[pluies]

CHDK is an awesome hack.

Last time I've heard of it, no DSLRs was supported, only PowerShots. It looks like they managed to get custom firmwares working for the 400D, 550D and the 5D mkII — still all very alpha stage, but that's very good news. :)

[tb]

Looking at the gallery in the OP, most of the features enabled by CHDK are standard in DSLRs anyway - RAW shooting, longer shutter speeds, full manual control, etc. As a DSLR shooter, I was looking through that gallery thinking, "what does CHDK allow that I can't already do with my camera?" until I realised they were doing it with P&S cameras.