A public GitHub repository, OlliV/fx30_fw, collects notes and Python tools for studying the Sony FX30 on firmware 6.01. It decrypts the official update file and unpacks it for offline analysis. The author searches the shared Sony camera application for dormant features such as 8K recording, open gate, 4:4:4 and pixel shift. Nothing in the repository ships Sony firmware.
The tools reach the camera over USB in Mass Storage mode, then switch it into Sony's service mode through the Sony-PMCA-RE project. The repository merges findings from a second FX30 research project, including a helper that toggles a hidden burst mode by editing the camera's settings container. The author says the helper checks the write and can roll it back. A read-only probe is also included. The repo says the Jiritsu USB channel used on the A7 IV and A7S III is untested on the FX30.
The results are mostly negative. A pixel-shift test on 4 November changed one setting byte, but the Drive Mode menu did not gain a pixel-shift entry. After a power-off the camera boot-looped in Photo mode. The author recovered it by restoring a RAM snapshot and removing the battery. 8K is judged not viable on the 26.1 MP sensor, and no open gate or 4:4:4 strings were found. The survey concludes that the FX30 menus already expose the other candidates the author checked, such as shutter angle.
Risks: the write tools change the settings container and not the firmware partitions, but the repository itself notes boot-loop risk, tells users to back up first, and warns of warranty risk. This is research code, not a ready-made unlock.