Canon XF605 Professional Camcorder Firmware Update

Canon’s 1.0.1.1 firmware update for its XF605 Professional Camcorder. This new update adds support for XC Protocol allowing operators to remotely control camera settings, 4K XF-AVC intra-frame recording, and enhanced face/head autofocus capabilities.

Firmware Version 1.0.1.1 incorporates the following enhancements:

Adds support for Canon IP [XC Protocol].
Adds XF-AVC 4K Intra format, the highly efficient compressed format of 4K video.
Adds support for vertical shooting.
Face detection, eye detection and tracking are now enabled when S&F is set to 24P-120P.
Adds support for 4CH display in audio meter.
[REC] can now be assigned to Assignable button 11.
Improved to retain the recording settings when switching between normal shooting and S&F shooting.
Adds file name to SDI Ancillary data on the video output signal.
Adds [Built-in Mic] and [MIC Terminal] option in [CH2 INPUT] menu in Audio setting.
Fixes an issue, in which, in rare instances, the camera cannot be normally operated when operating the REC button with the camera set to the [Continuous Recording] function.

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