> And you can always keep your old firmware or downgrade to it later - there was no crippling of units.
From what I remember from when this was happening, new 4K Pocket units started shipping that could not be downgraded a few months after the change. Many people were upset because the product pages or boxes still advertised CinemaDNG, but the cameras were incapable of it.
Indeed. IIRC firmware was available via some unofficial links, and downgrading worked for certain units but not for others—impossible to determine in the usual circumstances of acquiring a camera from a store.
From what I remember from when this was happening, new 4K Pocket units started shipping that could not be downgraded a few months after the change. Many people were upset because the product pages or boxes still advertised CinemaDNG, but the cameras were incapable of it.