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Magic Lantern Firmware Wiki Explore Main Page All Pages Community Interactive Maps FAQ User Guide Downloads Forum FANDOM Fan Central BETA Games Anime Movies TV Video Wikis Explore Wikis Community Central Start a Wiki Don’t have an account? Register Sign In Advertisement Sign In Register Magic Lantern Firmware Wiki 332 pages Explore Main Page All Pages Community Interactive Maps FAQ User Guide Downloads Forum Home View source View history Talk (135) Magic Lantern Firmware Magic Lantern is a software enhancement that offers increased functionality to the excellent Canon DSLR cameras. We have created an open framework, licensed under GPL, for developing extensions to the official firmware. Magic Lantern is not a "hack", or a modified firmware, it is an independent program that runs alongside Canon’s own software. Each time you start your camera, Magic Lantern is loaded from your memory card. Our only modification was to enable the ability to run software from the memory card. Frequently Asked Questions What is it? 5D Mark II configured for film making with follow focus, matte box, rails, preamp and dolly Magic Lantern is an enhancement atop of Canon’s firmware that frees your Canon DSLR, allowing you to use many useful features. Initially developed for filmmakers, it now has functionality for both photo and video enthusiasts, including manual audio, zebras, focus assist tools, bracketing, motion detection and much more. It is an open (GPL) framework for developing extensions to the official software. It does not replace the existing firmware, but instead runs along side of it. There is no need to "uninstall" itsimply format your card to reboot to the stock Canon firmware. Is it only for video? No. Initially, Magic Lantern was developed by independent filmmakers and tailored for video production on 5D Mark II. Things changed when Magic Lantern was ported to smaller (APS-C) cameras, like 550D, 60D, 600D and 500D , which attracted developers interested in both still photography and DSLR video. Where do I get it? See the Download page. Will it break my camera? As of September 2009 the software has been downloaded over two thousand times and there have been no reports of damage to the cameras. While this is no guarantee of absolute safety, the stable releases have been tested by beta testers. Most of the risk is to the developers’ cameras while testing new features and probing new portions of Canon’s firmware. By the time the software moves from development to beta testing it has been installed hundreds or thousands of times. What can I do to help? If you’re a programmer skilled in ARM assembly, embedded systems, GUI programming and don’t mind risking your expensive camera, get the source code , join the forum , edit the wiki and make improvements. Where do I report bugs? For general tech-support, join the forum . For bugs and enhancement requests, use the issue tracker . Why not just buy a video camera? Arriflex ST versus the 5D, by Olivier Koos If you can find a video camera that a) shoots HD, b) has a 50 mbps data rate, c) has interchangable lenses, d) has a 35 mm or larger sensor and e) costs less than $25k (without lenses, like the RED One), then buy that one instead. There are limitations to shooting movies on a 5D Mark II, notably the limited 12 minute recording time and lack of balanced audio inputs, but a ArriCam Lite only records 5 minutes of Super 35 and a high quality preamp like the juicedLink CX231 provides balanced inputs. The lack of auto-focus in movie mode isn’t a problem eithermovies are focused manually with a follow-focus like the Cinevate Durus . Will it work on my camera? 7D being reverse engineered Check the nightly builds page - if your camera is listed there, it already works. If your camera is not listed on the nightly builds page, the short answer is: maybe . Longer answer: The CHDK project successfully supports many different cameras running different operating systems, but finding the necessary kernel entry points is a very time consuming process. Since Magic Lantern is publicly available, someone with the time, the hardware and the inclination to port it to other cameras can do so. For 400D , use 400plus . The 40D, 450D, 1000D and 5Dmk1 are similar in hardware, but they run vxWorks and would be lots of effort to support. It may be easier to port 400plus instead. See also Other_dslr . For Panasonic GH1 and GH2 , please check http://www.gh1-hack.info/ . This is a completely different bit of hardware and would require an entire from-scratch reverse engineering effort in order to port Magic Lantern. For Nikon cameras see http://nikonhacker.com/ . There is also an effort in reverse engineering the Pentax K10/GX10 and K20/GX20 cameras. As of August 2009 they have been able to decrypt the firmware update and are making progress in understanding how the camera works. For more questions about the Magic Lantern firmware, see the full FAQ Magic Lantern Community Forum Re: fastcinemadng - - 2024/05/13 10:14 Quote from: megapolis on Yesterday at 10:44:04 AMCan’t you do that with the current software? If it’s not, please send me your MLV for evaluation."current software", in the context of the task MLV -&g... Re: fastcinemadng - - 2024/05/13 08:44 Thanks for your info about ZLUDA project.As I understand, it could work just for non-optimized GPU software. For example, if you’ve automatically ported any C++ project to CUDA, that could possibly wo... Re: Looking for Gimbal and Stabilized Lense to compensate for lack of IBIS in EOS M - - 2024/05/12 09:18 I’ve been using the old Zhiyun Crane M2, a super small and light weight gimbal that is more than enough for the also small EOS M with a "normal" lens.It works very well, but I have another technique t... Re: Looking for Gimbal and Stabilized Lense to compensate for lack of IBIS in EOS M - - 2024/05/11 16:36 That lens is good. Super sharp. But it won’t be as cinematic with all the cool bokeh effects at such a high aperture. I’ve only used the DJI Ronin SC. It’s not old in the least bit honestly. It’s fant... Looking for Gimbal and Stabilized Lense to compensate for lack of IBIS in EOS M - - 2024/05/10 20:21 Looking for Gimbal and Stabilized Lense to compensate for lack of IBIS in EOS MHi lovely community, I am always impressed by the quality my Canon Eos M gives me with Magic Lantern, I myself find my fo... Twitter: @autoexec_bin Facebook page ML Vimeo Group ML Flickr Group Magic Lantern for still photography - cloistered prose - 2021/04/04 11:36 cloistered prose posted a new topic: Hello, Magic Lantern curious person here, wondering what image quality gains I’d see from running ML on a 5d mk iii for stills photography. I’m guessing this ha... Magic Lantern for canon 1300d - Saurav R Nair - 2018/07/15 14:37 Saurav R Nair posted a new topic: Is there anyway to get magic lantern in canon rebel T6/1300d??... Reply to 7D ? - dmark39 - 2015/12/31 18:15 dmark39 posted a reply: Hello Shawn, I’m just joining the group and seeing your post. I haven’t installed ML yet. I just purchased my camera this year. I’m a first time shooter. Would you share if... Reply to Need Dual ISO images - Silvio Coste - 2015/07/07 13:09 Silvio Coste posted a reply: Hi ! I have the same project. Couldn’t find a way to have cr2hdr work on ubuntu so I decided to code it in matlab. This is the files I work on : www.dropbox.com/sh/ajrs1... ML and Airshows - Absynthe Moon - 2015/06/21 10:10 Absynthe Moon posted a new topic: I’m just wondering, do you guys use ML when shooting photos on an airshow? If yes, due to the specific of the show how do you use it? Any creative tricks? I found m... Issue tracker for reporting bugs (read this first!) Technical information 5D Mark II with Cinevate DSLR rig , juicedLink CX231 , SmallHD DP1 and Glidetrack HD on a Bogen 516/3192 CHDK , for point-and-shoot Canon cameras DryOS boot process Datasheets for the hardware in the camera Audio comparison of the 5D with different preamps Build...