Guys, it’s with a very heavy heart that I must share with you this bad news. . .There really is no other way to say it so I might as well just be out with it.
Jonny Petts was not successful in his attempts to hack the 500D and he has put the project to an end.
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Jonny's life is full of text based awesomeness!
Is it happening? Isn’t it happening? Has something happened? When will we know what happened? Can we donate to make it happen quicker? Will we know after it’s happened or will they tell us while it’s happening?
All tough questions, with one easy answer. Yes! It is happening, work on the Canon 500D Firmware hack is still in progress. . .but sadly, there hasn’t been much progress. . . *Queue sad face*
Read the full story here. . .Canon 500D Firmware Hack – Progress Report 2 »

More good news for 5DMKII Owners. . .
Those lovely folks over at Canon are at it again with a new firmware upgrade for the Canon 5DMKII.
Read the full story here. . .Canon 5DMKII Firmware Update 2.0.7 Released »

Jonny's idea of fun!
Jonny Petts. It’s a name violently ricocheting around the inside of quite a few Canon 500D owners heads out there and it’s no wonder either. Jonny, after all, is the man trying to bring manual controls (amongst other things) to the 500D!
In case you didn’t know, Jonny, has taken up the cause of trying to bring some of the functionality from not only the Canon 550D, but also from the Magic Lantern Canon 5DMKII Firmware, to the Canon 500D. The original post can be found here, but if you caught that, read on for the update.
Read the full story here. . .Canon 500D Firmware Hack – Progress Report 1 »

What it looks like at Jonny's end! Where is the "Add Manual Controls & Extra Frame rates button"?
When I first got wind of this, I was very, very interested! I’d always thought that surely as soon as the Canon 5D MKII Firmware Update that gave the user manual control over ISO, Aperture and Shutter speed came out, somebody would take up the reins and find a way to port that over to it’s baby brother the Canon 500D. It never happened. I guess by the time the Canon 7D came around, most people had seemed to forget about the fantastic little 500D.
Read the full story here. . .Canon 500D Firmware Hack in the works! »