Magic lantern, a custom firmware addin for canon dslr cameras, has recently released an upgrade to their popular utility that allows you to shoot hdr video something previously impossible with a single camera. Magic lantern supported cameras 5d2, 5d3, 6d, 7d, 50d, 60d, 500dt1i, 550dt2i, 600dt3i, 650dt4i, 700dt5i, 1100dt3, and eos m. On my canon dslr i have installed the magic lantern firmware enhancements and use its hdr bracketing option to shoot hdr source images. Contentsshow how to install magic lantern with dual iso on canon 7d you have to follow these. What the software does, while youre shooting video, is. I installed it on my xti years ago to enable a few enhancement like multiple focus groups. Magic lantern ml is a third party software that resides on an sd or cf card and runs on top of the canon firmware to expand your canons photo and video capabilities, including up to 9 aeb brackets. The magic lantern team has announced that its new custom firmware will enable hdr video capture for canon 550d t2i, 600d t3i, and 60d dslrs. Redshark news new magic lantern software for eos 7d. The image shows a screenshot with commonly used ml features enabled. Most of the hype with magic lantern lately has been about the crack of the canon 7ds firmware, but attention has shifted with this announcement.
Booo to canon for not allowing 5 shot bursts and if youre reading this, it could be done with a firmware update. Magic lantern update brings clean hdmi and hdr video to. I wrote more about this feature earlier in this post. Enabling 10bit raw video on the mini canon 100d eoshd. The first setting determines the number of frames magic lantern takes. In step 2 a high dynamic range image was generated. Magic lantern releases new hdr firmware for canon t2i550d. Open magic lantern menu and head over to the shoot submenu using dial its 4 icon from the left in the image above. Full details and download link this final cut pro x effect is for combining hdr footage produced using the magic lantern tool for canon dslrs. Download the file to your computer, then copy it to your cf or sd card, and then place it in your camera. At the top of this submenu you will notice hdr bracketing option. The system theyve developed splits a 24p stream into two 12fps exposures, one high and one low, and then interpolates the frames.
A simple way to shoot hdr video footage using magic lantern. And to show you more of it, today i will go through the hdr bracketing settings that it has, and what every setting does. How to unlock canon camera features with magic lantern. Magic lantern download software hub, ios jailbreak news. This video looks at how to shoot hdr timelapse footage using magic lantern software on a canon 650d and a canon 5d markiii. The canon 7d magic lantern firmware update is still in its alpha phase. Step 2 is a mostly automated step where the hdr software looks at all the source pictures and calculates the hdr image. Today well be discussing the possibilities of shooting hdr video using a canon dslr in my case, a rebel t2i550d paired with a custom firmware made by magic lantern. Find the magic lantern software that matches your camera and also matches the firmware installed on your camera. I must admit, im quite behind the times when it comes to magic lantern.
Magic lantern now working on canon 70d both versions. Their latest creation, dual iso, increases the dynamic range of the 5d mark iii and eos 7d by four stops, bringing the total dynamic range to 14ev. Magic lantern has been enhancing the features of canon eos digital slrs for some time now, most recently giving the eos 5d mark iii a big increase in dynamic range. For nearly a decade now, magic lantern has stood alongside the eos line as a nifty free download that hacks into the cameras operating system and unlocks additional capabilities raw video. Magic lantern firmware adds hdr video to canon dslrs. However, up to now i didnt use it very often because i didnt properly test it and so i was a bit anxious to use it for production work. Otherwise, magic lantern will not work and could pose problems down the line. Its suitability for actual work is somewhat limited at this stage in the development but users have been reporting success. Magic lantern brings hdr video to select canon dslr. The second alpha has just been released, and it brings some interesting features, including clean hdmi, a high dynamic range hdr mode in video, and gradual exposure, which allows the camera to slowly ramp up to the selected exposure settings, rather. Currently users must reload the software manually with each camera restart and reformatting the cf card also deletes the magic lantern files. It looks like future releases will cover the 5dmiii, 7d, and t4i. This past week, magic lantern released its first public alpha for 7d as well as an alpha version for the 5dmkiii.
Impressive raw video sample from eos 7d using magic lantern. This allows you to pull detail out of the shadows with a lot less noise than with the stock firmware. Magic lantern is a free firmware addon for canon eos dslr cameras that adds a host of features to assist photographers and videographers. For example on a 16 gb card you can achieve over 200 min recording with qscale 1 this has been a real testing with slow action sequence. Once you turn on hdr bracketing under the shoot submenu, you can change the following settings. Magic lantern provides many new settings for your camera, but as i use it for hdr bracketing, lets take a look at those features. The hdr video feature will only be released with the unified magic lantern distribution for 550d, 600d and 60d cameras theres no indication that it will be rolled back to the 5d mark ii, which doesnt support high frame rate video recording, or the 7d, which has proven difficult to hack due to its twin digic processors. Recently, the guys at magic lantern released a new update to their software that brings hdr mode to canon dslrs just in time for christmas.
Magic lantern dual iso first impressions hdr photographer. Now the lucky owners of some canon dslrs can shoot high dynamic range video with the new magic lantern firmware update. Magic lantern software for canon dslr mitch martinez. Published on nov 29, 2012 download magic lantern magiclantern. I recently installed an experimental version of magic lantern on the 100d and am absolutely takenaback by how good the image is. With new magic lantern firmware, canon dslrs get realtime.
Canon 7d users have longed for the opensource tool magic lantern which has brought numerous features to the 5dmkii, txi5xxd and 60d600d cameras. I have followed the magic lantern project for some time with the purchase of a 60d in mind. Canon 7d magic lantern alpha firmware overview youtube. Approve the cookies this website uses cookies to improve your user experience. Magic lantern is a free software addon that runs from the sdcf card and adds a host of new features to canon eos cameras that werent included from the factory by canon.
Shooting hdr video on a canon dslr with magic lantern firmware. And now the new fps setting and the sweet thing is that your original canon firmware is safe because the magic lantern firmware is loaded from the sdcard during startup. Up next 6 favorite features of magic lantern custom firmware for your canon dslr duration. However, theres been a ton of work done on the software. Magic lantern for hdr extending your cameras bracketing. Magic lantern firmware boosts dynamic range of canon 5d. If you want to record more than 12 minutes in 4 gb, or if you have a slow card class 4 or class 2, use cbr mode with a scaling factor less than 1, or qscale with low negative values e.
Open up a world of possibilities with your canon dslr including hdr video and focus peaking, just by installing the magic lantern firmware. Five exposure hdr with eos 7d in reply to digit may 15, 2012 ok, having started this thread, i wish to weigh in. Magic lantern firmware magic lantern is a software enhancement that offers increased functionality to the excellent canon dslr cameras. Updated with canon 5d magic lantern firmware it seems everybody is after the hdr look these days.
Magic lantern is a software enhancement that offers increased functionality to canon dslr cameras. Magic lantern unlocks 4k raw video on the canon 5d mkiii. I have yet to play with the new software but will be over the next couple days and will be posting a video with my results. Get the most out of your camera with the latest magic lantern features. The convenience of dual pixel cmos af is now coming to raw video, with magic lantern now available for all 70d owners. Is realtime high dynamic range imaging, ala reds hdrx, coming to canon dslrs with the next version of magic lantern firmware. If your camera had previous firmware versions, it is very easy to backdate and then later upgrade firmware versions. Magic lantern is a free software addon that runs from any sdcf card and adds great new features to canon eos cameras. Unfortunately, the new hdr firmware will not support the 5d mark ii or the 7d, which currently offer the best video quality in the canon dslr. Magic lantern firmware adds hdr video to canon dslrs the verge. The first alpha for magic lantern on the canon 5d mark iii added quite a few of the basic functions that were released in the major 2. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Magic lantern ml is a software addon for canon cameras. New magic lantern software for eos 7d redshark news.
Magic lantern canon eos 7d demo video heres a quick shopping list of key features that the free magic lantern software can open up on compatible eos. Magic lantern is a firmware addon for various canon digital singlelens reflex dslr cameras and the eos m. Hear is my first attempt at doing hdr video with the new magic lantern software on my canon t2i using the 50mm 1. Filming with canon 600d music by the glitch mob palace of the innocents. I believe that the list is growing all the time but at the time of writing this blog, the following cameras can utilize magic lantern. How to use magic lantern for taking bracketed photos hdr. How to shoot hdr timelapse with magic lantern youtube. Dual iso is a great feature of magic lantern firmware for canon dslrs that can increase dynamic range of your camera to about 14 ev from original 11 12 ev. Check the vimeo description for more details workflow. Previously the software only worked on a very select few 70d bodies and not the earlier serial numbers, which had a. Magic lantern on canon eos 550d t2i great for extreme. Not all of the canon eos dslr models work with the magic lantern software. Frames the number of frames the camera takes at one time, from 2 to 9.
We have created an open framework, licensed under gpl, for developing extensions to the official firmware. Magic lantern uses the available screen space to display operational information in a clear and practical manner. Magic lantern alpha 2 for canon 5d mark iii adds clean. You will find all these settings under hdr bracketing in the shoot menu. Well start with how to shoot your video, talk about how to combine the clips and finally how to color correct to get a. The folks at magic lantern are no stranger to adding new features to canon dslrs, courtesy of their eos camera tool software. Magic lantern is opensource firmware that adds many useful features to cameras. I recently started looking into it again, and ive loaded it on my 50d, and now i have things like. It adds features for dslr filmmaking and still photography, and is free and opensource magic lantern was originally written for the canon eos 5d mark ii by trammell hudson in 2009 after he reverse engineered its firmware.