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Canon EOS 7D Magic Lantern Alpha Available for Download The first Magic Lantern Alpha now released, it is designed for the Canon EOS 7D. It is still an early alpha version, so here are a few things you should know.

Jan 15, 2015 - Update 02nd Oct 2017: Please download latest builds from now on here: Highly experimental builds are. Apr 22, 2015 - Magic Lantern for the 70D can be installed from here. Check your serial number to see if you need to download version A or B. Download stats Feedback for this page Older Builds. Magic Lantern is not approved nor endorsed by Canon in any way, and using it will probably. This Instructable will teach you how to install Magic Lantern. Magic Lantern is a free software that runs on a Canon camera to enable many new features in both video and photo mode. The current stable releases at the time of this writing are for: 5D mark II, 50D, 60D, 500D, 550D, and 600D. Dec 07, 2013  Magic Lantern for the Canon 70D Sep 11, 2013 1 Any news regarding Magic Lantern for the 70D? Fingers crossed it's just around the corner. I can't monitor my Audio as I can with ML on the 60D. Its just driving me crazy. If anyone has worked out how to use Headphone on the 70D while in recording mode please let me know ASAP, cheers. Development of Magic Lantern for the Canon EOS 70D has started. Hope we will soon see a stable release. To see all ML downloads, stable versions and alpha releases (and everything in between) have a look here.

Most photographers have probably heard or read something about Magic Lantern. This is especially true for those who are Canon shooters. Magic Lantern is nothing new. It's been around since 2009. Although I had known about Magic Lantern since getting a Canon DSLR in 2013, it wasn't until recently that I decided to give it a try.

I had many of the usual questions about Magic Lantern that caused my hesitation. Questions like: “What does it do?”, “How does it work?”, and most importantly, “Is it going to break my camera?”. This article provides my thoughts and experiences with using Magic Lantern so far. If you happen to have some of those same questions, it will also hopefully provide some answers.

What is Magic Lantern?

Magic Lantern is essentially a software add-on that includes many features that are not included in the base menu system for Canon EOS cameras. The software does not replace the stock Canon firmware, but instead runs parallel with it. The software is open source, which means that anyone can download the source code to provide further developments and tweaks to the software. This would presumably be done by someone who knows a thing or two about code.

The source code was originally written by Trammell Hudson in 2009 for the first full-frame DSLR camera capable of 1080p video recording, the Canon 5D Mark II. The software has since been developed to include many other Canon camera bodies, and even the EOS M series of mirrorless cameras. A list of currently supported cameras includes the following:

• Canon 5D Mark II
• Canon 5D Mark III
• Canon 6D
• Canon 7D
• Canon 50D
• Canon 60D
• Canon T1i/500D
• Canon T2i/550D
• Canon T3i/600D
• Canon T4i/650D
• Canon T5i/700D
• Canon T3/1100D
• Canon EOS M

The developers are currently working on the software to support the Canon 70D, Canon SL1/100D, Canon T5/1200D, and Canon XSi/450D. Notice that the cameras on this list are all older models. That's because it takes time to reverse-engineer the camera and tailor the software to work alongside Canon's stock menu system.

How to Install and Use Magic Lantern

I've have only used Magic Lantern on the Canon 5D Mark III, but assume that the installation and boot-up procedures are similar across the other camera bodies. The installation was pretty smooth for my camera. I simply went to the Magic Lantern website, navigated to the Downloads section, and downloaded the software that matched the firmware version currently running on my camera. Make sure you match up the firmware version on your camera with the correct Magic Lantern “build”. Once downloaded to the computer, the software was copied to an SD card and then placed in the camera. For detailed installation instructions, please check out the Install Guide on the Magic Lantern website. After installation and startup, the Magic Lantern interface is accessed by pressing the delete button on your camera.

The Magic Lantern software runs directly from the SD (or a CF) card. The standard Canon firmware is not replaced and the stock menu can still be accessed and utilized.

Is it Safe?

Although I have had good luck with it, and know other photographers who run Magic Lantern without issues, there are no guarantees that it is safe. It says so right on the website. Even though Magic Lantern does not replace the Canon firmware, it does change some settings in the camera. If some of those settings are not changed correctly, the camera may not boot. In my research, it appears that these types of problems are rare, but the potential is still there. This is one of those situations where you use the product at your own risk.

One big question is whether using Magic Lantern will void the warranty of your camera. First off, if you do have any of the cameras listed above, it is quite likely that the warranty period has expired anyway. However, should you have any problems with your camera that may be related to installing and using Magic Lantern software, it is quite possible that Canon is not going to fix it.

Magic Lantern Features

Magic Lantern is loaded with features that are not found in the stock Canon menus. The absence of these features in Canon cameras is, quite frankly, why Magic Lantern exists in the first place. It would be nice if Canon included some of these features, like some of the other manufacturers, but that is a topic for another article. In their defense, however, the newer Canon models do seem to be getting more feature-rich.

Although Magic Lantern was originally targeted for video shooters, there are still many great features that are useful for those of us who concentrate on still photography. Let's take a look at a few of those features here.

Intervalometer

This is one of the main reasons I wanted to give Magic Lantern a try. I love doing time lapse photography, but it is disappointing that my Canon 5D Mark III doesn't have a built-in intervalometer. Using a cable release the last few years hasn't been a huge deal, but it's nice to not have an extra piece of gear to worry about or something else with a battery that will go dead at the worst time.

Focus Peaking

Focus peaking is one of those features you just have to try to understand why it is so helpful. For shots where critical focus is so important, this feature works great. It also makes using manual focus lenses a breeze. Just adjust the focus ring until what you want in focus is in focus, and voila! Focus peaking provides a visual indicator to let you easily see what areas are in focus. It's that simple.

Focus Peaking feature.

Timelapse Play

This goes along with using the intervalometer feature. After shooting a sequence of images, it would be nice to have the ability to preview what the timelapse video will look like. Typically, the only way to do this is to press the image review button, then use the scroll wheel to run through the images. With the Timelapse Play feature, it is possible to watch a preview of the video with just a couple of keystrokes. It will continuously cycle through all the images in a loop until the image review button is pressed.

The Timelapse Play feature is great for previewing timelapse videos.

Bulb Timer

Although my Canon camera has Bulb mode, I would generally have to use a remote cable release to use it. Either that or hold down the shutter button for the length of exposure I want, which doesn't work well. Magic Lantern has a built-in Bulb Timer feature that allows you to set any time from 1 second all the way up to 8 hours, in 1 second increments. With this feature enabled, you half-press the shutter button to automatically activate a 2-second timer, then the camera exposes the scene for the designated time you selected. Pretty nifty.

The Bulb Timer can be set for any length from 1 second up to 8 hours.

Magic Zoom

This is another feature that aids in achieving critical focus in a specific area of a scene. This feature allows you to select a magnification of 1:1, 2:1, or 3:1. The Magic Zoom feature can be set up to function is several different ways. When activated using Live View, a focus box shows up on the LCD screen at the magnification you select. You then manually focus to achieve maximum sharpness. The coolest thing about this feature is the visual confirmation, in the form of green bars above and below the focus box, of optimum sharpness.

Magic Zoom works great for achieving critical focus.

Shutter Count

This is a neat little feature, even though it may not be used all that often. Instead of uploading an image to a website or computer software to find out your shutter count, it is right on the screen in the Debug menu. Not only does it give you the total shutter actuations, but also shows how many of those were taken using Live View (if that really matters). When the feature is highlighted, there is even fine print at the bottom of the interface that gives the shutter rating for my camera. That's a nice touch.

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Shutter Count – not a necessary feature, but still nice to have.

Display Info

This is not necessarily a feature, but is useful nonetheless. With Magic Lantern running and Live View on, there is a ton of information displayed on the LCD that would not otherwise be there. Not only are all the exposure settings displayed, but the exposure mode, focal length, image stabilization status, focus distance, battery indicator (in percent), camera temperature, and space left on the memory card are also displayed. That is a lot of information is such a small area.

In Summary

Magic Lantern offers a plethora of cool new features that are not present in the stock menu of most Canon cameras. The ones listed above are but a very small sampling. There are so many others that it would take many pages to cover them all. This article didn't even cover the cool video features, such as audio monitoring and the ability to shoot RAW video. The features covered here are just a few that I have used and found to be helpful for my style of shooting. Let me know if the comments below what some of your favorite features are.

Finally, using Magic Lantern may come at some risk. There is no guarantee that it won't somehow make your camera inoperable, but by all accounts, that risk seems very minimal. Take this into consideration before you try it and decide if the extra features it provides are worth that risk.

This guide will try to simplify the process of installing, running and working with Magic Lantern raw files from your Canon DSLR camera. It is written for the absolute beginner who wants to get Magic Lantern RAW functionality on his or her Canon DSLR.

Please read the entire guide (both parts) completely, and first decide if Magic Lantern RAW is for you. If it is, read the entire guide again before you start doing anything.In this part we’ll cover the basics, and how you can install Magic Lantern on your camera to get it to shoot RAW footage.

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What is Magic Lantern?

Your Canon DSLR runs on software that is called ‘Firmware’ (because it’s only meant to work on one piece of hardware, and is usually found in the hardware/camera). It gives you menus, and choices for stills and video. When Canon releases new features, it releases a newer firmware version, which is made available on its website for download.If you download and install this new firmware, it will replace the original firmware (just as upgrading your operating system or software on your computer replaces the older version). These features and software are provided by Canon. For the purposes of simplicity, when I write ‘Firmware’ I mean the software/firmware that Canon provides, without which your camera will not work.

What is Magic Lantern?

In simple terms, it’s a software that gives your Canon camera additional functionality. It’s like having both FCP and Resolve on the same machine. Just two pieces of software that work side by side, offering different functionality. It does not completely replace your firmware, but it does make certain changes. The Magic Lantern software always runs from an SD or CF card. It must be installed on every SD/CF card used in the camera (or just one if the camera has two media card options). To learn what implications this has, you absolutely must read the Magic Lantern FAQ.So, what functionality can you expect from Magic Lantern? Well, there are two:

• The ‘original’ Magic Lantern, stable release v2.3 – which gives your camera added functionality like zebras, focus peaking, cropmarks, spotmeter, histogram, waveform, vectorscope, audio meters, and lots more. For simplicity’s sake, I’m going to call this the ‘Stable’ version.
• The new ‘pre-alpha’ or alpha RAW version that is totally not supported but is what you’ll need to install for RAW capability. I’m going to call this the ‘RAW’ version.

If you don’t want the RAW functionality, please install the stable version, which, as of this writing, is v2.3. Instructions on how to install the stable version can be found here.But, you’re not reading this for the stable version, are you? You want RAW, so here goes.
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Which cameras are supported?

The following table lists some Canon DSLRs along with the necessary firmware version to run Magic Lantern, the maximum resolution for 24p continuous recording in full sensor mode, the maximum resolution in crop mode*, and the crop factor:

Important: The information might be inaccurate or just plain wrong, and is liable to change without notice even if right. Don’t use it without verifying everything with Magic Lantern.*In full sensor mode, the video uses the full sensor to record RAW, just like it would do with H.264. Some also call this the 1:1 mode. The crop mode, on the other hand, only uses a portion of the sensor to get greater resolution. They are able to do this because the DSLR still sensor originally has greater resolution, of which only a small portion is used for high-res video. Ultimately, the deciding factor is the speed of the camera system and the memory card (CF or SD).As you can see, currently only the 5D Mark III supports full 1080p24 (and also 25 fps) in full-frame mode, and almost 4K in ‘Super35mm’ mode (1.6 crop factor). However, not all higher resolution video is available for continuous recording (mostly only in burst mode).

For a more comprehensive and possibly updated table, click here (Google docs file).

What you’ll need to get started

Having a camera and computer is just the first step. Here are a few things you’ll need:

• The right firmware.
• SD/CF card – to install Magic Lantern.
• Really fast SD/CF card – the data rates for RAW are in the 85 MB/s territory (CF). Check the above-mentioned Google doc sheet for card speeds for each camera type. For a list of acceptable CF cards, click here.
• A fully charged battery.
• Camera turned to Manual (M) mode.
• Time and an internet connection to download software.

You’ll need to make sure you have everything in place before you begin. First, let’s find the right firmware.
[BestPostBanner468]Installing the necessary firmwareFirst, you’ll need the correct firmware version for your camera. Check the firmware currently installed in your camera. You’ll find it easily in the camera menu.Now, check the table above, or the updated list from Magic Lantern, and figure out which firmware version you should be having. If it’s not the same as what’s in your camera, you’ll need to find and replace it.

Finding the right firmware

There are three ways to do this:

• Go to Canon’s EOS page and look at the bottom right.
• Go to Canon’s website and locate your camera. Look under Firmware.
• Go to http://pel.hu/eoscard/ for the windows version, or http://hdslr.com.br/2012/06/20/atualizacao-de-firmware-para-5d-mark-iii-versao-1-1-3/ for the mac version (this is for the 5D Mark III only).

If you can’t find the firmware version for your camera model, ask around in the Magic Lantern forums, and they should be able to help you. Firmware files end with the extension *.fir.

Updating the firmware

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The Canon manual will tell you how to update your firmware. Here’s a quick video on how it’s done:
https://vimeo.com/17339662
Confirm you have the correct firmware version before proceeding.How to find the right Magic Lantern version for your cameraProceed at your own risk! I accept no liability for the use or application of the instructions given here.

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Each camera model has its own version of Magic Lantern RAW, and there are versions of that too (called ‘builds’)! E.g., here are Magic Lantern’s notes on features of version Alpha 3 compared to Alpha 2 and 1 for the Canon 5D Mark III:

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Alpha 3
– Card test at startup
– Histogram and waveform moved to bottom
– New experimental display for focus peaking (extreme sharpness)
– 16:9 bars for anamorphic preview
– Focus box moves faster (not yet customizable)
– After taking a picture and pressing Zoom In right away, you can scroll through pictures
– Saturation boost when adjusting white balance
– Warnings for bad settings (e.g. if you set picture quality to JPEG instead of RAW by mistake)
– Dim the red LED while recording (make it less distracting)

From alpha 2:
– Magic Zoom (zoom while recording), experimental focus peaking modes, ghost image, display presets
– Movie indicators, movie logging, rec/standby notification, force LiveView for manual lenses
– Gradual exposure in movie mode
– HDR video
– Brightness, contrast, saturation, display gain, color schemes, UniWB correction, upside-down mode
– Clean HDMI with pillarboxes
– Anamorphic and fisheye correction
– Image review tweaks (exposure adjust, remember zoom position…)
– Task and CPU usage info

From alpha 1:
– zebras, focus peaking, cropmarks, spotmeter, histogram, waveform, vectorscope, audio meters.
– card benchmark, debug info, stability tests.

Every time the source code is compiled, the resulting files are grouped into a ‘build’. There are many developers working on Magic Lantern, and unfortunately any of them (even you can if you wanted to) can compile a build. These developers upload their respective builds to various places. To get the latest builds for Magic Lantern RAW, click here.

In Magic Lantern terms, these are called Nightly builds – and they are not supported officially by the Magic Lantern development team. To make matters confusing, there are also nightly builds without raw functionality (they are working on other stuff, too, you know). Use the link above to find the nightly build for your camera, and download it.You’ll most likely be downloading a ZIP file. Double click the ZIP file to view the contents in Finder or Windows Explorer. Here are the files/folders it should contain:

• 5D3-113-bootflag.fir (or another similar name for your camera)
• autoexec.bin
• ML folder, which will contain ‘data’, ‘doc’, ‘Modules’ and ‘Scripts’ folders, along with a ‘Readme’ file.
• In addition, you might have other folders for more functionality, like ‘cropmks’, etc.

So, you have the files on your computer. Before you move on, try to understand the process, and what you’re in for. To do this, go to the respective forum threads for each camera and see what other users have had issues with:

Confident? Let’s move on to the next step.Preparing your camera and mediaPut a fully charged battery into your camera. Magic Lantern recommends an original Canon battery, and not a cheap knock-off.Turn the camera dial into Manual (M) mode.Format your CF card with the exFAT file system. Here’s a great link on how to do it. This allows you to record files that are greater than 4 GB in size (you’ll need it!). Some older cameras like the 5D Mark II don’t support exFAT, but most of the newer ones do (refer to the Google Docs link given earlier). If you don’t do this step, you can only record about a minute of RAW at one time.Put an SD/CF card into your camera and format it. Always format your card in-camera, and not from your computer.If you’re using a dual-card camera like the Canon 5D Mark III, then Magic Lantern recommends you install RAW on the SD card, and use the CF card for recording. Don’t put RAW on both cards!If you’re using a single-card camera, then you don’t have a choice. The cheapest CF card that works is the Komputerbay brand, which is about $130 for 64 GB. You’re typically looking for a CF card that has a ‘1000x’ or UDMA 7 on it. These cards can up to 150 MB/s. For SD cards, I suggest the Sandisk Extreme Pro series, which can go up to 95 MB/s.There’s one more software you’ll need to download for installation:

• Macboot, for Macs. For OS X 10.8 users, you’ll need to download this zip file. In their own words: “Put it in the same folder as Macboot and unzip it. You’ll get a macboot.command script. Double-clicking the script will bring up a terminal window and sudo will ask you to type your logon password so MacBoot can get root access. MacBoot will run when you press return.”
• EOSCard, for Windows.

This software will make your SD or CF card bootable. It’s only if you have this that Magic Lantern RAW will run whenever you switch on the camera.
[BestPostBanner468]How to install Magic LanternNow you have everything you need to get Magic Lantern RAW installed. Let’s get to it:

• Copy the Magic Lantern files and folders on to the SD or CF card.
• Insert the card into your camera and go to firmware update (check manual). It will show the *.fir file. Select it and update.
• When you’re done, switch your camera off.
• Take out the card and put it back into the card reader on your computer.
• Open Macboot or EOSCard, and ensure this card is now Bootable. Eject your card.
• Insert the card back into the camera. If you’re using an SD+CF card combination, insert both cards. Switch on the camera.
• Press the Delete/Trash button and Magic Lantern will be ready. You will see the Magic Lantern menu system.
• Scroll to the “M” menu option (which is at the end, far right) and select that.
• Select ‘Load Modules’ and you’ll see a few okays at the bottom. This might be unnecessary in the future once Raw recording is stable and incorporated as part of the stable release.
• Go the camera menu and select ‘Raw Video’. You will have the choice of width and height of your video. Use the Google Docs table for your camera type (only if you have the right SD/CF type installed!) and find the resolution for continuous 24p recording. On the Canon 5D Mark III, it’s 1920×1280.
• Exit the menu by clicking the Delete/Trash button and access the regular menu. Select the frame rate (24p is fine for now).
• Exit the menu. Press record to record some Raw video! You should be able to record continuously without dropping any frames.

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The installation instructions for the 5D Mark III can be found here.Here’s a thread that lists instructions on which settings to choose and how to record RAW video on the Canon 5D Mark III.Here are some important notes from Magic Lantern:

IMPORTANT NOTES

* If you have a bootable CF/SD card and have the DISKBOOT flag
set in the camera (which the installer does), and you do not
have an AUTOEXEC.BIN file on the card the camera WILL NOT BOOT.
It will hang and not wake up until the battery is removed.

* If you encounter a “locked up” camera, quickly remove the battery.
Otherwise the ARM might be in a tight-loop and get very hot, very quickly.
Your battery will run down and your LCD might show some discoloration.

* When in doubt, remove the battery and reboot.

* And, remember that this software can damage or destroy your camera.

How exactly do you go about doing all this? Here are two videos that’ll make this clearer:

Perform tests to see if your CF card speed is as advertised, and ensure your camera can record RAW ‘as known.’ That’s all there is, really.In Part Two we’ll look at how RAW is written, and the available post production workflows for Magic Lantern RAW.

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