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It is open-source, however, so I suppose an avid Nikon enthusiast/computer programmer could make do:
http://tinyurl.com/45s85b3
They even have a hack for point-n-shoots that could conceivably be hacked for non-DSLR Nikons:
http://tinyurl.com/6get3c
Nikon does have an SDK. It's just not openly available. You have to apply for it.
https://sdk.nikonimaging.com/apply/
Nothing new, they've been doing this for years.
No, I meant that software is open source, so you could hack it to work on other cameras if you know how to program or know a programmer that could do it.
Nikon does it to protect their pocket book, plain and simple. If everyone could hack a D3100 to operate with some pro features, less people would buy high end cameras, which have larger profit margins.
Hi,
My _guess_ is that Nikon is closed source so that it won't be hacked.
IOW, they don't want folks to mess with it. If people poke around with the firmware, things will likely go wrong and a blame game will pursue, and while one might _say_, well it's at you're on risk, if the camera is in warranty, if it doesn't work, who'll fix it if it doesn't work?
That is probably the reason that Panasonic 'de-hacked' the GH2.
It would make sense to me to make the sources for firmware open and at the least make the cameras user 'fixable', but that would take a lot of doing, perhaps more than a little. I'm suggesting that users would have to know how to push software into their camera, at least be able to read instructions. And that might be hard.
I'm all for it. But I don't expect it to happen anytime soon.
My best,
Mike
You can hack Nikons. There is a hack for recording video on a D300 for example. No one bothers with it because you can just buy a D300S. Canon cripples their cameras on purpose unlike Nikon. We have discussed this before so do a forum search.
Mike Gunter said:
My _guess_ is that Nikon is closed source so that it won't be hacked.
Lack of source code is not a hindrance to hacking. Apache (the open source web server) is well known to be far more secure than Microsoft's closed IIS. The Sony PlayStation 3, 2 and Original have all had their closed protections circumvented. Same story with the X-Box and X-Box 360. The Apple iPods and iPhones likewise have had their protection (and encryption) reverse engineered w/o a drop of source code.
NikoDoby said:Canon cripples their cameras on purpose unlike Nikon.
Which Nikon P&S allows focus bracketing?
That's right, none.
That's a CHDK feature added to the Canon "crippled" firmware.
The list of features CHDK adds to Canon cameras, features which have no Nikon counterpart, is huge.
Like I said we've discussed this before so just do a forum search. I don't feel like explaining it since i've done it before.
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