Re:A man overrides his camera's firmware to bring rare pictu...
by hellofunk on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @04:55AM
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I definitely disagree with your interpretation of the photographer's comments. I found them rather interesting and not "cringe". His page is not a tech blog with how-tos on how to use your camera, so if that is what you were expecting, I can understand why you are disappointed. But actually, his page is for showing photographs and sharing information about the country, much of it was rather insightful while brief. The motivated spectator can then google details about your camera's firmware for the next time you travel to North Korea yourself.
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Re:A man overrides his camera's firmware to bring rare pictu...
by Laforet on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @05:28AM
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> much of it was rather insightful while brief
Much of it was misinformed or plain wrong. The particulars has been extensively discussed in this thread.
> The motivated spectator can then google details about your camera's firmware for the next time you travel to North Korea yourself.
The photographer appears to use Nikon SLRs which I am familiar with (I have a Df and has been using Nikon for the past decade). A handful of old models had homebrew firmware patches but it was mostly for shooting video[0]. There has been no new releases since.
Can somebody point me where to look? Googling turned up nothing like what's been described in the linked gallery.
[0]http://www.diyphotography.net/hacked-nikon-firmware-allows-m...