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Canon Hack Development Kit -- CHDK -- A Beneficial Firmware for Canon Users

Every point-and-shoot Canon digital camera has got hardware that is capable of supporting several advanced features. There are many firmware and open source projects which help in obtaining those advanced functionalities. The Canon Hacker's Development Kit is one such firmware through which we can obtain features such as RAW shooting mode, motion-detection, live RGB histogram functions, time-lapse options, and even many games on our existing camera. Thus, the CHDK can transform any point-and-shoot digital camera into an excellent high featured camera just by adding some special features to its firmware.

The Canon Hacker's Development Kit, otherwise known as CHDK, is a firmware which can be used to enhance an outstanding array of Canon digital cameras. This enhancement facet is non-permanent and it can be added to the camera device whenever it is necessary. Users can load it into the camera when they want to use it and it can be removed after use. CHDK makes no alterations to the camera, and users can turn it off easily by just restarting the camera. Installing CHDK is a simple procedure that involves copying of two files into the camera's memory card and removing it permanently requires a deletion of those two files from the memory card. Thus, it is simple and powerful tool which can be easily used by anyone.

To use CHDK, all required is a supported Canon digital camera and a SD memory card. Before installing the CHDK, users must know the cameras firmware version, so that they can find whether their camera can run CHDK or not. If the firmware can run CHDK, then the installation can be continued by finding the suitable build that matches both the camera and the firmware version. All builds can be downloaded online. After installing it users can try to run it. Users have to run CHDK each time they want to use it. CHDK will not cause any damage to the current firmware, hence, all users can use this firmware utility on their camera and certainly no user will notice anything different.

dBal
Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:50:59 +0000

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