Friday, December 12, 2014

Open shrouded peculiarities on your Canon dslr

Open up an universe of conceivable outcomes with your Canon dslr including HDR feature and center cresting, just by introducing the Magic Lantern firmware. Here's the means by which to do it.
There are numerous shrouded gimmicks inside your Canon dslr. Enchantment Lantern is the key you have to open them. 


Enchantment Lantern is a standout amongst the most well known firmware additional items accessible, opening up numerous conceivable outcomes for photography and feature. It's free, runs nearby the stock Canon firmware and new peculiarities are continually being included.
Once introduced, your dslr gets valuable apparatuses, for example,
Center topping: highlights the range of the picture that are in centering
Zebras: flashes to demonstrate ranges of the picture that are under or over-uncovered
HDR feature: helps the element scope of recorded feature by exchanging the ISO
In-cam intervalometer: helpful for time-slip photography, with no additional remote needed
Movement recognition: take a picture when the cam faculties movement
These gimmicks are simply the tip of the chunk of ice. A full usefulness rundown can be found in the userguide. 

Before you introduce Magic Lantern, be mindful that it is not at all upheld by Canon. Move ahead at your own particular hazard and note that it may void your guarantee.

Current cams backed incorporate the 5d Mark II, 5d Mark III, 6d, 7d, 50d, 60d, 500d/T1i, 550d/T2i, 600d/T3i, 650d/T4i, 700d/T5i, 1100d/T3 and EOS M.

Establishment process

Step one: Find an extra SD card and organization in-cam. At that point, head to the Magic Lantern downloads page and pick your model number from the rundown.

Step two: Make beyond any doubt the authority firmware on your cam is cutting-edge. The Magic Lantern download page will let you know which is the most recent variant number. Check what is introduced on your cam by picking any of the manual presentation modes (PASM) on the dial, then press the Menu catch. Span through until you discover the form number.

Check the authority firmware form is avant-garde before you introduce Magic Lantern.

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In the event that obliged, head to Canon's official help webpage and download the most recent rendition of the firmware for your dslr.

Step three: Connect the SD card to your PC or Mac and download the Magic Lantern assemble for your cam. Remove the compress document, then put every one of those records in the root index of the SD card.

Step four: Insert the SD card into the cam and turn it on. Introduce the firmware by going to Menu and discovering the firmware choice. Press Set and affirm your determination to overhaul the firmware. You will be provoked to restart the cam by turning the force now and again once more.

When you start up your cam after establishment, you ought to see something like this screen.

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Step five: Clear any custom settings by pressing Menu, and discover Clear settings. Retreat the Canon menu framework by pressing Menu once more, then press the rubbish can fasten to bring the Magic Lantern alternatives.

On the off chance that you run into any challenges amid the establishment process, there's additionally a full guide on the Magic Lantern wiki page.

General tips

A few settings will oblige you to turn the cam now and again to apply the peculiarity

At the point when in Live View, press the Info catch a few times to clear the Canon overlay menus so you can see the Magic Lantern overlays

When you are in the Magic Lantern menus, press the Menu secure to bring a screen with all your alternatives in segments, instead of expecting to span through individual pages

Supportive photography instruments

Intervalometer: Magic Lantern has everything implicit. From the menu, span crosswise over to Shoot, then down to Intervalometer. Press Set to actuate, then the Q fasten to bring choices.

A percentage of the settings in the intervalometer sub-menu.

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Pick how regularly you need to take a picture and when you need the cam to begin. Escape from the menu and you'll see the screen is holding up for that half press.

Sound trigger: You can fire the cam shade utilizing sound. Go to the menu, Audio Remoteshot and press Set. At that point, hit the Q catch to set the trigger decibel level. Verify its set to as high as would be prudent, so 20db, overall even the littlest sound will fire the screen.

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Applaud or make some clamor, and when the cam distinguishes it, the screen will fire.

Center cresting and zebras: This one is incredible for stills and feature clients. Center topping provides for you a framework on what's in center while zebras reveal to you regions of overexposure. In the menu, go to Overlay, turn on zebras and center crest. You can change loads of different alternatives to your enjoying in the sub-menus as well.

Take off of the menu, turn on live view and press the Info catch several times to turn off the Canon overlays. You'll see your introduction information down at the base of the screen with center cresting and zebras on the screen too.

Zebras on the screen show regions of overexposure.

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Uninstalling

When you've completed the process of playing around with Magic Lantern, you may need to uninstall it. To do this, retreat to the Canon menu and find the firmware choice once more. Press Set to finish the uninstall process, then once finished, group the Magic Lantern SD card in-cam in the event that you would prefer not to reinstall it once more. Keep in mind to spare any photographs on the card somewhere else before arranging.


These are simply a couple of gimmicks of Magic Lantern; I'll dig into more praiseworthy choices in a future How To article.

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