These features are just the tip of the iceberg.

Motion detection: take an image when the camera senses motion.

In-camera intervalometer: useful for time-lapse photography, with no extra remote required.

HDR video: boosts the dynamic range of recorded video by alternating the ISO.

Zebras: flashes to indicate areas of the image that are under or over-exposed.

Focus peaking: highlights the area of the image that are in focus.

Once installed, your dSLR gets useful tools such as: It's free, runs alongside the stock Canon firmware and new features are constantly being added. Magic Lantern is one of the most popular firmware add-ons available, opening up many possibilities for photography and video. Magic Lantern is the key you need to unlock them. It’s weather-sealed, after all.There are many hidden features inside your Canon dSLR. These are the earliest of early days, remember. Canon is not liable if my camera breaks, so I’ll get to use it as a doorstop, or even a sailboat for a guinea pig. Joking aside, I am just excited to experiment. I am not worried about bricking my camera, because it’s already a brick with a 1.8x crop and rolling shutter to make the leaning tower of Pisa look straight. The probe was able to display a green screen (see video below) – which demonstrates the possibility to change camera registers and execute code on the main processor. This is big news because it means Magic Lantern code was able to execute on the EOS R as normal. The next firmware update “RLEDID14.FIR” was successfully loaded by the boot loader and firmware update program in the EOS R from the Canon firmware update menu. The error message is the same as on previous models and that’s encouraging however, I’m unable to figure it out by brute forcing.Ī1ex hadn’t realised I hadn’t yet tried both firmware updates 🙂

Whatever worked on all models from 50D to M50, it no longer works here.

They changed something in the file format, possibly also the encryption.

Magic lantern canon firmware