vvume
My Rebel XT does use a CF card. I use any of these cards on my Rebel XT:
1. 4GB Hitachi Microdrive
2. Transcend 8GB CF
3. 16GB SDHC SD Card using a CF Adapter.
I have often come across requirements for a <=2GB CF with FAT16 to update firmware. I was wondering if the Rebel XT also has such a restriction.
I hope one of the experts would take the further step of explaining each step in detail, particularly with regards to what response to expect from the camera after each step (how do we know firmware is updating, etc.). Here is a bunch of questions I'd like answered:
I also hope some of the experts would answer your questions but in the meantime I'll try to help as much as I can.
vvume
1. Do I need to remove my lens to do this (bare body only)?
No
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2. Do I need to only use a <=2GB CF with FAT on it?
I am not sure about the size, I did this with 2gb card, but I think that formatig as FAT 16 or 32 depends on the size of the card. *shrug*
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3. Are microdrives ok for this procedure?
Dunno for sure, but if the camera can read data from microdrive, and write pictures on it I don't see a reason why you can't use it for this as well.
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4. Step1: Do I copy scanled.fir to a Transcend flash card as the only file and click on menu > Firmware? What should I expect the camera will do. What I get: Message "Firmware update program: CF card containing firmware is required to update." - stuck there, no response. I remove the card while the camera is on with this message after a while.
Yes, you copy scanled.fir directly, but when you format the card with CardTricks144 and make it bootable, you will also have a ver.req file on the card.
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5. Step2: Make my 4GB Microdrive formatted with Windows as FAT, and made bootable by CardTricks144. Boot flags for FAT verified using HxD. Copied autoexec.bin as the only file, insert into camera that is still on with the message in Step 1, removed battery and put it back again. What I get: A very brief blip of blue LED, and then orange LED. Menus show no ISO 3200. Steps 4 & 5 should have given me ISO 3200 when I press the print button?
You don't copy the autoexec.bin folder, you copy all files FROM that folder directly on the card. So when you open a card using card reader it will look like this:
Don't forget that before you copy files to that card you have to format it and make it bootable with CardTricks144.
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6. Where is the <DP> button?
That is the button you use to turn on the light on the display in the dark, yes that button is also known as printer button.
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7. Is this a permanent firmware change or just a technique to boot the firmware from the flash drive, i.e., the firmware is only loaded if it can find it on the flash drive being used in the camera.
When you do this you are not changing your original firmware. You are actually doing two steps:
1. enabling camera so that it can boot from the CF card
2. inserting CF card with hack for camera
When you insert a normal non-boot-able card without a hack camera will behave just like before all this, so you do not need to worry that you will change something to worse. I made myself one card with the hack when I need it, and I still use my other card for everyday shooting when I don't need these extra features.
My guess is that you already enabled your camera to boot from CF card (my camera also behaved as yours, displayed "Firmware update program: CF card containing firmware is required to update." but when I removed battery and inserted CF card - the one from the screenshot everything worked).
When you make the CF card like the one on the screenshot (format card, make it bootable and copy those files), when you insert in inside the camera follow the instructions from the third post from this thread
- press <menu> to open the main menu, then press <DP>, after beep, iso 3200 is done
To get the iso 3200 you don't click on the ISO button, you can't change it from there. You click on INFO button and than use the left, right, buttons to chose the iso... you will see in the bottom right corner how it changes... and when you click on true ISO button it will just show iso 100 even though it is set to 3200.
