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Best Canon 4 CHDK?

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Best Canon 4 CHDK?
« on: 09 / August / 2009, 17:27:44 »
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Hi guys, hope all is well : )

It's that time again, and I'm looking to purchase a brand new point-and-shoot camera. My question to you all is this:

"What is the best Canon camera currently available that works very well with the most recent version of CHDK?"

Here's some info about me:

* I currently use a SD 1100is camera.

* The most I would like to spend is around $400, but anything lower would be great.

* This is just for personal use, not professional. But I want to make sure I get the highest quality photos & videos for my needs.

* HD video capability is a must ; )

I'm wondering if CHDK can actually allow you to change the bitrate of your videos? For example, could I make my SD 1100is model shoot in HD? Well then, thank you very much and I look forward to learning more. Take care.

Peace.
« Last Edit: 09 / August / 2009, 17:30:17 by The_Kiss »

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Offline reyalp

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Re: Best Canon 4 CHDK?
« Reply #1 on: 09 / August / 2009, 18:34:09 »
"Best" depends on what you are trying to do. If you mean best image quality, I'd suggest
1) If there are other factors, like being small enough to put in your pocket or having lots of zoom or low light performance, start with the cameras that meet those requirements.
2) read regular camera review sites for image quality. dpreview usually has extensive sample image comparisons, as do many other review sites. The basic quality of the optics, sensor etc. will be the same with or without CHDK, and will generally be the limiting factor in image quality.
3) Of the cameras that meet your requirements, find the ones supported by CHDK by looking at the wiki or autobuild server.
4) once you have that narrowed down to a short list, post it here. We can help you figure out if CHDK on any of those cameras has particular quirks that might make it undesirable.

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I'm wondering if CHDK can actually allow you to change the bitrate of your videos? For example, could I make my SD 1100is model shoot in HD?
CHDK allows you to override the video quality and/or bitrate on most cameras. It does not allow you to change resolution. How much you can increase quality is limited by the performance of the hardware. With a fast SD card, the difference is noticeable but not spectacular.
Don't forget what the H stands for.

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Re: Best Canon 4 CHDK?
« Reply #2 on: 09 / August / 2009, 19:54:55 »
None. You can have full CHDK support, or HD video. But not both. Not today.

There's only one PowerShot that meets your video requirement: The SX1. A few others have lower-res 720p HD video, like SD780, SD960/970, and SX200, perhaps others. The SX1 is the first CMOS-sensor PowerShot, so as far as your image quality concerns go, I'm guessing no other Canon that's not a dSLR will come close. Your price cap, however, is exceeded. It goes for $550-600usd.

Incidentally, it's also the only one that there's progress with CHDK development. They are all too new; The SX1 is beta and supports one firmware, but chances are that if you haven't bought it yet, the one you'd get will have FW 2.01a, which was just dumped a month or so ago. Also the SX200 has been dumped and will probably get some functionality by 2010, and the others, I don't know...

So I guess you need to decide what's most important to you... current CHDK support or HD video? If those cameras are capable of being ported, they will - eventually. But if you're not porting it yourself, you are at the mercy of others. It could feasibly take years, although it might just be six months.

Just to give you one more option, consider a TX1. Sure, it's years old, but you can pick them up CHEAP compared to what they cost before, ($249 for a refurb @ B&H Photo) And it's well supported in CHDK, and it shoots 720p video.
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