Canon Hack Development Kit. CHDK is a free piece of software designed to run on Canon PowerShot cameras. It unlocks 100's of features and turns a simple point and shoot camera into a super camera.
CHDK, or the Canon Hack Development Kit, is a firmware that runs on Canon’s PowerShot digital cameras over the original software. It’s designed to augment the camera’s functionality without disrupting the original firmware (not unlike how a LiveCD works), but with the original software still running in the background. So it’s a hassle-free, low-risk way to get a lot more from your PowerShot.
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So what can CHDK do? Simply put: A lot. It will allow your basic point-and-shoot to take capture RAW data, you will get access to scripts that will add powerful functionality (like an intervalometer), video size limits can be disabled, and so on. Overall, you will get a lot more control of your camera.
How To Install Chdk
In the video above I showed CHDK running on my Canon PowerShot A620. I bought this camera back in 2005 for about $220 and it still works today, but I don’t use it because I’ve upgraded since then. CHDK doesn’t make it a great camera (the S95 is my point-and-shoot these days), but the firmware makes it much more useful for me. Rather than just leaving it in my desk I now use it to shoot time-lapses. On a newer camera I could run scripts as well, plus I could better appreciate the added functionality thanks to the newer sensor.
So whether your Canon is new or old I’d recommend giving CHDK a shot. All I needed to get it going was a 2GB SD card and about an hour of time.
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- What is CHDK? Canon Hack Development Kit Temporary – No permanent changes are made to the camera. Experimental - No warranty. Read about the risks in the FAQ Free – free to use and modify, released under the GPL.
- CHDK, or Canon Hack Development Kit is a piece of software that can be loaded onto an SD card and used to update your camera’s firmware. If you’re worried about damaging your camera, the software is loaded only onto your SD card, and not the camera directly.
- The CHDK (Canon Hacker Development Kit) software makes the extra settings of a DSLR available on Canon's point-and-shoot cameras. Good places to read about digital cameras are Dpreview (offers lots of camera reviews) or the Canon Forum, a website used by people who love to talk about Canon.
- The free software Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK) project, started by Andrey Gratchev, has successfully enhanced many Canon PowerShot cameras without replacing the stock firmware. [25] [26] It allows programmatic control of many Canon compact cameras, enabling users to add features, including games and scripts written in UBASIC or Lua.