How-To: Expand your camera with CHDK As anyone who has lusted over the technical specifications for Canon’s new Digital Rebel XSi knows, the capabilities of the average point and shoot camera are severely limited. Using the CHDK firmware hack, the features of Canon point and shoot cameras can be significantly expanded, allowing for ultra-high speed photography, very long exposures, time lapse photography, and RAW capture. This How-To provides a guide to our experiences using the CHDK firmware, and shows just how easy it is to get more out of a point and shoot than ever thought possible. Installing CHDK The first step is to install the CHDK software. After installing, you’ll want to have the firmware autoload when you boot up your camera. Taking long exposures Long exposure photography is appreciated for its soft, sometimes surreal images of (usually) night scenes. Navigate to CHDK’s main menu and find Extra Photo Operations. Though the camera will not indicate the modified shutter speed, the changes will take place. next x
Digital Photography Tips -- National Geographic From Photography Field Guide: Digital Media and Ultimate Field Guide to Photography Digital cameras today offer superb image quality that competes directly with film. These cameras look and act like traditional cameras with a few extra features. Tricky camera designs are quickly leaving the marketplace because photographers want to take pictures and not be bogged down by hard-to-use technology. Many things about digital cameras are identical to film cameras, a few things are slightly tweaked from film expectations, and a number of features are unique to digital photography. Some of the big differences can actually help you take better pictures than you ever did with a film camera. For quality results from any camera, the basics of photography still apply no matter how an image is captured. The "digital" in digital camera has caused even experienced photographers to worry that this new technology will be difficult to master. Types of Cameras Shoot It Right From the Start The Basics Exposure
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Wonderful Photos: How to Increase your Depth of Field by Focus Stacking Focus stacking Focus stacking can be used to increase the available depth of field in a shot. You might want to do this where you just can't get the required DOF no matter what aperture you use, or where you are using fairly open apertures to minimize diffraction softening but still want to significant DOF. Marguerite dewdrop refraction First you need to download and install CombineZM. Taking pics for a stack You need a subject which is not moving whilst taking the photos. Below are 3 shot slices for this stack of a damselfly sitting next to its exuvium (empty shell): Close objects in focus Middle objects in focus Far objects in focus Stacking the images Run CombineZM and load the files by clicking on File -> New. Starting CombineZM Load in the images you wish to stack. Loading the images to be stacked To do the stack, click on Macro -> Do Stack Instructing CombineZM to begin stacking The program will then start comparing the shots, aligning them, and color matching them. CombineZM processing
UBASIC/Scripts Important Remarks Edit The scripts posted below were written by CHDK users, and are contributed as is. Please note that prior to 2009 a number of special builds of CHDK were in general release and some used different uBASIC commands and features. With the unification of CHDK into one release trunk, some of these older scripts may not run on current versions of CHDK. Also, be aware that some of these scripts use CHDK's ability to simulate camera button presses. Finally, some of these scripts use the get_prop and set_prop commands. Scripts Intervalometers Edit Universal Edit Camera Specific Countdown Intervalometer is an easy to use intervalometer script suitable for the casual user. Special Purpose Intervalometers Universal Autoexposure Intervalometer Drivelapse : script for recording a time lapse from a moving vehicle. Sunset Scripts Bracketing plus >> Bracketing without a script. Focus & DOF Stacking Motion Detection Zoom Video Other Old / Obsolete Lua Script Libraries Other Resources / Archives
Photography and post-processing tutorials from beginner to advanced | Phototuts+ Beginners photography - capturing moving water Capturing Moving Water in Photography By Rivers, waterfalls and gently babbling streams are soothing even in photographs. We are automatically drawn to the contrast of blue and white waters passing through brilliant green landscapes, gentle fields of yellowing grass, or tumbling through grey and green moss covered boulders and rocks. How do you capture water in motion? Beginners Photography - Photorealistic Images: If you permit the automatic settings in your camera to record the moving water, chances are it will opt to utilize a fast shutter speed to eliminate blur. While this gives an accurate depiction of the moving water, it may not create the tone or texture that is desired. Beginners Photography - Smooth Water: By adjusting camera settings manually the appearance of moving water can be made smooth and almost “soft”. This may require reliance on a tripod to prevent hand shake and blurriness, but the result will be dramatically different than from an automatic settings.
Digital Photography Tips and Techniques | ExposureGuide.com Supercharge Your Camera with Open-Source CHDK Firmware - Wired H From Wired How-To Wiki An example of the amazing high-speed captures made possible by CHDK firmware. Photo by Keoeeit Digital cameras have powers beyond what is immediately available to the user. CHDK, the Canon Hacker's Development Kit, is an open-source software project that can be loaded on cameras using Canon's DIGIC II or DIGIC III firmware platforms. CHDK does not replace the existing firmware on your Canon, so the process is completely reversible. What You'll Need A compatible camera (see a list) An SD memory card An SD card reader (but see possible workarounds below) How To Install It It's best to start with a blank SD card, so if there are pictures on your card, remove them. There are numerous incarnations of the CHDK software, different builds incorporating different features. Determine which camera model you own, by looking at the model number on the camera. Tip: Note that the "Ixus" designation is European: what Americans call the Canon SD800, Europeans call the Ixus 850. 1.
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