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gregw
Tail-Wagger

Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 2401
Location: About 2000 miles south of where I want to be.
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Wed May 07, 2008 7:45 am Post subject: Hack your Canon point-and-shoot camera |
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Lifehacker has a great article on Canon firmware enhancement. My wife just bought an SD870 which I may have to play with a little
Quote: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 your existing camera. Let's transform your point-and-shoot into a super camera just by adding a little special sauce to its firmware. |
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BamZipPow
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Joined: 03 Aug 2001 Posts: 16772
Location: Chasing EEp all over the house...
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Wed May 07, 2008 8:32 am Post subject: |
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Nice...I have a spare SD450 that I can try this on...  |
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onefast1
Tail-Wagger


Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 2208
Location: Lichtenstien Penguin Cove, I'm the King one.
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Wed May 07, 2008 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Nice find. Thanks for posting, I will check this out on my sd1000 |
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hummer010
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Joined: 02 Nov 2000 Age: 32 Posts: 4557
Location: Right here!
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Wed May 07, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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This is awesome. I was playing around with it tonight on my A540. The battery metre and the histograms make it worthwhile right off the top - any other features are just gravy! |
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ThunderDawg
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Joined: 14 Apr 2002 Posts: 16181
Location: Vandelay Industries
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Wed May 07, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Does this mean there will be a whole new explosion of devices that have crappy ringtones?? |
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ThunderDawg
Alpha Dog


Joined: 14 Apr 2002 Posts: 16181
Location: Vandelay Industries
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Wed May 07, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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Oh.
Wait.
Never mind.
Bitch. |
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BamZipPow
Alpha Dog


Joined: 03 Aug 2001 Posts: 16772
Location: Chasing EEp all over the house...
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Thu May 08, 2008 8:47 am Post subject: |
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I have to hunt down a SD card reader. I don't have one in my computer inventory...  |
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Rahhstah
Veteran Dog


Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 7700
Location: Ground Penguin meat Burgers Rule!
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JustAnEngineer
Big Dog


Joined: 27 Jan 2002 Posts: 4463
Location: Heart of Dixie
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Thu May 08, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010010069+1319721986+1184812282&Configurator=&Subcategory=69&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=
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Murphy The Cat
Leg Humper


Joined: 28 Dec 2002 Age: 37 Posts: 5043
Location: The Windy City! (USA)
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Sat May 10, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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hrmmm...
*goes off to search thru camera cabinet looking for those digicams...*
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