Eos 400d ( Rebel XTI )

Zibri

raingrove
11. to view shutter actuation count, which was only viewable by canon themselves, go to menu, push print button, push menu button again twice, ("factory menu" appears), enter factory menu, then push print button to enter "debug mode". after a beep, go back and set spot metering. and you will see the camera writing something to the CF (CF light). eject CF, insert it into card reader, you will see a file called STDOUT.txt, search the textfile for "Release". there you see a number and that is the shutter count.

ReleaseCount: 6841

😁

Zibri

By the way.. in the TEST MENU how does the autofocus check work ?
I have many errors when trying the AF CHECK..

thaibv

Hi,
My shutter release 11641. It is said that some 400d pass 50,000 and still alive

Edit: open len front cap, point your cam to something farer than 50cm and run AF test, you'll see your lens auto change focus. wait and see result (all lens minimum focus length less than 50cm)

Mine have 3 fails. Len 50mm F1.8 Mark II

tetu_024

How does Focus frame pattern work? what does the feature exactly do. I will install it tonight due that i don't my cf reader with me at the moment. ;-(

Zibri

thaibv
Hi,
My shutter release 11641. It is said that some 400d pass 50,000 and still alive

Edit: open len front cap, point your cam to something farer than 50cm and run AF test, you'll see your lens auto change focus. wait and see result (all lens minimum focus length less than 50cm)

Mine have 3 fails. Len 50mm F1.8 Mark II

Yes.. I know that!
I pointed the camera to something to focus on..
Start the AF check.
It goes all the way to infinite then to miniumum the it focuses.
But the exit code is ERROR.
I wonder why.

(same lens here: 50mm F1.8 Mark II )

Vathek

Hi to all, I just installed the testfir and it's very good to have spot metering!!

The only problem is that I wrongly started the SW_CHECK in ServiceMenu and now I have a red X on the SW_CHECK 🙁

All other checks are ok (green circle), but isn't there a way to force the test to complete successfully? Or better, what do I have to do to pass the test successfully?

Thank you very much! I hope to find a solution for that... (I tried installing again the original 1.1.1. fw from canon but the red X is still there... 🙁 )

EDIT

I managed to find that I have to check all buttons to let the test pass, the problem is that I have four buttons/functions that I cannot find...

They are: 1.Accessory, 2.Main Dial1, 3,Main Dial2, 15.EXT ST, what I have to do to pass this four tests?

Zibri

No need to pass tests.. That X is not saved anywhere.

Vathek

Zibri
No need to pass tests.. That X is not saved anywhere.

What do you mean? If I shut down and switch on the camera, that X still remain, the strange thing is that for other 2 test (screen and dial) I'm able to pass them...

In particular there are those 4 lines that I cannot pass inside the SW TEST (switch test I suppose)... but before entering it I remember there was a green circle... (probably from the factory)...

So I'm guessing if there's a way to force the test, or to make the test succeeded by writing the right values somewhere in the flash...

P.S.
Are you that "Zibri" known for the ZiPhone sw ? 😛

Zibri

vathek: yes I am "that" zibri (didn't know there were clones around).

What I meant is that that X doesn't change anything.
To pass tests usually sequences of keys or test patterns must be used.
Who cares ?

(I wondered about the autofocus test because I wish to know if that happens to everybody or just me)

Vathek

Zibri
vathek: yes I am "that" zibri (didn't know there were clones around).

What I meant is that that X doesn't change anything.
To pass tests usually sequences of keys or test patterns must be used.
Who cares ?

(I wondered about the autofocus test because I wish to know if that happens to everybody or just me)

Ok, I know that, but that X on the sw test makes me go mad 😀
I'm a bit meticolous and I would like to pass that test... so I have to figure out what the 4 lines are...

As I said before I was able to pass all lines (by pressing all switches) of the sw test except the following four:
1.Accessory
2.MAIN DIAL1
3,MAIN DIAL2
...
15.EXT ST

If someone knows how to do it, please let me know 😀

(Just to explain to everyone I had to press all the switches on the camera and all the lines except those four went green. Whenever all lines in a test are green the test is done right. If some lines are gray or not highlighted, the test fails with the number of failed lines... so I got a fail of 4.

If I remove the time/date battery, will the failed check remain?

EDIT
Well, I started a parallel topic on the factory menu for the EOS 400D, it's here:
https://chdk.setepontos.com/d/4171

Probably it's better to continue there for issues related to the Factory Menu

frogcement

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.

Great, thanks for the info. I don't see any improvement below ISO 80.
And it might just be wishful thinking that ISO 80 is better than ISO100.
Another question. What exactly does the testfir.fir do? I assume it's just an add on to the current loaded firware, correct? Where can I find the source code for testfir.fir?
Thanks,
Keith

paten

spot metering is very valuable for my 400D thx a million for this one 😁

btw my ReleaseCount is: 66625

i can't believe it's above 50.000 0_0 and still alive 😁 *hopefully...

thaibv

Hi,

Just uploaded new file here: http://code.google.com/p/400d/downloads/list
New:
- Focus point Pattern mode light illumination
- Corrected bug: display off when exit menu or Picture viewer mode if enter Menu or Picture viewer while Pattern dialog on.

Edit: name of bin file now added release date. Please rename to AUTOEXEC.BIN after copy to CF card.

ahoffmannphotography

hi guys quick question,
normally when you increase the ISO, the file size goes up.
i.e the same picture at 1600 vs 100 ISO will be much larger. This then results in the remaining free space picture count to go down when you increase the ISO, yet this is not true when I switch from ISO 1600 to lets say ISO 3200. In fact the remaining number of pictures goes up. But when I download the image, the ISO 3200 is actually about 1mb bigger than the ISO 1600 picture.
I also noticed that the file size under ISO 100 doesn't change.
In compared all the images at all possible ISO and noticed that all ISOs under 100 dont make a difference. In my opinion this option is unnecessary and I think we should be looking at other things to change, not lowering the ISO.

Anyways amazing jobs guys, you just made my old 400d 10 times better!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!

maiohwmai

thaibv:

actually i found it's quite easy to active the hidden iso value.
i tried to set the hidden iso value (even they are not listed in menu) with PC software based on EDSDK,
it works fine. no firmware modification required.
i've tesed 350d with iso from 6 - 3200, all iso <= 1600 are worked, but 3200 not.
i guess some firmware hack is needed to extend the high iso.

i'm keep working with 350d.
cheers!

fsnfs

I have found that 400D flash light sync. speed is not 1/200; it is ok while 1/250, can crack it?

thaibv
Hi,

Just uploaded new file here: http://code.google.com/p/400d/downloads/list
New:
- Focus point Pattern mode light illumination
- Corrected bug: display off when exit menu or Picture viewer mode if enter Menu or Picture viewer while Pattern dialog on.

Edit: name of bin file now added release date. Please rename to AUTOEXEC.BIN after copy to CF card.

Zibri

ahoffmannphotography
hi guys quick question,
normally when you increase the ISO, the file size goes up.

Well.. the size goes up because higher iso values have more noise and noise is much more difficult to compress.
At low ISOs the noise is almost absent so the size won't change a bit.

T.B.

Yes - but the remaining pictures goes up, if you use ISO 3200 or 2000 instead of 1600....

sadiesdad

fsnfs

anyone notice the flash light limite is not 1/200 it can up to 1/250 ?

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