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Canon Hack Development Kit (for expanding you camera's functionality)

  • 29-10-2009 11:30am
    #1
    leinsterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭


    Posting this one in case there is interest ... unfortunately Canon DSLR's are not yet supported, but the G9 series is ... shame I just sold mine!!

    I was at a conference in London this week where the founder of Wikipedia was speaking about the Wikia site ...

    The example he discussed (and of which apparently he is a big fan) was CHDK

    It seems you can hack into the firmware of your Canon P&S to enable lots of extra features such as enabling a RAW capture mode (for camera that don't already have it), DOF calculators, motion detection, expanded manual control etc ... the list goes on (see list)

    There is even an online community where there are some examples


    Has anyone had a play with it ? ... I'd be interested to find out what you think of it ... and what cool ideas people been able to do implement with the hacked firmware...
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  • #2
    sineadw
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    leinsterman wrote: »
    ...shame I just sold mine!!

    Hee hee...

    Must have a look over the weekend. Nice one :D


  • #3
    Slidinginfinity
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    Have Canon A620 that i have wanted to try with this for awhile now. Sadly the camera technically belongs to the wife, but lately she has preferred my little Lumix. So, I might get a chance at this some time in the near future.


  • #4
    Corkfeen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Corkfeen


    Its available for the 400d too. You can raise iso to 3200 and it adds spot metering. ;)


  • #5
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    a while back I read about a guy who got video capture working on his eos 40d but Im not sure if he made much progress with it, there should be a video on youtube


  • #6
    dnme
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    Makes you wonder

    If all those powershot cameras are capable of all those extra features, why dont Canon enable them in the first place and market them as a way of adding value to the product?

    Why are Canon witholding these features ?


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  • #7
    leinsterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭leinsterman


    dnme wrote: »
    Why are Canon witholding these features ?

    I suspect it might have something to do with their market segmentation ...

    For example the majority of Sureshot P&S shooters probably pop it on green box and rarely change it from there ... shooting RAW is something they don't care too much about ...

    Most of the product people at the Camera makers to whom I have spoken are more preoccupied with the gimmicky features than the advanced user ones or ones that enable better picture capture ... they make a bigger impact on the product literature and advertising campaigns ... as exemplified by the adverts for the Samsung ST550 where they are making a big deal out of a preview screen facing the subject ...

    I could tell a few stories ... but I better not! ... ;)

    As a Japanese company Canon are one of the more conservative camera makers ... they do nearly all R&D in-house buying in very little in from external suppliers ... I'm very surprised they have left this back door into their software ... but fair play to them for doing it ...


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