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Perkalicious11 says:

Hidden functionality on your Canon Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera

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5-8-2008 2:15 PM

ericskiff

I've been using the CHDK firmware on my canon for a while now and I love it!

5-9-2008 10:37 AM

billdeys

I went out and bought a SD1000 just to do this. I made a mistake in setting up the card but once I got it right, I forgot to make it bootable, it works great. Super simple to do and on a Windows box CardTricks make it so simple I could have taught my grandmother to do it!

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