Upgrade Firmware / Hacking kamera Canon - CHDK forum

Thanks for forum selam (www.forumselam.com), saya mendapatkan info tentang bagaimana meng'upgrade' secara tidak resmi (hacking ?) firmware Canon G12 saya...

Ternyata sudah ada forum yang menyediakan software2 untuk upgrade firmware camera Canon kita.
forumnya bernama CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit).

Bagaimana cara melakukan 'upgrade' (saya kasih tanda kutip) karena upgrade firmware ini sifatnya temporary saja, ketika kamera booting (dinyalakan), ia melakukan booting dari firmware yang kita letakkan di memory card. Lebih lengkap tentang cara instalasi CHDK.

Kemudian feature tambahan apa saja yang bisa kita dapatkan dengan mengupgrade firmware kamera canon kita ?


Overrides:
    Shooting in RAW, with RAW Average, RAW Sum, and RAW Develop features
    Shutter-priority (Tv) exposure - via shutter value override feature
    Aperture-priority (Av) exposure - via aperture value override feature
    Shutter, Aperture, and ISO Overrides
    Ultra-long shutter speeds - up to 64 seconds, and much longer on some cameras.
    Ultra-fast shutter speeds - up to 1/10,000" and higher
    Customizable high-speed continuous (burst) Shutter-based (Tv), aperture-based (Av) and ISO-based    exposure bracketing (unlimited shots)
    Focus bracketing (unlimited shots)
    High-speed Flash Sync at all speeds up to 1/64,000 second (even faster in some cameras)

Scripting:
    Scripts execution - including exposure bracketing, focus bracketing, intervalometer and more)
    Motion-detection trigger - automatically fires camera on motion detection. (Fast enough to capture lightning strikes !!.)
    USB cable remote shutter release

Interface improvements:
    Custom user-editable visible Grids for framing, cropping, and alignment
    Fully customizable CHDK display, info placement, user-colors, fonts in menus, etc.
    Zebra mode (a live view of over and under-exposed areas of your picture)
    Battery indicator
    Live histogram (RGB, blended, luminance and for each RGB channel)
    RAW and Video space-remaining gauges with custom low-limit alerts
    Custom CHDK user menu (for instant recall of up to 10 favorite functions)

Extra Video Features:
    10 constant bit-rate and 99 constant-quality video compression levels
    Elimination of 1 Gig video-size limit
    Zoom during video function (for cameras without this feature)

Apps and extras:
    Depth-of-field (DOF)-calculator, Hyperfocal-calculator with instant Hyperfocal and Infinity focus-set, and more
    File browser
    Text reader
    Calendar
    Some fun tools and games :)


Khusus untuk G12 firmware terakhir yang saya download adalah versi 1.0.0.G (g12-100g-1.0.0-1523-full.zip  (711KB)), anda dapat download disini plus browsking daftar firmware yang dapat anda download untuk macam-macam kamera Canon anda (non DSLR ya !).


Discussion forum for Canon G12 CHDK.




Komentar Pribadi, setelah mencoba berbagai macam setting, hmm... mungkin yang paling bisa diandalkan adalah autofocus saat video mode.
Ultra fast shutter speeds saya rasa kurang berguna, karena speed lebih cepat dari 1/500 detik sebenarnya tidak terlalu terasa, hampir tak ada bedanya.




Anyway... selamat mencoba ke kamera Canon anda, dan selamat menikmati kemudahan-kemudahan yang selama ini mengekang anda ;).


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