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Old 05-06-2008, 11:51 PM
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CHDK and Mac OS X
I just got myself a Canon IXUS 70 of which I am absolutely impressed with. By far the best P+S camera I have ever owned...

I have been trying to find a way to get the CHDK firmware to run on the camera but have found that the camera doesn't mount itself on the desktop as a removable drive.

When connected, image capture starts and the system profiler can see it - but there is now way to load the file on the camera's SD card.

One thought is that I can buy a card reader and do it that way, but I will never use it again and seems a waste of money. Has anyone worked out a way to address this issue?



ps. Im running Tiger 10.4.11
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Old 06-06-2008, 07:54 AM
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In the camera's settings, change the connection from "Point to point" to "USB Mass Storage" and it'll then mount on the desktop as a hard drive.
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Old 06-06-2008, 10:08 AM
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I'll try this as soon as I get home.
If this is true and it works, I will make virtual love to you.

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Will let you know...
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Old 06-06-2008, 10:32 AM
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Can I just say that I love MacTalk!

I saw this thread and thought, "What the hell is CHDK???"

Quick Google and... "Are you serious? I can download software to my powershot to improve its' performance and especially increase exposure on a P&S camera???"

As someone who loves technology but was a very late adopter of so many things (I didn't get my first digi camera until the end of '06), this forum is invaluable and the reason I visit every day.
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