SX260

The Powershot SX260 HS is the successor to the SX230 HS.

CHDK is not yet available for the SX260 HS

Please visit the SX260 porting thread for the latest development,
Read also the "CHDK specialities" section below...

Reviews

Technical Data

Digic V image processor
DryOS operating system (ver 2.3 Rev #50)
Sensor: effective 12.1 Megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CMOS type, approx. 12.8 Megapixels total
Focal Length: 4.5mm (W) - 90.0 mm (T) (35mm film equivalent: 25-500mm)
Display: 3.0-inch TFT LCD, 461,000 dots
Optics: F/3.5 (W) - F/6.8 (T)
Built-in Flash
Speed: Continuous Shooting: Normal: 2.4 shots/sec. in P mode, 10.3 shots/sec. in High-speed Burst HQ mode
Storage Media: SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
Video format: MOV (Quicktime) format H.264, 2-channel stereo linear PCM audio
Video: 1920x1080 (24 fps) ,1280x720 (30 fps), 640x480 (30 fps, 120 fps slo-mo), 320x240 (240 fps slo-mo)
Video Out: NTSC/PAL (dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video), Mini-HDMI connector
Audio Out: Stereo (dedicated connector (female) with unified type of digital, audio and video)
Power: Battery Pack NB-6L, optional Compact Power Adapter CA-DC10
Shooting Capacity: Approx. 230 shots
Dimensions (W x H x D): 4.19 x 2.40 x 1.29 in. / 106.3 x 61.0 x 32.7mm
Weight: 8.15 oz. / 231g (including the battery and memory card), 7.34 oz. / 208g (camera only)

Specifications Links

Firmware info

The ver.req file method is used to gather firmware information about this camera model.

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
P-ID:3244 NT D
Firmware Ver GM1.00B (1.0.0.0)

Adj Ver.005.011
Serial No. XXXXXXXXXXXX
Build: Jan 6 2012  17:07:27
NoError
Mecha Firm Ver. 3.00
MechaDSP Firm Ver. 0.00

Firmware Dumps

SX260 HS fw 1.00B (16mb, dumped with cBasic udumper by schapman): box.net dl link, [1]

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

CHDK Specialties

This section describes special CHDK-related things...

Shortcuts:

For Developers

General info:

DryOS v2.3, release #0050
FW start address: FF000000

LED addresses

First, enable control by writing 0x46 to the following addresses

0xC022C200 <-- Required for AF Beam control to work
0xC0223000 <-- Required for I/O LED control to work
0xC0223070 <-- Required for I/O LED control to work

After doing this, these are the on/off addresses

0xC0223030 <-- AF Beam
0xC022C028 <-- I/O LED

Write 0x46 to light the LED, 0xCF to turn it off.

Writing 0x44 will turn off the AF beam, but it won't turn off the I/O LED. 0xCF works for both.

Porting process & links

SX260 porting thread: http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=7889.msg83278#msg83278