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Hasselblad X2D II: community HRAP project added video recording and autofocus options, then was halted after a legal letter

The Hasselblad Refinement & Augmentation Project (HRAP) reverse-engineered Hasselblad's medium-format cameras and shared its progress on Reddit. Beyond demonstrations such as running Doom on an X2D camera, the group added features the maker had not offered, including video recording on the X2D II…

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Caduceus for OM-3 ↗ experimental

Turns the OM-3's Color Profile wheel (COLOR 1–4) into a full colour editor and film-look system; vignette correction per look and colour film grain are being tested. Needs firmware 1.1; the launcher patches OM's own firmware and can go back to stock. patched firmware More info ↗

System OM-3 3D

Olympus / OM System firmware research ↗ research

Shared tools for studying and patching Olympus and OM System firmware: ready-to-install HSL colour packages for the PEN-F, and experiments such as moving the OM-3's human detection into the OM-1. patched firmware More info ↗

System OM-3 3DSystem OM-1System OM-5Olympus PEN-F

Sony

Sony USB service-mode unlocks ↗ experimental

Shutter angle, Variable Shutter and BIG6 on the α7 IV and α7S III; the language menu on region-locked bodies. Changes saved camera settings over USB; the firmware itself is not modified. changes saved settings More info ↗

α7 IV 3Dα7S III 3DFX3 3Dα6400 3Dα6600α7Cα7 III 3Dα7R IIIα7R IV

OpenMemories: Tweak ↗ stable

Removes the 30-minute video limit, unlocks the language menu, turns off the NTSC/PAL warning; installs as a camera app (cameras with PlayMemories Camera Apps). camera app More info ↗

α7α7Rα7Sα7 IIα7R IIα7S IIα6000α6300α6500α5100

Canon

Magic Lantern ↗ stable on EOS M

Raw video, zebras, focus peaking, intervalometer and much more. Runs from the memory card next to Canon's firmware. Works on the EOS M; the EOS R and RP ports are in development. runs from the card More info ↗

EOS MEOS REOS RP 3D

Fujifilm

FujiHack ↗ research

Reverse engineering of Fujifilm firmware: a USB debugger, the video time limit lifted, button remapping. Runs as a patched firmware; more models are being researched. patched firmware More info ↗

X-A2XF1

Hasselblad

Hasselblad X-system firmware research ↗ research

AF-C and automatic brightness on the original X2D, experimental video recording on the X2D II, Linux and even Doom on the camera. Open-source research by Radium Wang and others. patched firmware More info ↗

X2D 100C 3DX2D II 100C 3D

Samsung

NX500 / NX1 modding ↗ stable

Higher video bitrates, no recording time limit, silent shutter and focus stacking on Samsung's last mirrorless cameras. runs from the card

NX1NX500