S90 Porting Thread

schnurrhahn

Here is my short test result with the Canon S90, Firmware 100C and the port V3 from ERR99 :

all functions seem to work as well as expected. Thank you very much to ERR99 for this wonderful work.

In the first Beta-releases (previous to V3) the S90 worked very slow in Manual Mode (M-Mode) when using the Control ring.
This seems to be fixed now, too. My S90 now works fine in M-Mode.
Using Scripts also works fine - I testet a little bit with the MD-Scripts and HDR-Scripts.

So again - thank you very much for your hard work, CHDK is wonderful !

ERR99

hqasem
ERR99- Thank you so much for all your efforts. CHDK ran perfectly on a 4GB card. Now, I'm trying with a 16GB, but I can't seem to make it "auto-load" CHDK. Manual Firmware Updates works fine.

Is "Miscellaneous stuff -> Swap partitions" fully implemented?

Thank you!

P.S. This is my first time running CHDK on an SDHC card (over 4GB), and I was unable to partition the SD card under Windows XP (I had to use Linux). Windows was unable to read ANY partition of my [partitioned] SD card, so any help is greatly appreciated.

P.S.S. When I select "Create card with two partitions" from CHDK, Windows XP SP3 claims the drive [SD card] is not formatted. If I agree to format it, Windows formats the entire SD card, deleting the partition table. So Windows: Case #4 doesn't really work.

Swap partitions is working, i tested it with one of my 8GB SDHC card on the S90.
I think the problem is, that windows is not "really" supports more then one partition for removable media deviced. A very easy solution to create/format and swap partitions on a SDHC card under windows is the SDM Installer. You can find it here: http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/sdm/file/common_files.zip

belaac

schnurrhahn

Using Scripts also works fine - I testet a little bit with the MD-Scripts and HDR-Scripts.

could you tell me which HDR-Scripts are you using? Thanks! I tried self-timer method (which works well on
G7 using custom self-timer), but whenever I use the self-timer on S90, there was no bracketing.
I can only get Tv bracketings if I keep on pressing the shutter ;(
btw I has the FW 101a.
And here I would like to thank ERR99, Microfunguy and all the other Greats who made CHDK possible!!-))

schnurrhahn

belaac

schnurrhahn

Using Scripts also works fine - I testet a little bit with the MD-Scripts and HDR-Scripts.

could you tell me which HDR-Scripts are you using? Thanks!

bellac, I used HDR-HYPER.BAS in Manual Mode (M).
I made only 2 very short tests, but the Script didn't show any errors.

danielsaenz

Hey guys. First of all a BIG thanks to ERR99 for such a terrific job. This is my first Canon ergo first time using CHDK and as a photographic tool the zebra mode and some other stuff is really useful, nonetheless I have a couple of small issues which I'm not sure are bugs or just the way every CHDK behaves. First every time I turn the camera on, the previous taken image is there, whether I disable or not the info box at the start, and that is just annoying and I can't find where to turn that option off.
Second and something I'm sure is not a bug, since the CHDK uses the DIGIC processor it makes sense that the camera gets a little hotter, to be precise in my right hand (or the right side of the camera) i feel the camera itself a bit warmer and I'm that makes the battery to last for less, I saw some info somewhere that it's just a myth (about battery drainage) but it worries me a bit about how much temperature my camera must stand.
Thanks for your time dedicated to this, it's good that we share and grow as a community.

gsbergman

Could some please outline the procedure for using a SD card larger that 4GB. I just picked up an Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB card that I'm trying to get working with CHDK. So far the only luck I've had is partitioning the card to 4GB the installing CHDK. I tried to use Cardtricks ansd SDM Installer to create a small FAT partition but both keep giving me a Card Error Fault.

deadman

Hi. Just found this thread. Trying to get it to work. Can anyone tell me how to install this on a 16Gb SDHC card? I assume it needs two partitions. I used SDM tool to create two partitions then used Cardtricks to format the 2MB partition. However Windows 7's disk management does not allow me to access the secondary partition. Also I copied all files from SDM's Common Files zip to the new partition and the diskboot.bin linked here, closed the write protect on the card and tried in the camera.

Nothing happens. The camera will not switch on. If I take the write protection off and take out and reinsert the battery it powers up but says the memory card is full.

A step by step to getting this working would be great as there appears to be no S90 zip premade to go with Cardtricks right now.

gsbergman

Deadman brought up a good point. How soon before the S90 will be included into the autobuild?

Microfunguy

Hello and welcome.

DISKBOOT.BIN needs to be on the first partition.
I do not know about CardTricks, but sdminst.exe allows you to swap partitions.

ERR99

danielsaenz
First every time I turn the camera on, the previous taken image is there, whether I disable or not the info box at the start, and that is just annoying and I can't find where to turn that option off.

To start directly into SHOOTMODE (instead of PLAYMODE), hold the ON/OFF button longer.

gsbergman

David,

Could you give a more detailed, step by step on how to get SD cards larger than 4GB working. I had the same problem. I used SDM Installer, formatted, then created two partitions, then swapped partitions and all I got was Card Error Faults. I must be leaving some step out. Do I need to format the partitions afterwards?

Thanks,
Gregg

ERR99

deadman
Nothing happens. The camera will not switch on. If I take the write protection off and take out and reinsert the battery it powers up but says the memory card is full.

Sounds like you are using the wrong/incompatible diskboot.bin for your camera.
Verify that you are using the correct build for your camera. e.g. if you have a camera with 1.01a firmware version, you can ONLY use the 101a CHDK beta build, and NOT the 101c build.

deadman

How do I check which version I have?

ERR99

Check in the FAQ: http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ
the section "Q. How can I get the original firmware version number of my camera?".

deadman

OK got it working. I forgot the ps.fir file

I will try the 16GB card again and swap partitions for formatting then swap back and see how that works out. BTW what about the CHKDK folders? Where should I obtain those from or are they not really needed?

ERR99

gsbergman
Could some please outline the procedure for using a SD card larger that 4GB. I just picked up an Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB card that I'm trying to get working with CHDK. So far the only luck I've had is partitioning the card to 4GB the installing CHDK. I tried to use Cardtricks ansd SDM Installer to create a small FAT partition but both keep giving me a Card Error Fault.

Maybe it is not possible to (re)partition Eye-Fi cards in general?
I dont have such a card, but if i am right the card transfers the pictures via WLAN to a PC, right?
I think it would be a problem for the Eye-Fi firmware to know from which partition it should transfer the images (if there was more than one partition), so maybe they have disabled the possibility to alter the partition table at all. This is only a idea, i am not really sure about this. Maybe you can ask in the Eye-Fi forum if the Eye-Fi cards supports partitioning.

Microfunguy

gsbergman

Could you give a more detailed, step by step on how to get SD cards larger than 4GB working.

See if this helps : http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/sdm/quick.htm

Can these cards be locked ?

I vaguely remember this topic being discussed previously.

ERR99

deadman
OK got it working. I forgot the ps.fir file

I will try the 16GB card again and swap partitions for formatting then swap back and see how that works out. BTW what about the CHKDK folders? Where should I obtain those from or are they not really needed?

You can take the CHDK folder from any other camera port. The CHDK folder is camera indepentend and its not really needed, CHDK starts also without it. But it is usefull, you get the nice CHDK splashscreen logo and also lot of example scripts.

gsbergman

Can these cards be locked ?
I vaguely remember this topic being discussed previously.

The new ones can. They finally had the foresight to add the lock switch.

deadman

16Gb partitioned and working fine. Cool! 😀

OK here is a couple of things of note. AF does not work on video mode whilst recording. I was hoping this would work. Maybe something for later? Also if you have digital zoom enabled and zoom in I am unable to zoom back/retract (This is still whilst recording video). If I disable digital zoom (Which is rubbish anyway) I can then zoom back fine. Bug? Or bug in original firmware? Not sure as I never tested that before. 😁

Zebra is nice 😉

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