Video on the 40D: real or hoax?

[jose_castro1]

<p>Is it technically possible?<br>

<a href="http://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/canon-40d-hacked-to-record-movies/">http://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/canon-40d-hacked-to-record-movies/</a></p>

 

[cabbiinc]

<p>I've seen that video and it looks pretty real to me. With live view you have a video stream, all you would need to do is capture it right? I'm no programmer but the camera is designed to capture images at a certain rate, why not capture video at that rate? Not a frame rate but a mb per second rate.</p>

<p>Is it real? I don't know. Is it a hoax? I don't know. Could I do it either way? Nope, not right now anyways.</p>

[antonio_leandro_nascimento]

<p>Video is available on the 40D through a firmware update developed by a russian hacker:</p>

<p><a href="http://valexvir.narod.ru/">http://valexvir.narod.ru/</a></p>

<p>Leandro</p>

 

[trex1]

Whoah!

 

This looks great

[derek_kennedy]

<p>Seems to me that you need to be tethered to a computer? (dont read russian but thats what I understand)</p>

[kari v]

<p>As Dan said, it's only a matter of recording the existing feed. Technically 40D already has video.</p>

<p>A bit like "protecting" images, video and sound in the net, if you can see or hear it you can *always* copy it.</p>

[chrisjb]

<p>Here is a demo of a 40d movie mode, I wondered how many may have tried it?</p>

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[derek_kennedy]

<p>I might try it today or tomorrow</p>

[derek_kennedy]

<p>Works. Now if we could get it to work without the computer.</p>

[jose_castro1]

<p>Hi Derek! Any issues as to the quality of the file? I can't try it just yet nut will do so within the next few days. I'm also wondering how far the image would differ from one taken with a 5D2. </p>

[scherbi]

<p>I tried it last month. It works well. Very easy to get up and running too. Here's my first result:<br>

[derek_kennedy]

<p>Well, the file I got was just a real test shot to see if things worked.Camera sitting on the computer desk pointed at a wall. I just stuck my hand in the frame to see if it was recording, try the focusing, and frame rate by holding up a lens cap and turning it - looked not bad frame rate wise.</p>

<p>The file was saved as a AVI file but due to the lower light levels in my computer rook I though that the movie was a touch grainy. I'll have to try again with the laptop which will allow me to actually move the camera to a better location, maybe outside even weather permitting.</p>

<p>I would assume the 5DmkII would be superior to the 40D but who knows without a side by side comparison.</p>

[jpglive]

<p>I tried it as well. It "worked" - it didn't record that many frames per second and you have to have it attached to a computer.</p>

<p>The big limit seems to be that the 40d only writes to the card at about 8 MB/second - never seen anything faster - so the max rate at which you could capture video is limited by this.</p>