Chdk Introduction - Canon CHDK Quick Start Manual

CHDK Introduction

Welcome to CHDK, for users of Canon Point and Shoot Cameras
Q. What is the CHDK program?
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CHDK enhances the capabilities of your camera in a non-destructive, non-permanent way.
After loading of CHDK program your camera will have the following extra functionality:
• Shutter-priority (Tv) exposure - via shutter value override feature
• Aperture-priority (Av) exposure - via aperture value override feature
Shooting in RAW, with RAW Average, RAW Sum, and RAW Develop features,
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save as .DNG (Digital Negative for wider compatibility)
• Live histogram (RGB, blended, luminance and for each RGB channel)
• Zebra mode (a live view of over and under-exposed areas of your picture)
• Depth-of-field (DOF)-calculator, Hyperfocal-calculator with instant Hyperfocal and
Infinity focus-set, and more
• Battery indicator
• RAW and Video space-remaining gauges with custom low-limit alerts
• USB cable and wireless remote shutter release
• Motion-detection trigger - automatically fires camera on motion detection. (Able to
capture lightning strikes.)
• Customizable high-speed continuous (burst) Shutter-based (Tv), aperture-based (Av) and
ISO-based exposure bracketing (unlimited shots)
• Focus bracketing (unlimited shots)
• Adjustable Video quality and size (compression) adjustable while recording
• Elimination of 1 GB video-size limit (for many DigicII cameras)
• Zoom during video function (for cameras without this feature)
• Shutter, Aperture, and ISO Overrides
• Ultra-long shutter speeds - up to 64 seconds (much longer for supported cameras)
• Ultra-fast shutter speeds - up to 1/10,000" and higher
• High-speed Flash Sync at all speeds up to 1/64,000 of a second
• Custom user-editable visible Grids for framing, cropping, and alignment
• File browser
• Text reader
• Calendar
• Games
• Fully customizable CHDK display, info placement, user-colors, fonts in menus, etc.
• Custom CHDK User Menu (for instant recall of up to 10 favorite functions)
• Scripts execution - including exposure bracketing, focus bracketing, intervalometer, etc
• And other features too numerous to mention here.
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