Talk:CHDK/THANKS

CHDK has to be one of the most innovative improvements to any cameras that has ever come along since the beginning of photography. Started out by some people who only wanted RAW out of their raw-crippled cameras, it has now grown into one of the most adaptable, flexible, and full-featured operating systems of any cameras ever made. I for one am extremely grateful for the work that everyone has put into this arena of discovery, implementation, coding, sharing, and those that provide all the information on these Wiki pages (and elsewhere in the world). I also think that those who have contributed to this great stride in the world of photography deserve a huge vote of thanks. Words cannot express how grateful some of us are to these people. But maybe they can help. Please share yours here. Click on [|post a new comment] if you too wish to express your thanks and gratitude for all those that have helped to make CHDK what it is today.

In special consideration, I personally would like to thank:

Vitaly for his initial discoveries into the operating system of these cameras. And being the first to fly the kite across the canyon that allowed everyone else to attach their cables to his kite-line to build the CHDK bridge we see today.

GrAnd, for his amazing implementation of what Vitaly discovered. The main backbone to the CHDK that we have now. Including his efforts for starting this whole Wiki section where we might all learn from them and everyone else.

Microfunguy, for his amazing work with the Stereo-Data-Maker (SDM) version of CHDK. For providing more routines and methods that are applicable to so many other aspects of photography.

MX3, for his remarkable and extraordinary Motion-Detection addition. This one still leaves me in awe.

Fingalo, for his continued effort to supply some much needed improvements to the uBASIC syntax and fixing problems that show up.

Script Authors, thank you for providing some ready-made examples from which we might learn on our own, or use your scripts just as they are. Your scripts help make our cameras into some of the most remarkable cameras on the face of this earth.

And to the rest of you (that I don't remember at the moment, someone please add them if you do). I think I can safely say that WE ALL appreciate and applaud how much you have done on behalf of advancements in the world of photography.

Last but not least, a special thanks to you Wiki editors, that have documented, compiled, cross-referenced, and tried to make some sense of the overwhelming amount of information from so many areas of the internet, and somehow found a way to present it so that most anyone can make full use of CHDK. THANK-YOU.

(If any of the above information for names and timeline is wrong, please forgive me and make the above information more accurate. This is what I have seen happen as I started to follow the development of CHDK from early on, but might be in error on some of it.)