Canon Powershot new features
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johnridleyMost excellent:
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
This is a piece of software that you can load onto many Canon powershot cameras. It does not alter the firmware, merely enhances it. But it does a TON of cool stuff including supporting BASIC scripting. It also adds a whole lot of new features to the camera.
It's safe because it just loads into RAM, either on demand or every time the camera is powered on, your choice (easily altered in the field by just flipping the write protect switch).
I've been running a hacked firmware on my Canon SLR for years and wouldn't give it up. This is all that and more, plus you don't have the queasy feeling of updating firmware, which can leave you with an expensive brick.
I immediately glommed on to the ultra-intervalometer script which would support time-lapse by shooting a picture every x:xx seconds either until X pictures have been taken, or the shutter button is pressed again.
It claims that it will also take photos based on motion detection, and claims that it's fast enough to capture lightning strikes.
If you have a Powershot and want to try, this page has a nice description of how to do it:
http://lifehacker.com/387380/turn-your-point+and+shoot-into-a-super+camera
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
This is a piece of software that you can load onto many Canon powershot cameras. It does not alter the firmware, merely enhances it. But it does a TON of cool stuff including supporting BASIC scripting. It also adds a whole lot of new features to the camera.
It's safe because it just loads into RAM, either on demand or every time the camera is powered on, your choice (easily altered in the field by just flipping the write protect switch).
I've been running a hacked firmware on my Canon SLR for years and wouldn't give it up. This is all that and more, plus you don't have the queasy feeling of updating firmware, which can leave you with an expensive brick.
I immediately glommed on to the ultra-intervalometer script which would support time-lapse by shooting a picture every x:xx seconds either until X pictures have been taken, or the shutter button is pressed again.
It claims that it will also take photos based on motion detection, and claims that it's fast enough to capture lightning strikes.
If you have a Powershot and want to try, this page has a nice description of how to do it:
http://lifehacker.com/387380/turn-your-point+and+shoot-into-a-super+camera
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Date: 2008-05-07 05:43 pm (UTC)