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A Beginners Guide to Compiling Magic Lantern on Windows
Posted on 13. Jun, 2013 by planetmitch.
If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to compile Magic Lantern from scratch, then this is the video for you! Magic Lantern often has pre-compiled versions for us to download, but they also have a “nightly build” which is just the source code that has been updated that day – and if you want the [...]
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What Canon HDSLRs can do Magic Lantern RAW video and what size? Updated June 8th
Posted on 08. Jun, 2013 by planetmitch.
Quick update – A1ex the Magic Lantern team has posted a thread showing all of the different cameras that can currently do RAW video and what size they can create (maximum). We’re providing the chart here as an image, but the Magic Lantern team is going to be updating the chart – so make sure [...]
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Magic Lantern 3x zoom – how to tutorial
Posted on 06. Jun, 2013 by planetmitch.
Earlier, we’ve shown you Magic Lantern 3x zoom – triple every lens in your bag! New Demo Shows How and we mentioned that it is a bit difficult to set up… well now, Alec Weinstein has posted a tutorial on making 3x zoom happen in Magic Lantern Tutorial: 300% Raw Crop Mode with 5D mark [...]
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In the Death Zone the Canon 5D Mark III shoots a one million-dollar reality television series
Posted on 06. Jun, 2013 by planetmitch.
This is the follow up we promised from Tuesday’s “Can Elia Saikaly climb Everest and film a million-dollar TV show at the same time?“. I’m sure you were amazed last fall when we posted about Elia Saikaly shooting with HDSLRs in the most cold places on the planet and many of you will remember the [...]
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Largest collection of Magic Lantern RAW HDSLR video – part IV
Posted on 06. Jun, 2013 by Keith Alvendia.
Yes, the interest is continuing to swell over the Magic Lantern RAW video feature and we’re still finding amazing videos to share – so here’s episode 4! We’ve got a new Magic Lantern forum section – check it out and comment away and be entered to win that Canon EOS 6D! The past 3+ weeks [...]
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A phenomenal look at the American South West in 4k video
Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 by planetmitch.
Pure phenomenal nature from the American South West — in 4k glory no less! If you watch – make sure to click thru to youtube where you can see it in 4k (assuming you have the bandwidth). Shot on Red Epic-m, Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras. Note to [...]
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Can Elia Saikaly climb Everest and film a million-dollar TV show at the same time?
Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 by planetmitch.
Up front warning… this is going to be at least a 2 part blog post – something I usually don’t do – but I’ve got to give you an introduction to the next blog post and quite frankly, I’ve just been writing so much to set the mood, I’ve decided the only way to do [...]
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Magic Lantern 3x zoom – triple every lens in your bag! New Demo Shows How
Posted on 02. Jun, 2013 by planetmitch.
There’s been a ton of attention to Magic Lantern and the RAW video feature in the last few weeks (and we’ll have more coverage shortly as well), but I find it very interesting the ability to perform an in-camera zoom while filming hasn’t gotten more attention. Maybe the video below will give you enough detail [...]
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Magic Lantern RAW video kills H.264 for high ISO video! Are multiples of ISO 160 still right?
Posted on 30. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
We’ve talked a lot about the new Magic Lantern RAW video enhancements lately (and I’m afraid you’re going to keep hearing about it because it is a significant enhancement to the Canon DSLR video line) but you have also got to see this test! It has been shown you get a lot more dynamic range [...]
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Largest collection of Magic Lantern RAW HDSLR video – part III
Posted on 28. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
Some very cool samples in this batch – this is part III of the Largest collection of Magic Lantern RAW DSLR videos on the planet. Interesting in this batch — the use of Twixtor as well as a couple of videos with the “zoom” feature enabled (see more on this in the “3x zoom” post) [...]
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Magic Lantern code – how has it changed over time? Well, in short, a LOT!
Posted on 28. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
This is a fun video showing how the Magic Lantern code base has changed over time… this is a visual representation of the changes and additions to the code base. We’ve got a new Magic Lantern forum section – check it out and comment away and be entered to win that Canon EOS 6D! The [...]
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Is it possible to record RAW video straight to SSD with Magic Lantern? CF to SSD?
Posted on 27. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
As we keep saying, the fanatics (and I say in the kindest form of flattery) at Magic Lantern are working on a possibility – writing straight to SSD via the CF card interface… they haven’t made it work yet, but it is something that could be possible. It also takes things beyond just the firmware [...]
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