“How to Hack an Expensive Camera and Not Get Killed by Your Wife”

[ninjin]

An amazing write-up about diving into the M240 firmware [1] that popped up on my computer science channels, perhaps it will give you some enjoyment too?

[1]: https://alexhude.github.io/2019/01/24/hacking-leica-m240.html

One can only dream that we would see something along the lines of CHDK [2] or Magic Lantern [3] for our Leicas.

[2]: http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
[3]: https://magiclantern.fm/

 

[shorelineae]

I came across this article today. Major geek respect to this dude. Major!

 

[froyd]

Wow, this is a world I did not even know existed. Impressive.

 

[Steve Bellayr]

My wife just read this post and said: "If you want another camera get it."

 

[Richard G]

Wife pride lives. There’s hope.

 

[Richard G]

Now I’ve read the whole thing. It is absolutely wonderful and so very very funny. What a guy.

 

[charjohncarter]

Was this about cameras?

 

[peterm1]

Holy cr#p. If understood a single word of that article I would be very impressed.

Well actually I am impressed.

 

[raid]

I now realize how much I don't understand. Thanks.

 

[d__b]

I have a Masters degree in Computer Science and I gave up trying to understand this...

 

[Rob-F]

Wow. That is a whole new world.

 

[p.giannakis]

Was this about cameras?

I was about to say the same but I am pretty sure I saw a camera somewhere in that....

 

[David Hughes]

by "hack" I guess they mean"understand and adjust" but I may be wrong; I'll ask my wife.

Regards, David

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Many years ago I decided my skills were not technical in any way, with limited exceptions to do with car tuning. So such things now serenely pass me by.

 

[raydm6]

This article is impressive in its detail. Well done. The writer's LinkedIn profile page is very impressive also.

I have worked as a Hardware Configuration Manager in hi-tech (in multiple defense/commercial industries) for 30 years and counting - and work predominantly with mechanical engineers (ME's) and electrical engineers (EE's).

I have also worked with a lot of software engineers and they are in a whole different world on the development side. This article proves it. Very technical/complex, but logically broken down.

I can jaw with the ME's and EE's about their world and understand it, but with the software folks, not so much. It's like a whole different language. Well done!

 

[Out to Lunch]

Ultimately unintelligible. To me. It must have value since his skills brought the poster in question from Siberia to Australia.

 

[View Range]

Now here is a guy who could open all our 32 bit drivers to hack them into 64 bit so to work in MacOS Catalina.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I get what he is high skilled in reversed engineering, hacking and coding. This is very good skills for now and for the future.
But what is beneficial in this particular exercise for me as photographer? Another quirky Magic Latern for IT geeks rather than everyday photographers like me?

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

So rocket science is a real thing?

 

[Ko.Fe.]

So rocket science is a real thing?

Then Soviet took over German FAU-2 plant it was after American.
American took the brains, Soviet has the rest. Soviet rocket technology is based on reverse engineering.