Magic Lantern 2.3 is here – and it looks pretty good

The testing phase for Magic Lantern 2.3 is over. Magic Lantern 2.3 release version is now here and the creators say it’s no longer a “hack”.

We can safely say it’s no longer a hack, but it’s strongly heading towards a solid piece of engineering that you can trust.
We have worked a lot on bug-fixing and usability improvements and we sincerely hope you will find it a great companion for all your shooting sessions – from hobbyist to professional.

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Magic Lantern 2.3 RC1 testing just started

Some promising news comes from the Magic Lantern website today.

Feature highlights of the upcoming version:
- First full support for 5D mark II
- Supports latest Canon firmware for 5D mark II, 60D, 600D and 50D
- Advanced ISO control (ISO 80, improved highlight rolloff, ISO 51200…)
- Advanced FPS control (24.000 FPS and 0.2 FPS possible)
- High speed operating through shortcuts (read more)
- New menu design
- Much improved stability (read more)

This is what they wrote:
As promised last week, we are very close to the 2.3 release. We’d like to run a release candidate testing first (RC1), so we’ll start this today.

As a special gesture to the donors and contributors to the ML project, we would like to thank them by giving them access to the release candidate in the forum section accessible to contributors and supporters. Currently we match donors and forum members by hand, so if we miss any of you, please contact me or Bart via PM.

For providing testing feedback, you will have to complete a small quiz. Your feedback will help us fix any remaining problems and announce a release date for the stable v2.3, which will be available to those who donate at least 10 euro to keep us running. After three weeks, this version will become free for everybody.

ML 2.3 RC1 works on Canon 5D Mark II 2.1.2, 550D 1.0.9, 60D 1.1.1, 600D 1.0.2, 50D 1.0.9 and 500D 1.1.1.

via MagicLantern.fm

Exposing for snow on a HDSLR

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xONqYFkPXcY[/youtube]

Dave Dougdale from Learning DSLR Video posted this nice video in which he looks for the perfect exposure settings in snowy conditions.
Dave is using a 550D/t2i with the very convenient histogram from the Magic Lantern firmware hack.

via the Learning DSLR Video blog

Canon 5D mkII vs. Canon T2i (550D)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkFwZjuTues[/youtube]

Dave Dugdale from learningdslrvideo.com brings us a very nice Canon camera comparison once again. This time around he compares the 5D mark2 allstar hdslr camera to the 3 times more affordable Canon T2i (550D).

So can the 5D’s video mode justify it’s price over the T2i? Dave doesn’t think so.
What do you think?