CHDK End-User's Guide - 24-APR-09

[an0n]

Ryabchik, thankyou.
Yes, use pictures, I have many more if you need something specific.
Cheers.

[Ryabchik]

Thanks a lot for your offer!! I try to do something useful.

[whim]

@an0n

Noticed a missing item (i'm using  V1.6.0_A4):

Although "Swap Partitions" is referred to in the section about "Create Card with two partitions" (p. 45) , it
does not have it's own entry, which should be in the "Miscellaneous Stuff" menu section, between "Make Card Bootable"
and "Reset Options to default" (p. 43)

thanks, and keep up the great work !

wim

[an0n]

Wim,
thanks for the feedback, (at last, some feedback) I will make that "Swap partitions" entry. It is getting to the stage where
I am thinking of quitting doing updates because without the required feedback it is hard to know what is needed, I only
have one canon camera (A720) and it does not have the same menu entries as some other cameras. By the way, for a
while now the Word 2007 format file for the Quick Start User Guide has been at the DropIO page with the PDF files, in
case anyone wants it. I used another application to make the Guide and it did not export exactly to Word format but it's
fairly close, just needs a few adjustments here and there.

Thanks again, cheers.

Edit. 25th. Latest update V1.6.7, (Includes Swap partitions) is now at Drop IO.

[Marko68]

Hi guys,

The page 18 says:
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More about RAW
To get the RAW files onto your computer you must use a flash card
reader.
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Well, I was able to read those files from the camera directly (Canon S2 IS) on WINXP (this trick neither worked on WIN2K or MacOS). The necessity to extract the SD card every time when one needs to download raw files was a bad news (at least for me).  I tried different software, such as Cam4you, ZoomBrowser Ex (6.x - the utility from Canon), some other stuff for reading images on WNDOWS and MacOS. Finally I opened the camera as a volume and could see/copy/delete my all my pictures (JPG and CRW).  Important thing to note: If you take a picture and the camera is already connected to PC you may not see those RAW files (with both extension, CRW and JPG in my case). You have to power off/on the camera and press the "Refresh" button in the Windows Explorer to make to to re-read the card (if required). Why this step (powering off) is needed? I think it somehow connected with the method of caching/writing data on SD card  (my assumption).

At the attached screenshot you will notice that I have a raw file with .jpg file extension - this is how I tricked the Canon utility (CameraWindow) to make it to download the raw file. Obviously, it could not show it (preview) but it did not mind to download it to my PC. Anyway, I like and will use the direct copying from the Windows Explorer.

*** offtopic ***
And the last but not least. The reason why I tried cam4you was that I wanted to use remote shooting (need to make tests with the pictures) and copy the file on the computer immediately. Well, it did not work for me, I tried ion WIN2K and WINXP, and finnaly filed an error report. But another Cannon utility (CameraWindow), does allow remote shooting with a possibility to set some settings and so on...

Best,
Marko

[an0n]

For anyone interested, the beginnings of the new CHDK User Manual are now at - http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK_User_Manual, basically the contents of the 2009 CHDK Quick Start User Guide.
I am thinking this could be the beginnings of a comprehensive manual. So, take look and see how it could  be built upon. Close to the beginning is a link to Old Resources, which somebody had already had on the page, it means we could just have that link, together with this new one on the Home page, and remove all the other old Usage manual links, anyway I hope it's helpful.
Cheers.

[gdx74]

hello,i'm from china,your have done a good job, thank you. i'm using canon sx200is, and i've been using chdk succesivelly, and i can zoom in continually when recording,but one question still there that when recording still can not foccus, after zooming in the distant object, it's still blured. only it can be clear and foccused when you manually foccus it before recording. i want konw how can we manually or ato foccus when recording and even when you zooming in.thank you.

[OldGit]

@gdx74,
you need to set the AF key to "Shutter" or "Set", you can then use that key to force an AF scan during video recording.
OldGit

[an0n]

A CHDK installation guide in pdf format is now at the Drop IO with the User Guide, it is made as
printable A4 size book and a booklet size. Hopefully it will help new users to do the installation
without having to refer to many pages at the Wiki. Please report back if there are any inaccuracies
or omissions.
http://drop.io/chdk_new_UserGuide_booklet_pdf

[Woolfy]

Sorry Guys Must be doing something wrong or missing something.
I,m only getting half the print out the right way. The other pages are like back to front and mirrored?
Even the wrong way onscreen

Got the latest flash updates.

[an0n]

Hi Woolfy,

Your'e asking about the booklet printing, to print that you need auto duplex printing, if your printer can do that then
print all pages with auto duplex on, then take pages out of printer, staple them and then fold them for a handy booklet !
Otherwise, use the A4 version and print auto duplex and you will have normal size that you can then bind.

HTH.

[mai9]

I can't download the pdf because it asks for a password. What is it?

[cokeman]

I can't download the pdf because it asks for a password. What is it?

I'm having the same problem.

[cullings]

Re:  an0n has created an updated version of the guide.  Find it here...
http://drop.io/chdk_new_UserGuide_booklet_pdf

This page asks for a login password.
How do I get the CHDK pdf manual?

[Lghost]

Ignore the login password part ..( that I assume is  for "anon" to alter the "drop" ) the links lower down to the various guides and booklets on that page work just fine without any "password" ..
From your link ( cullings ) ..click link ..then on page ..right click any of the red links ( depends which one you want )..then select "go to file" and left click ..when you reach the page the file will open ..to save it to your machine ..look to the right side ..and you'll see "download" ..left click that link ( if you look at the "status bar" at the bottom of your browser ( in the "chrome" ) when you hover over the link it will say "original content" at the end of the link ..click it and it will open the file on your machine ..then you just have to save the file ..once saved ( if you chose a PDF )..you can print it ..

HTH