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NX500 mod - late to the party!

Started Nov 20, 2020 | Discussions
markyboy81 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,778
NX500 mod - late to the party!
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I've had my NX500 for years now and haven't dared to install the mod, for fear of bricking the camera. Although I did really want to check out the 2.5k mode.

Anyhow, had a bit of free time today and found a very straight forward, easy to follow video on YouTube and it was actually quite simple to do.

Thanks to Vasile and Otto also!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL6dGObliD8&list=WL&index=25

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flip 21
flip 21 Senior Member • Posts: 1,439
Re: NX500 mod - late to the party!

markyboy81 wrote:

I've had my NX500 for years now and haven't dared to install the mod, for fear of bricking the camera. Although I did really want to check out the 2.5k mode.

Anyhow, had a bit of free time today and found a very straight forward, easy to follow video on YouTube and it was actually quite simple to do.

Thanks to Vasile and Otto also!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL6dGObliD8&list=WL&index=25

have you tryed it? For some reason I don't like the 4K video on the Nx500, it doesn't seem as sharp... what are your conclusions, comparing to the 1080p, and the 4k? thanks

OP markyboy81 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,778
Re: NX500 mod - late to the party!

flip 21 wrote:

markyboy81 wrote:

I've had my NX500 for years now and haven't dared to install the mod, for fear of bricking the camera. Although I did really want to check out the 2.5k mode.

Anyhow, had a bit of free time today and found a very straight forward, easy to follow video on YouTube and it was actually quite simple to do.

Thanks to Vasile and Otto also!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL6dGObliD8&list=WL&index=25

have you tryed it? For some reason I don't like the 4K video on the Nx500, it doesn't seem as sharp... what are your conclusions, comparing to the 1080p, and the 4k? thanks

I have it installed now and it's great.

I did read some earlier reports that there were some flaws with the 2.5k but to be honest it looks great to my eyes. It's also nice to be able to to control the bitrate more finely.

I felt the same as you about the 4k but 2.5k is the sweet spot in my opinion. Given the camera a new lease of life!

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flip 21
flip 21 Senior Member • Posts: 1,439
Re: NX500 mod - late to the party!

Is it 2.5k, 60p? Or is it just uncropped? Do you see any improvement in video quality?

OP markyboy81 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,778
Re: NX500 mod - late to the party!

flip 21 wrote:

Is it 2.5k, 60p? Or is it just uncropped? Do you see any improvement in video quality?

It's 2560x1440 @24p, 25p or 30p depending on which mode you replace.

I believe that it's uncropped in the same way that FHD is and it is higher quality (to my eyes) than FHD.

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OP markyboy81 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,778
Re: NX500 mod - late to the party!

Sorry to dig up an old thread.. But I'm having difficulty with this mod. I'm trying to turn it off or delete it but without success.

The issue is with video. I select FHD 50fps but the resulting video is sped up and half way through it freezes but the audio carries on.

I have tried selecting kill all in the mod menu but the issue persists. I now cannot access this menu. There also doesn't appear to be anything on the SD card that I can delete.

Any advice on how to delete the mod?

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otto k Senior Member • Posts: 2,252
Re: NX500 mod - late to the party!

Which one did you use? Vasile or Kino Seed? Did you try factory reset or reinstall of the mod?

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OP markyboy81 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,778
Re: NX500 mod - late to the party!

otto k wrote:

Which one did you use? Vasile or Kino Seed? Did you try factory reset or reinstall of the mod?

It's the Vasile mod. I think I've found out the reason for the strange video. I thought I had deactivated the 2.5k but it was replacing FHD. Then I had FHD 50fps selected but it still recorded 2.5k, but I think the framerate was messed up.

I'll try a factory reset to see if I can remove it.

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freedom21
freedom21 Forum Member • Posts: 81
Re: NX500 mod - late to the party!

markyboy81 wrote:

otto k wrote:

Which one did you use? Vasile or Kino Seed? Did you try factory reset or reinstall of the mod?

It's the Vasile mod. I think I've found out the reason for the strange video. I thought I had deactivated the 2.5k but it was replacing FHD. Then I had FHD 50fps selected but it still recorded 2.5k, but I think the framerate was messed up.

I'll try a factory reset to see if I can remove it.

Oh man, I just hope you didn't administer the gate's covid vaccine to your precious Nx 500 LOL

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otto k Senior Member • Posts: 2,252
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I'm not on vasiles mod, but IIRC it has an uninstall option?

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OP markyboy81 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,778
Re: NX500 mod - late to the party!

otto k wrote:

I'm not on vasiles mod, but IIRC it has an uninstall option?

Thanks Otto, found it now!

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