Canon compact camera cracking
Okay, so technically it’s ‘hacking’ rather than cracking, but that’d ruin my beautifully alliterative subject line.
Anyway… If you’re using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you’ve got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box.
With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on it.
Pure, unadulterated awesome - check it out here! (via)
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Categories: Do It Yourself | Electronics
Tags: Canon
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#1 - May 7th, 2008 at 15:04
Thanks for the info. My mom has one of these cameras so I will have to look into this for her.. thanks !
#2 - May 7th, 2008 at 16:44
I have a Canon SD 600 and just tried it yesterday. It is great, I was really missing some features now I have with my camera! I really recommend to experienced users! (Although some people can get lost in the many options — That’s problably why Canon did not put those features in the original software)
#3 - May 7th, 2008 at 22:28
Wow… cool! Good find!
#4 - May 13th, 2008 at 12:23
This works fine on my Powershot G7 (1.00i firmware) - the only thing I really use it for right now is for the RAW images, but these are superb and end up being some 12Mb in size. If you need software to view/manipulate the .CRW files I’d recommend the free and fantastic XNview.