Kebetulan pulak tengah cerita pasal point and shoot camera saya ni takleh nak off noise reduction, guess what have i found... a firmware hack for selected Canon point and shoot camera... and the good news is the firmware is not a permanent hack (which is quite scary if you ever experienced a firmware update crash before... botak kepala tarik rambut nanti) but you can load it into your SD card and you can choose to up the hacked firmware or original one.
CHDK is a firmware enhancement that operates on a number of Canon Cameras. CHDK gets loaded into your camera's memory upon bootup (either manually or automatically). It provides additional functionality beyond that currently provided by the native camera firmware.
CHDK is not a permanent firmware upgrade: you decide how it is loaded (manually or automatically) and you can always easily remove it.
Please see the FAQ and the Firmware Usage page, as well as other pages on this wiki, for more specifics on supported cameras, details of features, scripting, downloading, etc.
A sampling of those additional features/functionality.
Main features:
* Save images in RAW format
* Ability to run "Scripts" to automate the camera
* Live histogram (RGB, blended, luminance and for each RGB channel)
* Zebra mode (blinking highlights and shadows to show over/under exposed areas)
* An "always on" full range Battery indicator
* Ability to turn off automatic dark-frame subtraction
* a higher compression movie mode, and double the maximum video file size
* exposure times as long as 65 seconds
* exposure times as little as 1/10,000 of a second
* ability to use the USB port for a remote trigger input
Additional features:
* a depth-of-field (DOF)-calculator
* File browser
* Text reader
* Calendar
* Some fun tools and games
Why would I want to use CHDK?
* To get Raw file capability on cameras that don't have that ability
* To get the ability to use scripts
* to be able to know the battery status at all times (not just when it's about to run out of power)
* you want or need any of the other enhancement features that CHDK provides
Wow... features in bold tu, very yummy. Gonna try it and update u guys later.
Check if your camera is supported
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Downloadsand the main webpage
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Pageall the hack features that are currently available
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK_firmware_usageDisclaimer: Saya tak cuba lagi jadi saya tak tahu how hard the process is, maybe u need a bit of programming experience, a bit of Linux command know-how (to compile) etc etc. Saya tak bertanggungjawab jika kamera anda render useless by trying this hack.
