CHDK

William · Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Posts: 489 Location: London

Has anyone used this alternative firmware for Canon Powershot cameras? It allows you to do lots of stuff that Canon didn't intend,

I currently have it on my Powershot A460 which is temporarily my only digital camera. It allows for RAW shooting, focus select, aperture change, motion detect scripting and a lot more. People have used the last feature to capture lightning.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK

nemesis101 · Expire: 2015-01-22

YES!

I have it my S5is and my G7 - it adds a lot of functionality and even, for some odd reason, a couple of games! lol

Doug

symphonic · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 550 Location: SE Europe, Croatia

I used it on my Powershot A700, great stuff. The best thing for me was the Intervalometer script, so you can do timelapse with it. Wink

William · Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Posts: 489 Location: London

Symphonic did you have any luck scripting it? I am not a coder. I discovered the ability to manually focus, admittedly it's not a very intuitive control. Suprised how insanely close the A460 will focus.

symphonic · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 550 Location: SE Europe, Croatia

I didn't code anything, there are lots of available scripts to just download and use (from the CHDK website). The one I used is called simply Intervalometer.