DIY Book Scanner

If you change the firmware on the camera, can it be changed back later? Or once it's changed does it make the camera a 'DIY bookscanner camera only?' CHDK supports several P&S Canon cameras, it does not modify firmware camera, it runs from SD-card without making any permanent change. http://chdk.wi...

SX500 and SX510 have 30x optical zoom, I think you don't need that for book scanning. SX160 is supported by CHDK. http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/SX160 In theory, you can use any model supported by CHDK, but each port have its bugs and features. A list of availiable models/features is available here: htt...

CHDK for A2500 is under development.

This is for people that scan using cameras with chdk connected to a computer through USB. The scripting in Windows can be done with autohotkey to send commands to chdkptp which triggers usb connected cameras running CHDK to shoot. The latest versions of chdkptp supports saving each image from the c...

It is possible to use STICK to install CHDK.