Download Free How To Hack Your Nikon Camera
Some Nikon owners can give themselves an unexpected, free and somewhat nerdy Christmas gift: A Star Wars-themed firmware update.Last month, Nikon's D5100 firmware was decrypted, opening the way for custom tweaks and hacks. Now, just in time for the New Year, an unofficial firmware update has been created which tweaks the menus of the DSLR, replacing boring old entries like 'Shooting Menu' and 'Subject is Too Dark' with the way more exciting 'Weapon System' and 'Dark Side of Force!' The hack is obviously completely useless, but that doesn't stop it being all kinds of awesome. If you want to apply it to your own Nikon D5100, you can download the file and go about the update as you would with an official firmware update. And don't forget, this is a non-official hack, so buyer beware and all that.Flickr via and.
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The firmware we will be using for this hack is CHDK. It stands for Canon hack Development Kit.There are two segments in the digital camera market: people who just want to snap pictures, and professional photographers.
Accordingly, many camera manufacturers have two 'families' of product:. Point And Shoot cameras (also called Digital Compact cameras) intended for consumers who want to take snaps. P&S cameras are small, easy-to-use digital cameras, without fancy lenses. First time camera users should get a Point And Shoot camera. DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) or SLR cameras are for professionals and advanced amateurs. Digital SLR cameras are more versatile, have higher quality removable lenses.
But are also more complicated, heavier, and expensive. DSLR cameras offer much more manual control over the camera settings, to support e.g. RAW files and bracketing.The CHDK (Canon Hacker Development Kit) software makes the extra settings of a DSLR available on Canon's point-and-shoot cameras. Go to the CHDK websitesThere you will get the list of supported cameras on the Right hand side of the page. Go down and search your model once you find it, you will see two or three version. Click any one you will go to the same page.
A step-by-step example of how to use Nikon Patch. D5100 firmware version 1.01 is used below as an example, but it’s the same process for all supported firmware versions: Download the original firmware for your camera model from Nikon Firmware. Free Shutter count is not dependant of the numbering system of your sdcard. Free Shutter count try to reveal the real shutter actuation number stored in the firmware of your camera. If you notice that Free Shutter Count is incompatible with your camera, please contact us and help us improve compatibility. 17 of the Greatest Camera Hacks of All Time. Don’t be too hasty — there’s still life you can squeeze out of your camera yet. This video made by an engineering student, shows you how you.
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In the page click download icon on the latest build heading. Then you will be redirected towhere you will see a similar list go and click on the model and version that suits your one.There are two optionone full download and the other small versiondownload any one i use the complete version. After downloading the file, unzip it and extract the file to the SD card.Eject the SD Card and put it back to the camera, and then open the camera in playback mode.Turn on the camera on in playback mode, and hit menu button.Go down and hit the update firmware option. It will ask for a confirmation. Click OK and your firmware will be updated.Once update press shutter to get into the camera mode and enjoy the new camera features. Now you can save in RAW format / see battery life in real percentageOr you can use intervalometer to create stunning time-lapses, you make you own script.
The Canon PowerShot G1 point & shoot which was released in 2000 had RAW (as every new version of that camera since). I'm sure there are others, but I'm a Canon guy so I don't know them off the top of my head.:) The latest PowerShot G1X MkII adds HDR as well.A DSLR just says it's a digital SLR (ie, you have an optical viewfinder which looks through the lens). My original Canon 10D DSLR had RAW, but no HDR or many of the features you've added with this hack.
Even my newer 7D doesn't have some of the features your hack adds, but that doesn't make it not a DSLR.Basically these features your hack adds are orthogonal to the DSLR vs. Point & shoot classification. To say these features are 'only seen in DSLR' is incorrect. That said, these are still useful features and it's a good hack to make an inexpensive camera better! I would suggest something like 'Hack your point and shoot to give it more advanced features!'
I agree 100%.One other thing I would like to see, to demonstrate how useful this technique is. First, take a photo of some scene using the camera 'as is', set up as best as possible using the standard software. Then, take a second picture, using the hacked software, set up as best as possible. The second photo should be noticeably better, right? Otherwise, what is the point of installing the hack? I agree with 'Hack your point and shoot to give it more advanced features!' As a more accurate title - this hack doesn't give the camera DSLR features.
For example, it does not change the sensor size of your camera, so you are still going to be working with an image which is limited in sharpness and quality by the small size of the camera's sensor, which is what forms the image. If you are going to the effort of doing all that post-production work in Lightroom, it's worth starting with an image created on an actual DSLR, which will have a larger and better sensor, enabling it to capture a better quality image in the first place. However, this is a clever way to give a compact camera more features. Principle of management.