This is just a quick success story.
I had never heard of CHDK until a few hours ago.
After a little reading I downloaded STICK onto my Windows 10 computer and ran it.
I inserted a freshly formatted 4 GB SD card in my card reader....then ran STICK
At first I got an error about not having permission to analyze the SD card but a little more reading revealed I just needed to run the STICKX.CMD file and that fixed that.
After that every thing ran fine and the SD card was promptly formatted and ready. Super easy.
Next I inserted the CHDK SD card into the camera and turned it on.
At first I was confused for a moment because it said No Image. But I quickly learned (thanks to all the resources here) that that was normal when there are no images on the camera.....so I just took a "dummy photo" of the wall.
Next I was confused about how to actually see the CHDK menus and things but again, all the resources are right here and in minutes I was navigating the special CHDK Menus.
WOW!!!
So nice!
Now I'll just read through the user Manual at my leisure and get up to speed on using all these new features.
I especially love the extended shutter speeds. Very nice.
My next step is to recreate the Boot disk on a larger SD card. A 32GB card came with the camera but I'm not sure if it can actually use a 32 GB SD card?
So thanks to all the people that put time into this. It's real gift. Please tell me how to make a donation to the cause if they are accepted as it is WELL worth it.
Kind Regards
