Canon Digital Rebel Hacked Into A Pseudo-10D 585
Reverb9 writes "When Canon introduced the Digital Rebel, the world's first entry-level Digital SLR camera, many remarked on its similarities to the 10D , its $500 more expensive big brother. In fact, the two cameras share much of the same technology and so Canon implemented a number of software-based limitations to avoid destroying sales of the professional-oriented 10D. Now, a new hack that restores a previously hidden menu along with a few additional tricks has added nearly all of those 10D features to the Rebel, with an arguably superior user interface to boot. Canon has so far said little on the hack but certainly cannot be happy with its potential effect on sales. This is, however, a reality that more corporations are having to confront. In an era where programming labour is relatively cheap and computer connectivity more frequent can artificial, marketing-driven, barriers between technology products, last?"
hacking a camera?!??? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:2, Funny)
I, don't know (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:2, Funny)
She had more continues than I care to remember.
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:4, Funny)
That big ass spoiler, adds 20 hp.
That unpainted body kit on your riced out civic. 10 hp, but it looks like crap, IMHO.
And who the heak thought a coffee can made a good exahust sound?
-Grump
Re:Stickin' it to the man (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:5, Funny)
The Nissan Sentra has the same engine and frame as the more expensive 200SX, but for the life of me I can't find the software hack to change the body panels of my sentra.
Re:Not 100% the same (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Linux Tards Strike Again (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, but that was intentional. I think your nephew has been hacking around in Emacs behind your back...
Re:Time to buy. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:2, Funny)
The Japanese know their shit, man. They really do.
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:1, Funny)
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but it sounds like the hack you mentioned lets you go through a special sequence of events to rev the engine and then dump the clutch.
I am probably missing something, since this appears to be on a car with a manual transmission to begin with, but why can't you just leave the car out of gear, rev to the desired RPM, and then dump the clutch? If this is not possible on a new car, then I think I will stick with my old car! Because, let me tell you, on an old car, if you want to rev the engine and then dump the clutch, then by golly, all you've got to do is rev the damned engine and then, you guessed it, dump the clutch! Anything that makes this more complicated is, in my mind, NOT an improvement!
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:3, Funny)
Re:hacking a camera?!??? (Score:2, Funny)
...and the irony of calling it the 'Rebel'
Shush, shush, all of you! (Score:4, Funny)
I'm all for artificially imposed limitations, owning both a Minidisc player and a Radeon 9800SE [ocfaq.com]. Let's all keep this nice and quiet and pretend we know nothing about the disabled functionality. If we're lucky, they'll keep putting more of said functionality in without charging us for it.
Re:Makes you wonder (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Shush, shush, all of you! (Score:5, Funny)
Exactly. I had to "hack" the crippled Windows Server 2003 to accept multiple connections by telling it I had 1000 licenses in the License Manager. The product is exactly the same, but with this one little tweak I got just as much functionality as I would have with the much higher priced, 1000-CAL product.
Shouldn't I be able to buy one, non-crippled version without jumping through these hoops? It's unconsionable.
TW
Re:Little Nits (Score:4, Funny)