Eos 400d ( Rebel XTI )

eduperez

pfavre
Briliant piece of work ! But... Where are the AF-Pattern point selection gone ? It no longer works with me (ZOOM IN button twice)...

It works for me, exactly as before... could you please give us more info?

pfavre

I just upgraded to 11/11 release. Got the great new menus, ISO stuff works fine etc. But Zoom In button reatisn its standard beahviour (AF point selection). Re Zoom In button has no further action.

pfavre

Ooops. sorry It works, but slightly differently from the build I ran before. I mostly works in Av with AI Servo and got used to have the selected AP points highlighted in the viewfinder after Zoom In button pressed twice, making it easy to toogle while focusing. Apparently this is no longer the case, I need to look at the LCD instead.

eduperez

pfavre
Ooops. sorry It works, but slightly differently from the build I ran before. I mostly works in Av with AI Servo and got used to have the selected AP points highlighted in the viewfinder after Zoom In button pressed twice, making it easy to toogle while focusing. Apparently this is no longer the case, I need to look at the LCD instead.

Sorry, I did not test the AF-Patterns on the viewfinder, only on the LCD; now I see what you mean. If it worked on the previous version, it should still work: I do not remember making any changes related to this feature. Will have a look at it as soon as possible.

eduperez

@pfavre

Do you remember which version where you using before this stopped working? I'm trying with 20110904 and it does not seem to work... does that version work for you? Many thanks!

pfavre

Hum I did revert back to to version svn-0797. Same behaviour... I apologize for the erroneous complaint.
And kuddo to the team for this GREAT work ! This makes my good old 400D a new body with tons of exciting features (spot, auto ISO, zone AF, Raw with basic mode....).

eduperez

No worries, and thank you!

nxb

I played with a 7d today and 400plus outclasses the internal software 😀
7d > 400d in IQ however but what can you do

pfavre

7D better in IQ ? Not necessarily, depends on the lense (and the PP software) IMHO.

sigii

Hello everybody,

First I want to thank you all for this great piece of software.

But unfortunately I have a big problem with the 11/11 build.
I think the new menu System broke something in my Camera.
I played a little bit around with the new Version to test it and everything seemed to be fine but at some Point the screen turned to be complete orange and the camera stopped working. I had to remove the battery to get it run again. But from this Point on every time i press the Direct Print Button to get in to the menu the camera screen switches into one of the following states and the camera stops working:
- screen completely orange
- screen completely off
- screen white with a regular pattern of black dots

I tried the following things to fix the problem
- reset the camera
- remove both batteries (main and backup) over night
- format the CF-card and reinstall the hack
- reinstall the original Canon Firmware 1.1.1

Apart from the menu system everything works. I can set AF-Pattern, Spot-metering, auto iso and so on. But trying to access the menu freezes the camera.

I also tried a Version with the old menu system (20110818-r75😎 and this works still fine and showed the menu.

Did you have any Idea what went wrong on my camera?

Thank you in advance

Sigii

nxb

7D better in IQ ? Not necessarily, depends on the lense (and the PP software) IMHO.

Software is just software. 7d has more iso range and better sensor, sure with good lenses adequate lighting you won't notice that much. Its not like $2k better though and button layout was more of a PITA, I could do what I wanted faster with 400d.

sigii

Hi ,

it's me again.
After playing around with the 20110818 build, even this Build stopped showing the Menu. When I press the DP-Button from the normal camera menu (remember this Build uses the old menu system) the camera freezes (still showing the camera menu).
But I know what I did last, before this happens. I tried to figure out what the 'Disable flash' function does and I was shooting a picture with every option. There were more than enable and disable (around 6, some seemed to be from the assist beam function) and then no option name was displayed and the camera stopped working. I think this could be the same option I played with, when the 11/11 build stops working.
Is there any chance for me, to reset this option to the default value in both builds without having access to the menu?
The Shortcuts menu from this Buid is still working.

sigii

0xAF

@sigii, try removing the "settings" file from the flash card. then check again if it's working.
this file stores the user-settings.
If this does not help try removing the CF card, and start the camera w/o the card, then reset to factory defaults.
Put the card back and see what happens.
Please report back the results.

Kekk_400D

Just installed, it's not very easy to use but it is rich of features. Great job guys.

eduperez

Kekk_400D
Just installed, it's not very easy to use but it is rich of features. Great job guys.

What was the last version (prior to 2011.11.11) that you used? This version was all about usability, there are absolutely no new features (or even improvements); I'll hate to have spent all this time to make it worse, but at least I'll like to know what is on the other side of the comparison. Thanks.

sigii

@0xAF

thank you very much for your Answer.
Unfortunately I am not at home during the week, so I can test it next weekend.
But I tried all things you suggest and it does not help.
The last test was:
- formatting the CF card in the camera
- installing the 1.1.1 canon firmware again
- removing both batteries
- resetting the camera to factory default
- reinstalling the hack from the zip archive I've downloaded

From my point of view there was something stored in the flash-memory outside the firmware area and I need to reset these Values.
Are there any settings, especially regarding the menu system, stored in the cameras flash memory?
Because the hack itself works, only trying to access the menu crashes the camera.
Again, thank you very much for your help.

sigii

Kekk_400D

eduperez

Kekk_400D
Just installed, it's not very easy to use but it is rich of features. Great job guys.

What was the last version (prior to 2011.11.11) that you used? This version was all about usability, there are absolutely no new features (or even improvements); I'll hate to have spent all this time to make it worse, but at least I'll like to know what is on the other side of the comparison. Thanks.

Hi Eduperez and first of all thanks a lot for all you have done for us.
My previous version was that of July, not very old.
I think that the new one is not worse than previous but, at the end, it's not simple to be used mainly because some features is directly activable by few steps (spot measure, high ISO) just clicking on the arrow and then on DP button, while other need to pass by the new menu.
I often used the self shot and I admit to have understood howto activate not fastly.
BTW this version is very useful and I only need to study more it.
Ciao
Francesco

eduperez

Kekk_400D
Hi Eduperez and first of all thanks a lot for all you have done for us.
My previous version was that of July, not very old.
I think that the new one is not worse than previous but, at the end, it's not simple to be used mainly because some features is directly activable by few steps (spot measure, high ISO) just clicking on the arrow and then on DP button, while other need to pass by the new menu.
I often used the self shot and I admit to have understood howto activate not fastly.
BTW this version is very useful and I only need to study more it.
Ciao
Francesco

Yes, I'd like to have more options accessible with a button; there are plans to make some buttons configurable and use them for quick access to most used actions (JUMP or TRASH, for example, but even the whole pad could be configurable). But at the end, there aren't that many buttons available, and sometimes learning a combination of buttons can be harder than navigating the menus.

Thanks for your feedback.

Ciccio

sigii
@0xAF

thank you very much for your Answer.
Unfortunately I am not at home during the week, so I can test it next weekend.
But I tried all things you suggest and it does not help.
The last test was:
- formatting the CF card in the camera
- installing the 1.1.1 canon firmware again
- removing both batteries
- resetting the camera to factory default
- reinstalling the hack from the zip archive I've downloaded

From my point of view there was something stored in the flash-memory outside the firmware area and I need to reset these Values.
Are there any settings, especially regarding the menu system, stored in the cameras flash memory?
Because the hack itself works, only trying to access the menu crashes the camera.
Again, thank you very much for your help.

sigii

I wish I could add few more comments about the problem reported by Sigii.
In the past I was using a bit old version of the hack, but it did include the "internal flash disable" function.
At the time I decided to disable the internal flash, which I never use.
I then removed completely the hack from the flash card, by doing a full format.
All went fine until I needed the flash back. It turned out that the flash worked only in the Full Auto mode, and may be in the creative modes; but I am not too sure about this last option.
Resetting the camera to factory default didn't cure the problem.
The only way to get the flash back to normal, was to re-install the hack, re-enable the flash and them remove the hack again.
It really seems that the hack is capable of manipulating settings internal to the camera that are independent from those stored in the settings file.
I hope all this can help.
By the way you all did a great job.

eduperez

@Ciccio: Just in case you are not aware of this...

Or camera has a button cell battery, used to hold the memory for some settings and the internal watch. I would try to remove both batteries, wait some minutes, and then plug them in again. This should clear all settings to factory defaults.

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