So what do you guys think of the SD990? I don't really have anything to compare it to, but the pictures seem a little noisy to me and I'm wondering if I should have picked a different model instead of going for the most megapixels.
It's very noisy, even at ISO 80, you can see both the noise and the noise reduction. The optics also aren't good enough to give you full resolution at the edge of the picture, and fringing is noticeable. All of this is expected in this size range.
It' is still a very nice camera for a pocket point and shoot. If size isn't critical, you could definitely get more out of a G or SX series. Maybe even an A.
I've put CHDK on my SDHC card. I haven't tried out its features yet, but just the more accurate battery meter makes it worth it!
I'm not convinced the CHDK battery meter is calibrated correctly yet, I just copied the values from some other camera with the same battery. Feedback appreciated.
I've got a 16 GB card which I had to partition for CHDK to work, but the second partition (where all the photos are stored) won't show up in Windows, so I have to boot from a Linux CD to get my photos off the card. It's a bit of a hassle, but carrying around multiple SD cards instead would be a hassle as well.
You can use the "swap partitions" command in CHDK to make the large partition the first one (aka the only one windows sees). Of course, the next time you boot CHDK after that, you have to load it with the firm update menu. Make sure you have the ps.fi2 on both partitions!
You should be able to use the firm update method without re-partitioning the card at all. (note that some outdated parts of the wiki say you can only use diskboot.bin with dryos cams. This is no longer true since we have fi2 support)
There are some hacks that let windows see multiple partitions on an SD card, but it's a pain.
You can also use USB transfer from the camera of course.
ddd:
Staying under canons radar is in our best interest, I certainly wouldn't ask them for help! The G10 will be ported when a developer has one.
