The Canon Camera Hackers Manual, Teach Your Camera New Tricks--------------------------------------------------The book addresses 'geeky' owners of Canon consumer cameras who wouldlike to explore the possibilities of their cameras, and eventuallytweak them to do things way beyond their original specifications, suchas: RAW file (or DNG) support in addition to the camera's JPEG output,manual control for aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, expand shutterspeeds way beyond the specification limits, and, enable bracketing.The hacks are based on the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK), a freesoftware maintained by a group of enthusiasts. Many scripts are alreadypublished on the web. The book teaches how to use existing scriptsand how to write new ones. Canon cameras, especially their consumerlines of PowerShot/IXUS cameras, allow the user to temporarily uploadso called add-ons into the camera through the memory card. The nexttime the camara is switched on, the add-on is active, when the camerais switched off, the camera returns to its original state, so thereis no risk of loosing the manufacturers warranty.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Berthold Daum studied photography in Melbourne andhas both exhibited and published his images of Australia's naturalbeauty. He also hold a Ph.D in Mathematics and is a professionalJava and XML developer. Mr. Daum specializes in innovative electronicbusiness technology and electronic content production. His experiencein software training and ability to anticipate the needs of professionaldevelopers has been demonstrated in his previous books, including Eclipse2 for Java Developers (Wiley) and Modeling Business Objects with XMLSchema (Morgan-Kaufmann).