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Using Magic Lantern => General Help Q&A => Topic started by: rob73 on May 26, 2018, 04:31:34 PM

Title: a question about possible damage
Post by: rob73 on May 26, 2018, 04:31:34 PM
is there a possible danger for the reflex using ml?
thank you
Title: Re: a question about possible damage
Post by: Levas on May 26, 2018, 04:52:41 PM
Using magic lantern for almost 4 years now and the worst things I have seen were all solved with a battery pull (removing the battery and putting it back in again. )
So I would say it's rather safe  :D


Title: Re: a question about possible damage
Post by: rob73 on May 26, 2018, 10:11:02 PM
txs
Title: Re: a question about possible damage
Post by: Sapporo on May 27, 2018, 09:27:16 AM
Quote from: rob73 on May 26, 2018, 04:31:34 PM
is there a possible danger for the reflex using ml?
thank you
I have used it since September 2012. Started with 5D and installed it on 7D and 6D. If something happens I just remove the battery.
Title: Re: a question about possible damage
Post by: a1ex on May 27, 2018, 09:44:25 AM
OP is asking whether there is a possible danger, not how likely it is to get in trouble.

https://wiki.magiclantern.fm/faq#is_it_safe

TLDR: by design, any DryOS task can write anywhere in memory, and Canon code saves their settings at shutdown by flashing the ROM. Therefore, a bug in either ML or Canon code can possibly render the camera inoperable, and there's very little we can do to prevent that. That's unlikely to happen in practice, but possible. I've already recovered a couple of cameras from this condition, see e.g. https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/pull-requests/825 .
Title: Re: a question about possible damage
Post by: rob73 on May 27, 2018, 09:41:21 PM
txs again