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C H A P T E R 1 Introduction
Chapter 3
installation on a PC and manual installation by utilizing camera functions.
Chapter 4
examine how to tame the beast—at times, the information overflow can
be overwhelming. Then we unleash it again: advanced exposure control,
ultrashort and ultralong exposure times, manual focusing, shooting RAW,
bracketing, edge overlay, remote control, etc.
Chapter 5
and Lua. After short introductions to these programming languages, we
discuss scripts for time lapse, bracketing, motion detection, exposure con-
trol, and configuration switching.
Chapter 6
wide-angle shots, and combining High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography
with panoramas and time-lapse movies.
A CHDK spin-off, the Stereo Data Maker ( SDM) is discussed in
Shooting 3D stereo images is an important topic in this chapter, along with
the strong capabilities of the SDM for remote photography, communica-
tion with external devices, and Digiscoping.
Application of the SDM (and CHDK) to areas such as Kite Aerial Photog-
raphy ( KAP), balloon-based photography, and other remote platforms is
discussed in
Chapter 9
such as the EOS-CHDK, MagicLantern (which turns the Canon EOS 5D into
a professional movie camera), and the Pentax project.
Finally, the appendix contains information on using memory cards of
more than 4 GB with the CHDK. There is a section with important web links
and another section with tips in case you run into trouble. Finally, you'll
find out how to contribute to the further development of the CHDK.
Acknowledgments
First and foremost, I wish to thank the publishers. Thanks go to my lector,
René Schönfeld, at dpunkt.verlag Heidelberg for co-parenting the idea of
writing a book about the CHDK; and to Gerhard Rossbach, publisher at
Rocky Nook, Santa Barbara, for his enthusiasm. Copyediting was done by
Cynthia Anderson, typesetting and graphic design by Petra Strauch, Just in
Print. Thanks go also to Alice Philipp, my partner in life, for her patience and
support.
This book would not have been possible without the many volunteers
who have contributed to the CHDK in various forms: the initial creators of
the CHDK core, VitalyB and GrAnd; later contributors such as Fingalo,
Juciphox, MicroFunguy, and others; the volunteers who ported (and con-
tinue to port) the CHDK to new cameras; the many script, documentation,
and utility authors; and the whole vibrant CHDK community that contin-
ues to improve an already strong product. With this book, I hope to give
something back to the community.
deals with how to install the CHDK—both utility-augmented
discusses the out-of-the-box functions of the CHDK. First, we
then turns your camera into a robot via scripting in uBasic
covers some advanced techniques: large panoramas, super-
chapter 8.
takes a short look at similar "camera enhancement" projects,
chapter 7.