Note, CF card must be smaller than 4g, I tried with an 8g and ran into problems formatting in FAT16.ĥ. Format the card in Cardtricks using the format button. Run the program Cardtricks (click to download) and select the CF card by clicking on the picture of an SD memory card.
Turn off camera and take battery out and then put it back in, leave the camera off.Ĥ. You will see 'CF card containing firmware is required to update'. Insert CF to camera and run firmware update by going to the last choice of the 5th menu screen. Insert CF card into computer (or card reader) and copy scanled.fir to the card. Here is a snapshot of the Cardtricks program formatting the card the 2nd time I did it.īefore you begin, the camera must be firmware version 1.0.3! You can find out what version you have by going to the 5th menu and scrolling down to the very last row.ġ. I found a CHDK wiki forum here to help if you have any questions. While this just shows you how to hack the 350D (aka Rebel XT), there are many more resources out there if you have another kind of Canon camera.įollow the directions very carefully, if you get it wrong, it could be very bad for your camera. I have read about the CHDK hacks online for some time now, and today I finally gathered all the resources to successfully hack my 350D.
