my thankyou note :)

Hello all,

so there i was, googling for a compact that supports RAW files, found you, and found out your software supports my a480,  woohoo!

You have given my camera a new lease of life, ive even bought a tripod now

My only issue is i now have camera envy and badly want a new better camera now! Of course id love a dslr but cant justify cost, at least now i can make sure when i do upgrade to get a camera supported by chdk

Thanks again for helping me rediscover my photography addiction.

If you are going to be using CHDK RAW,  here's a few link for you to look at :
link> CHDK Wiki Page about RAW
link> CHDK Forum thread on RAW
link> CHDK Wiki Page about Raw Software
link> CHDK Forum Board for RAW
link> How do you fix lens distortion with CHDK RAW files?
link> Decoding CHDK RAW images from a new cameras
link> rawconvert utility to allow manipulation of CHDK RAW files
link> DNG4PS-2 utility to convert CHDK RAW images to DNG format

Thanks for the links at the moment im saving in dng format which is working fine if slow saving.  Ordered a class 10  8gb card, hopfully be quicker than crappy 2gb minisd im using via adaptor as of now

Thanks for the links at the moment im saving in dng format which is working fine if slow saving.  Ordered a class 10  8gb card, hopfully be quicker than crappy 2gb minisd im using via adaptor as of now

I have found using a Class 10 card makes quite a difference.  An 8G card on your a480 will require dual partitions of you want to "autoboot" it.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Prepare_your_SD_card#For_cameras_released_before_2011_:

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Using_SDMinste_to_Create_Dual_Partition_SD_cards

cheers, yes been reading about that, im a bit of a nerd so should figure it out ok, been doing tests to learn new features,  heres my first timelapse

 timelapse test