Hack Your Low End Canon Digital Camera for RAW Support and More

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Linux.com has a feature article about CHDK (Canon Hacker’s Development Kit?), an open source hack that can upgrade (not replace) the firmware in Canon DIG!C II based Canon digital cameras to enable whole lot more:

Shooting in RAW
Live histogram (RGB, blended, luminance and for each RGB channel)
Zebra mode (blinking highlights and shadows)
DOF-calculator
Battery indicator
Scripts execution (exposure/focus/… bracketing, intervalometer and more)
File browser
Text reader
Calendar

It sure looks like a fun project if you have these compatible cameras. It should be safe for the product warranty in case you have concerns with this.