CHDK – canon hackers development kit

Do you know about the hack that’s been available to enable RAW on Canon point and shoots? I first saw it a few months ago but the directions were so intimidating that I didn’t try it. Yesterday, I found more user friendly directions and below is one of several new menus I can now bring up on my Canon S3IS. Pretty cool!
CHDK - canon hackers development kit
At the moment, the only feature I’m using is the RAW mode. The other seemingly endless options under each menu are greek to me….or should I say geek 🙂
Here is the link: http://lifehacker.com/387380/turn-your-point+and+shoot-into-a-super+camera

All in all? I know Canon must be aware of this hack by now. I’m hoping they finally get a clue that we want RAW capture on our compacts!