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Zxanphorian said:
Did you do it to one of your Canon cameras, and if so, how safe is it?
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No. Not available for the Powershot G3.

Yes. I did it to my daughter's A550:lol:. It still works.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q._Can_CHDK_damage_your_camera.C2.A0.3F said:
Short answer: Yes. It is unlikely, but theoretically possible. As stated above CHDK comes with no warranty for any use; you use it at your own risk. CHDK is created by reverse engineering an undocumented system that directly controls hardware. Because of this, it is impossible to be certain that it is completely safe.
Long answer: It is very unlikely that CHDK will permanently harm your camera. There have been no reports of CHDK damaging a camera, and both the original firmware and the CHDK developers do their best to avoid situations where this could happen. There are at least two ways in which CHDK could theoretically do damage:

  • By commanding physical hardware to do something it was not designed to do. For example, it is possible to command the lens hardware to move when the lens is closed. It is also possible to move lens hardware beyond limits allowed by Canons firmware, using scripts or overrides. See UBASIC/Scripts:_Tele-Macro-Mode and Talk:UBASIC/Scripts#Tele-Super-Macro_Mode_Comments. It's worth noting that neither of these cases have resulted in actual damage, and both required direct input from the user.
  • By overwriting the internal flash ROM where the Canon firmware is kept, rendering the camera un-bootable. Since CHDK does not ever intentionally write to internal flash, it would take 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 posted on the forum) and being careful about what scripts you run.
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That said, I'd still wait until the camera is out of warranty before trying CHDK.
 
OO7MIKE

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Here are some photos from my latest photo shoots. I've been playing around with some different black and white techniques. I do love film grain. :)

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BillyBadAss said:
Nice! Inspired by the recent conversation about B&W and noise looking like grain, or did you shoot film here?
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Neither :)
I shot Digital at an ISO of 100 on my 7D. Hardly any noise. I had to create it. I've always liked grain but I feel they look best in B&W shots. Unfortunately not all of my clients agree.


Zxanphorian said:
This one is the best of the new photos. It conveys a lot of emotion, like it looks like she is longing for something.
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I asked her to pout. She was having a hard time doing that. Long story short, we gave her a mirror to practice.
 
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Three hundredths.

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OO7MIKE said:
For the guys who cant quite afford Photoshop.. I highly recommend Lightroom!
You can score it at Newegg for $149.99 right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Special/Shell...MC-SW020810-_-email-_-E0A-_-AMAdobeLightroom2
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I would like to add to this post. If you are in college right now, you can usually get a pretty decent discount on software through your school. I know I can get that exact same version of Lightroom for $93.13. But that $150 discount is a great offer nonetheless.

Two years back I was cheap and got Corel Paint Shop Pro XI for $30. Any Photoshop variety is too expensive for me.
 
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