've always been curious to know how complicated it is to write firmware > for a camera. On a scale of 1 to 10 I'm sure it's closer to > 10 (10 being extremely complex). > > > The scary thing is that if firmware is out of alignment you can't just > tweak it with a wrench. > > DaveR > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >