PMW-F55/F5 Firmware Version V1.13 - April 26th, 2013

Posted by Amy Whitfield on 21st Jun 2013

PMW-F55/F5 Firmware Version V1.13 - April 26th, 2013

This document describes firmware update of PMW-F55/F5 V1.12 to V1.13. Version 1.13 update is for the camera head only not for the AXS-R5. The latest AXS-R5 firmware is V1.12.

Changes from V1.12 to V1.13 Added Functionality 1. Selectable Exposure Index value (selected) on Cine-EI mode F55 supports Exposure Index values (400EI/640EI/800EI/1250EI) on Cine-EI mode. F5 supports Exposure Index value (640EI/800EI/1250EI/2500EI) on Cine-EI mode. In this version, the VF, SDI outputs and SxS recording are simultaneously and equally gained down. A future update scheduled for Dec/2013 will offer the option for not gaining down SxS recording. 2. Rec Trigger IN and Rec Tally OUT via DC Output connector F55 and F5 get a Rec Trigger signal via DC Output connectors on battery adaptor or AXS-R5 by using rec Start/Stop switch. And also F55 and F5 outputs Rec Tally signal via this connectors. For detail information, please refer to a following chart about pin assign.

No.

Signal

I/O

Specification

1

UNREG GND

-

GND for POWER

2

Rec tally

Out

Open collector output (max 50Ma) L:REC

3

REC TRIGGER

IN

OPEN or +5V: Normal GND: Active (REC)

4

UNREG +12V OUT

OUT

+11 to 17V dc max 1.8A

3. LED of lights up during recording When trigger function is assigned to assignable buttons 4 (dumb side of camera), it’s LED turns on during recording. 4. Noise Reduction performance improvement The Noise Reduction process was optimized to further improve image quality. Note: noise reduction is automatically turned off in RAW recording. 5. Software improvements The following issues were corrected: • Occasionally occurrence of "dropped frame" during XAVC HD S&Q mode from 51 to 59fps. • Statuses were not occasionally updated in Cine-EI mode, • On some system frequencies, sometimes not standardized LTC value were output.