[clug] Digital Camera selection help

[Scott Ferguson]

 On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:37:32 +1000 Kim Holburn
<kim.holburn_at_gmail.com>  wrote:
> Have a look at this site http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK or just  
> google chdk.
>
> If you get a canon, almost any canon, you can put a chdk OS on a  
> memory card and do lots of nifty things.  GPL.  Put a normal card in  
> and you have a stock canon again.
>
> I have used it and it's nifty.  Even a cheap canon can do amazing  
> things.
>
> On 2010/Aug/31, at 9:34 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>
>> > I'm searching for a digital camera that:-
>> </snip>
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Thanks for the tip - unfortunately the manipulation of a memory card,
and the need to do anything that involves much typing (or cli) rules
those options out.
Very interesting though - I'm sorely tempted to get one for myself just
so I can play with it. But then I'd have no use for my masterfully
hacked "disposable" digital camera ;-p

Cheers