Hack allows video capture on any Canon EOS LiveView camera

Wow, great news. Canon Rumors has an entry based on a Russian description on how to hack your Canon Live View DSLR into a video camcorder. It requires a USB connection to a PC, but it works.

The program is called EOS_Movrec and you can download it from http://valexvir.narod.ru/

A quick translation done with Google's Translate tool reveals that the supported models are: Canon EOS 450D, Canon EOS 1000D (Rebel XS) and Canon 40D.

Bottom line:

Connect camera to a computer with USB, run program, press “write” button. Check out.avi in program folder. That's it!

Some links worth a look:

• http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7167297
• Sample with Av mode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRezR82Jyq0
• Sample with Manual mode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3HzxbzBpJ8
• Sample from EOS 40D: http://perm.odevaem.com/40D.avi
  

Via Canon Rumors, Engadget and more.



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