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This is absolutely the ultimate guide to hacking digital cameras. No matter if you have a basic point and shoot, disposable, or top of the line D-SLR, you will find a variety of cool hacks, mods, customizations, and projects that you can start on right away. Grab a screwdriver, roll up your sleeves and dive into projects including:* Building external triggers - remotes, timers, and interval switches* Build an external battery pack for your digital camera* Control your camera via remote control - even using your iPod!* Hack the firmware on the Canon Digital Rebel* Use SLR-style lenses on your point and shoot camera by building an adapter* Hack various lenses* Build a reverse macro adapter* Hack various one-time-use digital cameras to make them reusable, and add features* Add smart media readers to disposable cameras* Shoot Infra-Red (night vision) with your digital camera* Hack compact flash and microdrive devices
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Hacking Digital Cameras Chieh Cheng Auri Rahimzadeh
Hacking Digital Cameras
Hacking Digital Cameras Chieh Cheng Auri Rahimzadeh
Hacking Digital Cameras Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-9651-3 ISBN-10: 0-7645-9651-9 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1B/QX/QZ/QV/IN No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood