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>>160732 Well durr. The point isn't getting P&S's to SLR level. It's getting RAW, full manual controls, and some other bonuses like scripting and remote control in a small <$200 package that fits in your pocket.
Some cameras can even push shutter speed. Here's a test by my A550 chasing scanlines on a CRT. Image on the right is 1/2000, the fastest shutter speed advertised by Canon and on the left is the shutter speed maxed out by CHDK. I'll narrow it down later but it looks close to 1/6000. And this is just a test. Of course it wouldn't be practical for me to shoot that fast.
And the "computers" on the cameras are the image processor which is customized to save the RAW and the firmware that tells the other components what to do which is customized into allowing full manual controls.
Cars are a very poor metaphor for cameras anyway.
Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeCanonCamera ModelCanon PowerShot A550Maximum Lens Aperturef/2.6Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaFirmware VersionGOwner Nameon 1.00Image-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution180 dpiVertical Resolution180 dpiImage Created2008:04:15 04:41:08RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoWhite BalanceAutoScene Capture TypeStandardExposure Time1/2000 secF-Numberf/2.6ISO Speed Rating800Lens Aperturef/2.6Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModeCenter Weighted AverageFlashNo Flash, CompulsoryFocal Length5.80 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width640Image Height480Image Number101-0002
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