[lug] Sony NEX cameras running linux?

[Davide Del Vento]

More info on the issue:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?215605-NEX5-NEX3-firmware-research

Note that NEX firmware update is only via USB with a proprietary
windows program (unlike canons and panasonics, which can be updated
copying the firmware in the memory card, making the whole process much
more linux-friendly for people like me who don't have a windows box:
this issue alone is a show-stopper for me).

Regards,
Davide

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 06:47, Jonathan Corbet <corbet-bldrlug at lwn.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:11:27 -0700
> Davide Del Vento <davide.del.vento at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> does anybody know something about these? I don't have these cameras,
>> but I'd love to have an hackable one, for several reasons!
>>
>> http://www.sony.net/Products/Linux/DI/NEX-5.html
>> http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/new-sony-cameras-run-embedded-linux_topic68837_page1.html
>
> Most of these Sony products do run Linux, yes.  That includes the video
> cameras, the TVs, etc.  I've never heard of anybody being able to hack
> one, though.  Not sure how hard anybody has tried.
>
> If you want to do that sort of thing, there's a number of hackable
> Canon cameras:
>
>        http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
>
> jon
>