Using the Canon Hack Development Kit (Spectrum)

IEEE Spectrum discovers the joy of hackable devices using the Canon Hack Development Kit. "Most camera traps use an infrared motion detector, but a CHDK-enhanced camera can itself detect motion. Van Barel's script gives you control of such things as the delay between the motion and the shot and whether the focus is fixed or variable. Without any tuning at all of the script's parameters, I was able to get some fascinating photos of birds cavorting around the family bird feeder. Others have used similar scripts to produce some stunning photographs of lightning."

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