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Hubert
08-28-2009, 09:12 AM
Got my Japanese import GH1 today.

I think I can live with the Japanese menus and translation tables.

However, I'm thinking it must be possible to modify the 1.1 firmware update file (GH1__112.bin 8mb) to make the Japanese version of the camera display English menus, since the file contains English text and other languages when you search it with a hex editor.

Either the Japanese strings could be overwritten with English ones or (more advanced hack) the code which checks whether it's a Jap or Euro/US camera and displays menus accordingly could be patched.

Any ideas how this could be approached??

robzoo
08-28-2009, 07:43 PM
I would like to know this too. There are a crap load of these available online in the japanese ntsc versions but none with english menus.

PhilD
08-28-2009, 08:45 PM
If you find a way I will happily run a GH1 import business and sell the body only to desperate americans.