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Comment on Canon 500D Firmware Hack – The End :( by Dave

Dave — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:43:10 +0000

Finally the Magic Lantern version of this hack has arrived. So 500D not dead yet!
http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Unified

Don’t know if you get improved frame rate however?

Comment on Canon 7D Autofocus Issue by Tokina Acknowledges Pairing Issue with 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens and Canon 7D | AK Photo :: Denver

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:01:05 +0000

[...] Although not directly stated by the THK representative, I’m assuming the lens I bought was an older version that requires a chip update to make it compatible with the 7D. Since the 11-16mm was released in February 2008, a full year and a half before the release of the 7D, it was likely not designed to work with the 7D’s brand new 19-point AF system. Thus, when the 7D hit store shelves, there was word of auto-focus issues with the Tokina 11-16 when mounted on the Canon 7D. [...]

Comment on Canon 7D Autofocus Issue by Jorge

Jorge — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:46:52 +0000

Hi, I had the same issue with my 7D and return it to Sam’s Club.com and refund my money, also Sam’ gave me a 10% of discount for the next body but the reason is that never more it have the camera in stock, now i bought it just the body from Best Buy and hope it will ok, I will receive it on June 28 but if it have the same issue I’ll return it and I will take my money and I will buy a used classic 5D or a old 1Ds mark II.. So my Question is,, How is possible that CANON no see this world wide issue on this expensive camera that every vary want love for the new auto focus system and other new function,, ?????

Comment on Canon 500D Firmware Hack in the works! by ArEnJee

ArEnJee — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:43:14 +0000

http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Canon_EOS_500D/T1i/Kiss_X3

Comment on Canon 7D Autofocus Issue by George

George — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:43:57 +0000

One more happy customer joins the club. I’ve got my 7d back in January 2011, and shot most of the stuf in studio, at apertures of 8 to 16, and everything seemed okay, but spring came, and outdoor shoots began, and that’s when I started to notice that something is not good with the AF.
Too much of the pics from a day long outdoor shoot were blurry.
I decided to test the camera with several lenses and got what you all guys tell here – front focus, back focus, correct focus, depending on camera’s mood. I’vw been shooting tests for 3 days. I blamed my lenses, blamed myself and whatever.
But now it’s too obvious – the camera is lame.

Comment on Filmtools Gripper 3025 Car Mount with Triangulation Kit – Hands On Review by Angus

Angus — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:30:05 +0000

Can you please advise how you are legally allowed to drive with this camera mount attached to your vehicle ?

Comment on Canon 7D Autofocus Issue by Andrew K.

Andrew K. — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:05:35 +0000

Ugh… This forum makes me ill. I wish I knew about this before buying my 7D. My 7D is now on it’s SECOND trip back to Canon repair due to soft focus. The camera is continuously front-focusing about 2-3 inches in front of the focal plane it SHOULD be focusing on. Not a huge problem when the lens is stopped way down, but at wide open apertures, most of my photos are useless.

Looks like Canon has a real lemon on its hands.

Comment on Canon 500D Firmware Hack – Progress Report 2 by estebanflyer

estebanflyer — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:42:22 +0000

I bought the T1i knowing it would shoot 20 fps. in fact, i don’t mind at all the way it looks while shooting at 20 fps. It requires a longer progress in post, but that’s not an issue to me either. It’s part of the workflow. Remember, it’s cheaper than the T2i.

What I need is to know if there is a hack that allows any kind of video output while shooting. The idea is to connect the camera to a wireless transmitter and monitor what is shooting, remotely. Any suggestions?!?!

Thanks you!!!

Comment on Canon 500D Firmware Hack in the works! by Darren

Darren — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:46:53 +0000

This may not be the right place to post this, but has there already been a hack for the 500D which allows the user to reassign the buttons on the keypad on the back – I have not/nor ever will want to use scene modes for example and it would be great to be able to reassign the keys to whatever function one requires ie bring back metering (which I had on the 450D). Any advice/help/pointing in the right direction greatly appreciated.

BTW, is anyone setting up a way we can make a small donation to help Jonny in his efforts to eventually save us all a great deal of money by doing all this work on the 500D ?

Comment on Canon 500D Firmware Hack – Progress Report 1 by xw

xw — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:29:33 +0000

Just got a Canon 500D and was excited about everything until I found out this limitation. Thanks to everyone who’s working on the firmware hack…it will significantly help put more value to the camera