Canon CHDK, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...CHDK Extra Features For Canon Point and Shoot Cameras User Quick Start Guide...

Page 2: ...CHDK Canon Hack Development Kit User Quick Start Guide 2010 V 1 8 6 For Canon Cameras with CHDK loaded and operational For installation instructions go to http chdk wikia com wiki CHDK...

Page 3: ...ogram Parameters 21 Zebra Parameters 24 OSD Parameters 26 Visual Settings 35 Scripting Parameters 36 Miscellaneous stuff 38 History of CHDK 47 Stereo Data Maker 48 KAP 49 Bracketing notes 49 RAW notes...

Page 4: ...the others mentioned or not in History of CHDK on page 47 Other contributors include acseven the forum achurch acid2000 ADamb ArtDen Atnas auj awdark barberofcivil Basq Bg bondo bperrybap brabl2 brak...

Page 5: ...release Motion detection trigger automatically fires camera on motion detection Able to capture lightning strikes Customizable high speed continuous burst Shutter based Tv aperture based Av and ISO ba...

Page 6: ...will load CHDK automatically when turned on This is usually called the Autoload method using a camera version specific file DISKBOOT BIN The card lock is bypassed by CHDK and photos and video are able...

Page 7: ...SD Series Press the Direct Print button See note on page 6 about Shortcut button Also while in ALT mode the following buttons are reassigned A Series Exposure Erase Toggles RAW capture mode G Series A...

Page 8: ...he OSD When doing this first select the menu item to be changed then change the unit value with the zoom lever switch then change the selected menu item SX10 And certain other models with separate pla...

Page 9: ...nt Script info 7 RAW shots remaining Indicator 3 Battery Indicators 8 Miscellaneous Values 4a File Space Indicators icon text 9 Extra Photo Operations Overrides 4b File Space Indicator vertical bar 10...

Page 10: ...al override settings are displayed in the OSD in your chosen warning color See Visual Settings Off Turns off the Disable Overrides shortcut option On Starts out with any override settings DISABLED In...

Page 11: ...state For cameras with a ND Filter When your camera detects a really bright scene it will swing the ND filter inline with the lens and sensor This makes the scene look darker and will affect the expos...

Page 12: ...hieved with shortcut keys In ALT mode using the Left Right keys to adjust the Value Factor and the Zoom lever to adjust the Subject Distance or on cameras without a zoom lever use the Display button I...

Page 13: ...next full press will give you another bracketed shot This process may be repeated for as many bracketing steps as you need Giving you finer control over the number of bracketed exposures you may requ...

Page 14: ...1 250 sec etc This bracketing type works as above but will only increase the exposure value Using the above example the exposure times would be 1 sec 4 sec 15 sec Once the camera s limit is reached su...

Page 15: ...actor 1 FL factor This setting accounts for the user s ability to hold the camera steady It is based on the old rule that your shutter speed should be no less than 1 focal length Start by dividing the...

Page 16: ...ce to pay for the ability to have these amazing features One work around set your EV step size to 1 2 what you normally would use then the Disable Overrides shortcut will always toggle back to your or...

Page 17: ...able When enabled this will clear all your custom video compression settings back to the camera s own defaults on startup Fast Video Control Enable Disable Video Parameters Only a few cameras are supp...

Page 18: ...date to the next RAW Parameters Main Menu Save Raw Enable Disable Enables the saving of RAW files Enabling RAW does not disable JPEG both are saved Also required for saving DNG Exceptions Raw paramete...

Page 19: ...s will be removed from any image There will be a slight increase in processing time Only First RAW in Series Enable Disable When shooting in continuous mode this will only create a RAW capture for the...

Page 20: ...ormat in the camera This format can be read by many image editing programs Also includes meta data like EXIF and whitebalance color matrix information For this feature to be activated the CHDK file di...

Page 21: ...verlay navigate to this menu item and Press Func Set to save Load Set Zoom Enable Disable Edge Overlay Main Menu When this function is activated the zoom position is stored to the current edge overlay...

Page 22: ...rd by a card reader in the CHDK file browser the file name is shown in shortened format as SYSCUR 1 CVF 1EV Increases shadow detail by 1EV step 2EV Increases shadow detail by 2EV steps Auto DR auto dy...

Page 23: ...gle line in the middle of the histogram at label 127 Luminance Y Histogram Luminance histograms attempt to factor in the perceived brightness of colors A luminance histogram of an image of three boxes...

Page 24: ...ll Y all Blend Blend Y Histogram mode Linear Log Histogram parameters Main Menu Determines how the Y axis vertical of the histogram will be scaled Log is useful for scenes with a large amount of a sin...

Page 25: ...els from the left or right edges of the histogram to ignore if those levels peak in the histogram This will increase the visibility of the smaller portion of the histogram Auto magnify Enable Disable...

Page 26: ...ct can also be applied to existing images by half pressing the shutter during playback mode Draw Zebra Enable Disable Enables the drawing of over under exposure indicators Zebra mode Blink 1 Blink 2 B...

Page 27: ...K half shutter indicators such as DOF calculator are redrawn between blinks Draw over zebra Histo OSD Nothing This option applies to all Zebra modes When exposure indicators are visible nothing else i...

Page 28: ...on cycling Helpful to those who were bothered by seeing the battery and other indicators in their playback screens Center Menu Enable Disable A cosmetic adjustment to your CHDK Menu screens to evenly...

Page 29: ...Enable option back from Edit to either On or On Direct Customizing hint reminder Some CHDK features require 2 or more options that work together An example Override Shutter Speed might also need its...

Page 30: ...ponent and due to differences in design values reported by different models may not be directly comparable OSD layout editor OSD parameters Main Menu The OSD items can be rearranged to suit personal p...

Page 31: ...ill color Press the Set key to bring up the color selection table Press the Set key to select a color Also see Grids notes on page 53 Miscellaneous Values OSD parameters Main Menu Show misc values Don...

Page 32: ...en the camera is in Auto ISO mode Show Set Exposure Ev Tv Av Enable Disable Evs in Miscellaneous Values Show camera exposure value based on the values of shutter speed and aperture Show Measured Ev Bv...

Page 33: ...Disable Enabling this value affects the way the subject distance is calculated Experimentation may be required to clarify these 2 preceding settings they will effect script commands that establish fo...

Page 34: ...trols the display of the battery indicators on the LCD Change Battery Min Max Volts Set Show Battery Percentage Showing Yellow Battery Icon Set the maximum and minimum voltages to match fully charged...

Page 35: ...in your OSD Layout Editor Show Filespace in MB Enable Disable Displays your SD card space remaining in Megabytes Toggles between this and the percentage option see above Warning Unit Filespace OSD par...

Page 36: ...Shutter Half press Show Shows your OSD clock during a half press of your shutter button Don t No clock display on a half press Full Shows full clock time during half press Seconds Only counts off the...

Page 37: ...o load a uBASIC script as a RBF font for example Colors Change any of the display colors for all your text and icons If you don t change them they will remain as their defaults There are opaque colors...

Page 38: ...when you see your camera operating by itself after it is turned on Remote Parameters Enable Remote Enable Disable Toggles your remote USB cable detection state both scripted and scriptless When this...

Page 39: ...to 10 Load Default Param Values CHDK normally saves your last user selected script parameters from one session to the next Press FUNC SET when your menu cursor is on this option resets them to the def...

Page 40: ...verse RAW sum RAW average Purge RAW Sub from marked DNG CHDK RAW RAW Merge When selecting highlighting files in the file browser mode by using your RIGHT navigational button you now have 2 functions a...

Page 41: ...in DCIM folder including subfolders Useful when You keep a separate folder for RAW files You set up the camera to create a new folder everyday several days trek holidays etc You want to erase the occa...

Page 42: ...elected Canon folder the rest are untouched 3 Delete some or all RAW files in a list Useful when You want to protect specific RAW files to use them later for HDR Go to CHDK File Browser enter DCIM fol...

Page 43: ...ile that was viewed Select RBF font Open the file browser in the CHDK FONTS directory Allows you to select a different font for displaying text Codepage Win1251 DOS Select the text file format Change...

Page 44: ...s with fold out LCD Turns the LCD panel into a flashlight When in Record Mode and the LCD panel is swiveled facing forward the LCD display turns all white so you can see your way around in the dark or...

Page 45: ...address Make card bootable Option to enable auto load of CHDK at startup Memory cards must have FAT12 or FAT16 format for the bootable partition Large cards formatted in camera will be FAT32 Swap part...

Page 46: ...ifferent for Digic II and Digic III cameras EXAMPLE A570IS ISO is at 149 not 21 like on the S3IS and the white balance control is 268 not 206 Furthermore some Digic III cameras G7 SD800IS SD900 use th...

Page 47: ...d Next step is to select Swap partitions in Main Menu Miscellaneous stuff this will hide this small partition and make the larger FAT32 one visible We need to format it and copy CHDK files DISKBOOT BI...

Page 48: ...rger file size To prepare SD cards and make them bootable for auto starting of CHDK the applications Cardtricks or SDMInst exe are used on Windows OS and SDMInst for Mac OS For installation informatio...

Page 49: ...ry interesting surprised no interest in it That would soon change in February 2007 DP Review reported another programmer GrAnd had added display of miscellaneous values focal distance zoom step and fa...

Page 50: ...dex html for a myriad of support programs for creating and displaying stereo images made with SDM CHDK Stereo Data Maker CHDK MX3 s Motion Detection feature see below is also included together with sc...

Page 51: ...mer mode if the camera can take multiple shots in that mode Usually the photos are viewed after download side by side as thumbnails or further scrutinized in a browser the pick s of the bunch is kept...

Page 52: ...digital camera does not provide a large enough RAW buffer you will be hampered by the extra amount of time it takes to write a large RAW image file to the memory card Camera RAW files are typically 2...

Page 53: ...shot Press SET again to back out of this menu then use your ALT toggle button to exit ALT mode Press the shutter button Instead of taking an image it will take that selected RAW file and now make a J...

Page 54: ...ia the CHDK menu Main Menu Miscellaneous Stuff Remote Parameters Enable Remote Note If you enable the Sync Delay then the shutter will release after you stop the voltage to the USB port This was done...

Page 55: ...If you are cutting up a commercially made USB extension cable then wires 1 and 4 are red and black respectively according to the USB standard It seems that even cheaply made USB cables follow this st...

Page 56: ...have to be content with a very brief overview Definition of a Script A simple program in a utility language another term for macro or batch file In computer programming a computer script is a list of...

Page 57: ...ots default c 5 param d Interval Minutes default d 0 param e Interval Seconds default e 0 param f Interval 10th Seconds default f 5 param g Endless No 0 Yes 1 default g 0 p a 60000 b 1000 t d 60000 e...

Page 58: ...pt bas to your CHDK SCRIPTS folder rem Author fudgey based on BarneyFife s MD Lightning6 and MLuna s Motion Detect scripts rem Tested on A570IS Allbest build 16 rem For bursts set the camera in contin...

Page 59: ...V j then goto contloop release shoot_full goto md_burst http chdk wikia com wiki UBASIC Scripts Lightning_script_ _Fudgey Also see FAQ How do I use scripts Page 63 and Scripting Tutorial Page http chd...

Page 60: ...l don t flash at home kids This feature more or less created by ewavr thanks For cameras with dedicated movie buttons there is an extra menu item Force flash only in moviemode When this is checked the...

Page 61: ...www flickr com groups hdr pool HDR High Dynamic Range is a popular branch of photography gaining acceptance over the last few years particularly CHDK has made this much easier for the low end because...

Page 62: ...ritish_Columbia_Parliament_Buildings_ _Pano_ _HDR jpg This image was created by stitching together 20 sets of HDRI images each created from 3 exposures This makes for a total of 60 photographs used to...

Page 63: ...Grids pi cs Golden Ratio Rulers Diagonal Method Stereo Data Maker Photos courtesy of Stereo Data Maker http stereo jpn org eng sdm index htm KAP Kite Aerial Photography Courtesy Tom Benedict 61...

Page 64: ...e an extremely unlikely sequence of events to make this happen If you are concerned about this you can minimize your risk by avoiding untested development builds such as the autobuilds or test builds...

Page 65: ...10 thread 23168653 page 2 More at http chdk wikia com wiki FAQ Q How do I use scripts A CHDK allows you to automate your camera by running scripts small and simple programs written in a short hand ver...

Page 66: ...30 A710 G9 IXUS70 SD1000 IXUS80 SD1100 IXUS870 SD880 IXUS90 SD790 IXUS950 SD850 IXUS970 SD890 S3 S5 SX1 SX10 SX200 Extra long exposure means these cameras are capable of exposure times of up to 2000 s...

Page 67: ...ility such as remote script control As at May 2010 so far the supported cameras are for experimental use A480 100b A540 100b A590 100e A610 100e and 100f A650 100d A710 100a A720 100c SX1 201a SX10 10...

Page 68: ...e for latest builds etc http chdk wikia com wiki Downloads How To Test Your Camera http chdk wikia com wiki CameraFeatures ALTMENGD ZIP Text files instructions for in camera http chdk setepontos com i...

Page 69: ...either version 2 of the License or at your option any later version This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHAN...

Page 70: ...k frame subtraction 17 Debug parameters 43 Defaults 15 35 37 Depth of field 9 31 49 Disable LCD 42 Disable Overrides 8 14 Display button 5 8 26 28 DNG 18 38 46 50 51 52 DOF calculator 25 28 31 47 65 D...

Page 71: ...0 R RAW indicator 7 32 RAW average 38 39 RAW develop 18 20 38 51 RAW merge 38 39 51 RAW notes 50 RAW parameters 16 38 51 RAW sum 39 38 RBF font 35 41 47 Record mode 4 6 35 36 42 51 52 Remote parameter...

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