Magic Lantern for the Canon EOS 600D/Rebel T3i
Magic Lantern User Interface animation
- An overview of the user interface with Magic Lantern installed
- User controllable
Install Guide
- Step by step instructions to get Magic Lantern installed on your camera
- Includes troubleshooting and useful notes
600D/T3i build page
- Correct Canon firmware version to run Magic Lantern can be found here
- Lots of useful links and information
Feature matrix
- List of Magic Lantern features that work on the 600D/T3i
- Link heaven
Frequently Asked Questions
- Common questions regarding the Magic Lantern project
- If you have a question, check here first
User Manual
- Needs work
- In camera, in the Magic Lantern menus, all options have a short one or two line help text at the bottom of the display
General help
- Tutorials
- Pull request to port ML to 1.0.3 firmware. Discussion
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[size=14pt][u]Magic Lantern Installation & Updating Guide[/u][/size]
[u][size=12pt]for Canon EOS 600D/Rebel T3i[/size][/u]
This guide will help you install and update your Canon EOS 600D/Rebel T3i to the lastest Magic Lantern Nightly builds.
[size=8pt][color=red]Warning! Magic Lantern is not approved nor endorsed by Canon in any way, and using it will probably void your warranty. We are not responsible for any damages to your camera.[/color][/size]
[u][size=10pt]Before you start:[/size][/u]
- Make sure your battery is fully charged.
- Remove unnecessary accessories (battery grip/flash/etc).
- Have a sd card reader or laptop with integrated sd card reader.
- Use a sd card of 32GB or smaller for first install.
- Understand that you may lose your warranty and brick your camera.
[u][size=10pt]Updating Canon firmware:[/size][/u]
- Make sure you are running Canon firmware v1.0.2 before you install ML, if you are you may skip this step.
- If not, download it [url=http://pel.hu/down/eos600d-v102.zip]here[/url].
- Follow included instructions and update your camera.
[u][size=10pt]Magic Lantern Install:[/size][/u]
- Download the last nightly version [url=https://builds.magiclantern.fm/#/]here[/url]
- Format your SD card in camera first, then put it in your SD card reader connected to your PC.
- Unzip 'ML' directory, 'autoexec.bin' and 'ml-setup.fir' from the downloaded ZIP file onto your sd card.
- Put your sd card in your camera, switch camera to M-mode and power it up.
- Launch firmware update and install ML.
- After the green confirmation screen, turn off your camera.
- Power your camera back up and enjoy Magic Lantern!
[u][size=10pt]Updating Magic Lantern with new build in the future (on camera and sd card with ML installed):[/size][/u]
- When new nightly is available (see [url=https://builds.magiclantern.fm/#/]here[/url] for last build), download it onto your PC.
- Put your sd card (running the old build) into your PC and delete (NO format!) the 'ML' directory and 'autoexec.bin' file.
- Extract the content of the zip from the new build onto your sd card.
- Repeat this process for all sd card with old ML builds you want to update.
[u][size=10pt]Uninstalling Magic Lantern from SD card:[/size][/u]
- You cannot simply delete the files from the sd card to uninstall ML from it (as the boot flag will remain set).
- Format the SD card in the camera (select this option: Format card, remove Magic Lantern).
[u][size=10pt]Uninstalling Magic Lantern from camera:[/size][/u]
- You cannot simply reinstall the canon firmware to remove ML.
- With a ML sd card, launch the Firmware Update process and follow the instructions on-screen to uninstall ML.
[u][size=10pt]Boot without loading Magic Lantern:[/size][/u]
- If you want to boot your camera without ML, all you have to do is hold down the "SET" button while switching your camera "ON".
[u][size=10pt]Updated user Guide for ML nightly builds:[/size][/u]
- [url=http://magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=11269]User Guide[/url]
[img width=300]http://a1ex.magiclantern.fm/bleeding-edge/new-installer.png[/img]
Edit: Modified install procedure for new nightly and installer.