Noob question about RAW

gary.arrington.98

« on: 24 / October / 2012, 09:18:30 »

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Hey everybody! I just installed CHKD on my Canon SD600. I'm trying to learn to shoot in RAW format.

I have enabled "SAVE RAW" and also the "DNG Format".

I can load an HDR script and the camera will shoot three RAW photos, as expected. I can then transfer these to my computer through my card reader.

What I can't figure out is how to just take a single RAW photo. Do I need a special script for this? If I load the BASIC script, instead of the HDR script, the camera won't take a photo at all.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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zeno

Re: Noob question about RAW

« Reply #1 on: 24 / October / 2012, 09:46:12 »

Hi Gary

you just need to exit Alt mode. When CHDK is loaded, it's active all the time - ALt mode just lets you change settings and run scripts (by clicking the shutter button). If you exit Alt mode and press the shutter button, you'll take a photo - you'll find both jpg and dng are created.

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gary.arrington.98

Re: Noob question about RAW

« Reply #2 on: 24 / October / 2012, 10:19:39 »

Thank you SOOOO much!!! I just tried it and it worked beautifully. I thought I had to be in ALT mode for any of the chdk features to work.

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waterwingz

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Re: Noob question about RAW

« Reply #3 on: 24 / October / 2012, 10:34:05 »

Quote from: gary.arrington.98 on 24 / October / 2012, 10:19:39

I thought I had to be in ALT mode for any of the chdk features to work.

One of the top problems that people struggle with while learning to use CHDK. I need to think about how to better document it.

Meanwhile, if you are exploring RAW, you might want to read through this post :

link> Questions about RAW ?

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