Yet another update to the famous 300D Firmware Hack has been released today. Mostly cosmetic changes such as LED texts to indicate what the setting you’re messing with (e.g. FEC, AF mode). There are also a few additions worth mentioning.

No news on the AI-Servo yet though. I hear it would be easier to program a game into the firmware than to get that blasted AI-Servo working the way you want.

Here are the complete specifications of the new firmware features. New features in bold

• When using MLU and the countdown timer, the 10 second countdown now behaves normally, then followed by the MLU
• Right button mapping has been removed as it didn’t do anything before
• Custom function menu found on the last page in the menu
• Ability to define how the SET button behaves (same menu found on the 10D - refer to the 10D manual for full explanation of these new enhancements)
• Exposure level increments either 1/2 or 1/3-stop
• Option to enable 1/200th flash speed sync in AV mode
• Ability to change the JPG size when shooting in RAW mode
• Shutter release with or without CF card
• FEC adjustment via the JUMP button, use the dial to adjust as shown on the LCD
• ISO3200 now available, and is represented by an “H” in the LCD - same as how the 10D shows this
• Mirror lockup available via enabling the option in the custom function, works by pressing the shutter button which flips the mirror up, then the shutter opens about 1-1.5 seconds after MLU - note that this is different than how it is implemented on the 10D where you press once to flip the mirror and press again to open the shutter
• Mirror lockup delay adjustable via C.Fn17 – possible delay includes 1.5 sec, 3 sec, 4.5 sec, 6 sec, 7.5 sec, and 10 sec
• Immediately pressing the ERASE button after taking a photo, you can delete the photo by pressing the SET button again instead of selecting Ok previously, to not delete the photo press any other key
• Left button changes the focus mode and is displayed on the LCD as follows:
  • AF OF Lens set to manual focus
  • AF OS One shot
  • AF SE AI-Servo (selectable but cannot take a photo - one workaround, hold the shutter button all the way down then switch the lens to manual focus)
  • AF AI AI-Focus (first takes one shot then the camera may switch to AI-servo depending on what you are focussing on)

post updated on July 4, 2006 @ 09:13AM