Canon has issued a service notice for the recently released EOS 7D
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=1713&tag=col1;post-1713>
digital SLR, acknowledging a ghosting problem that occurs in images
captured during continuous shooting (which the 7D does up to 8 fps).
Apparently, under certain conditions, traces of one photo can be seen in
the next frame.  According to the notice, “This phenomenon is not
noticeable in an image with optimal exposure. The phenomenon may become
more noticeable if a retouching process such as level compensation is
applied to emphasize the image.”

The company is confident that a change in software will eliminate the
problem and plans to issue a firmware update to address the issue.

--
Someone is a liberal when you can't reason them out of
anything, because they never reason themselves into any
position. Conservatives are interested ONLY in the truth.
Liberals only care about their agenda. --Fred Miller

i also do not appreciate OT comments, even in siglines on a special purpose
list like this. i am asking that people remove OT siglines before posting. i
hate to be a list tyrant, but if there are enough recurrences or complaints, i
will be more active in this.
  i would also like to remind people to change subject lines, especilly when
replying to a digest.
  while i'm at it, also please clip replies.
bill keiser - moderator

> canondigicamhackingHello,
> I was under the impression that this group was about hacking digital Canon
> cameras, but apparently it also is a forum to express opinions about
> internal american politics. I was not aware of that, did I miss someting?
>
> Cor Beijersbergen,
> . . .

C. Beijersbergen wrote:
> canondigicamhackingHello,
> I was under the impression that this group was about hacking digital Canon
> cameras, but apparently it also is a forum to express opinions about
> internal american politics. I was not aware of that, did I miss someting?
>
> Cor Beijersbergen,
> who has a politcal opinion as well and perhaps a few wisecracks on the same
> subject, but who will not mentiom them here.
>
I guess you don't know what a "signature" is. I change it now and then,
but this is one of mine...one I'm fond of.

Fred

--
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we
are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." --Teddy Roosevelt
I am a proud member of the Angry Mob!

canondigicamhackingHello,
I was under the impression that this group was about hacking digital Canon
cameras, but apparently it also is a forum to express opinions about
internal american politics. I was not aware of that, did I miss someting?

Cor Beijersbergen,
who has a politcal opinion as well and perhaps a few wisecracks on the same
subject, but who will not mentiom them here.

>----- Original Message -----

>To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we
>are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
>servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." --Teddy
>Roosevelt
>I am a proud member of the Angry Mob!

*Canon EOS 7D Digital Camera - Hands-On Preview - The Imaging Resource!

*

*Metering*. As I said, the Canon 7D's new AF system is tightly linked to
the Metering system, much like recent Nikon systems, and even the
concepts are similar; but the uses are not the same. It all comes down
to the Canon 7D's iFCL, or Intelligent Focus Color Luminosity metering
system.

First the new meter has 63 zones, and they are linked to the 19
autofocus points. Sound familiar? The metering sensor has two layers:
the top is sensitive to Red and Green, and the bottom layer to Blue and
Green. So it can measure a full spectrum of RGB, rather than just
luminosity; and when it compares the data between the AF system and its
own color system, the Canon 7D has a better understanding of the image
area; not only what colors there are, but what is where.

Nikon uses this same type of data to track objects moving through the
image area, augmenting their continuous focus mode. Canon does not. They
have other fish to fry. First, they make up for the normal foibles of
silicon sensors by detecting Red and compensating silicon's red
sensitivity, which gives it a tendency to overexpose red objects. The
Canon 7D's meter, now having color vision, can make the necessary change.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E7D/E7DA.HTM

--
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we
are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." --Teddy Roosevelt
I am a proud member of the Angry Mob!

----- Original Message -----
From: Fred A. Miller
To: undisclosed-recipients
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:26 PM
Subject: [canondigicamhacking] Canon releases Rebel XS firmware update


   http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=1924&tag=nl.e539

--
In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right...

But!  There was no beginning!!!

http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=1924&tag=nl.e539

--
In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right...

Marty Toomajian wrote:
> I'm sure we can blame Bill Gates for that too!   ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
> From: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Conaway
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:00 PM
> To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [canondigicamhacking] ADMIN: Inappropriate post
>
>
>
>
>
> Funny, we've been dealing with a virus problem on our Mac's at work for
> months now...
>
No, you need an admin. who knows how to get rid of them.

Fred

--
The race card is the last refuge for a liberal!

who said i was upset?  just doing my job. the nerds on this list don't need
those kind reminders.
  no alternative OS, anti virus or spam software will keep out yahoo group posts,
or most spam for that matter, anyway,
  we have to put up with evil from many fronts in this world, but i will do what
i can to keep it off of the lists i run.
bk

> Michael Cazel wrote:
> > Hey Bill - calm down. Its (sadly) normal Web life nowadays.
> >
> > . . .
> > Better from you would have been less outrage and a clear,
> > strong directive to keep that Norton up to date!

> FAR BETTER than Norton, is to use openSUSE Linux 11.1 or Kubuntu 9.04. A
> second choice would be a MAC. As long as you use MickySoft, you'll NEVER
> be free of virus', Malware, and break-ins.
>
> Fred

I'm sure we can blame Bill Gates for that too!   ;-)





From: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Conaway
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:00 PM
To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [canondigicamhacking] ADMIN: Inappropriate post





Funny, we've been dealing with a virus problem on our Mac's at work for
months now...

JC

Fred A. Miller wrote:
> Michael Cazel wrote:
>
>> Hey Bill - calm down. Its (sadly) normal Web life nowadays.
>>
>> Didn't see the post but, whatever it was, please remember
>> that those evil spammers are EVERYWHERE.
>>
>> In just the past week I received spam from 3 different places
>> where the "sender" had their address book hijacked.
>>
>> Better from you would have been less outrage and a clear,
>> strong directive to keep that Norton up to date!
>>
>> (I know, I know, spam pisses off every thinking person.)
>>
>>
> FAR BETTER than Norton, is to use openSUSE Linux 11.1 or Kubuntu 9.04. A
> second choice would be a MAC. As long as you use MickySoft, you'll NEVER
> be free of virus', Malware, and break-ins.
>
> Fred
>
>





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Funny, we've been dealing with a virus problem on our Mac's at work for
months now...

JC

Fred A. Miller wrote:
> Michael Cazel wrote:
>
>> Hey Bill - calm down. Its (sadly) normal Web life nowadays.
>>
>> Didn't see the post but, whatever it was, please remember
>> that those evil spammers are EVERYWHERE.
>>
>> In just the past week I received spam from 3 different places
>> where the "sender" had their address book hijacked.
>>
>> Better from you would have been less outrage and a clear,
>> strong directive to keep that Norton up to date!
>>
>> (I know, I know, spam pisses off every thinking person.)
>>
>>
> FAR BETTER than Norton, is to use openSUSE Linux 11.1 or Kubuntu 9.04. A
> second choice would be a MAC. As long as you use MickySoft, you'll NEVER
> be free of virus', Malware, and break-ins.
>
> Fred
>
>

Michael Cazel wrote:
> Hey Bill - calm down. Its (sadly) normal Web life nowadays.
>
> Didn't see the post but, whatever it was, please remember
> that those evil spammers are EVERYWHERE.
>
> In just the past week I received spam from 3 different places
> where the "sender" had their address book hijacked.
>
> Better from you would have been less outrage and a clear,
> strong directive to keep that Norton up to date!
>
> (I know, I know, spam pisses off every thinking person.)
>
FAR BETTER than Norton, is to use openSUSE Linux 11.1 or Kubuntu 9.04. A
second choice would be a MAC. As long as you use MickySoft, you'll NEVER
be free of virus', Malware, and break-ins.

Fred

--
The race card is the last refuge for a liberal!

Hey Bill - calm down. Its (sadly) normal Web life nowadays.

Didn't see the post but, whatever it was, please remember
that those evil spammers are EVERYWHERE.

In just the past week I received spam from 3 different places
where the "sender" had their address book hijacked.

Better from you would have been less outrage and a clear,
strong directive to keep that Norton up to date!

(I know, I know, spam pisses off every thinking person.)

--- On Fri, 9/25/09, sharpstik <bk2@...> wrote:

From: sharpstik <bk2@...>
Subject: [canondigicamhacking] ADMIN: Inappropriate post
To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 9:49 AM

  I apologize for the spam that got through yesterday. It, and the poster have
been removed.
  For future reference, this list is restricted to discussions on camera hacking,
or at least anything that is even remotely related.�
  Invitations to social sites like the "F" word and the "M" word are considered
spam and will be dealt with appropriately. If you are a member on any of those
networks, allowing them to have access to your entire contact list to send out
spam to is very bad netiquette.
  If you allow this and spam this list, you will be removed. If this happens,
feel free to humble yourself, beg forgiveness and reapply.
Bill Keiser
moderator



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Yahoo! Groups Links





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I apologize for the spam that got through yesterday. It, and the poster have
been removed.
  For future reference, this list is restricted to discussions on camera hacking,
or at least anything that is even remotely related.
  Invitations to social sites like the "F" word and the "M" word are considered
spam and will be dealt with appropriately. If you are a member on any of those
networks, allowing them to have access to your entire contact list to send out
spam to is very bad netiquette.
  If you allow this and spam this list, you will be removed. If this happens,
feel free to humble yourself, beg forgiveness and reapply.
Bill Keiser
moderator

Hello all

I was just wondering, would it be difficult / feasible to add a curve for each
channel in the displayed histogram on the 300D ?

Or maybe just display the existing histogram as a line curve, not filled in,
then draw another curve for each of the RGB channels on the same graph.

Or if too hard, just draw / display a dot of the corresponding color when the
histogram in that specific channel has been clipped. Let's say a red dot on the
right side for example in case the red channel is overexposed.

Or, if still too hard, be able to select one single channel for the histogram
(for example people who shoot with IR modded cameras mostly need the red
channel), and maybe be able to use a button when in info mode to switch the
active channel (less important)

Or, use one of the non-functionning custom function settings to just switch the
histogram from luminance (existing) to only red channel display (let's call this
a "IR-oriented histogram" custom function)

What do you think ? I don't really have much experience with the firmware
complexity so I don't really realize what's hard to do and what's not :)

Thanks !

Thanks Roy, Steve, and Jon.  It sounds like my expectations were off when I
added the hack, thinking there would be 2 separate files (the RAW and the
JPEG), but understand how it works now.  So thanks for clearing that up.



I do, however, appreciate the tips on "ideal" settings!



Todd





From: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Roy
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:55 AM
To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [canondigicamhacking] Question regarding RAW + JPEG





The reason I was using RAW + small JPG is to reduce the RAW file size. 300D
always outptus a single RAW file with JPG embedded in. The hacked firmware
gives you the ability to choose the jpg file size which embedded in RAW.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Sprengel" <steve@...
<mailto:steve%40ssprengel.homeip.net> >
To: <canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:canondigicamhacking%40yahoogroups.com> >
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [canondigicamhacking] Question regarding RAW + JPEG

> Yes, the hack only gives you RAW in more situations (like RAW in Sports
> mode), not actually RAW+JPG as separate files. Setting RAW+JPG-small is
> what I use, so the estimates of how many pictures are left is more
> accurate and I get more capacity out of my card.
>
> I use Lightroom to process my RAWs and have little use for any
> accompanying JPGs, but I think you can use the Canon's RAW converter:
> Digital Photo Professional (DPP), to extract any embedded JPG. The .THM
> files are, themselves, tiny JPGs, if you rename their extension from .THM
> to .JPG.
>
>
>
> From: Jon Senior
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 8:53 AM
> To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:canondigicamhacking%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [canondigicamhacking] Question regarding RAW + JPEG
>
>
> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:53:00 -0500
> "Todd Richards" <todd@...
<mailto:todd%40promisingsites.com> > wrote:
>> I just updated the firmware for my Canon 300D using the unDutchables
>> 0.2.3
>> hack (file name E3kr111-023). The primary reason was so I could take
>> advantage of shooting RAW + JPEG, since the only options with the 300D
>> are
>> Raw OR JPEG.
>>
>> I changed the settings in the custom options in the menu to select
>> "RAW+HIGH". In the regular menu, I've tried the settings on both JPG and
>> RAW. Regardless of which setting I had, I only get either RAW or JPEG
>> (based on my selection in the regular menu).
>>
>> Is there something else that I need to change in order to make this
>> happen?
>
> In my experience with this, I found that changing the quality changed the
> size of the embedded jpeg, but nothing actually wrote a separate Jpeg to
> the memory card. You can use dcraw -e to extract the embedded jpegs fairly

> easily though.
>
> --
> Jon Senior <jon@... <mailto:jon%40restlesslemon.co.uk> >
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The reason I was using RAW + small JPG is to reduce the RAW file size. 300D
always outptus a single RAW file with JPG embedded in. The hacked firmware
gives you the ability to choose the jpg file size which embedded in RAW.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Sprengel" <steve@...>
To: <canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [canondigicamhacking] Question regarding RAW + JPEG


> Yes, the hack only gives you RAW in more situations (like RAW in Sports
> mode), not actually RAW+JPG as separate files.   Setting RAW+JPG-small is
> what I use, so the estimates of how many pictures are left is more
> accurate and I get more capacity out of my card.
>
> I use Lightroom to process my RAWs and have little use for any
> accompanying JPGs, but I think you can use the Canon's RAW converter:
> Digital Photo Professional (DPP), to extract any embedded JPG.  The .THM
> files are, themselves, tiny JPGs, if you rename their extension from .THM
> to .JPG.
>
>
>
> From: Jon Senior
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 8:53 AM
> To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [canondigicamhacking] Question regarding RAW + JPEG
>
>
>  On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:53:00 -0500
> "Todd Richards" <todd@...> wrote:
>> I just updated the firmware for my Canon 300D using the unDutchables
>> 0.2.3
>> hack (file name E3kr111-023). The primary reason was so I could take
>> advantage of shooting RAW + JPEG, since the only options with the 300D
>> are
>> Raw OR JPEG.
>>
>> I changed the settings in the custom options in the menu to select
>> "RAW+HIGH". In the regular menu, I've tried the settings on both JPG and
>> RAW. Regardless of which setting I had, I only get either RAW or JPEG
>> (based on my selection in the regular menu).
>>
>> Is there something else that I need to change in order to make this
>> happen?
>
> In my experience with this, I found that changing the quality changed the
> size of the embedded jpeg, but nothing actually wrote a separate Jpeg to
> the memory card. You can use dcraw -e to extract the embedded jpegs fairly
> easily though.
>
> --
> Jon Senior <jon@...>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Seems as though it is possible but it is not documented how.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlKywUVFJW4&feature=related
--
Regards

Colin

Yes, the hack only gives you RAW in more situations (like RAW in Sports mode),
not actually RAW+JPG as separate files.   Setting RAW+JPG-small is what I use,
so the estimates of how many pictures are left is more accurate and I get more
capacity out of my card.

I use Lightroom to process my RAWs and have little use for any accompanying
JPGs, but I think you can use the Canon's RAW converter: Digital Photo
Professional (DPP), to extract any embedded JPG.  The .THM files are,
themselves, tiny JPGs, if you rename their extension from .THM to .JPG.



From: Jon Senior
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 8:53 AM
To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [canondigicamhacking] Question regarding RAW + JPEG


   On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:53:00 -0500
"Todd Richards" <todd@...> wrote:
> I just updated the firmware for my Canon 300D using the unDutchables 0.2.3
> hack (file name E3kr111-023). The primary reason was so I could take
> advantage of shooting RAW + JPEG, since the only options with the 300D are
> Raw OR JPEG.
>
> I changed the settings in the custom options in the menu to select
> "RAW+HIGH". In the regular menu, I've tried the settings on both JPG and
> RAW. Regardless of which setting I had, I only get either RAW or JPEG
> (based on my selection in the regular menu).
>
> Is there something else that I need to change in order to make this happen?

In my experience with this, I found that changing the quality changed the size
of the embedded jpeg, but nothing actually wrote a separate Jpeg to the memory
card. You can use dcraw -e to extract the embedded jpegs fairly easily though.

--
Jon Senior <jon@...>





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:53:00 -0500
"Todd Richards" <todd@...> wrote:
> I just updated the firmware for my Canon 300D using the unDutchables 0.2.3
> hack (file name E3kr111-023).  The primary reason was so I could take
> advantage of shooting RAW + JPEG, since the only options with the 300D are
> Raw OR JPEG.
>
> I changed the settings in the custom options in the menu to select
> "RAW+HIGH".  In the regular menu, I've tried the settings on both JPG and
> RAW.  Regardless of which setting I had, I only get either RAW or JPEG
> (based on my selection in the regular menu).
>
> Is there something else that I need to change in order to make this happen?

In my experience with this, I found that changing the quality changed the size
of the embedded jpeg, but nothing actually wrote a separate Jpeg to the memory
card. You can use dcraw -e to extract the embedded jpegs fairly easily though.

--
Jon Senior <jon@...>

Hi Everyone -



I'm a newbie to this group - thanks for having me.



I just updated the firmware for my Canon 300D using the unDutchables 0.2.3
hack (file name E3kr111-023).  The primary reason was so I could take
advantage of shooting RAW + JPEG, since the only options with the 300D are
Raw OR JPEG.



I changed the settings in the custom options in the menu to select
"RAW+HIGH".  In the regular menu, I've tried the settings on both JPG and
RAW.  Regardless of which setting I had, I only get either RAW or JPEG
(based on my selection in the regular menu).



Is there something else that I need to change in order to make this happen?



Thanks!



Todd







[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Does anyone have any information of a possible software hack that would allow
the use of the 50D for video capture like the 500D?

google for multican

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:49 PM, TristanMoore<tristanmoore@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Take a look at gphoto <http://gphoto.org/> (specifically libgphoto2)
> It's open source and able to control my 20D via USB no problem (the 350D is
> also listed on there)
> If nothing else, it'll give you a head start on the protocol.
>
> Tris
>
> --- In canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com, "yuval_levy" <yuval_levy@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all, my first post here
>>
>> I'm looking to control the 350D via USB. I have Canon's SDK but it only
>> works on x86 and I would like to use a microcontroller for this. So I need a
>> documentation of the USB communication protocol.
>>
>> I've seen <http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~westin/canon/> and the 350D is
>> not supported there.
>>
>> Before I get down to painfully reverse engineer and document the
>> communication, is anybody here aware of a document describing the
>> communication protocol of the 350D?
>>
>> If I find no such document, I will go about reverse engineering. My plan
>> is to attach the camera to a PC, write a set of basic operations with
>> Canon's SDK and use <http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/> to observe
>> them so that I can mimick them on the microcontroller. Since I am new to
>> this kind of things, there may be better alternatives to my plan? I am open
>> for suggestion and hope to get help from the vast amount of expertise
>> collected in this group.
>>
>> Yuv
>>
>
>

Could you list those options for Linux ? I have just downloaded Ubuntu here
(first time linuxing)thanks.
rodrigo

2009/7/25 Fred A. Miller <fmiller@...>

> TristanMoore wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Take a look at gphoto <http://gphoto.org/> (specifically libgphoto2)
> > It's open source and able to control my 20D via USB no problem (the 350D
> is also listed on there)
> > If nothing else, it'll give you a head start on the protocol.
>
> If using Linux, you have even more options. ;)
>
> Fred
>
> --
> "Where's The Birth Certificate?"
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

TristanMoore wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Take a look at gphoto <http://gphoto.org/> (specifically libgphoto2)
> It's open source and able to control my 20D via USB no problem (the 350D is
also listed on there)
> If nothing else, it'll give you a head start on the protocol.

If using Linux, you have even more options. ;)

Fred

--
"Where's The Birth Certificate?"

Hi,

Take a look at gphoto <http://gphoto.org/> (specifically libgphoto2)
It's open source and able to control my 20D via USB no problem (the 350D is also
listed on there)
If nothing else, it'll give you a head start on the protocol.

Tris

--- In canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com, "yuval_levy" <yuval_levy@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all, my first post here
>
> I'm looking to control the 350D via USB. I have Canon's SDK but it only works
on x86 and I would like to use a microcontroller for this. So I need a
documentation of the USB communication protocol.
>
> I've seen <http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~westin/canon/> and the 350D is not
supported there.
>
> Before I get down to painfully reverse engineer and document the
communication, is anybody here aware of a document describing the communication
protocol of the 350D?
>
> If I find no such document, I will go about reverse engineering. My plan is to
attach the camera to a PC, write a set of basic operations with Canon's SDK and
use <http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/> to observe them so that I can
mimick them on the microcontroller. Since I am new to this kind of things, there
may be better alternatives to my plan? I am open for suggestion and hope to get
help from the vast amount of expertise collected in this group.
>
> Yuv
>

I need more record time of video

what is the difference of hacking method between G6 and G7










<I can read english, but can`t write english>...

Hello all, my first post here

I'm looking to control the 350D via USB. I have Canon's SDK but it only works on
x86 and I would like to use a microcontroller for this. So I need a
documentation of the USB communication protocol.

I've seen <http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~westin/canon/> and the 350D is not
supported there.

Before I get down to painfully reverse engineer and document the communication,
is anybody here aware of a document describing the communication protocol of the
350D?

If I find no such document, I will go about reverse engineering. My plan is to
attach the camera to a PC, write a set of basic operations with Canon's SDK and
use <http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/> to observe them so that I can
mimick them on the microcontroller. Since I am new to this kind of things, there
may be better alternatives to my plan? I am open for suggestion and hope to get
help from the vast amount of expertise collected in this group.

Yuv

One more thing.  http://www.syeager.org/300d/forum/ contains several hidden
sections covering the technical details of reverse engineering.  We kept
them hidden from general public to avoid any legal problems.  I should warn
you, though, they are rather boring.  Bits and Bytes.   But if you are
interested, send PM to admin of the forum and I will open the access to
hidden sections.



From: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Yeager
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 16:06
To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [canondigicamhacking] Re: 400d RAW hack?

In fact, 300D hack does allow you to save raw in any mode. However I find
these preprogrammed modes rather useless. This is my personal opinion.
Original firmware from 300D was actually extracted from the camera itself
using some UNIX utility "I forgot the name" J So it makes it legal to
modify. But in practice it's easier to work with the firmware update. And
the last, newer entry level DSLR cameras after 300D already have most of the
functions people want, so nobody expressed any interest in hacking them.

If you are interested in the history of the Undutchables hack, visit
http://www.syeager.org/300d/forum/ - this is official site of this hack.
It's practically dead now, but I still keep it alive.

From: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:canondigicamhacking%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:canondigicamhacking%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Bill Keiser
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 15:42
To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:canondigicamhacking%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [canondigicamhacking] Re: 400d RAW hack?

as it says on the home page, there are known software hacks for 350D or
later models because there has been no release of firmware upgrades, which
is required for back engineering. (someone correct me if that is incorrect
or out of date information.)
also i don't think RAW is available for any of the custom modes on any EOS
cameras. That is the nature of those modes. They are for quick easy shots
and RAW is not really relevant to them. I'm sure someone will correct me if
I'm wrong on that, too!
bill keiser

"Shawn" <pristinephoto@...> wrote:
>
> I've been using a 300d with undutchables hack for a few months now mainly
for the ability to save in RAW format regardless of whether shooting in one
of the manual or automatic modes. For some reason I was thinking this was a
feature on the 400d but found when I got my 400d in the mail today that it
was not.
>
> Are there any firmware hacks for the 400d to enable this mode?
>

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In fact, 300D hack does allow you to save raw in any mode.  However I find
these preprogrammed modes rather useless.  This is my personal opinion.
Original firmware from 300D was actually extracted from the camera itself
using some UNIX utility "I forgot the name"  J  So it makes it legal to
modify.  But in practice it's easier to work with the firmware update.  And
the last, newer entry level DSLR cameras after 300D already have most of the
functions people want, so nobody expressed any interest in hacking them.



If you are interested in the history of the Undutchables hack, visit
http://www.syeager.org/300d/forum/ - this is official site of this hack.
It's practically dead now, but I still keep it alive.



From: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Keiser
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 15:42
To: canondigicamhacking@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [canondigicamhacking] Re: 400d RAW hack?








as it says on the home page, there are known software hacks for 350D or
later models because there has been no release of firmware upgrades, which
is required for back engineering. (someone correct me if that is incorrect
or out of date information.)
also i don't think RAW is available for any of the custom modes on any EOS
cameras. That is the nature of those modes. They are for quick easy shots
and RAW is not really relevant to them. I'm sure someone will correct me if
I'm wrong on that, too!
bill keiser

"Shawn" <pristinephoto@...> wrote:
>
> I've been using a 300d with undutchables hack for a few months now mainly
for the ability to save in RAW format regardless of whether shooting in one
of the manual or automatic modes. For some reason I was thinking this was a
feature on the 400d but found when I got my 400d in the mail today that it
was not.
>
> Are there any firmware hacks for the 400d to enable this mode?
>



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