Hack sd850

My son had a science project about hummingbirds. We loaded up CHDK with the lightningb script and set the camera on a tripod near our hummingbird feeder. Everytime a hummy flew into the view of the camera, it snapped a picture. I want to use the time lapse next, and also mess with the bulb shutter for use with my telescope. And OMG… is it really that hard for canon to include the battery meter on these powershots?

Aparently not. And BTW.. It is a temporary firmware change that reverts as soon as you turn the camera off and remove the battery. There is a letter from canon stating such on the chdk site. Why does the A get no love?

Yeah, me too. This hack on the other hand looks like my kind of fun, maybe I will try this! I like the firmware, got it on the camera after reading about it last time. It may have been covered before, but this one blows the other away. Howdy, we really liked the picture of the train and wondered where you got it from did you take it?

Rager, yeah, it was covered 1 year ago. This write up is much better, and the CHDK group is farther along. These detailed write-ups are really good! I noticed yinz took the hint from the survey- not only has the number of hard hacks on here gone up daily, it seems, but the quality is way up as well.

Thanks for a great article. Thanks for a fantastic article. Excellent writeup! And you know what? A great gesture to the CHKD team would be to let them include your howto on their own wiki, that would be a great contribution to the project.

What do you think? You know the Effect from Matrix. Here is an example of this effekt, made with very expensive Cameras.

I hope, it should also work with low-cost cameras. This approach could, I guess, be scaled up to a bank of cameras. If you search the web for terms such as CHDK and remote control, you can find some details. I wish i could change the firmware by editing it somehow, to allow me to set shutter speeds as much as seconds … as otherwise, the camera will be useless as an eyepiece for a telescope….

Kindly help , I am willing to take a risk by editing the camera firmware so as to allow it to capture loooong shutter speeds :. Hi Markus. I am attempting to do the same i. Can you send me an email — amish at hotmail dot com? We should exchange notes and help each other achieve this. I echo what was said above. The override shutter speed does not work for me. I give up. I take pictures of the kids sports at school and the iso I get standard is at best blurry on the good action shots.

Do you put it on every memory card and then lose it everytime you take the battery out to charge??? Anyone have simple directions for a not so technologically advanced mom? I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts and time into the stuff you post!! Thumbs up! Thank you. CHDK is great!! I am in a process of making a motorized panoramic head.

I can attach cable release to my circuit. Camera moves, clicks, waits and keep repeating this process. I want HDR options.. I dont have to load script again n again.. How can I know camera focused or not than fire. I am not a scripting man so please help me. Is there a script that would allow me to change the file names in my Canon G11? I use two cameras and they both use the same file names. Why have u written about Digital Rebel XSi? THEN hit the shutter — this will save greatly on your battery.

I have tried without success to access the code from my memory card. BIN, and PS. Please be kind and respectful to help make the comments section excellent. Comment Policy. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

By using our website and services, you expressly agree to the placement of our performance, functionality and advertising cookies. Learn more. Taking long exposures Long exposure photography is appreciated for its soft, sometimes surreal images of usually night scenes.

Exposure bracketing Exposure bracketing allows you to take many pictures at slightly different exposures nearly simultaneously. For example, taking the seven different images of the lighthouse above into an HDR program such as Photomatix , optimizing settings for realism, produces this result: You can also use HDR to produce more dramatic photos, such as this train.

Adding a battery meter Tired of have the low battery warning sneak up on you? The timeout value is optional. If the last button pressed is "button" , then the variable x is set with the value of 1. The absolute mapping between integer values and shutter speeds varies between cameras, but tables are available here.

This, and all following commands must be used with the camera in manual mode. Zoom values range from 0 to 8 or 14 for A-series cameras, and 0 to for S-series cameras. Report comment.

If only something like this existed for Kodak cameras…. Thanks for the detailed post! Thanks, I appreciate your praise. Let me know when they get it working on the new cameras.

My SXIS needs some hackin! I found chdk invaluable for this exposure bracketing project i was working on. View source. History Talk What is CHDK? Experimental - No warranty. Features Professional control - RAW files, bracketing, full manual control over exposure, zebra mode, live histogram, grids, etc. Motion detection - Trigger exposure in response to motion, fast enough to catch lightning.

Enables time lapse, motion detection, advanced bracketing, and more. Get it from the Downloads page. Use this thread for bug reports. Users are encouraged to test, visit this thread for details. Report bugs in the forum 11 15 CHDK 1. But mostly the CHDK devs are chilling after the release of 1. A big update with lots of nice stuff for CHDK users. Get it from the autobuild. Updating to this version is recommended.

Get it from the Autobuild page. See Releases for major changes. All users need to update. Latest release supports editing the text in the dissassembled code window 03 15 Alpha release for the A is available from the Autobuild server.

Universal Conquest Wiki. How do I get started? Don't miss the user-written scripts and scripting tutorial section! CHDK is a system of programming and scripts that run within it. You need both, CHDK and scripts!

Please check the FAQ first.