Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been wanting a second small digital camera that would provide DNG output, but was not happy about spending approx. $500. This was to enable the "have a camera always with you" philosophy, and I'm just not ready to do that with my M9. For instance, my sense of balance ain't what it used to be, and I go hiking in strange places where there's a good chance of falling. Hate to fall while wearing an M9. Tina may say that she slings her M on her shoulder, rain or shine, but if something happens to her camera, she gets preferential repair treatment from Leica and a loaner. One day, I heard about a hack for Canon point & shoots that will enable provision of RAW. I took a chance on a Canon SX260 a bit under $200, which has convenient settings for a) aperture priority, b) shutter speed priority, both of these also having convenient exposure compensation by 1/3 stop to + or - 2 stops, and finally full manual setting of stop and exposure. To my pleasure, the hack works and will put out Adobe DNG. There are about a hundred other things the hack can do, most of them, in my opinion pretty useless. I picked one other: for chimping, it will splash red on blown highlights. For any one who is interested, Google "CHDK"--the acronym stands for "Canon Hack Development Kit". Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you.