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  • im scared to install this prograam on my eos 550d/t2i, because maybe i wont like it and i wont know how to get it of my camera, and im scared i wil break my camera :(

  • Links are old so pls update

  • i haven't been able to achieve getting magic lantern on my mac!!! i need help! every time i unzip the file another zip file pope up they just keep multiplying!

  • guys! what will be the best bit rate/qscale of a TRANSCEND SDHC 32G CLASS 10 card?

  • super helpfull tutorial, i was a little worried before updating cuz it didn't showed 1.0.9-ml-2012D update instead of 1.0.9 because it was the newer version i believe but in the end, it worked totally fine (and I'm super exited right now) thanks!

  • While I am mostly a photographer, I am getting more into video.

    Currently, my batteries for the T2i are charging, but I am going to install this; it's a lot nicer than the basics of the T2i.

  • Do I have to plug my T2i to the USB port. can't I just load the magic lantern firmware onto the T2i through SD card only? I can't find my cords... T_T

  • How did you manage to get the Transcend SD card to boot up onto the computer. I can't seem to get it's folder to show up when I use a card reader.

  • Hey Dod3032, are you using the the Transcend 16 GB Class 10?? The one that costs around 35$ ? I'm going to order it and I'm wondering if it can handle qscale -16 or -15.

  • Thank you so much luke I would not have been able to do this without this video

    Kind Regards Malc B

    Ghost Maker Productions

  • Thank The Island I favourited this video. Now it's unlisted. Thank you Luke =)

  • Dod what SD card are you using to be able to shoot using Qscale -16 without the t2i shutting down the record mode?

  • how do i do the command prompt if i'm using a mac?

  • "See if you can find another hat..."

    Now that's funny, I don't care WHO you are.

  • I love this firmware, but unfortunately it's really buggy right now.

    Rack focus stopped working after a while and the display at times is messed up.

    Waiting for a more stable builds in the future. It'll certainly be worth the wait.

  • Pls someone help me? How do I put in cropmarks? Help!!!!!

  • luke! if i disabled the AUTO GAIN CONTROL. would it still sound good if i use the internal mic?

  • i have a 16gb transcend sd card and when i try to access the card, the folder names do not appear and i'm not able to add any files to it, more importantly the .fir file required to format the card. Do you know what i could do to fix this?

  • you're beautiful

  • If i update the firmware, will my warranty stay valid? :(

  • Excuse me sir, but I can't get my cropmarks doesnt show up, should I have pasted the BMP files before installation?

  • A Little advice for most of you that dont know a thing about this Magic Lamp (like me) . Today i followed this tutorial and installed Magic Lamp to my T2i and it gave me tons of bugs , i could barely take pictures and video screen kept blinking , i ended up formatting my card.

    If i were you and wanted to install this again i would look for the newest upgrade to see if it comes with less bugs.

  • @MnkyKng Yeah, the newer version still has it's share of bugs but they are an upgrade for sure. I filmed this tut before these were out though...

  • @Dod3032 hey mr Dod, My videos still record the noise though I set AGC to off, what should I do?

  • @thebroadcastviewer AGC doesn't mean audio will be turned off, it just means you can now manually control the audio levels. You can turn off the audio by turning down the volume in the Magic Lantern Audio menu

  • @Dod3032 Oh thanks, I'm currently having bugs in playback, Im still trying out updated versions of the Magic Lantern, thanks for replying.

  • how do I get it to remove the noise? my AGC is already off?

  • is this legal? or is it like jailbreaking an iPod?

  • @kennmmanproductions

    Jailbreaking an iPod is legal. This, probably too, but it will most likely break your warranty.

  • @Soreanol oh k, thanks... so Cannon doesn't make this software then?

  • @kennmmanproductions

    No, this is all unofficial. Probably why Canon locked the quite new 7D so that it couldn't be hacked in the same way.

  • I can't seem to update to the latest version of Magic Lantern. When I replace the files with the new ones, the camera stays black when on. I would really appreciate the help.

  • can i just delete all the files or format the card if i want to uninstall magic lantern??..i'd like to upgrade to the new one but I dont want to risk bricking my camera by just installing it on top of the old one..rather be safe and start from scratch

  • @sk8ersick666 Yes u can. I did that today. Magic Lamp wasnt working for me

  • Thanks for the video. I have a problem though after installing: When using the LCD preview window in video mode, a blue checkerboard display appears and covers up most of the display. When previewing a recorded piece of footage it does not display but I would like not to see it when filming so I get a better idea of what I am looking at. Can anyone explain this to me?

  • @GrandTheftAuto4Films Turn Zebras off in the Video menu of Magic Lantern.

  • @Dod3032 Ah thanks much dude. Thanks again for the video. Just got this camera last week and have never taken a photograph in my life. Always wanted to get into filming and thanks to your video I picked up a really nice camera. Just bought some books and I hope to be able to start taking advantage of this stuff. Most of my pictures have been rather drab in low lighting conditions - I hope that in time they'll get better.

    Thanks again!

  • Well this is weird. You see, I installed the firmware and files directly to the SD card (16 gig Kingston to be exact)

    Unfortunately, I didn't see any sort of ISO and Shutter options in the menu and I couldn't change it like I would normally do, using the wheel on the camera.

    It was a great tool, but I decided to install it again. I formatted my memory card (which the wiki says, is completely safe), but now my 1.09 firmware still cannot change the ISO and shutter values.

    What is going on?

  • I can't get the cropmarks to work. I've copied them to the root of the card, but I only get two exclamation marks (!).

    I don't have fully manual control of the ISO as well.

    Have I forgotten to do something in the installation process?

  • How do you uninstall magic lantern?

  • 8:13 when I drag the 3 magic lantern files into my Camera's directory (The SD card is inside the camera, I do not have a SD card reader) it gives me a "Cannot Copy" Error. What can I do?

  • Their is a a bloke making crop circles behind you

  • Nice tutorial. Just a quick question: Did you graded the video (first few minutes) manually? Looks really good.

  • Do I need to make all of my SD memory cards 'bootable' if I plan to have them 'magic lantern' active?

  • @Knoptop Yes, you do.

  • Yeah the Elsinore theater, downtown Salem, Or !!!

  • Hi. Love all the videos man... I was just wondering... What lense do you use? I have the stock lense and I'm not sure what one to get.

  • Great tutorial...Now a new version of Magic Lantern (ML 0.2) have arrived and I can't wait to install it. Do you have it? if so how do I install it, if I have version 1?

  • will it work on a 8gb class 10 transcend?

  • @filmsallday yea dawg

  • Hi, will the magic lantern firmware install on the Japanese version of the camera (Canon Kiss X4)? Thank you.

  • @dominicellison101 Wow...I did not know that the Kiss X4 was the Japanese version. I would assume so. There has to be something on the Magic Lantern site about this...can anyone confirm?

  • @dominicellison101 Hi, thanks for quick reply. The KissX4 Seems to be a lot cheaper too. Will keep looking.

  • @dominicellison101 Yeah, I can confirm that it works.

  • @uglyrhinodotcom What guy? ha ha ha!

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  • just got the iso add on didnt know it didnt come with it.

  • @sourcekings how? i didn't get it either

  • how do you put on custom cropmarks?

  • im not seeing the iso menu within magic lantern

  • me again! Just wondering how you go about making the camera accessible, right now it comes up as a camera and I can't drag or edit contents?? Is there some way of making the camera a storage device? WinXP service pack 2

    Thanks!

  • never mind, I just thought the card had to be in camera, but obviously you have to use a card reader yes?

  • great video luke. By the way, how do you make the crop marks show up on screen like you did? On my camera they do not.

  • the building in your background is in my town haha

  • @THEHYPENESS The Elsinore?

  • @Dod3032 yeah

  • hey installed the newest one and man it has some problems it has alot of things on the screen seems like pacman kind of like its eating up the memory

  • @sourcekings It's just the zebras, turn them off in the Video tab.

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  • Hey, I downloaded the third second link, and tried to extract it, but I could not find the THIRD file you wanted to extract. All I got was the .cfg, the autesec.bin, but no "magiclantern.fir."

    SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!

    This is a wonderful video by the way.

  • Ok, ...my T2i is now officially "a $2000 beast", thanks to this tutorial! Thanks for your help with this video tutorial! Also, your custom letterbox is now part of the install on the latest update.

  • Magic lantern Does not give me the ISO option nor the aperture one?

    Anyone get this to?

  • Yesterday i got my Røde Videomic, i was so happy for have bought it, and i was like "i'm going pro today". But when I found out about the problem, I was very angry, because I didn't research on it, as I normally do... I was ready to throw the videomic out of my window, but then i found "Magic Lantern", on a random site about the 5D. I scroll down at the site and found out it was also available for the 550d. My eyes was filled with tears :'D! I'll never go back to the normal Firmware! NEVER!

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  • The outtakes are Heee-larious!

  • Dude, seriously you are so freaking helpful!!!! I have a question though, what audio equipment did you use in the field? It was amazing!! I'm looking into buying some audio equipment next month, but I want good quality.

  • @jonnycalvin Thanks! It's a Zoom H4n with a standard mic (not even sure of the brand) I am also in need of a mic upgrade. The Zoom H4n is great though!

  • @Dod3032 There are a few mics that are great quality. Look at the sure sm58 for interviewing sound and look at the MXL 990 Small Diaphragm Condenser mic for out side. These go for under dollars. Hope this will help you.

  • @jonnycalvin 200dollars I meant to say.

  • This tutorial worked beautifully ! Thanks so much.

  • Shoot...how do you do the command prompt step on a Mac?

  • Question not too related to this...Magic Bullet Mojo is said to come with "presets" but I don't find any presets. I'm comfortable making looks based on my own adjustments, but it would be nice to have those alleged presets to work off of...any advice anyone?

  • Hi im a 14 year old filmmaker and i need to know since i dont have money to buy a new camera or anything like that, that if something goes wrong with this that if it could ruin my camera?

  • @ClownzMask Well I myself am also a young film maker (15) and the truth is if something goes wrong in the process or you dont do something right, you can indeed completely destroy your camera, or "brick" the camera (meaning it would be useless). However, you go over the tutorial, understand what you'll be doing, triple check you have EVERYTHING you need, and take your time, you should be fine. I installed the firmware on my 550D without a hitch after I did everything I suggested.

  • Hi this mite sound like a silly question but im I right in thinking that the canon 550d t2i kiss*4 are all the same model

  • how about the cmos temp ??? is it only the information, or is it ajustable?

  • I am a filmmaker and i will like to say to all watching. Luke Neumann has been very resourceful to all of us here. His video are very informative and educative. The man has a bright future and the future is here, please if you have the resources/money please help luke with all his endervors, He has been great with tutorials on YouTube. I have installed the ML firmware on my T2i absolutely amazing. Thank you Alex.

  • @enlightenradio Thank you very much for your kind words...they mean a lot!

  • Also if I wanted to do this to another card, what steps would I have to do? What I have to do it again?

    Also how do you delete if I don't want it anymore?

  • When I clicked the firmware on the and pressed okay (see 5:00) I got this error message:

    C:/Windows\system32\xmllite.dl­l is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support.

    Help?

  • @VishalSinghFilms Only thing I can think of is it might not be on the card??

  • @Dod3032 Just double checked, it's on there. I'm gonna try and reinstall EOS Utility...

  • @VishalSinghFilms Worth a shot for sure

  • @Dod3032 It still didn't work, but I ended up trying it on a different computer and now it's working. Don't really know what the problem was lol but thanks for the help!

  • @VishalSinghFilms Sure, glad I could help! Ha ha.

  • I need help. When extracting from the January 16th build, all i see is the autoexce build and magic lanter.fir. I don't see the magic.cfg. What am I doing wrong?

  • @Lyricalmovement2010 Try downloading an earlier build, and then just replacing the autoexec and .fir with the newest ones.

  • @Dod3032 So how would I do that, just insert the memory card and overwrite the exisiting autoexce and .fir file.

  • @Lyricalmovement2010 I can't see the magiclantern.fir. I see the .cfg and the autexec.... HELP!!!!

  • WOW! Thank you! 

  • does it work on Mac?

  • If I want to Format my card and keep the ML files can I just copy the ML files to my desktop then format the card then put the files from the desktop back onto the card ?

  • @bloodyimposition You still have to re mount the card be for u do so

  • man milion thanks, that is some fucked up down right crazy stuff on that tweaky lantern!!! super thanks!

  • "see if you can find another hat..." LMFAO!

  • hi, thanks for the tutorial, just one simple question, there should be no difference on installing ML this way on a Kiss X4 right?... i just wanna make sure before doing this, does anybody knows someone who followed this process with the kiss x 4 and got it right?... thanks..

  • Hi, do I have to install ML in every SD card I use? Thanks

  • Dude, I think this made my camera not turn on. I removed the firmware files and stuff from my memory card and put it back into my camera. Now my camera LCD will not turn on the only thing that works now is the view finder. It will not take pictures or anything now. Great. 3 weeks old and already broken.

  • @93supra2jz Did you try taking out the battery and then putting it back in? The firmware sometimes freezes the camera and you have to reset it this way.

  • @Dod3032 Yes I have tried that. I took it took a local camera shop to see if they could help me but no luck. I have a 1 year warrenty on it so I will most likely send it back to Adorama to have them fix it. I'm currently redoing the memory card steps to try to get it to work again. Also, my camera does not connect to my computer so I think I am screwed. I'll let you know if I get it working.

  • @93supra2jz Oh my god I am the man. I got it to work. You should let people know that you cannot just delete the magic lantern files off your memory card as it will not let the camera turn on. I would recommend switching the firmware back to 1.0.9 BEFORE you delete those files off your memory card, so the camera can read the firmware.

  • @93supra2jz Also if they are having the same problem as I did, they need to reformat the memory card, then run through those memory card setup steps mentioned in the video, and they should be golden.

  • @93supra2jz I had the same problem, simply make the card boot-able following the instructions on the install page. It's an easy fix.

  • @nickve Good thing we got it working again. I was about to get angry haha.

  • @93supra2jz I had the same problem, simply make the card boot-able following the instructions on the install page. It's an easy fix.

  • Is there any way at all to disable to Light Adjust when using the Video mode? There is nothing more annoying than this setting, which is ruining my shots.

  • Hi, i'm looking into installing the magic lantern for my 550D, I understand part of the program installs onto the sd card and some of it onto the camera itself which runs along side the canon sofware. My question is If I want to remove Magic lantern from both the sd card and the camera is this possible. I know if you put another sd card in it goes back to normal but what happens if I format my sd card and put it back in the camera, would that break my camera. Thanks for any help.

  • @shaunberry1982 No, it just won't run. If you want to go back to normal on your camera as well (shouldn't be able to tell the difference unless you have an SD card with ML files on it anyways...) you can always just update the firmware back to 1.0.9 from Canon.

  • @Dod3032 ok sorry i mean if i format the sd card with ML on it would that cause any problems using it. Thank you for the quick reply by the way and the tutorial.

  • @shaunberry1982 No, then it's just back to a normal SD card. SHOULDN'T be any problems.

  • @Dod3032 ok thanks alot, this is really cool, the audio meters are great but not so useful if you use an external device to record audio is what I found because then you just use the audio from that and it doesn't matter if the levels are bad. I use the Zoom H4n. so does ML cut off the onboard audio on record or just playback. also do you find the Zebras work good on this, they look a little kinda laggy but don't get me wrong it's way better than nothing.

  • Hey question i installed the ML and it keeps freezing and i having to take out battery, but ive just seen there new updates from Alex on the last link you put in the description, which im sure will help sort these problems. But when downloading the file from alex the ML files are diffrent names to the ML you showed in your tutorial i dont know which to replace and which ones from alex updates, to put in ..... shall i just delete the files then replace with new ML how do i replace?

    Thanks

  • Hey Luke, I already installed the magic lantern firmware. But ive seen some youtube users that have a extra tab "expo" in their magic lantern firmware. Where they can set extra iso, shutters, ... settings. Do you know how or where to unlock this?

    Thanks for the tutorials!

  • @amcorockx You need to download the latest build of Magic Lantern and replace the 3 Magic Lantern files on your memory card with the new 3 that you download.

    You can find the lastest build in the very bottom link in this videos description.

  • @Dod3032 Great thanks for the fast reply!

  • @Dod3032 Hey Luke dont know if u have an answer but I figure I'd ask...I followed your tutorial and everything works fine for what the firmware is but In the D-Bug section what is CMOS-TEMP? Mine is at 154...I know people are saying dont screw with the D-Bug settings but I installed it at 4AM in the morning and dont know if i had accidentally bumped it up..I know on your CMOS-TEMP it says 141 and believe it or not other peoples vary too,so yeah if you can shed some light on this it be cool.

  • @Dod3032 what do you mean by replace? as in simply delete the files and put new ML on? what you mean

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  • Id Really like to thank you. I have tried to install this hack 3 different times but never had any success.

    Your way was much more simple and worked the first time no problems.

    Thanks again.

  • Hi! Do I have to install the Magic Lantern in every card I use? Awesome tutorials!

  • Thank you for this valuable video! Anyone that gives this a thumbs down is an idiot.

  • This firmware is awesome, I'm new to this and was having so many audio AGC problems which magic lantern fixed.

    What lense did you use to shot this video?

  • Does this work on Canon Kiss X4's?

  • You are the best! Thank you!

  • Magic Lantern would freeze my camera on rare occasions. I guess it's no big deal.

  • @exile4ever What do you do if it freezes? Reboot?

  • @NitsanPictures take battery out.

  • Hi! I really need to ask a question, its bothering me, I have a rode shotgun mic, but I'm thinking if I should change my filmware to magic lantern, becoz, I am not sure if changing it to magic lantern will voild my canon warrenty if anything that is covered in warrenty has happened and when I send to them for repairs, will they reject it becoz of modified filmware? Thanks!

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  • Thanks a lot. Worked like a charm - easier than reading a manual :D

  • WOW!! Well done! This was an awesome tutorial !!

  • What format was rendered? PLEASE :)

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  • probably the most useful video i've ever seen on youtube! I'ts all installed on my camera but when its switched off and back on i have to re-upgrade the firmware through the camera but apart from this 2 second task ML works amazing! cheers mate! also in playback theres no sound...?

  • probably the most useful video i've ever seen on youtube! I'ts all installed on my camera but when its switched off and back on i have to re-upgrade the firmware through the camera but apart from this 2 second task ML works amazing! cheers mate!

  • Something interesting is happening to me. I can install and use the firmware but as soon as i turn off the camera and turn it back on i cant use it, i need to reinstall it for every time i turn on the camera. Am i missing something big here?

  • @magnifypictures - we both have the same problem

  • @BryanMumble Good at least im not the only one. What kind of memory card are you using? also my new Shotgun mic is almost useless when i plug it in. Its battery powered and i have changed the setting to use both internal and external. I even tried setting the internal mic to 0Db. Any suggestions?

  • @magnifypictures yeah, im using Sandisk Extreme 8gb class 10 , i think there is a fix a Jan 4, 2011 release , ill pm you the link , so that you can overwrite the old dec 22 release

  • i am using a mac, i got all the way up until you started using Command Prompt.. how would i do that part on a mac? please help..

  • does it work on 60d too ?!?!?!?!

  • Jeff Hanley... a man outstanding in his field.

  • Dude, I owe you lunch.

  • Love your videos. Great audio!

    What mic are you using? I have a H4n and I'm looking for a boom mic to combine them. Just wondering if you use one in particular. Great work keep it up!

  • If you format the memory card with the magic lantern on, would that take the magic lantern off? or just delete all the videos/photos on the card?

  • can you please make a video with magic latern, where you explain the menu.

    It would be really helpful

  • Will it destroy the camera? and if something goes wrong, could we get the firmware 1.0.9 back into the camera ? i just wanna make sure the risks when getting this magic lantern..

  • @lykhoi96 This was one of my worries. However, its quite unluckily to completely break the camera, theres been thousands of downloads, and only one report of a bricked camera. I installed it yesterday, and I'm not completely sure how it works, but the 1.0.9 firmware still seems to be installed - if you boot your camera without the memory card in, it just defaults to that firmware.

  • @lykhoi96 No, if you have the Canon firmware 1.0.9 just re install the Canon firmware only and format your card...back to normal

  • @Dod3032 maybe I will go over some of that in the twixtor tutorial I shoot today.

  • @Dod3032 yeah you should and explain how to remove magic lantern so we get back the fully original precious canon :)

  • hey can you send your crop marks to my email. binhtran08@yahoo.com

  • Can you uninstall magic lantern?

  • @Ersovideo

    yes, iths only installed on the SD card if you delet it is it unistalled ;)

  • I seem to have solved my problems.

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  • hey, thanks for the tutorial.. it's very informative. I'm a newbie to canon 550D. Can you explain what magic lantern or firmware does to your video?? Thanks

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