Video on a 40D?

[DDA]

it looks like someone did it ;-)

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/23/canon-40d-hacked-to-record-movies/

Disclaimer: I do not encourage this kind of pampering with the firmware as it will void your warranty and could virtually destroy your camera...

[DazzyD]

Interesting But not something i would be doing to any of my camera equipment. But then i don't have a 40D (yet)

Nice find

[twofruitz]

I can just imagine the look on a Canon's technicians face if one of these made it's way to service :D

[_aravena]

I WANT IT!!!!

Simply because I can. I wonder what teh side effects would be aside from the warranty issue. They wouldn't have to know. ;)

Until you send it in and they're playing with it and suddenly it starts recording.

[gjl711]

So what did he do? Take the 50D firmware and load it on the 40? I want this too. :)

[zeva]

doubt its *that* easy

[Stealthy Ninja]

Interesting. Verrrry interestink.

It seems to be recording from liveview. If I am correct, this means it is not using the sensor to record... is that right?

[johnny0415]

Interesting. Verrrry interestink.

It seems to be recording from liveview. If I am correct, this means it is not using the sensor to record... is that right?

... but what's on live view is feeded from the sensor???

[gjl711]

Interesting. Verrrry interestink.

It seems to be recording from liveview. If I am correct, this means it is not using the sensor to record... is that right?
It is recording from the sensor but I wonder at what resolution? Is this 1080? And how did he do it?

[ef2]

From his wiki, it seems that Canon had some code left over in the firmware that suggests that they were at least experimenting with a movie mode for the 40D.

It seems that the firmware does have some strings, in the middle of code (!), to suggest LV contrast AF. My bet is that they couldn't get it finished or that they couldn't get the movie mode finished and decided to 'scrap' it all together. The code seems to be there and possibly complete but I don't know how to use it yet.

[John_B]

I want it too :)
Besides my warranty is over a year now anyway :lol:

[_aravena]

When I get a 40D I'm talking to this guy. By then maybe he's figured it out perfectly. How come if they were experimenting with it though, why doesn't the 50D have it?

[gjl711]

...How come if they were experimenting with it though, why doesn't the 50D have it?
Good point.. The 50D with video makes more sense than the 5D. Maybe Canon was trying to include something into the 5D that made it seem cutting edge and not old parts thrown together. ;):)

[_aravena]

Still, the 50D should have had it. No doubt Canon knew of the D90 so why not compete? Never the less, does that mean this same code is in the 50D?

[ef2]

They wanted the evolution to be the 5D, not the 50D ;)

[gjl711]

Still, the 50D should have had it. No doubt Canon knew of the D90 so why not compete? Never the less, does that mean this same code is in the 50D?

They wanted the evolution to be the 5D, not the 50D ;)
I agree, the 50D should have had it as well. So… Does this mean that once again we have a hidden feature in the 50D similar to the 300D? Come on hacker dudes… Time to crack the 50D wide open and turn it into the camera is should have been. And Canon, didn’t you learn on the 300D? Nothing pi$$e$ of Canon users more than putting in a feature and not turning it on. How cheesy!!!

[HyperYagami]

is there a point to record movies on 40D/50D with no sound (other than for amusement purpose)?

of course it's possible to record sound separately and mux it in, but most people don't have the skills for it.

[ef2]

I'd figure that since the video records at about 30 frames per second at ~2MP, then it could be useful capturing specific moments.

[_aravena]

Well depending the reason you're shooting, like what some have pointed out for the 5D MKII, weddings. No sounds means easier to just add music to a beautiful ceremony or moment etc.

[jeronimo]

More info;

A member of the dutch site tweakers.net wrote a piece of code to film with the 40D.

A movie made with the 40D is here
http://gizmodo.com/5054003/hacker-ma...d-record-video

And info here
http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php/topic,2259.0.html
and here (in dutch)
http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/...85657#30785657

From the post on the other forums I think it works as folows
The code is on your CF
then you tell the camera to do an firmware update
The code make the real firmware pumb a view kb to an onther place in the memory
The film code is placed in the created space

E voila; you can film

After resetting the camera the firmware is back to the orignal state.

The guy (DataGhost) doesn't know yet if the firmware is alterd in such a way Canon know's you used the code