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Comment by michaele...@gmail.com:

There are two 400Plus files on the d/l page one is labeled bin and the
other sre, do we need both or just one of them, if both more clarification
need to be included.

For more information:
http://code.google.com/p/400plus/wiki/UserGuide

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Comment by eduardo....@gmail.com:

This is what the Downloads page says:

_"Official Releases: Ready to use packages with our latest official
releases, intended for general usage; normal users need to download and
install only binaries, while source code packages are targeted to people
interested in development."_

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Comment by jasonmor...@gmail.com:

My complements to all involved in this project.

I have just taken a photography course to upgrade my skills, and found to
my disappointment that several features of my 400D / XTi were lacking the
functionality and range I would have hoped for. I was delighted to
discover that a number of the functions I wanted for the camera could, in
fact, be obtained by downloading your firmware.

Tonight I followed your instructions and had NO problems whatsoever in
getting the new functions up and running on my camera. I have found
(somewhat to my surprise) that all the steps were relatively easy to
follow, and most important that the new functions on the camera are easy to
use and work exactly as described in the user guide.

Thank you very much for your efforts... all 400D / XTi owners should know
about this... in my opinion it significantly adds to the value of the
camera.

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Comment by lech.l...@gmail.com:

Hello

I have two questions:
First If the preset function is to record with the SET, is how to load a
preset. I intuitively push the SET but I think nothing is happening.
Second Is it possible to add features to wake the camera's long exposure
features?
If the camera is set to save power, it falls asleep. Is it possible to send
the script, for example, half-press the shutter Secundus before the
Exposition?

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Comment by eduardo....@gmail.com:

At the preset menu, SET over a preset _loads_ it; to save a preset, you
must enter the sub-menu for that preset (press RIGHT) and then load, save,
or rename the preset.

There is an option in the options > scripts menu precisely to stop the
camera from shutting down while a script is running.

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Comment by i...@sangharsha.com:

I installed the package, everything appears to be working. The blue light
beeps up while loading, I can see the 400plus menu and change the settings.
But I couldn't figure out how to use the package. When i set the settings
and click the normal click button, it fires a normal shot.
For example, if I want to shoot 25 consecutive shots using the
Intervelometer script, how can I do that.

Thanks.

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Comment by eduardo....@gmail.com:

From "The menu" > "Navigating the menu":

_"Items with an exclamation mark '!' at the left perform an action;
activate them with the SET button."_

Hope this helps!

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Comment by sfq...@gmail.com:

thank you all so much for this! fükc canon for stupid policies :)

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Comment by djdoorn...@gmail.com:

Hi,
I really need help and I haven't found another place to post this question.
I've downloaded and installed 400plus-20120415-11.bin.zip and as far as I
can tell everything works great except for being able to change ISO via the
Left/Right buttons and seeing ISO in the viewfinder.

So I figure there must be something I'm missing. Are there any other
setting that need to be a certain way to enable this function. The manual
doesn't say anything other than:
"Set the camera to M or Tv mode.
Look through the viewfinder, and half-press the shutter button; you should
see the current measurement (shutter speed, aperture, ...).
Now press the LEFT and RIGHT buttons to change the ISO value (or UP just to
display it); the new value is displayed in the viewfinder, in the same
place where shutter speed is normally shown, while the button is pressed
down.
In P and Av modes, ISO can also be changed, but it is not displayed."

When I follow this above instructions nothing happens. What am I doing
wrong?

Thanks,
DJD

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Comment by djdoorn...@gmail.com:

Eduardo,
Thanks for the response. I did have the feature activated and it just
wasn't working. But the good news is I finally figured out the problem. I
had Custom Function 01 "SET button/Cross keys funct." set to "4:Cross
keys:AF frame Selec." Once I changed that function back to the
default "0:SET:Picture Style" I could finally set the ISO with those
buttons and see ISO in the Viewfinder. There should probably be a note in
the manual about this requirement. It would have helped me.
Cheers,
DJD

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Comment by eduardo....@gmail.com:

DjD: I must confess that I did not remember about that option, and never
occurred to me that it could be related to this feature. Thanks for
pointing it out!

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Comment by eduardo....@gmail.com:

@DjD:
There is an option, in the "settings" menu that must be activated for this
feature to work.

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Comment by carlozo...@gmail.com:

Hello and thanks for this precious gem ... I was wondering about 2 things
that are somehow troublesome that are: one, when the !intervalometre is
used, the display has to be used and cannot be turned off pressing the Disp
button, because then the scripts simply stop running. The second one, is
that the advanced ISO / AEB / FLASH properties introduced by the 400plus
firmware, are completely ignored when running other scripts, for example, I
want to take 30" exposures in Tv mode with a 1800 kelvin light to do
astrophotography and what happens in !intervalometer mode, the photos come
out with the standard options that are ISO 1600 and 3200 kelvin. In
standard single shots, the advanced features work as expected
ISO3200/1800Kelvin. Am I doing something wrong? or is this just not
possible with this firmware?

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Comment by eduardo....@gmail.com:

Please, use the comments here only to comment on the user guide; bug
reports and support request should be at the "Issues" page. Many thanks!

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Comment by ella.ron...@gmail.com:

Can anyone please help me? I have lost my copy of the Canon 400D disk well
I have lost the job lot, ever since moving home, I have downloaded the
booklet, but am unable to get my hands on the CD's can anyone please help
me. My Computer went down and lost along with all my photo's all the info
that was one it. I have tried Canon but they have been no help what so
ever..

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Comment by haydn.al...@sydney.edu.au:

I have followed the instructions and everything occurs as described above,
ie when you update the camera's firmware in order to prepare it for the
bootable CF cards the screen goes blank. Then after at least two minutes
(I left it for 5 just to be sure) you turn the camera off switch to off and
have to remove the battery to actually turn the camera off as it becomes
stuck in powered on. Then the camera restarts fine and I follow the
instructions with EOScard. But nothing appears to be written to the CF
card when I use that software. I copy the AUTOEXEC.BIN file to the root
directory of the CF card any way. When I put the CF card in the camera,
the camera just starts up like always and nothing is any different.

To activate the CDHK menus I am suppose to press something called the "DP
button" but I can't tell what is meant by that (could someone include a
photo of this for the EOS 400D?).

On one page it was described that if the software successfully loaded a
blue LED light would flash on your camera, but there is no description of
where that light might be found and I have never seen it flash. Could this
EOScard.exe software not work? Is there another way of making the CF cards
bootable so that the camera will try to run the AUTOEXEC.BIN file? Any
thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Just trying process for the second time now...

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Comment by fired...@gmail.com:

EOScard.exe will prepare the card, which does not mean it will copy
AUTOEXEC.BIN or any other file... you should have a formated card and then
prepare it with EOScard.exe.
After the card is prepared you should copy the AUTOEXEC.BIN to the root
directory... exactly what you already did.
The problem seems to be that the card is not bootable (i.e. not
prepared)... try formating the card and prepare it again.

The BLUE LED and the DP button are actually the same thing... this is the
*D*irect *P*rint button of your camera which has a BLUE LED in the center
(yes, the button has a led in the center). This LED is blue but you can see
this only when it's lit. Don't worry, you will definitely see the BLUE LED,
and then you will definitely know where is the DP Button ;)

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Comment by willlewp...@gmail.com:

I'm pretty disappointed with the "self-timer" setting. I thought I could
change the self timer to any time I wanted using 400plus but it doesn't
seem to work that way. Setting the self-timer takes a photo 5 sec (if that
is the time you set it at) after you take a shot in single-shooting mode
but if you set it to any other time over 10 sec, it doesn't work. If your
camera is set to self-timer in drive mode, it will still be the default
10seconds. Also, you can't set this "self-timer" to always be on when
you're shooting.

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Comment by fired...@gmail.com:

Use the issues page for reporting bugs/requesting features
(http://code.google.com/p/400plus/wiki/Issues?tm=3). This is the User Guide
page !
About the disappointment - you can always checkout the sources and make it
work as you wish, then send us the patch.

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Comment by jiji...@gmail.com:

Does it works on EOS Digital Kiss X? (The Japan version of 400D) Sorry I
cannot find answer anywhere else.

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Comment by atomik...@gmail.com:

I would try, maybe it is not specified because it may be used on all its
range of cameras (EUROPEAN, AMERICAN, ASIAN).
Sorry for not being 100% sure of this

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Comment by russel.m...@gmail.com:

@ella.ron...@gmail.com:

Do you still need the Canon 400D disk? If so please let me know via email.
If you can wait some days, untill i am back to work, i can send you a ISO
copy of the disk.

drop a line here or at russel...@gmail.com

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Comment by b.moprad...@gmail.com:

I try 400plus with my 450D.. when i try to update the testfir.fir file.. it
says:

"update file cannot be found. Please check the memory card and reload the
battery and try again."

I also try to update the testfir.fir file after I Enable the BOOTDISK with
EOScard.exe.. and without using EOScard (default), but not working at all.

Or, the 400plus just still not working yet with "40D, 450D, 1000D and
5Dmk1" ?? :(

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Comment by tiboun...@gmail.com:

400plus is ONLY for 400D !

If you're searching a similar project for a 5D Mark 1, there's 5Dplus :
https://bitbucket.org/coutts/5dplus

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Comment by bwieseon...@gmail.com:

Thank you for the tips! I have a 400D and 5D Mark 1 - I don't see much
documentation on the 5dplus software though.

Any idea how hard it would be to assign new functions to camera buttons?
e.g. I would really like to have a "protect" (set file to read-only) button
(the print button would make a good candidate) on the back of the camera
like the Nikons and 1D series? It looks like this is in ML
(http://wiki.magiclantern.fm/userguide) "LV on 60D/600D: you can configure
it to protect images with a single button press" but I don't have one of
these "newer" cameras. I would like to have it in my workflow, but also to
try the 'selective transfer mode' of the eye-fi cards
(http://support.eye.fi/software/account/transfer-mode/) with a CF adapter.

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Comment by eduardo....@gmail.com:

Please, use the comments section below exclusively for comments (typos,
clarifications, suggestions) about this page; open an issue to request
support or suggest a new feature, and visit the forum for general
discussions about the project.

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Comment by bwieseon...@gmail.com:

Under "Extended AEB" typo correction: In 'M' mode with the ~~aperture~~
*shutter speed* value set to BULB

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Comment by colinban...@gmail.com:

'400plus' will not validate that the values introduced by the user make
sense at all: it will not complaint if you set an interval time

Change "complaint" to "complain"

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Comment by pedropav...@gmail.com:

Hello. I am a astrophotograf amateur. and I need an intervalometer moor
completed. In astronomy, is necesary get up the mirror before to fire the
image. The secuency need is this:
initial time lapse at 2 or 5 seconds, up the mirror and after cont 2 or 5
seconds, fire the long exposure and after 2 seconds to time of save de
image in cf card, continue on elevation de mirror no in the firs time lapse.

this secuency is seeded for astrophotografy moor fine.

i like very much this hack. congratulations for this. and I like contribute
on the intervalometer timers at betatester or your need to my. sorry my
english.
regards.

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Comment by rec...@gmail.com:

Hi, Yesterday I installed the 400 plus firmware, nice work!
I have a question, I want to make a longterm timelapse, it is posible to
make an script for this?
for example, I need 6 photos/day for 2 years! (I know, I have an external
power supply)
http://www.apcc.tk

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Comment by jdoraisw...@gmail.com:

Hi,
I seem to remember a discussion
In some forum that this modification
allows the downloading of shutter actutation
count. Can't find this in the Users Guide. I seek advice
on this.
Best
Jay

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Comment by eduardo....@gmail.com:

Enter the menu, go to the info page, and there you have the release count.

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Comment by fired...@gmail.com:

Also, notice that 400Plus is not a modification. It does not modify your
camera, it just runs along with the original canon's software. Think of it
like a separate program (application) running in your computer.

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Comment by evanlber...@gmail.com:

This work has been absolutely fantastic. Definitely turns this ol' mama
back into an ol' babe. Thank you so much ya'll!

For more information:
https://code.google.com/p/400plus/wiki/UserGuide

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Comment by adek.em...@gmail.com:

Unfortunatelly, my camera hangs after shooting several pictures. Tried with
CF from Sandisk and Lexar. Helps only to remove battery. I had to format CF
and use original firmware. BTW, thanks for your help.

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Comment by adek.em...@gmail.com:

Unfortunatelly, my camera hangs after shooting several pictures. Tried with
CF from Sandisk and Lexar. Helps only to remove battery. I had to format CF

and use original firmware. BTW, thanks for your work.

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Comment by maurosil...@gmail.com:

I've installed the last version of chdk.In my opinion there is some bug.I
think it is less stable of previous version. I've tried the Intervallometer
script and the camera goes crash a few Times. In addition i Don't
understand why when I try to change the ISO value the script will
automaticly set 100 ISO on the next shoot..Probably i've to read and
undestand better this guide, but with the older version i never haved
problem like this..I hope that someone can help me..Thanks!!

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Comment by fired...@gmail.com:

file a bug report. and consider remembering the name of this software,
since it's not chdk.

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Comment by maurosil...@gmail.com:

Sorry,I was mistaken about the name(400plus not CHDK). I'm Italian and is
very easy to go wrong when you have to write a message in english
language, I will study English grammar better..
I wanted to add that the strange problem ("I've tried the Intervallometer

script and the camera goes crash a few Times. In addition i Don't
understand why when I try to change the ISO value the script will

automaticly set 100 ISO on the next shoot.") occurred while I took a
timelapse with the function of AEB extended.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks, Regards from Italy ;)

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Comment by oscarcol...@gmail.com:

May be the user guide is not perfect, some times I have to read several
times or read different chapters to find how to make my camera work as I
wanted, but I think is a great improvement that gives a second life to our
old cameras (I want to buy a new one, and give the 400d to my brother but I
won't do it until there is some hack similar to 400plus for the new one).
I have to congratulate all the team for their great work, and tell every
user to try to improve (or give some clues to improvements) to make 400plus
even greater instead of complaining.
From my side, I will try to update spanish translation of user guide, as is
not useful for custom settings (refers to A-DEP that is not working in the
last release).
Thanks a lot.

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Comment by roberteb...@gmail.com:

What can I say! This has breathed new life in to a camera I was going to
upgrade. Thank you for your work it is very cool.

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Comment by zplim9...@gmail.com:

Thank you for developing these enhancements on 400D. Does add more
usefulness to this camera. Good work!

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Comment by inge.wen...@googlemail.com:

This is very useful, but I think I've found a bug. It is not possible to
use the "waving" script and setting ISO higher than 1600. Even if I set it
up to e.g. 2400, it starts firing and displays 1600.

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Comment by Gotmybic...@gmail.com:

Here is a typo:

I think it should be "The" not "Te."

Self Timer
This script simply adds a configurable pause before firing the camera.

Parameter Description
Delay Te time

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Comment by bobmart...@gmail.com:

I just found out about 400plus, despite it being around for so long. After
upgrading to a 50D my plastic 400D had become more or less obsolete... But
now it's back in action, thanks to you guys! Everybody should have this on
his/her 400D. There's no excuse for not installing it:)

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Comment by azisli...@gmail.com:

Hi
One thing I've noticed is that when you perform remote shooting or running
Intervallometer you can not lock up the mirror. Is there any way to go
around this? (It's the same with EOS Utilities..) Any info on that would be
appreciated.
Thank you for your great work!