Hacks really get my imagination going.
Any hack; hardware/software.
Hacks are becoming more and more common, particularly in the digicam world with codes coming from all over the world to be downloaded by people looking to gain an edge in performance from their equipment, resulting in a depletion of the barriers between one tool and another that was initially designed to be more advanced by factory standards.
With regard to DV/HD, I expect to see a similar outpouring of code when Solid State/P2 memory becomes the primary media source. This move alone will open up an entirely different world to videographers and filmmakers, even the developers, so long as they embrace it, which I think Panasonic is doing. So, in effect, the same type of hacks that can be found to increase the performance of digicams will also be done for consumer HD cams that will allow them to perform on par with higher end models. It has the potential to blow the doors wide open. That’s one of the main reasons why the first Panasonic Prosumer HD camera; the AJ-HDX100 (if that is the final production name) will be quite revolutionary.
Just imagine, if some kid isn’t happy with his camera’s standard 24/30P frame rates or the 4:2:2 color space, no worries, get online, download the preferred solution packs to the camera like an update for your PC’s operating system and there you go, your camera can now undercrank and overcrank by recording frame rates from 1fps to 120 fps and achieve 4:4:4 color space. 8)
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