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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."

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  1. Re:How long before... by ColaMan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It was hardly done just to spite the hackers.

    If your product still runs adequately with :
    - less RAM (cheaper!)
    - a slower processor (cheaper!)

    Then you go ahead and make the change to:
    - increase profit margins
    - keep up with your competitors so they don't price you out of the market.

    Pretty clear-cut business case. In their case, they went out of their way to provide the original model again, pretty much just for hackers. They could've just dropped the old version, y'know.

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    You are in a twisty maze of processor lines, all alike.
    There is a lot of hype here.