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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yv5S4a_k0U

I made a video demonstrating the Neat Video 5 plugin for Premiere Pro.

I upgraded from Neat video 4 and I can tell you it's much faster and more refined, for sure.

This footage was shot with a Canon 7d, Magic Lantern using focus peaking & the upgraded bitrate at 1.4x CBR.

The Canon 7d is notorious for having terrible low light. So I'm using this to fix it.

Remember it's community based.

So it's who ever can and wants to work on this camera build.

But with the flux of so many better camera which have better support & ports available, it's not appealing to work on this camera much.

Hey!

I don't shoot ML Raw anymore but I still have some videos up that are shot RAW.

Lifestyledq.com

Vimeo.com/LDQproductions

Hi all
have just come back after a while away. my 550d now has 1.1.0 and would like to down load the 1.1.0 version of Magic lantern but can not find out how to down load it.  the only version I seem to find is 1.09.
Could someone please tell me how.
Thanks
Regards
Tim

find it here - https://bitbucket.org/daniel_fort/magic-lantern/downloads/

Hi, made a video. Canon 7D with Magic Lantern.

Regular video with 1.8x CBR bitrate recording at 1080p 24fps.

No more RAW for me.

My friend buys, restores, and sells these classic cars.

We make this content to help sell.

I made my own for fun.

https://vimeo.com/388386878

I've been so discouraged when my 128 GB CF failed on me. My main lenses are both broken and unusable.
I was getting too many bad pixels, my low light was nothing compared to Sony. Not to mention I lost all my batteries except one.
I retired the 7D, or so I thought.

I've been letting a friend use my t2i as of recently, I've been left with no choice but to use my 7D.
I've had terrible months since September. I can't upgrade my gear. I decided to sell the anti-aliasing filter for cash flow. I sold my rig to my friend with the Sony. I sort of just dismissed all my gear.

A friend invited me to a shoot a shoot and realized I had enough to salvage parts make a mini rig. I decided to buy a couple pieces of equipment (a 1/4 screw and 64GB Sandisk CF for $40!!), and I've been using my 7D.

I told myself I wouldn't be filming in RAW anymore because it was just not producing the images the way I wanted/needed them to.
I have no clue how I was doing anything wrong when I was properly exposed on the camera, but my imagery always came out dark with the magic lantern.
The anti-aliasing filter was just too much to manage and some of my lenses didn't sit well with it.

I saw a video a while ago of super sharp t2i footage and the person basically just bumped up the bitrate recording setting. I decided to do the same with the 7D instead so I can get more space out of my card and more reliable footage.
Filming RAW was extremely experimental. I did get some good footage, but overall, RAW really did slow me down a lot- might as well just get a black magic cinema cam for that big boy stuff.

I decided to use my 7D again. See what I could rebuy for cheap/used to have resource.

I'm gonna be not using RAW anymore and just film normal with a higher CBR bitrate for filming. Hopefully 2.0 will work well.

Today I did 1.8 and it was smooth, let me tell yah.

Hello guys,

I still have and use my t2i as it still produces nice photos and image quality.

Where does the t2i stand in terms of overall development?

I'm ported on 1.1.10

Would anybody be willing to buy the canon 7D as well?

It works, great for testing purposes for when you wanna be worry free on a build.

It's got a few several hot pixels that show up, especially on raw.

Still works great, it's been taken care of.

Fell once and cracked the top left of the screen, but it's unobtrusive, with a corner scuff on the body.
Can include (non branded) batteries, charger, strap, and cap. No card(it broke on me).
The core basics, not an issue.

I wish I could justify using this but I have no other work camera now, and I need something that people won't say- oh that's old.

Might switch to Fujifilm.
I need faster workflow.

Again - [email protected]

(I'll be using a t2i still for fun!)

Hello guys,

Since I'm a 7d Mk i user, I decided to post this here.

For those consistently using the 7d mk i, I have the VAF filter up for sale, it's in great condition, still clear, no scratches, still have the box, cloth, and tweezers.

My 7d is reaching it's life span and my CF card broke. I don't have anymore intention or drive to work on the 7d and I need to get a camera that's consistent and reliable. I also need one that produces an image that's acceptable in low light.
I've not found any time or need to keep using my camera so I'd rather sell the VAF filter to somebody who is still interested in this beautiful camera/ software.

I love the VAF filter a ton, but it's just time to say goodbye.

The website sells it for $295.
I can let it go for $200 as it's been used and definitely wiped down and cleaned.
Shipping included.

Email me at [email protected] about it, thanks!

The 44-2 is a very capable lens for video.
Having the stepless aperture ring is nice, and the focus ring is as smooth as butter.
IQ is very good, some of the sharpest old glass in it's price range.
Build quality is outstanding, no rattles or loose parts - you could practically use it as a hammer, lol.

Do you need any extra mounts or adapters for this lens to work on the 7d?
Does it work full frame?

I shoot 10 bit @ 23.976p (low jello mode) on DForts may build.

10 bit and what resolution? I need to know.
What about all the extra settings such as buffer speed method?
That video looked great!

Encounter any problems?!

@Spups

Nice!

I love it.
I was looking into that lens! How do you like it?
What build did you use and what RAW settings did you record with?

Catching up on the forum.

Is that the rig you used? Looks like a Sony mirrorless mounted on it. How about the slow motion breakdancing--was that also shot on the 7D with my build?

Huahuahuahua, no that's my friend. I am not pictured anywhere here in this video.
This was your first stable released version of the 7d, 2.0.3 10/12/14 bit raw build. Not the croprec module. This event was in April, so it was the March build.
I only ever use your builds.
I maxed out my card, but it held up nicely.
There were a couple clips that I had allowed frame skipping but it gave me 5fps every few seconds or so, the footage was jumping through time quickly.

Love the grade you have on it

Thanks! There are a few custom tweaks, but a lot of just plain saturation on the Canon user profile I have.
Love the grade you have on it

@Masc
OH!
I understand. It's a global paste, so to speak, that would apply to all footage. Oh that's kind of nice, works fine. 3 mouse clicks is just fine.

As for the crashing, I'm not sure, I'll try to reproduce some stuff.

Usually I get mega slow-downs when I import footage and then when I double click on a shot in order to preview, the longer the shot is, the longer it takes to load.

Actually, I realized where I'm confusing everybody. The IMPORT is quick, my mistake. The action to drag, drop, and then letting MLV App import the footage unto the queue is a .5 second process.
I guess I am generalizing it together with the computer's ability to actually playback and load a clip in the view monitor.

I am understanding this better now.

Importing a receipt isn't automatic, though.

I'm not familiar with this function and it's asking me to open a .marxml file.
Would I have to do this EVERY TIME I upload files?

Idk, my program tends to crash.
White balance selection is terribly slow.
Import takes time, that's a given considering the huge file sizes. I get a 'not responding' prompt every time I import MLV files.

Is the indexing happening WHEN I IMPORT MLVs?

@Danne
I'm not sure it works the way I would personally like it to.

I'm talking about upon import, the settings are applied.
What I do is set up 1 clip, fix pixels, find LOG, then copy, paste onto all the clips.

It can be a little slow and choppy because of the MLV App performance.

Is there a way we can set up and automated import feature where it applies a specific setting to your footage immediately upon import?

I usually just throw on Cineon Log, fix hot pixels / bad pixels, and change debayering.
Then export in 4444 or 422 depending on the project.

It would be nice to just import, and preset, then export.
Would make my life 10x easier.

Also, this app crashes at times when loading or viewing footage.

MLV 14 bit RAW is hefty. I don't think 1.5 crashed as much.

Anything at 1000-1600 ISO is trash noise on 7D.

I have the VAF filter as well, but denoising almost ALL your footage always tends to be a really really really slow post-production process that it's not viable for me anymore.

Was thinking of jumping ship to 6D just to replace what I can but I would also have to get the aliasing filter as well, so it's more worth buying a 5d mkiii.

I'm just the worst with code.
I have bare minimum knowledge.

I know you've posted the resources before, could you point me in the right direction on what I can to do contribute?
The basics I need to learn, any programs to download?

I'm great with numbers / patterns.

Did you have any artifacting, skipped frames, Magic Lantern freezing on you, or tons of moire with it?

What's your max iso shot at?

How's the noise and grain?

Hey dfort, can you post the LAST Mar build for 10-12 bit raw for the 7D?

The latest one is too finnicky and I can't get it to record past a minute, or 2. I got lucky and got 7 minutes yesterday but the last one seemed to be more consistent.

Hey, just your fellow Magic Lantern-er making more Magic Lantern related videos with my favorite Canon 7d... er.



dfort has done incredible work with the 7d , especially getting the 10 bit raw to work.

Here's a video I did running a full field test with it.

Tuner Evo 2019 - some 90 degree in Miami, Florida. I put my 7d on a rig set up I made a bit ago. Even in the heat, it worked like a charm other than when it was starting to get really really hot.

There were several videos with some corrupted frames, some that had more than frequent, and maybe 1-2 videos that were just completely unusable.
This build was the Mar02 10-12-14 bit raw build. There's a new latest upgraded one dfort just released this past month.

Hope you guys enjoy!

There was NO DENOISING done to this video.

Lexar 128GB 800x.
I have no other cards

I remember when I first started with the 7d back in 2016, I would be able to record max res 24fps raw 14 bit continuously without fail, almost always. It was the Sept 2016 build if I was correct, but I was silent on the forums so I never reported anything.

No FPS override.

720p Canon video mode, which allows 60fps in raw.

Ran MLV_Lite tonight while playing some volleyball.

Not very good results. Corrupted frames on the FIRST take upon module start / camera power on.
More corrupted frames than my first mlv_rec tests.

It barely ran for 10 seconds per series of shots, maybe a little longer on some others.
"EDMAC" error, problem producing frames, something like it.

MLV App is having a hard time reading the RAW data. Black levels are off by a bit, higher than the standard value I tend retrieve from normal clips. Value averages at 128, 129 (for optimal color balance / black level balance). Some peak at 145.

These tests were done in 10 bit, 60 fps. Varying resolutions / ratios. Mainly 2.20:1 or 2.35:1. 1600x680 resolutions or higher. I was trying to maximize quality whilst keeping optimate write speed.

The 7D can do like a 61 mb/s write speed, but even at 49/55 mb/s write speed, the camera still skips frames and stops. Until I turned on 'ALLOW frame skipping' and I never had an issue, and probably dropped very very very few frames.

I suppose the write speed jumps around a lot (because it does) to where one frame that peaks above 65 mb/s or so~ tends to cause a frame skip, therefore stopping my whole entire filming process.

As for MLV_rec... with newer tests, and FRAME SKIP to STOP recording activated, I get roughly around 1:25, TOPS in recording time. That's 10bit, 60 fps.

It varies, but that is my maximum output.

Normally, no. But I don't find myself needing audio, most of the time. So I suppose I could use it for the better!