lightning script for canon powershot SX50 HS

Stormrunner25

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« on: 02 / May / 2015, 05:16:28 »

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Forgive me if this is not in the right place or has already been asked but I'm wanting to take lighting photos with my canon powershot SX50 HS . I can't seem to find the right one for my camera. Thanks.

« Last Edit: 02 / May / 2015, 22:26:00 by Stormrunner25 »

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waterwingz

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Re: lightning script for canon powershot SX50 HS

« Reply #1 on: 02 / May / 2015, 07:26:32 »

Assuming you have CHDK loaded and running, then this is the script you want : MDFB2013.lua

If you have not installed CHDK yet, instructions are here : Prepare Your SD Card. Use of the STICK utility linked at the top of that page is highly recommended.

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Stormrunner25

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Re: lightning script for canon powershot SX50 HS

« Reply #2 on: 02 / May / 2015, 22:24:25 »

Thank you .

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Stormrunner25

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Re: lightning script for canon powershot SX50 HS

« Reply #3 on: 02 / May / 2015, 22:56:08 »

Ok so I downloaded the script and my camera turns off when I try and use it. I'm lost.

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waterwingz

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« Reply #4 on: 02 / May / 2015, 23:11:27 »

Quote from: Stormrunner25 on 02 / May / 2015, 22:56:08

Ok so I downloaded the script and my camera turns off when I try and use it. I'm lost.

Did the camera actually turn off or did the script turn off the display (to save battery power) ?

You are going to have to tell us a lot more about what you did - in detail. And specifically what you setting you used for each of the script parameters.

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Stormrunner25

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Re: lightning script for canon powershot SX50 HS

« Reply #5 on: 03 / May / 2015, 02:33:10 »

I'm just a newbie on all of this lol That maybe the issue as I didn't set any parameters. I set the script and hit the shutter and I get this blinking in the bottom of the screen that says Started MDFB 2013 V1.1A Alt . I think it may very well be the to save battery power truning off.

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Stormrunner25

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Re: lightning script for canon powershot SX50 HS

« Reply #6 on: 03 / May / 2015, 02:45:32 »

It also just sits there not taking a photo . I've even put my hand in front of it waving it to give it the motion factor and it never takes a photo.

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waterwingz

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Re: lightning script for canon powershot SX50 HS

« Reply #7 on: 03 / May / 2015, 08:24:50 »

Quote from: Stormrunner25 on 03 / May / 2015, 02:33:10

I'm just a newbie on all of this lol That maybe the issue as I didn't set any parameters. I set the script and hit the shutter and I get this blinking in the bottom of the screen that says Started MDFB 2013 V1.1A Alt . I think it may very well be the to save battery power truning off.

You probably need to learn a bit about how to use CHDK scripts.

Start here : Scripting : Program Your Camera

Unfortunately, much of CHDK is somewhat experimental - it won't "just work" without your help. You probably need to adjust at least the Trigger Threshold - see below.

Quote from: Stormrunner25 on 03 / May / 2015, 02:45:32

It also just sits there not taking a photo . I've even put my hand in front of it waving it to give it the motion factor and it never takes a photo.

You are going to need to tune the script's sensitivity settings for your camera.

There are old but useful instructions here : MDFB2013.txt and many more details here : Tuning and Sensitivity

Hint : set Display Power Saving [ Off ] and Reaction Mode [ Test ] to see what is happening.

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Stormrunner25

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Re: lightning script for canon powershot SX50 HS

« Reply #8 on: 03 / May / 2015, 21:05:48 »

Thank you for all your help and info.

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Stormrunner25

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Re: lightning script for canon powershot SX50 HS

« Reply #9 on: 04 / May / 2015, 22:56:44 »

Ok so I'm getting the hang of it works. now just to get it to deact lighting.

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