Mrselfdestruct Senior Member  646 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida More info | Mar 25, 2007 20:27 | #1 Does the S3 have any updated firmware? Also... would it be possible... to update firmware to make the zoom in/out slider thing the manual focus control. I would love that because zoom doesnt work while manual focusing anyways, and the way manual focus is now is such a inconvience. My hand cramps, I cant hold the camera right, I cant focus in time and its just hell. EOF Canon 400D w/ Batt grip :: Novice
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JustShootin' Senior Member  820 posts Joined Jan 2007 Location: South Florida More info | Mar 25, 2007 20:39 | #2 Personally, I think the manual focus is quite worthless on the S3/S2. I guess anything is possible, but the modifications you mentioned sure don't seem practical to me. Just my opinion though. Gary
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Mrselfdestruct THREAD STARTER Senior Member 646 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida More info | Mar 25, 2007 21:29 | #3 Well I would love a void-free way of doing it. I hate using the arrow buttons as the focus. And yes, the MF is somewhatuseless, but it is handy at certain times, and I would love to make it easier. EOF Canon 400D w/ Batt grip :: Novice
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mishnogram Senior Member  264 posts Joined Nov 2006 Location: Ontario Canada More info | Mar 25, 2007 21:46 | #4 The only firmware that I know of for the S3 is a raw hack which you can probably find mention of in this forum. I don't mind the MF but as mentioned it has minimal functionality. Min
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Mrselfdestruct THREAD STARTER Senior Member 646 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida More info | Mar 25, 2007 22:38 | #5 Whats the raw hack, does it make your photos RAW format? What benefits does .raw have then jpeg? EOF Canon 400D w/ Batt grip :: Novice
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Saudidave Senior Member 415 posts Joined Jun 2004 Location: Poynton, Cheshire, UK More info | Mar 26, 2007 05:27 | #6 Mrselfdestruct wrote in post #2930520  Whats the raw hack, does it make your photos RAW format? What benefits does .raw have then jpeg? Raw gives much greater control over image manipulation in post processing. Panasonic TZ5 ;Canon IXUS 850; (Canon 400D, 17-85IS; 75-300; bag; filters and all that stuff given to my very clever daughter for passing her exams!)
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brantfordbandit Senior Member  504 posts Joined Sep 2006 More info | Mar 27, 2007 19:13 | #7 i.ve never been able to get the mf to work canonguy
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eccles Goldmember  2,948 posts Joined Jun 2006 Location: Bristol, UK More info | Mar 28, 2007 04:37 | #8 Manual focus is useful if you've a lot of clutter around the subject and a/f won't lock onto the correct item. You can set the focus on the subject, then go back to a/f and it'll lock.
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