CHDK on Canon compacts?

[ChrisR]

Rik's Funnel Web Spider exploits with Magic Lantern was timely, as I'd "discovered" Magic Lantern just yesterday. Perhaps it'll work with my 70-300 as a "tube" lens.
Of more current interest to me just now is the humbler brother CHDK, which is for Canon compacts, such as Powershots. I'm wondering if any one has used it?
The thought is to use one for a little front-supported very portable arrangement for flatish subjects where a relatively small number of frames is needed. Manually setting focus is quite clunky, up a tree, with the Powershot I happen to have. It would be neat if a script could do it.

[rjlittlefield]

CHDK should do this very nicely. One of our members reports using CHDK routinely with a Canon Powershot and a reversed prime to shoot small bugs. See HERE. Other people have reported similar exercises. I haven't tried it personally but seems like it should work fine.

--Rik

[seta666]

One nice thing of CHDK is that it allows cable remote via USB with remotes like Ricoh CA-1; I wish the could make something similar with Sony NEX cameras