thaibv
Hi,
@ahoffmannphotography
if you can see the blue led blink when turn on your 400d with a CF card in, your cam is ready for the hack, it must be something wrong with firmware or .bin file.
please make sure your cam run lastest firmware ver: 1.1.1 and use your cam to format your card (don't format in windows). then use cardtricks to make it bootable, use HxD to change label.
edit: if your card already have the hack installed
and your cam hang, not bootup, format it in windows first, after that insert into your cam and format it again.
edit2: Please read the guide from Raingrove here:
https://chdk.setepontos.com/d/3290/144
tetu_024
I Followed the Instructions and they work great. One thing i would like to ask is how to does spot metering work. I managed to switch meter from partial to spot but i don't know which area is being metered? Does it work like center metering ?
ahoffmannphotography
wow just got it to work absolutely incredible!!!! Thanks everyone for your help! One more question, when i try to do the shutter actautions thing i get the .txt file and then search for "release" but it says that this word has not been found????
This is what I got (sorry for the long post):
2373: 108110 [!] sz: 03, code: B8, hex: 03B800
2374: 108110 [!] sz: 03, code: 8D, hex: 038D00
2375: 108120 [MC] T:0002, S:0100, 46
2376: 108120 sw:0184(0000)
2377: 108120 [MC] T:0004, S:0100, 47
2378: 108120 act:0141
2380: 108120 [!] sz: 04, code: 31, hex: 04310101
2381: 108120 [MC] T:0001, S:0100, 48
2382: 108120 info:0049
2383: 108120 [STM] event: 1, 00:00:000, 0
2385: 108130 [!] sz: 04, code: 74, hex: 0474EF01
2386: 108140 [MC] T:0001, S:0100, 49
2387: 108140 [MAIN] Temp. 239(EF)
2388: 108140 [FACE] Temperature:31 TempGain:0
2389: 118760 [!] sz: 04, code: A7, hex: 04A70000
2390: 118760 [!] sz: 04, code: A8, hex: 04A80000
2391: 118760 [!] sz: 05, code: 8C, hex: 058C000000
[TFT-OLC] Notify Change.
------------------
--- Change OLC ---
------------------
String :
2392: 118760 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A815016000044003000
2393: 118760 [!] sz: 04, code: 80, hex: 04800000
2394: 118760 [!] sz: 04, code: 80, hex: 04800100
2395: 118760 [!] sz: 03, code: 8D, hex: 038D00
2396: 118760 [!] sz: 03, code: 8D, hex: 038D00
2397: 118760 [!] sz: 03, code: 51, hex: 035101
2398: 118760 [MC] T:0002, S:0100, 50
2399: 118770 sw:0167(0000)
2400: 118770 [MC] T:0002, S:0100, 51
2401: 118770 sw:0168(0000)
2402: 118770 [MC] T:0004, S:0100, 52
2403: 118770 act:0140
2404: 118770 [MAIN] Olc Counter 0000
2405: 118770 [MC] T:0004, S:0100, 53
2406: 118770 act:0129
2407: 118770 [MC] T:0004, S:0100, 54
2408: 118770 act:0128
2409: 118770 [MC] T:0004, S:0100, 55
2410: 118770 act:0128
2411: 118770 [MC] T:0004, S:0100, 56
2412: 118770 act:0141
2413: 118770 [MC] T:0004, S:0100, 57
2414: 118770 act:0141
2415: 118770 [MC] T:0001, S:0100, 58
2416: 118770 ctrl:0081
2417: 118770 [MAIN] Idle to GUI.
2418: 118770 [!] sz: 04, code: 74, hex: 0474EF01
2419: 118780 [MC] T:0001, S:0100, 59
2420: 118780 [MAIN] Temp. 239(EF)
2424: 118780 [MC] T:0012, S:0100, 60
2425: 118780 [MC] T:0012, S:0100, 61
2428: 118790 [FACE] Temperature:31 TempGain:0
2431: 118790 [!] sz: 04, code: 74, hex: 0474EF01
2432: 118790 [MC] T:0001, S:0100, 62
2433: 118790 [MAIN] Temp. 239(EF)
2434: 118790 [FACE] Temperature:31 TempGain:0
2435: 118810 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A81502C000054103000
2436: 118810 [MC] T:0004, S:0100, 63
2437: 118810 act:0129
2438: 118860 [MC] T:0012, S:0100, 64
2440: 118880 [!] sz: 03, code: 8D, hex: 038D00
2441: 118880 [MC] T:0004, S:0100, 65
2442: 118880 act:0141
2447: 118900 [MC] T:0007, S:0100, 66
2448: 118900 [MAIN] StartFaceSensor.
2449: 118900 [MAIN] FaceSensor On(0)
2450: 118900 [MAIN] cannot TFT OLC. 1, 0, 00000002
2451: 118900 [MC] guimode_idle
2452: 118900 [MC] GUI Changed :1
2453: 118900 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A81502D000054003000
2454: 118900 [STM] event: 1, 00:00:000, 0
2455: 118900 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 67
2456: 118900 act:0129
2457: 118900 [FACE] StartFaceSensorReadyToActive: state = READY[2]
ahoffmannphotography
2458: 118900 [DISPPOW] Turn Off Start
2459: 118900 [LCD] DisableLcdController
2460: 118920 [MC] T:0028, S:0002, 68
2461: 118920 [MAIN] TFT OLC
2462: 118920 [LCD] EnableLcdBackLight
2463: 118920 [FACE] FaceStatus: state = 0
2467: 118920 [MC] T:0006, S:0002, 69
2474: 118930 [MC] T:0007, S:0002, 70
2475: 118930 [MC] GUI Changed :7
2476: 118930 [STM] event: 1, 00:00:000, 0
2483: 119060 [DISPPOW] Turn Off Complete
2484: 119060 [DISPPOW] Turn On Start
2500: 119310 [LCD] EnableLcdController
2501: 119310 [DISPPOW] Turn On Complete
2502: 119490 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A81502D000054003000
2503: 119490 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 71
2504: 119490 act:0129
2505: 120040 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A81502D000054003000
2506: 120040 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 72
2507: 120040 act:0129
2508: 120540 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A81502D000054003000
2509: 120540 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 73
2510: 120540 act:0129
2511: 121090 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A81502D000054003000
2512: 121090 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 74
2513: 121090 act:0129
2514: 121590 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A81502D000054003000
2515: 121590 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 75
2516: 121590 act:0129
2517: 122140 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A81502D000054003000
2518: 122140 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 76
2519: 122140 act:0129
2520: 122640 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A81502D000054003000
2521: 122640 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 77
2522: 122640 act:0129
[TFT-OLC] Notify Change.
------------------
--- Change OLC ---
------------------
String :
Av : F1.8
2523: 122820 [!] sz: 05, code: 8C, hex: 058C000000
2524: 122820 [!] sz: 04, code: 80, hex: 04800000
2525: 122820 [!] sz: 0A, code: 81, hex: 0A815016000044003000
2526: 122820 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 78
2527: 122820 act:0140
2528: 122820 [MAIN] Olc Counter 0000
2529: 122820 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 79
2530: 122820 act:0128
2531: 122820 [MC] T:0004, S:0002, 80
2532: 122830 act:0129
2534: 128210 [!] sz: 04, code: AE, hex: 04AE0000
2535: 128210 [MC] T:0002, S:0002, 81
2536: 128210 sw:0174(0000)
2537: 128220 [MC] T:0012, S:0002, 82
2538: 128220 [MC] T:0012, S:0002, 83
2539: 128240 [!] sz: 18, code: 90, hex: 1890010300000002FF015016004800000000501
2540: 128250 [!] sz: 1A, code: 91, hex: 1A9100000005010000010100000000000001000
2541: 128250 [!] sz: 16, code: 92, hex: 169200000000000000010000000000000000000
2542: 128250 [!] sz: 04, code: 93, hex: 04930201
2543: 128250 [!] sz: 04, code: 31, hex: 04310101
2544: 128250 [MC] T:0005, S:0002, 84
2545: 128250 info:0144
2546: 128250 info:0145
2547: 128250 info:0146
2548: 128250 info:0147
2549: 128250 [MC] T:0001, S:0002, 85
2550: 128250 info:0049
2551: 128260 [STM] event: 1, 00:00:000, 0
2552: 128260 [STM] event: 1, 00:00:000, 0
2553: 128260 [STM] event:12, 00:00:000, 0
2554: 128260 SB : r-----FF, 22
2555: 128260 [MC] T:0012, S:0002, 86
2556: 128260 [!] sz: 03, code: 5C, hex: 035C01
2557: 128260 [MC] T:0001, S:0002, 87
2558: 128260 ctrl:0092
2559: 128260 [MAIN] Idle to GUI.
2560: 128260 [AS] Interval : 126s
2561: 128260 [MAIN] ActiveSweep to GUI at Terminate.
2562: 128260 [STM] event:21, 00:00:000, 0
2568: 128280 [MC] T:0006, S:0040, 88
2577: 128330 [MC] T:0007, S:0040, 89
2578: 128330 [AS] Interval : 126s
2579: 128330 [MC] guimode_idle
2580: 128330 [MC] GUI Changed :1
2581: 128330 [STM] event: 1, 00:00:000, 0
2584: 128340 [MC] T:0007, S:0040, 90
2585: 128340 [MC] GUI Changed :3
2586: 128340 [STM] event: 1, 00:00:000, 0
2590: 128360 [AS] Interval : 126s
2591: 128370 [MC] T:0006, S:0040, 91
2592: 128370 [!] sz: 04, code: 62, hex: 04628001
2593: 128370 [MC] T:0001, S:0040, 92
2594: 128370 ctrl:0098
2595: 128370 [GUI-AS] startMnActiveSweepExec
2598: 128390 [MC] T:0006, S:0040, 93
2599: 128400 [AS] Interval : 126s
2600: 128400 [AS] Start Active Sweep.
2601: 128420 [AS] Pattern : 1
2602: 128420 [AS] AS_CHK success. L->H->L
2603: 128420 [AS] go pattern.
2604: 128420 [AS] pulse 92.
2608: 128470 [AS] pulse 93.
2609: 128520 [AS] pulse 94.
2610: 128570 [AS] pulse 95.
2611: 128630 [AS] pulse 96.
2612: 128680 [AS] pulse 97.
2613: 128730 [AS] pulse 98.
2614: 128780 [AS] pulse 99.
2615: 128830 [AS] pulse 100.
2616: 128880 [AS] pulse 101.
2617: 128930 [AS] pulse 102.
2618: 128980 [AS] pulse 103.
2619: 129030 [AS] pulse 104.
2620: 129080 [AS] pulse 105.
2621: 129130 [AS] pulse 106.
2622: 129180 [AS] pulse 107.
2623: 129230 [AS] pulse 108.
2624: 129280 [AS] pulse 109.
2625: 129340 [AS] pulse 110.
2626: 129390 [AS] pulse 111.
2627: 129440 [AS] End Active Sweep.
2629: 129440 [MC] T:0006, S:0040, 94
2630: 129440 [MAIN] Idle to GUI.
2644: 129500 [MC] T:0007, S:0040, 95
2645: 129500 [AS] Interval : 0s
2646: 129500 [AS] Cannot act by OVERRUN
2647: 129500 [MC] guimode_idle
2648: 129500 [MAIN] RequestShutDown
2649: 129500 [MC] GUI Changed :1
2650: 129500 [DISPPOW] EnableTurnOnDisplay
2651: 129500 [MC] T:0013, S:0040, 96
2652: 129500 [STM] event: 1, 00:00:000, 0
2653: 129500 [DISPPOW] Turn Off Start
2654: 129500 [LCD] DisableLcdController
2655: 129510 [FACE] StopFaceSensorToReady: state = ACTIVE[3]
2656: 129510 [FACE] StopFaceSensorToIdle: state = READY[2]
thaibv
tetu_024
I Followed the Instructions and they work great. One thing i would like to ask is how to does spot metering work. I managed to switch meter from partial to spot but i don't know which area is being metered? Does it work like center metering ?
evaluative: mesure whole viewframe
spot: 3% at the center
partial: ~10% at the center
center weight: not sure 40 or 60% viewframe but 10% at the center is most impacted
ahoffmannphotography wrote:
get the .txt file and then search for "release" but it says that this word has not been found?
You forget to set spot mesure before take out card and view file .txt
Read guide step 11
ahoffmannphotography
wonderful thanks got it to work. wow 30,000 shutter actuations didnt think itd be that many
hersa_wex
Hello,
I have some question.
You mention about
please make sure your cam run lastest firmware ver: 1.1.1 and use your cam to format your card (don't format in windows). then use cardtricks to make it bootable, use HxD to change label.
But in the 3rd step update firmware with testfir.fir, then the cam will blank screen. Need to remove battery and card. Do I need to insert the CF card into the cam and on it to format the card? Then only use cardtrick to make my CF bootable?
3. empty your CF, download testfir.fir from
https://chdk.setepontos.com/d/1618 and copy it into the root of your CF.
4. insert CF, and then run firmware update again using testfir.fir the screen will go blank. wait 5 minutes, turn off, take battery out and back in.
5. insert CF into card reader and perform a quick format.
Please advise. Thank you.
thaibv
Hi,
after run testfir.fir, pullout and reinsert battery, no need to remove CF card. then turn on and format the card using camera menu.
hersa_wex
Thanks for the reply. I did it. 😁 😁
cat
Thanks a lot Thaibv 4 such a gr8 effort & hardwork to empower the cams with more features. :-*
The hack got installed successfully.
But strangely i managed w/o HxD step.Did not find anything like 0x47. 😛 There were hex addresses only & as per ur earlier clue, the rows & columns didn't match to show number 47.
+ earlier, the cardtricks said my 4gb cf needs to be formatted as fat16 & now my cf shows up on computer as canon dc drive.
Nothing to worry since hack works like charm. 😀 But just wana know more reg details of loading it correctly.I'm about to mod couple of my friends' Powershots too.
Wishlist-
1]Just like iso hack, can u hack shutter speed too? Precise in camera Long exposures more than 30 secs in bulb mode viz 60, 80, 120sec upto 5 min. So no need to pack/carry crappy 555 timer based intervalometer[& its battery] for night photography & startrails
2]Currently only 3 custom pic.styles are supported. Can we have Custom profiles like 40D which remember other settings like mode/metering/iso etc?
thaibv
Hi,
@cat
Sorry I'm wrong, Cardtrick only work with fat 16 (just edited my previous post)
So use your cam to format your 4g card then use HxD to change label.
Tried hack shutter speed already, but canon protect the shutter very carefully. Can set the speed to 1/5000, 1/8000 but when taking picture it change to 1/4000. Becoz it is a precise and expensive component so not try hard to hack it
thaibv
Hi again,
Have a day off today, The Nation Day of Vietnam (2 Sep.). Nowhere to go so playing with camera and code.
Here my lastest release
http://code.google.com/p/400d/downloads/list
New:
- Correct Evaluative mode set (now you can open dialog and press set button to active Evaluative mode, dont have to move cursor)
- Focus frame pattern. add 42 more patterns for your 400d, dont know 40d, 50d or higher models have this feature or not.
Not easy to make it work, but the final code is very simple.
How to choose Focus frame pattern:
Normal use:
- Press focus frame button to show FP dialog, use main dial or Up/Down/Left/Right button to choose focus point.
- Press focus frame button again to close dialog.
Pattern use:
- Fast press forcus frame button twice to show FP dialog. if you hear a beep and the dialog showed, use Direct Print button to change pattern (if you press the focus frame button not fast enough, the dialog not showed).
- Press focus frame again to return to default canon focus frame mode.
Hope ours Direct Print button not died too soon :lol
gescheit
Good news😀
Foldesa
Hello again.
Sorry for a long time missed out, but I have very little time for programming.
thaibv you've made great process grats 😀
As I was trying to get AUTO ISO work I found out the correct values for shutter speeds. You can see them in the bottom of this post. The current shutter speed can be found at *(int*)(0x16b7c). So a simple "minimum shutter speed" auto iso can be written easily. But I didn't find any data corresponding to lens focal distance. This is required to make a really good auto iso.
In the next 3 weeks I can't access my laptop. Thaibv if you feel enough time on your hands, maybe you can implement a small while loop for a simple auto iso. If not i will post it in a few weeks.
Regards A
1/4000 0x98
1/3200 0x95
1/2500 0x93
1/2000 0x90
1/1600 0x8d
1/1250 0x8b
1/1000 0x88
1/800 0x85
1/640 0x83
1/500 0x80
1/400 0x7d
1/320 0x7b
1/250 0x78
1/200 0x75
1/160 0x73
1/125 0x70
1/100 0x6d
1/80 0x6b
1/60 0x68
1/50 0x65
1/40 0x63
1/30 0x60
1/25 0x5d
1/20 0x5c
1/15 0x58
1/13 0x55
1/10 0x53
1/8 0x50
1/6 0x4c
1/5 0x4b
1/4 0x48
0"3 0x45
0"4 0x43
0"5 0x40
0"6 0x3d
0"8 0x3b
1" 0x38
1"3 0x35
1"6 0x33
2" 0x30
2"5 0x2d
3"2 0x2b
4" 0x28
5" 0x25
6" 0x24 or 0x23
8" 0x20
10" 0x1d or 0x1c
13" 0x1b
15" 0x18
20" 0x15 or 0x14
25" 0x13
30" 0x10
Bulb 0x0c
Zibri
thaibv
Hi again,
Have a day off today, The Nation Day of Vietnam (2 Sep.). Nowhere to go so playing with camera and code.
Here my lastest release http://code.google.com/p/400d/downloads/list
New:
- Correct Evaluative mode set (now you can open dialog and press set button to active Evaluative mode, dont have to move cursor)
- Focus frame pattern. add 42 more patterns for your 400d, dont know 40d, 50d or higher models have this feature or not.
Not easy to make it work, but the final code is very simple.
How to choose Focus frame pattern:
Normal use:
- Press focus frame button to show FP dialog, use main dial or Up/Down/Left/Right button to choose focus point.
- Press focus frame button again to close dialog.
Pattern use:
- Fast press forcus frame button twice to show FP dialog. if you hear a beep and the dialog showed, use Direct Print button to change pattern (if you press the focus frame button not fast enough, the dialog not showed).
- Press focus frame again to return to default canon focus frame mode.
Hope ours Direct Print button not died too soon :lol
Nice work, but when shooting at 50 ISO all pictures are overexposed 🙁
frogcement
I just found this today, this is absolutely incredible work! Thanks for publishing it.
So far so good except for the following..
Is there anyway to get a 8gb or 16gb CF card to work?
Thanks for any info.
--
Keith
EDIT:--------------
my bad, i looked back thru some posts and found this:
FAT16:
at 0x2B "EOS_DEVELOP"
at 0x40 "BOOTDISK"
FAT32:
at 0x47 "EOS_DEVELOP"
at 0x5C "BOOTDISK"
all is well with my 8GB card now. 😉
thaibv
Hi,
@Foldesa
I think focal distance value only available while pressing shutter half way down.
@ frogcement:
Cheers, enjoy it.
@ Zibri
Yes, overexposed. Really I thing 400d's sensor minimum iso value is 100. So I wrote some code to auto Av for them, pls set Video to NTSC/PAL to turn on/ off auto Av.
-----------
Again, please post your opinion on lower 100 iso values, so i can decide to keep them available or not.
Thanks!
frogcement
thaibv
Again, please post your opinion on lower 100 iso values, so i can decide to keep them available or not.
Thanks!
I've noticed that when i go down to ISO 80, my AV+/-
reading goes to -2/3 of a stop. I then have to increase
it manually back to "0".
I haven't had a chance to pixel peep at the difference
of ISO 80 vs. ISO 100, but will try to find time and report
my findings. Again, thank you for your great work.
--
thaibv
Hi frogcement,
If you set iso 80 and increase manualy back to 0, yours image will overexposed.
When set iso 16, Av will auto down to -3, and at iso 16 image will too too bright, loss details if increase Av comp to 0.
Note: Have found a bug. Double press Focus Frame button to enter Pattern mode, then press Menu or Picture button cause display off when exit menu or Picture viewer mode
Edit: Pls move your finger over Face sensor or press Shutter button half way down to turn display back on. Dont worry, correct it very easy.
T.B.
Great Work! I don't use the Low-ISO Settings - but the other functions are great.
The new focus-pattern are very useful. All my CF-Cards now are working with your autoexec.bin.
Very good work!
