Upcoming:

|Abstract|
CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) is a widespread unofficial software add-on for cheap digital CANON compact cameras that can get unbelievable functionality out of them:
Shooting in raw, automating camera actions with scripts, making time lapse videos, super-fast motion detection (able to catch lightning strikes), extremely short and long exposures, syncing two cameras for stereo photography, rugged film scanning, luminography - painting with light, microscopic photography/depth-of-field stacking, book scanning, aerial photography, stop motion animation, bracketing/high dynamic range, syncing many cameras, using as text file reader, games, communication with other equipment.
Everything you ever wished to be able do with your Canon, you can do avoiding learning and risk of voiding the warranty. Sounds good? Sadly, that's not completely true. There's a pretty steep learning curve involved, especially with writing your own programs.
There is also some risk of damaging your camera with self-made equipment. Being an unofficial project, the CHDK documentation is not ideal and can cause a lot of frustration when things don't work as expected. This workshop tries to address some difficult issues. While doing fun small projects individually or together, it hopes to help you to explore the possibilities and limitations of CHDK while doing fun small projects individually or together; acquire skills necessary to write and debug small programs for the camera; mastering your own remote shutter release, battery packs and other hardware without risking damaging your camera as well as to repairing (seemingly) defective ones; making videos from photographs using free software; compiling programs, and benefiting from the situation where 15 hacked cameras meet together. (Syncing all cameras and arranging some fast rugged 'matrix' shot, for instance..)
|Possible structure Day 1-4|
Installing CHDK onto cameras, troubleshooting, finding the specific limits of the camera, installing and using scripts, projects planning, hunting for footage.
Hardware- working around battery problems, manufacturing remote trigger, uBasic scripting explained, adapting some scripts, using mencoder to encode videos, starting with projects.
More advanced topics, depending on the participants skills and needs. Photo-sessions inside and outside.
X-posing or hiding, setting up the matrix shot and CHEESING.
|To bring along|
Photo-amera/s (must!)
Supported cameras: A2000, A450, A460, A470 (suggested)*, A480, A530, A540, A550, A560, A570, A590, A610, A620, A630, A640, A650, A700, A710, A720, S2, S3, S5, G7, G9, G11, SD30 (IXUS izoom), SD300 (IXUS 40), SD400 (IXUS 50), SD450 (IXUS 55), SD500 (IXUS 700), SD550 (IXUS 750), SD600 (IXUS 60), SD630 (IXUS 65), SD700 (IXUS 800), SD750 (IXUS 75), SD780 (IXUS 100), SD790 (IXUS 90), SD800 (IXUS 850), SD850 (IXUS 950), SD870 (IXUS 860), SD880 (IXUS 870), SD890 (IXUS 970), SD950 (IXUS 960), SD990 (IXUS 980), SD1000 (IXUS 70), SD1100 (IXUS 80), SX1, SX10, SX100, SX110, SX200IS, TX1
(*tip: A470 - cheap, has a chdk build for all firmware versions, has an access to card from the side, powered by 2 AA batteries. You might get it from an ebay 'shop' with warranty and 2 weeks return period (not regular auction, but 'sofort kaufen' from professional 'gewerblich' seller) for 50,- 70,- euro. Otherwise one of the Ixus 40, 50, 55, 60, 65 - really small and also relatively cheap.)
#)Laptop (must!)
#)Speed light flashes
#)Tripods
#)Card readers
#)Dc adapter for the camera sw
#)Soldering iron (optional but desirable)
|Provided|
#)Basic tools and materials
#)Some electronic parts
#)Usb extensions, usb end points, battery holders, small batteries, on/off buttons, voltage sources..
#)3d red/cyan glasses
#)Software/dvd's with Linux, video encoder, Gimp etc to boot from and take home.
|The workshop aimed at|
15 experimental visual artists, (anti)-photographers/-animators/
-movie makers, amateur astronomers, those who
are not-so-technically versed and experience frustration when running into computer problems and those who could do this on their own, but would like to do it with us.
|To participate|
Please send an e-mail to workshop∗aa-vv∗org briefly outlining your interests. URL would be helpful too.
|Fee|
55,- Euro/the whole lot (Including tools and some materials)
(The fee can be flexibly reduced for students and those who want, but can not afford)
|Kubo Ludma|
Kubo was born in Czechoslovakia, which doesn't exist anymore. He was sad a little. And also because he wanted to be an astronaut, or an inventor, or a garbage man. But life turned it to be different. When he grew up, he started making photos and videos. And everybody said: 'Very nice'. So he made some more and moved to Prague to learn Chinese. Then he stopped learning Chinese and went to Berlin for a weekend and stayed until now. He is studying computer science, but still didn't make up his mind if he likes computers or not. So don't ask him yet.
http://kuba.localhost.sk
|Resources|
http://chdk.wikia.org