Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]take a peek at the Lumix cameras several are the base for Leica P&S they also show up pretty often on craigslist at good prices--making them more disposable ric On Jan 12, 2013, at 2:36 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information