Someone sent me a link to an article titled "Turn Your Point and Shoot into a Super Camera." The claim is "With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing camera. Let's transform your point-and-shoot into a super camera just by adding a little special sauce to its firmware."

I had never thought of how to update/modify the firmware on P&S cameras and the idea of non-manufacturer's firmware is a new one on me. Has anyone had any experience with this?

http://lifehacker.com/387380/turn-your-point+and+shoot-into-a-super+camera