Powershot A460 Edit

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

Contents 1 Powershot A460 2 Reviews and Specifications 3 Technical Data 4 Firmware information 5 For developers 5.1 CHDK Release (outdated) 5.2 Final beta release (beta06) (outdated) 5.3 Memory map 5.4 LEDs 5.5 Firmware dumps

Added by Donarsson

Reviews and Specifications Edit

• Canon
• Steve's DigiCams
• Imaging Resource
• WikipediA

Technical Data Edit

• 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

Firmware information Edit

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

For developers Edit

Porting CHDK for the A460 is finally done

CHDK Release (outdated) Edit

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

Final beta release (beta06) (outdated)Edit

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

• http://www.zshare.net/download/8471371baeb075/ (broken, not needed enymore...)

More details and bug reporting here:

http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php/topic,474.msg5796.html#msg5796

Special thanks to muttley and his A550 page.

Memory map Edit

0xffc00000: firmware flash data

LEDs Edit

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

Firmware dumps Edit

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