Do you own a point and shoot camera, but want to shoot HDR? Unfortunetly, a lot of point and shoot camers do not allow you to shoot apeture priority moode which is required for HDR photography. However, if you own a Canon point and shoot camera you are in luck! By installing CHDK softwareonto your camera you can unlock numerous possiblities with your basic phoit and shoot Canon camera.
CHDK is experimental software created by photography enthusiast just like you that will enhance the capabilities of your camera in a non-destructive, non-permanent way. Here are a few of the ways CHDK can enhance your camera (taken from the CHDK's website):
- Shutter-priority (Tv) exposure - via shutter value override feature
- Aperture-priority (Av) exposure - via aperture value override feature
- Shooting in RAW, with RAW Average, RAW Sum, and RAW Develop features
- DNG (Digital Negative) in camera conversion, and USB download options
- Bracketing -Tv, Av, ISO, and Focus bracketing, using scripts, or in continuous or custom timer modes
- Live histogram (RGB, blended, luminance and for each RGB channel)
- Zebra mode (a live view of over and under-exposed areas of your picture) for many cameras
- Depth-of-field (DOF)-calculator, Hyperfocal-calculator with instant Hyperfocal and Infinity focus-set, and more
- Battery indicator
- RAW and Video space-remaining gauges with custom low-limit alerts
- USB cable remote shutter release
- Motion-detection trigger - automatically fires camera on motion detection. - Ability to capture lightning strikes.
- Adjust Video quality and size (compression) adjustable while recording
- Elimination of 1 Gig video-size limit (for most DIGIC II cameras)
- Zoom during video function - for cameras without this feature
- Shutter, Aperture, and ISO Overrides
- Ultra-long shutter speeds - up to 64 seconds - and much longer for supported cameras
- Ultra-fast shutter speeds - up to 1/10,000" and higher
- High-speed Flash Sync at all speeds up to 1/64,000 second
- Custom user-editable visible Grids for framing, cropping, and alignment (not all cameras)
- File browser
- Text reader
- Calendar
- Games
- Fully customizable CHDK display, info placement, user-colors, fonts in menus, etc.
- Multi-language Interface - CHDK supports many languages
- Custom CHDK User Menu - for instant recall of up to 10 favorite functions
- Scripts execution - including intervalometer, motion detection, etc
- And many others.
As you can see this free software, can make your ordinary point and shoot camara into a complex camera with all the functions you could ever want. To learn more about this free software, please check out CHDK's website.
