With this hack running, I can also set my camera to just keep taking pictures, say, every 10 seconds - should be great for time lapse and remote photography situations. Now when I plug in a compact flash card I’ve made bootable, I get even more control over my exposures than the camera already provides out of the box. Not quite plug-and-play but on the bright side, there’s very little fluid dynamics or tax regulations involved. If you have questions, the best place to get help and find even more details is probably this forum thread.
There’s some more detail and links in the instructions buried within the banner ad–splattered CHDK Wiki page for the Rebel XT, as well as the best overall summary of how to actually use the custom menu features enabled by the custom code on your CF card about halfway down the page. Basically, put the included “autoexec.bin” file on any cards you’ve made DSLR bootable via the previous step. The latest version of these files I could find was 350D-20101011.zip (via the forums).
(NOTE: I had trouble when I just copied it using the Mac OS X Finder, which creates a hidden. Im just wondering if its worth hacking the firmware to be able to push.
However, there is a way to hack the 350D to enable a smaller handful of “bonus” features and settings, including an ISO extension to ASA 3200 and an intervalometer mode useful for things like time-lapse photography. This means it’s outside of the normal CHDK ecosystem of motion detection, BASIC/Lua scripting and the like. Rebel XT) digital SLR camera is not supported by CHDK. I realized that my old Canon 350D body was ripe for some experimentation, since (due to a flaky shutter release button) I use it only as a backup to my T1i these days.Īs it turns out, my Canon 350D (a.k.a. The alpha version of the firmware port for the EOS M is expected to be made available in the next few weeks.An up-coming new hobby reminded me of the CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) project. Now is the time to jump into the development thread and encourage the team to work on a tweak. If Canon doesn't have a firmware fix for the slow AF in the works, perhaps Magic Lantern can help out. The EOS M is a proficient camera, let down by its slow autofocus times. Additions include features like focus peaking and audio metering.Įven though the EOS M was developed concurrently with the EOS 650D, and shares most of its internal elements, the Magic Lantern team hasn't yet said if the firmware hack will work on the SLR. Magic Lantern is third-party firmware that can be run on certain Canon cameras to add extra functionality for stills and video recording. Just weeks after finally cracking the nut that was the EOS 7D, the developers have said that the custom firmware can be run on Canon's first mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (ILC), the EOS M. Hello, world! It's Magic Lantern! (Credit: Magic Lantern)
The enterprising developers at Magic Lantern have done it again.