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Many years ago I bought a Samsung WB2000 and started to pick apart the firmware to see whether it would be possible to do a CHDK [1] for this camera. I dumped m
by the_third_wave 4y ago
Many years ago I bought a Samsung WB2000 and started to pick apart the firmware to see whether it would be possible to do a CHDK [1] for this camera. I dumped my findings into a wiki but life caught up with my ambitions so I never got any further, nor did I ever find out anyone else working on something similar. I was therefore quite surprised to find my initial quest [2] and an archived copy of my findings [3] linked to in this document.
I still use this camera, together with a Canon G12 which I got for €9 at a thrift store, the price was low because it had a "broken sensor" which was quickly fixed by using a hot air wand on the flex connector. It would still be interesting to make the thing do more than Samsung intended, e.g. enable that 6400 ISO setting which is present in the firmware but not exposed in the UI. Yes, it will be noisy but sometimes a noisy shot is better than no shot at all...
I eventually shut down the (Mediawiki) wiki on my server because all it attracted was spammers trying to gain access to the thing. I still have the data so I could resurrect it on my current wiki (based on Bookstack) if there is any interest - i.e. is anyone out there is interested in trying to hack camera firmware.
[1] https://chdk.fandom.com/wiki/CHDK https://chdk.fandom.com/wiki/CHDK
[2] https://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=6834.0 https://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=6834.0
[3] https://web.archive.org/web/20130622011132/http://www.unternet.org/wiki/Firmware/Camera/Samsung_WB2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20130622011132/http://www.untern...