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Hacking Canon Point-and-Shoot Cameras

Posted by kdawson on from the now-don't-brick-it dept.

Pig Hogger writes "If you're stuck with a cheap Canon point-and-shoot camera and have feature envy over the neighbor's sophisticated latest model, fret not! According to this LifeHacker article, the CHDK project allows nearly complete programmatic control of cheap Canon point-and-shoot cameras, enabling users to add features, up to and including games and BASIC scripting."

3 of 242 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Pointless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    like RAW mode. which is mostly useless on a camera with a sensor that small.
  2. Re:Only Point and Shoots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I love it how in order to clarify you have to remind GP that he is intellectually inferior. And the best part is that you are fucking wrong. What the fuck does this have to do with SLR? What part of point and click don't you understand? My NON DSLR point and click has an LCD view finder. It also includes a live histogram feature. Go die somewhere you useless asshole.

  3. Re:Pointless by actionbastard · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    These 'hacks' are not going to make this camera take better pictures.
    They are not going to improve the quality of the optical system in the camera.
    The CCD is not going to magically get more pixels.
    So all it does is give you more knobs to twiddle so you lose that
    'Kodak Moment' because you were screwing with the knobs instead of taking pictures.

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