Advice on buying camera for first CHDK tryout - General Discussion and Assistance - CHDK Forum
« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Advice on buying camera for first CHDK tryout

  • 3 Replies
  • 3742 Views
*

Offline Citroen22

  • *
  • 2
Advice on buying camera for first CHDK tryout
« on: 29 / June / 2013, 01:05:59 »
Advertisements
Hi all, new here

Need some advice on buying camera for a first CHDK tryout.

I'm from Peru and i can get a used SX130 or SX150 for a cheap price

Some reviews mention SX130 as having a more quality lens than SX150 but im not sure, i dont see much of a difference.

I can also get many ELPH models such as the 100 HS or 300 HS,  as well as the A3400, A4000 or even an SX160 (though it's apparently unsupported).

Unfortunately i dont have access to S95 or S100 nor the G series.

I need a camera with manual controls, good image quality and RAW format, i'll be doing some soft Photoshop.

Logged
*

Offline waterwingz

  • ******
  • 12140
    • Waterwingz
Re: Advice on buying camera for first CHDK tryout
« Reply #1 on: 29 / June / 2013, 01:34:59 »
SX150.

There .. was that easy?
Logged
Ported :   A1200    SD940   G10    Powershot N    G16
*

Offline Citroen22

  • *
  • 2
Re: Advice on buying camera for first CHDK tryout
« Reply #2 on: 29 / June / 2013, 02:01:45 »
Quote from: waterwingz on 29 / June / 2013, 01:34:59
SX150.

There .. was that easy?

Thank you for your reply, forgot to mention i'll be doing mostly outdoor shoting, no higher than 200 ISO, and size is not a problem.

I go for SX150 then, i thought 130 had better quality and was more CHDK capable?
Logged
*

Offline waterwingz

  • ******
  • 12140
    • Waterwingz
Re: Advice on buying camera for first CHDK tryout
« Reply #3 on: 30 / June / 2013, 09:45:31 »
Quote from: Citroen22 on 29 / June / 2013, 02:01:45
i thought 130 had better quality and was more CHDK capable?
Saw your post about this on dpreview. 

All Canon P&S camera that get ported to CHDK have the same capability (although there are occasional quirk - some will not do "firmware update" booting for example).  Check the CHDK wiki page for any model you are considering - however the sx130 and sx150 in specific will be identical in CHDK capabilities.

As far as IQ goes,  have you found a review that shows images from both cameras taken under "identical" conditions?  I'd be surprised if there was much difference.

Finally,  there is this - which I believe speaks more to the popularity of the camear and to its build quality issue rather than to an issue about CHDK,  :  http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Camera_failures_suspected_to_be_caused_by_CHDK#SX130
But there are no guarantees!
Logged
Ported :   A1200    SD940   G10    Powershot N    G16
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Related Topics


SimplePortal © 2008-2014, SimplePortal