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With New Magic Lantern Firmware, Canon DSLRs Get Real-Time HDR Video*

12.21.11 @ 12:28PM Tags : canon, canon60d, canont2i, canont3i, dslr, firmware, hdr, hdrx, hdslr, magiclantern

Is real-time High Dynamic Range imaging, ala RED’s HDRx, coming to Canon DSLRs with the next version of Magic Lantern firmware? Well, yes and no — thus the asterisk. The system they’ve developed splits a 24p stream into two 12FPS exposures, one high and one low, and then interpolates the frames. It’s an interesting hack, demonstrated here: More »

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New and Improved Magic Lantern AJ5.0 Firmware for the Canon 5D Mark II Released

03.23.11 @ 10:06AM Tags : canon5d, dslr, firmware, hacks, hdslr, magiclantern

The legendary Magic Lantern firmware for the (itself legendary) Canon 5D Mark II hasn’t been updated in a long while, probably owing to the fact that codec Tramm Hudson has a life. Also, since Canon added 24p and manual audio controls to the official firmware, there was less need for ML. Programmer AJ Newman has come to rescue with a new version of the firmware, entitled AJ5.0, which is a ground-up rewrite with a brand new interface that offers some great new features. Here’s a look at what’s new in this branch of the ML firmware: More »

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Magic Lantern Firmware Now Available for Canon T2i/550D

12.24.10 @ 5:54PM Tags : canont2i, dslr, firmware, magiclantern

Happy Chriskwanzakuh! Here’s a free present courtesy Tramm Hudson, who has released the much-anticipated Magic Lantern hacked firmware for the Canon T2i/550D, which allows for higher-bitrate h.264 encoding, live zebra stripe and histogram displays, cropmarks, and onscreen audio meters. There’s also apparently a version for the Canon 60D in the works (the original is for the 5D only; no word on the 7D at this time). Here’s a look at the T2i firmware version 1.0.9 (which is not “final,” but is a release candidate) from Renny Hayes: More »

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New Magic Lantern Firmware Doubles Video Bitrate of 5D Mark II (Updated with Video)

12.5.10 @ 10:14PM Tags : 5d, dslr, firmware, hdslr, magiclantern

Firmware genius Tramm Hudson, who gave us the original Magic Lantern firmware, has released a new version that allows 5D Mark II owners to increase the video bitrate of their DSLR to 76MBps (the default is 38). This should make a world of difference in the battle against those pesky compression artifacts. Word on the street is that 76MBps is unstable, but the slightly lower 66MBps is working in 24p. This is very much in beta and I haven’t had a chance to try it out myself yet. Here are the details from Tramm: More »

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With hacked firmware, is the Panasonic GH1 better than the Canon T2i?

06.15.10 @ 5:47PM Tags : dslr, firmware, gh1, magiclantern, t2i

Short answer: no. Long answer: the GH1 is now a viable tool for filmmaking, whereas before I didn’t view it as such. So, what is this hacked firmware? As I mention on the new Choosing a DSLR page of the DSLR Guide, the Panasonic GH1 recently got its own Magic Lantern-eque hacked firmware. As spotted at EOS HD, this firmware enables two very important features for filmmakers: More »