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Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside EU!

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SLove

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Re: They can't, and here's why...

In reply to Joseph S Wisniewski, May 2, 2012

Joseph S Wisniewski wrote:

I think it's never going to happen, for one simple reason.

Right now, there's nothing, at all, keeping you from installing US firmware on an EU camera, and circumventing the limits. In order to enforce what you describe, there'd have to be a "lockout" system, so cameras loaded with EU firmware could never accept anything other than signed EU firmware, ever again.

There'd have to be additional part numbers, packaging, manuals, etc. for the EU path cameras, too.

Of course it could be done quite easily. Cell phone manufacturers have been doing things like that for a decade if not longer. They even have custom firmwares for different carriers (especially in the US, the promised land of restrictive and bullying carries). Cameras do have quite a lot lower volumes than cell phones, so perhaps that prevents camera manufacturers from doing so.

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Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside EU!	Robbster	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	jon404	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Robbster	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Footski	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Robbster	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	jon404	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Robbster	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	GodSpeaks	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	JulesJ	May 4, 2012
Agreed	GodSpeaks	May 1, 2012
Re: Agreed	Robbster	May 1, 2012
Re: Agreed	JulesJ	May 4, 2012
Re: Agreed	malcolm82	May 8, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	MOD sjgcit	May 1, 2012
File size problem	steephill	May 1, 2012
Is addressable...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 1, 2012
Re: File size problem	GodSpeaks	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Bruce Chastain xx	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	linuxworks	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Bruce Chastain xx	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Robbster	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Robbster	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Bruce Chastain xx	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	nelsonal	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Bruce Chastain xx	May 1, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	GodSpeaks	May 2, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Bruce Chastain xx	May 2, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	GodSpeaks	May 3, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	GodSpeaks	May 2, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	DuaneV	May 1, 2012
Clips > 30 minutes need A/C power and sensor cooling anyway.	Cy Cheze	May 1, 2012
Re: Clips > 30 minutes need A/C power and sensor cooling anyway.	Svein Eriksen	May 1, 2012
Re: Clips > 30 minutes need A/C power and sensor cooling anyway.	Bruce Chastain xx	May 1, 2012
you won't like to hear this	tko	May 1, 2012
Get The Panasonic GH1 or GH2	Atlasman	May 4, 2012
Re: Get The Panasonic GH1 or GH2	Bruce Chastain xx	May 4, 2012
Re: Get The Panasonic GH1 or GH2	Atlasman	May 4, 2012
They can't, and here's why...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 1, 2012
Re: They can't, and here's why...	Robbster	May 1, 2012
Re: They can't, and here's why...	hjulenissen	May 4, 2012
Re: They can't, and here's why...	GodSpeaks	May 2, 2012
Whacha' talkin' 'bout, God?	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 2, 2012
Re: Whacha' talkin' 'bout, God?	Makinations	May 2, 2012
Ok, some then	GodSpeaks	May 3, 2012
Re: They can't, and here's why...	SLove	May 2, 2012
not manufacturers fault	RedFox88	May 3, 2012
Re: not manufacturers fault	Bruce Chastain xx	May 3, 2012
Re: not manufacturers fault	GodSpeaks	May 3, 2012
Re: not manufacturers fault	Robbster	May 3, 2012
Re: not manufacturers fault	Donald B	May 3, 2012
Re: not manufacturers fault	jon404	May 3, 2012
Re: not manufacturers fault	DaveOl	May 3, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	neurosoul	May 4, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	JulesJ	May 4, 2012
legislation leads to design limits	TrapperJohn	May 4, 2012
Re: legislation leads to design limits	Bruce Chastain xx	May 4, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	JulesJ	May 4, 2012
Jules, forget about 30 minutes....	Marty4650	May 4, 2012
Re: Jules, forget about 30 minutes....	JulesJ	May 4, 2012
You didn't read what he wrote four days ago...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 5, 2012
Re: You didn't read what he wrote four days ago...	JulesJ	May 5, 2012
Agree about the rarity, but...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 5, 2012
Re: Thanks, Joseph! Video for unscripted recording vs. entertainment industry	Robbster	May 5, 2012
hard pressed to find a scene that takes more than 30 seconds.	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 5, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Bruce Chastain xx	May 4, 2012
I'm guessing the press and movie industry does ...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 5, 2012
Re: I'm guessing the press and movie industry does ...	Bruce Chastain xx	May 7, 2012
Re: I'm guessing the press and movie industry does ...	Robbster	May 8, 2012
There's nothing wrong with being yourself...	Joseph S Wisniewski	May 8, 2012
Re: Playing it safe	Bruce Chastain xx	May 8, 2012
Good list of events where you'd want to record whole thing and edit later	Robbster	May 9, 2012
Re: Good list of events where you'd want to record whole thing and edit later	Bruce Chastain xx	May 9, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - stop limiting video to < 30 minutes for rest of globe outside	Bruce Chastain xx	May 20, 2012
Re: Manufacturers - WTO positive sign, give us exFAT support and unlimited recording	Robbster	May 20, 2012

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