[QUOTE] How does that make it ethically correct? That is quite a jump. Copyright violation to tacit approval to corporate policy. I grew up in the 60's I want some of what you have been smoking. I stand by my comment. It is a nasty problem for Canon in order to protect their reputation they are put in a position of supporting or defending against customers who are using a hacked product. w..[/QUOTE] Suppose I have my car's ECU remapped (chipped) so I get more power out of the engine. Would that break any manufacturer's rights? With software user has a licence to use it and does not own it. With a camera the user owns it and is free to modify it. If Canon had a sound case about other people reverse engineering its products it would have stopped Sigma/Tamron/Tokina long ago. DanP