Please make SDI out interlaced switchable

The new firmware means the SDI feed out is interlaced at 25 frames per.
I want it to be progressive.
Please make it switchable!
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+1 (triple Shuttle owner, triple BMCC owner)

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for us working in Europe would be great!

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and +1000 for all the others in Europe still waiting ...

Reading another thread it sounds like the interlaced output is PsF.
Can anyone at BM confirm?
That would make this request redundant...

Compression on PsF is less efficient than pure progressive. PsF also needs to be de-interlaced at some point, which granted isn't as complex as true interlaced, but if done incorrectly can result in quality loss and additional processing time. Switchability would also improve monitor compatibility ?

PsF also needs to be de-interlaced at some point, which granted isn't as complex as true interlaced, but if done incorrectly can result in quality loss and additional processing time.

PsF does not need to be de-interlaced. That is the point. Issues arise when something in the signal processing chain assumes the signal is actually interlaced, and unnecessarily de-interlaces it. And cheap de-interlacers just throw away one field, halving the vertical resolution.

Switchability would also improve monitor compatibility ?

I am aware of monitors which support interlaced but not progressive, but not any which support progressive but not interlaced. So I would think the addition of PsF increases the range of monitors which can be used, not decreases it.

All that said, a software switch would give options, and that is a good thing.

Ironically two of the monitors I'm intending on using on Monday with these cameras only support the PsF modes introduced with the 1.3 firmware so the changes are quite useful.

Still... it'd be nice if it's switchable in a future update for recording purposes.

All that said, a software switch would give options, and that is a good thing.

Good point, not to mention that a switch is dead simple.