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

Magic Lantern A.J. Newman Version 5.0 For Canon 5D MK II.

By: Jared Abrams

There is a new version AJ5.0 for magic lantern. I am not a big fan of the Magic Lantern firmware hack as it has proven to be unstable. This does not go over well with my paying clients. However a newer version has hit the street and is available for download now. Here is a rip from the post by Moria O’Brien.

“This 5D development has now reached the stage where most of the bugs have been eliminated (including some of those in the original ML by Trammell) and, while it is not yet publicly available, if you join the ML-Devel Google Group the code is available there – but as always with the warning that this is still in development and users install it at their own risk.”

Click here to download the firmware update.

Click here to follow the thread on C5D.

Added Features:

1) AJ MENU

2) CANON ISO MENU:

3) HOTKEY: Enhancement

4) AUDIO: Enhancement

5) KILL OVERLAY

6) ML CONFIG SAVE: Enhancement

7) AF-ON: Enhancement