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I’ve personally only scratched the surface of Magic Lantern’s capabilities with my dinosaur 5D Mark II, but so far the feature that’s seen the most use in my work is focus peaking. MAGIC LANTERN RAW VIDEO SHINES IN ‘THE WATERS OF THE GREENSTONE’
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Good news for 5D Mark IV owners, it’s been reported that the 5D Mark IV has been cracked and its own version of Magic Lantern is in the works. Since developers have to reverse engineer a camera’s inner workings in order to make the firmware compatible, it isn’t immediately available for new models. Since it was easy to resolve after a short “oh crap” moment, it hasn’t dissuaded me from using Magic Lantern. I have, however, had a camera freeze up while running Magic Lantern via CF card and was only able to unfreeze it by removing the battery. There have been tales of bricked cameras, though I haven’t known anyone who’s had this happen. It is “use at your own risk” third party firmware and may void your warranty. While Magic Lantern is pretty amazing, it’s not perfect and there are some important cons to be aware of. Moreover, due to its open source nature, you can even write your own scripts to run on your camera if you have the know-how. Magic Lantern is a little (maybe a lot) on the technical side and it has more capabilities than most users will ever even know exist, let alone use. Many of those features are videography oriented – definitely a good thing with today’s video-centric needs – but there are also a lot of things that are helpful to still photographers. Magic Lantern is a free third party firmware you can install on your camera or run from a memory card (recommended) and bring out a veritable ton of awesome new features on your Canon DSLR.