Changes: A460

Latest revision as of 14:14, 15 September 2012

The Powershot A460 is a 5 MP entry-level camera released in January of 2007

CHDK is available for the Canon PowerShot A460 with firmware version 1.00D from the Download page

This camera do not have multipartition support, the autostart method is only supported up to 4GB cards;
starting CHDK with the "Firmware Update" menu item works also with cards > 4GB

Digic II image procesor
VxWorks operating system
Sensor: 5MP, 1/3" CCD type, JPEG image size: 2592 x 1944
Lens: 5.4-21.6 mm (38-152 35 mm equiv), 4.0x optical zoom, F/2.8 - F/5.8
Display: 2.0 inch TFT, 86,000 pixels
No image stabilisation (IS)
Storage: SD / SDHC / MMC card
Power: 2 x AA size batteries
Dimensions: 106 x 51.8 x 40.2 mm (4.2 x 2.0 x 1.6 inch) , Weight: 165g (5.8 oz) without batteries
RAM: 16MB

The trick with the ver.req file works on my (i.e. flammarr@gmail.com's) A460 as well, with the following result:

Canon PowerShot A460
P-ID:3149  PAL  V

Firmware Ver GM1.00D
No Error
Dec  1 2006   17:28:24

Pressing SET+DISP buttons again results in:

Canon PowerShot A460
P-ID:3149  PAL  V

Adj Ver.009.005

Porting CHDK for the A460 is finally done

The A460 version of the current CHDK is available in the Autobuild.

(4.March 2008) You can get beta06 (final) CHDK binaries for A460 1.00d here:

More details and bug reporting here:

Special thanks to muttley and his A550 page.

0xffc00000: firmware flash data

0xc0220080: 0x46 enables orange focus assist LED, 0x44 disables it
0xc0220084: 0x46 enables blue print LED, 0x44 disables it

Download location for firmware dumps:
→ P&S firmware dumps mirror

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+*This camera do not have multipartition support, the autostart method is only supported up to 4GB cards;<br/>starting CHDK with the "[["firmware update method" |Firmware Update]]" menu item works also with cards > 4GB}}
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