Improve your Canon compact digi tenfold with CHDK!

[mrk]

http://lifehacker.com/387380/turn-your-point+and+shoot-into-a-super+camera

I think it's time I picked up a Canon compact 2nd hand from someone not aware of this hehe!

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

dam the G9 isn't listed.

 

[TheCrow]

looks like something new to try out on my A710is

 

[Messiah Khan]

I want one for Nikon DSLRs! I want to play packman on my D300, lol.

 

[MrScott]

Fantastic! Just been having a play on my S2 IS, it's very awesome to have RAW shooting on a compact and it isn't *that* slow to write RAWs to the memory card. Plus it can extend the max shutter speed for long exposures and do custom ISOs! I also like all the little features like the DOF calculator etc. Very impressed, my compact may find more uses now...

 

[33L]

time to get a compact - always been thinking of one so will have to get one that is compatible.

Maybe this should be a sticky.

 

[Youstolemyname]

tempted to load this on my a570IS, not sure if it is compatible though :s

 

[Messiah Khan]

I wonder if they can actually do this on DSLRs. I always wondered why there wasn't open source firmware for cameras. There has to be soo much you could add and change to a cameras setup. Like lord_scott mentioned about custom ISOs, I would absolutely LOVE that on my D300. If I could set it to ISO10 or something, then I would no longer need my ND filters.

 

[james.miller]

it does make you wonder....

i know the there was custom FW for the 300d

 

[A.N.Other]

it does make you wonder....

i know the there was custom FW for the 300d

Yeah, but that wasn't that only really to make it the same as the 10D firmware, rather than having full control of the hack?

 

[Amp34]

I wonder if they can actually do this on DSLRs. I always wondered why there wasn't open source firmware for cameras. There has to be soo much you could add and change to a cameras setup. Like lord_scott mentioned about custom ISOs, I would absolutely LOVE that on my D300. If I could set it to ISO10 or something, then I would no longer need my ND filters.

Now that would be cool.

 

[AndyBorzi]

Brilliant!

@mrk, thanks very much for the headsup. Works perfectly on my A620...don't need my 40D anymore ahem!

So many options now....RTFM! hehe

 

[james.miller]

Yeah, but that wasn't that only really to make it the same as the 10D firmware, rather than having full control of the hack?

well yeah. but whos to say it cant be done with other cameras? apart from obvious differences - number of av points and such - it could be a possibility that features could be unlocked on certain cameras

 

[kieranv]

this works fantastically on my S3 IS, good being able to have the features closer to a dslr before i get one. Cheers MRK

 

[AndyBorzi]

To those asking about dslr version (a quote from the CHDK forum) :
"
2008-04-28 UPDATE: for those who read this thread first time.

- it is possible to run code on camera without firmware modification
- people are working on it
"

 

[mrk]

.don't need my 40D anymore ahem!

EXQUEEEZE ME!

I'll take that 40D off your hands!

 

[Dingleberry88]

Sweet! Piece of **** to get this going on my A620!

Cheers for the post.

 

[Gregeff]

Wicked I had always whished someone clever would start hacking camera firmware and give us features like RAW Actually with the RAW ouput where can you process it? Don't Most RAW editors have to be updated for each camera?

 

[MrScott]

Wicked I had always whished someone clever would start hacking camera firmware and give us features like RAW Actually with the RAW ouput where can you process it? Don't Most RAW editors have to be updated for each camera?

There's a little program to convert powershot RAWs to DNG, which you can then import into lightroom / photoshop / whatever. link.