#Magic lantern canon 550d install manual

Restore your camera to default settings (Clear all camera settings, from Wrench 3 menu (*must be in manual or P mode to select Wrench 3 menu)).Remove any accessories from your camera (such as battery grip or external flash).Make sure you have the Canon Firmware 1.0.9 first! Running Magic Lantern on an incorrect firmware version may brick your camera!ĭownload the Magic Lantern 0.2.0 from here: magiclantern-0.2.0. Unzip the file and copy *.fir file to ur SD card. Simply download the latest firmware from canon website. No development will be done on 1.0.8 any more and also Magic Lantern does not work at all with earlier firmware versions.

#Magic lantern canon 550d install upgrade

The recommended way is to upgrade your camera to 1.0.9 in order to get the latest features.

#Magic lantern canon 550d install install

To install Magic Lantern on your camera, you must download the right magiclantern for your firmware: 1.0.8 or 1.0.9. This file does not have to be signed, but the bootdisk flag must be enabled in the camera.

using the bootdisk process: the autoexec.bin file is loaded and executed.

fir file, which must be digitally signed. There are 2 ways of running user code on the 550D/T2i/Kiss X4:

And, remember that this software can damage or destroy your camera.

When in doubt, remove the battery and reboot.

Your battery will run down and your LCD might show some discoloration. Otherwise the ARM might be in a tight-loop and get very hot, very quickly.

If you encounter a 'locked up' camera, quickly remove the battery.

If you have a bootable SD card and have the DISKBOOT flag set in the camera (which the installer does), and you do not have an AUTOEXEC.BIN file on the card the camera WILL NOT BOOT! It will hang and not wake up until the battery is removed.

EyeFi cards are known to cause problems, so it's better to use normal cards.

Quick access to some useful settings like HTP, ALO and contrast.

On-demand auto tuning for ISO, shutter & kelvin white balance.

Clean LiveView display without any overlays (selectable).

Fine tuning for ISO and shutter speeds also ISO 25600.

Debug functions (display CMOS temperature, screenshot, logging).

Display time remaining during video recording.

Manual audio gain, selectable input source, disable AGC and digital filters.

Remote release with either the LCD face sensor or audio trigger.

Trap Focus: camera takes a picture when something comes in focus.

Zebra stripes for overexposed / underexposed areas.

Bit rate control (QScale parameter) for the H.264 encoder.

GUI menus: press the ERASE button to display them, SET/DISP to change values.

Magic Lantern 0.2.0 for 550D firmware 1.0.9: That's where Magic Lantern comes in - it turns a mere 65k-70k 550D into a feature packed DSLR which matches the features of even 5D and 7D. By the time the software moves from development to beta testing it has been installed hundreds or thousands of times.ĭ) has a 35 mm or larger sensor (for FF Canon dslrs only) andĮ) costs less than $150k (without lenses, like the CineAlta F3īut, the software in video mode has limitations, even after the recent upgrade from Canon that fixed the most glaring manual exposure 'bug' Most of the risk is to the developers' cameras while testing new features and probing new portions of Canon's firmware. While this is no guarantee of absolute safety, the stable releases have been tested by beta testers. There is no need to 'uninstall' it - simply power cycle the camera to reboot to the stock Canon firmware.As of September 2009 the software has been downloaded over two thousand times and there have been no reports of damage to the cameras. It does not replace the existing firmware, but instead runs along side of it. It is an open (GPL) framework for developing extensions to the official software, tailored for film making needs. It adds new features like onscreen audio meters and zebra stripes, as well as disables the audio AGC. Magic Lantern is an enhancement atop of Canon's firmware that makes your 5D Mark II into the 5D Mark Free. Magic Lantern is developed by a group of enthusiast free lancer cinematorgraphers. For compatability issues please google for ur specific canon dslr and magic lantern. Also I am just reqriting this tutorial for Pakgamers friends.

#Magic lantern canon 550d install how to

NOTE: This is just a write up on how to install this firmware. People with Rebel series and 50D and 60D can also try it out after installing latest firmware well okay finally i got some free time to write down a small tutorial and small review of Magic Lantern for Canon 550D/T2i/Kiss X4. MAGIC LANTERN FOR CANON EOS REBEL T2i/550D/KISS X4