Step 4 : Install & Activate Magic Lantern
You can manually "update" the firmware using that software to the previous version (that you downloaded earlier from the link above). In this case, connect the camera to the computer via USB cable and run EOS Utility 3. I could not do this step in camera because I was already running a newer firmware. Step 3: Downgrade your Canon firmware to v. This article from No Film School has tips on shooting and working through all the post-processing using DaVinci resolve and his LUT.
This article from Cine 5D is comprehensive and very helpful. has more links to recommended products and workflow for mac and pc. RawMagic Software ($30 if you want to convert.
Canon EOS Utility (free, must provide camera serial number to download).1 Super Fast CF Card (as in 1000x fast).
This is a new workflow and requires a new set of tools. You will need: Step 2: Try to make it work (utterly fail) Step 1: Read a few blogs (skip most of the content) However, I do hope that you find this information helpful in your raw video journey. Beautiful detail and blue skies, you are mine at last!ĭ isclaimer! I am not liable for any unfavorable outcomes you may encounter (for example, the utter demise of either yourself or your camera). I'll list the steps I followed below (as well as limitations I encountered), but want you to see the footage for yourself to believe it. But after shooting for many years with my 7D and now 5D MKIII, I see the limitations in the quality of image it can produce on its own. So why try it now? Most of the time I'm a little leery of running with the early adopters of new tech, especially when it could endanger the warranty of my camera. Maybe I'm a little late to the party - after all, Magic Lantern has been around for nearly as long as DSLRs have recorded video. They develop and test firmware for Canon cameras to liberate cameras to their full potential! Rather than recording to a codec that compresses video and reduces sharpness and image quality, users can install the ML firmware and not only shoot in raw, uncompressed video, but can see zebras, advanced audio levels, histograms, and much more. It shows the magnified view in a small rectangle.For years, I've been curious about the folks at Magic Lantern. Actually I find magic zoom much more useful than ficus peaking. It works great on 6d in live iew and video.
The 5Dc ML has focus peaking but only for image playback.Ĭan the 5D2 or 6D1 do focus peaking, with or without, ML? Was able to bracket 9 pictures if I wanted. I saw mention the ML has a feature to lock/open the mirror up, which could be used to implement live view?Įxample of focus peaking in post from a 5D with ML installed but ML uses white focus peaking pixels if I remember it right īecause the screen is so tiny on a 5D it is hard to see if I get the focus right. The beta 4 version claims to have focus peaking, zebras, etc.ĭoes the 5D 1 lack the necessary hardware? What more do you need, besides the MCU & LCD? I recommend you to read the first page at ML in the 5D classic thread. Without Live view you can't use focus peaking. I am thinking about putting it on my 5D Classic for focus peaking.