Posts Tagged ‘hack’

Mar
16
2014

Magic Lantern conquers Canon EOS 5D Mark III firmware 1.2.3!

Alex over at Magic Lantern announced today that the Magic Lantern team has a version of their software that should work on Canon EOS 5D Mark III firmware version 1.2.3 (which is the latest version) Alex stated:[adrotate group="6"] "Not alpha, not beta, nor zeta, just…
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Sep
16
2013

Magic Lantern RAW - "It's like I had alien eyes."

It takes your breath away, the first time you use Magic Lantern's "software add-on". That's what ML calls it. I call it "Magic Window". No longer is your video an approximation of what you filmed. It's like you're looking through a window at what you…
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Aug
28
2013

Another rental site validates Magic Lantern Raw video: BorrowLenses

We were the first to point out that LensRentals.com was the first rental firm to put Canon EOS 5D Mark III cameras out to rent with Magic Lantern installed. Now BorrowLenses has followed suit! Quite the validation if you ask me! [adrotate group="6"] [adrotate group="9"]…
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Aug
19
2013

How powerful is Magic Lantern? @LensRentals now renting 5D3 with ML installed!

Wow, this is a major step for a rental company like LensRentals - and for Magic Lantern as well. This may seem small to some, but for a rental agency to believe there's enough of a market for the Magic Lantern RAW video option to…
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Aug
12
2013

Magic Lantern cracks "dual ISO" on 5D2 and 6D for 14 stops of dynamic range

A few weeks ago, planet5D was sent a significant update from A1ex over at Magic Lantern announcing 14 stops of dynamic range for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Canon EOS 7D - and at the time, he didn't think there was any chance…
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Aug
2
2013

Canon EOS 7D RAW video? Magic Lantern announces first success!

With this little snippet in the Magic Lantern forums, A1ex has announced the beginning of success for RAW video for the Canon EOS 7D: BTW, got something cool for you: https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/commits/c2a01891156eFrom now on, it's your job to get it fully working. Here's the source tweet:…
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Jun
30
2013

Will Nikon get RAW video as well? Early 1.5fps samples just released!

This just in... the first RAW Video samples are coming in from Nikon cameras - the first one I've seen is from a Nikon D700 posted by Simone! tho note, this is very early as so far they're only getting about 1.5 frames per second,…
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Jun
13
2013

A Beginners Guide to Compiling Magic Lantern on Windows

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…
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Jun
6
2013

Largest collection of Magic Lantern RAW HDSLR video – part IV

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…
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May
30
2013

Magic Lantern RAW video kills H.264 for high ISO video! Are multiples of ISO 160 still right?

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…
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