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ALL ABOUT IT: https://www.eoshd.com/news/eoshd-backrom-hack-mario-64-on-the-canon-eos-r8/

You can always rely on Sigma to do baffling stuff with their cameras. It’s actually borderline kinky. Swapping the HDMI port to full size and thereby blocking the upgrade path for those of us with the existing EVF is another one by the way. The least said about including internal storage that isn’t fast enough for the higher data rates the better.

I posted some things in the older Sigma FP thread but I feel like these new FP hacks are picking up momentum and deserve their own separate space. In my opinion this project has big time EOS HD vibes and I’m getting old school Magic Lantern feelings all over again. : ) Like most of you, I’m disappointed by the new Sigma FP2 and have always held off on the original FP because it just never made sense for the price and all the fiddling needed to use it. But time and time again I’m impressed with content coming from this mighty little brick. The users that know how to tame the massive cDNG files and work with all the shortcomings are rewarded with some truly glorious images and I want in on that mojo. Lots of new hacks making open gate possible on the FP and giving some new recording options that cut down considerably on rolling shutter and data rates. https://www.elcacharrista.com/en/articles/hacking-the-sigma-fp-with-ai/ Many of the shortcomings are still there of course, (the lack of flippy screen etc…) but for a now, $800 camera I feel like it’s worth picking up just to play around with. I’m also really excited about the new Super 16 mode. Super 16 At the last minute we decided to add a Super 16 crop mode -something I had asked about in this post two years ago, which is genuinely useful if you own cine lenses in that format. Recording quality is excellent despite the small image circle compared to full frame. At 2096x1238, with no scaling whatsoever, it is already more than the 1080p the original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera gave us. What are your thoughts on the new hacks and is anyone else thinking about getting an FP in 2026 now that gyrodata and open gate are crammed into this little guy?

No I think it only works with the original FP.

You are simultaneously the best and worst person to be let loose with these tools 😂 Seriously though, a database of cameras with their associated shortcomings would be useful to target some fixes. I’ll keep banging the drum about you patching the S5ii to get the S5iix features ! At the very least let me run Galaxians on it.

Yeah this is pretty cool. I've been thinking about selling my FP for a while now, but I definitely need to test these new modes before I do... the open gate 2K and super 16 mode specifically.

Absolutely brilliant.