The Canon Powershot S90 was released on August 19'th, 2009
CHDK is available as BETA version for the Powershot S90 with firmware version 1.00C, 1.01a, 1.01c' [1] |
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Technical Data
- Digic IV image processor
- DryOS operating system
Sensor CCD size: | 10.0 MP 1/1.7" |
Lens (35mm equiv) zoom | 28-105, 3.8x |
LCD size | 3.0" fixed |
Card | SD, SDHC, MMC, MMCplus, HC MMCplus |
Size (mm) | 100 x 58 x 31 |
Weight (body) | 175 g |
Hardware Limits:
- ISO Range: 80-3200 (320-12800 in low-light mode, reduced size)
- Aperture: f/2.0 (wide angle) to ~f/4.9 (full zoom)
- Shutter speed: 1/1600 to 15" sec (manufacturer -- needs testing for hardware limits).
Firmware info
The ver.req file method is used to gather firmware information about this camera model.
Ver.req First Page Data: After holding down FUNCSET then press DISP:
US & Japan NTSC Version Header
Canon PowerShot S90 P-ID:31E1 NT D
European PAL Version Header
Canon PowerShot S90 P-ID:31E1 PAL D
Version 1.00C
Firmware Ver GM1.00C NoError Sep 3 2009 09:36:41
Ver.req Second Page Data: After holding down FUNCSET then pressing DISP twice.
Version 1.00C
Adj Ver.005.000
Ver.req Third Page Data: After holding down FUNCSET then pressing DISP three times:
Version 1.00C
Adj Ver.005.000 Mecha Firm Ver. 2.02
Vers.req Third Page Data: After holding down then pressing three times:
Version 1.00C
Adj Ver.005.000 Total Shoot: 523 Zoom Retry Count: 0 Mecha Condition: 0x00000000
In PLAY mode without ver.req on the SD card and press the and buttons simultaneously, the screen shows:
Firmware Ver. 1.0.0.0
CHDK Specialties
This section describes special CHDK-related things...
- <insert data here once CHDK is ported to this camera>
For Developers
General info:
Requires version 3 dancingbits encoding. <insert firmware \ code data here>
LED addresses
AF LED 0xC0223030 <insert data here>
Available firmware dumps
- S90 firmware 1.00C S90_GM1.00C.bin at rapidshare
Dumped by Rachelkitty - Redumped as previous was incorrect
- S90 firmware 1.01a ((8MB, from ERR99, dumped with ERR_99's modified G11 udumper,Forum link): [2], also available from chdkdumps part 2 [3].
- S90 firmware 1.01c ((8MB, from mercurio, dumped with ERR_99's modified G11 udumper,Forum link): [4].
Download location for firmware dumps: |
Porting process & links
News & Development History:
- (24-April-2010) Request created to add S90 support into the trunk [link]
- (20-April-2010) Beta V4 released - bug fixes and experimental DNG support [link]
- (15-April-2010) (Allmost) full function CHDK autoboot (diskboot.bin) and firmware boot (PS.FI2) builds for 100c, 101a and 101c released (V3) [link]
- (14-April-2010) First running CHDK Beta testversion for 101c by ERR99 [Link]
- (13-April-2010) Firmware 1.01c was extracted by mercurio [link]
- (13-April-2010) First running CHDK Beta testversion for 1.00c by ERR99 [Link]
- (11-April-2010) First running CHDK Beta testversion for 1.01a by ERR99 [Link]
- (08-April-2010) Firmware 1.01a was extracted by ERR99 [link]
- (03-Januar-2010) Firmware 1.00c was extracted by rachelkitty [[5]]
- 07-Oct-2009 Public availability (approx.)
- (19-Aug-2009) Canon press release of new camera