2008-05-19

CHDK - second life for Canon point and shoot digital cameras

When I've bought my Canon digicam, I've heard rumors about additional software uploaded into Canon cameras. But last year there was still no support for my A570 model. Last week I've found article on Lifehacker mentioning hacking Canon firmware.

I've uploaded CHDK software using SD card reader, and I'm playing now with new features. There is lot of interesting things like making RAW pictures, overriding default range of exposure settings, bracketing and lots of cool of tools like live histogram and under/overexpose region marking.

It feels like I've got new camera - it's indeed second life for that piece of hardware.

I'm trying to get some HDR pictures now using RAW format and auto bracketing features.

So, happy shooting!

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