Using Chdk - Canon CHDK User Manual

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To Start – Auto load method
Cameras that have an SD card that has been prepared as
with the slide tab on the side of the card), will load CHDK automatically when turned on. This
is usually called the "Autoload" or "Autoboot" method, using a camera version specific file
"DISKBOOT.BIN"
The card lock is bypassed by CHDK and photos and video are able to be saved as normal.
– Manual load method
When the SD card has a camera specific file, which for some versions is "PS.FIR", and others
"PS.FI2", the card is left unlocked and then:
1. Switch the camera on in Play mode, not Record mode,
2. Press the
3. An option to update the firmware appears, Select that option (press
4. Confirm the update, (
See:-
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Bootable_SD_card
for instructions to make memory card bootable, and information on the loading process.
The CHDK splash screen will appear for about 2 seconds, while the Print button blue led flashes,
confirming that CHDK has now loaded into the camera's memory. (The splash screen can be disabled
in
Main Menu > Miscellaneous stuff
Splash screen logo
CHDK will now be running in the background. Some features are enabled by default, for example,
battery and file space
•
To make changes to how CHDK operates, you start by entering

Using CHDK

MENU button, then press UP once (or scroll down the menu list)
-press
OK
).
indicators. However, most features are disabled by default.
bootable and is locked (write protected,
)
FUNC.SET
FUNC.SET
mode.
<ALT>
)