74 CHAPTER 4 Teach Your Camera New Tricks
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Connect4: LEFT, RIGHT: Select column; FUNC/SET: Drop ball/Restart
game;
MENU: back to the Games submenu.
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Mastermind: LEFT, RIGHT: Select column; UP, DOWN: Select color;
FUNC/SET: Next row/Restart game; MENU: back to the Games sub-
menu.
While trying to beat your camera, you should now and then have a look at
the battery level displayed in the lower part of the info section. Maybe
you’ll still need some battery power when the shooting light turns perfect.
4.11.2 Flashlight
The Flashlight option (ALT > MENU > Miscellaneous Stuff > Flashlight) is only
available on cameras with a fold-out display. When in Record mode, the
display turns out, swivels towards the scene, and turns all-white. This al-
lows you to illuminate the scene during set-up, or simply use it as a flash-
light to find your way in the dark. However, it cannot act as a light source
when you actually take a shot; the camera turns the display dark at that
very moment.
4.12 The CHDK configuration file
All of the choices that you make in the CHDK menus are stored on your
memory card in the file CHDK/CCHDK.CFG. This file can be edited on the PC,
too. The CHDK Config File Editor (CFGEDIT) is a utility that runs on Windows,
Linux, and Mac OSX. It allows editing this file conveniently on the large
screen of your desktop or laptop computer. All you need is Java Runtime
installed on your computer. Then simply download the editor and double-
click on the JAR file to execute it.
Because all configuration options are stored in a single file, it is rela-
tively easy to switch between different configurations. The script con-
figsw.lua developed in section 5.7.6 allows doing just that. However, this
script will only switch the CHDK configuration, not the native camera con-
figuration.
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