Discovering CHDK

CHDK stands for Canon Hackers Developer Kit and finding it was amongst the happier moment of my photographic life.

CHDK... it just takes the S5 closer to a dslr & u can use it on other Canons too!!
Opensource community rules...!

http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Supercharge_Your_Camera_with_Open-Source_CHDK_Firmware

http://hackaday.com/2008/05/27/how-to-expand-your-camera-with-chdk/

S5 specific tech details are here:

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/S5IS