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So it sounds like FCP 10 works better with RAW? I am using FCP7 now and have tested FCP10 and liked it but have not switched yet, the incompatibility with FCP7 edited projects is a big hassle, but I was impressed with the latest FCP10 (updated).

I am not sure what CDNG's are or Tiff (heard of that- it's an image file right?) I have gotten "RAW Magic" and was able to process my RAW footage into the endless stills but not sure how to make it into a video file, what software does that?

Have not gone much past a few test, I shot on my new 5D M3- I have Komputer bay 1000X card- so I have the ability but don't want to jeopardize a client's project to try this stuff out yet and I have been too busy to play with it lately, this stuff makes my head spin a bit.

I really wish ML would make an easy software that you could drop the RAW files into and spit out a video, not all these steps upon steps. But I do appreciate their work!

Thanks, Everett
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I installed the 113 firmware, successful, then I added the correct 5D3-113-bootflag.fir and the rest of the ML stuff to my SD card (not the CF card) and after updating it gave me the smiley face for the boot disk, then nothing.... and nothing, no ML at all. What is missing?

I also tried the nightly build again now that I have the boot flag and it said it was missing files (fonts was one I saw) and I had static where the boot info and smiley face was before which really worried me. trashed that and went back to this older file.

OK getting it now, for everyone else following me watch this, he has a download zip file with all you need!
Thank you Charlie!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7pn5Q6wNMY

I finally got my new 5D Mark III and the correct Komputer bay 1000X CF card, but waiting on a card reader to come in the mail. In the meantime I put one of my SD cards (from my T3i) in and tried to get ML up and running, but no luck at all. Does ML only run from the CF on the 5D?

I think I asked this before but there is no stable version of ML for the Mark III, only the nightly builds, so that is what I am using, but I did try the latest stable version (2.3) because it has the MArk II on it, that did not work either. One think I notice is a different menu layout for what is in the nightly build versus the stable build, am I missing something? On the stable build I see the "5D2-212.fir" for example right there in the root menu, is that the "boot flag?" If so where is the "boot flag" for the Mark III? Is that available somewhere else here on the forum?


I see the question above about the firmware version, this camera also came with V. 1.2.3, do I need to back date it or only use the "bleeding edge" 123 (which makes me nervous on a new camera)? I have not tried that version yet.

Thanks, Everett

So I bought the camera, 5D MArk III, and now I will start gathering the rest, you said Lexar 1000X cards are great but other people have talked about KOMPUTERBAY being good too, I am safe with those also correct?

http://www.komputerbay.com/komputerbay-128gb-professional-compact-flash-cf-card-1000x-write-100mb-s-read-150mb-s-extreme-speed-udma-7-raw-firmware-bootable.html

And what does this mean? It says "This card is NOT firmware-bootable, specially made for the Canon 5D Mark III." ML runs from the card so I am guessing they mean this won't work for ML? So I want the normal one above? 
http://www.komputerbay.com/komputerbay-128gb-professional-compact-flash-card-cf-1050x-write-100mb-s-read-160mb-s-extreme-speed-udma-7-raw-not-firmware-bootable.html

Second question; which nightly build is the one I want to start with for the Mark III? I notice the latest stable release v2.3 does not include Mark III, only Mark II, or does it work on Mark III also? I am running v2 on my T3i now.

Third question; Editing, again I want to do RAW but might not shoot everything in it (like interviews for example- file space) and I am already wondering if FCP 7 could handle it (have a 2.66 gzh dual core mac book pro) or do I need a whole new system and FCP 10 (X)? Asked the Mac geniuses about 4K when looking at FCP 10 and of course they did not know (not genus on that) and would think RAW would be as much of a drag on the system as 4K. Would the back and forth between RAW and regular 1080 be an issue when editing? Where should I go on here about that? I have seen workflow discussed like how to convert the files (Codec) before editing, but not much about what edit systems can handle.

Thanks, and again sorry for the "newbie" sounding questions. Everett

Thank you for the info and getting me pointed in the right direction. Much appreciated! Everett

Hi, I hate to sound like a newbie, I am not with ML, been using it for two years on my T3i and love it! I am about to buy a 5D Mark III in part so I can shoot RAW but also because it is a step up from what I have now. I know I need to get fast CF cards but any brands you guys suggest?

I am confused about RAW with audio, there are some post that says it is now working but then I saw a post where someone said "WRONG, get your facts straight!" and then nothing further about what the facts are. So please don't react like that, I have tried to look through a lot of the post but still can not find a real answer. I am using a Beachtek for all my audio and prefer that for the sake of editing so it is very important to me to have audio in the camera. It's why I went to ML in the first place, so I could have VU meters.

Also can I shoot RAW on my T3i now? Saw that posted but not which version of ML and links to it. I am using ML V2 from 2012 (I think it was called Christmas build).

Thanks, Everett McEwan
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Ok, I just updated to the new version and yeah now I see how to hide stuff using the menu button (it turns red).

So back to my original bit rate question; it is set to 1.0x and says (FW default), if I set it higher like to the max of 3 would that give me the highest quality or is 1.0x as good as the higher ones? I remember someone else saying 1.4 or higher if I am using audio (which I am- Beachtek) so is the default of 1.0x not high enough?

In the user guide it says;

• CBR: constant bitrate. You specify a factor for multiplying default video bitrate, between 0.1x and 3x. CBR 1x is the firmware default setting.

not sure what that means

• QScale: constant quality, variable bitrate (VBR). Available values: -16 ... +16. Lower numbers mean higher nitrates.

Have no idea what those numbers are but  constant quality sounds like what I want.

• Firmware default: completely disable bitrate control.

so that is what the FW default means? If so then is that what I want always?

I think I know but what is bit rate after all? Is it the size of the file or is it something to do with compression?

Thanks, Everett

How do I hide a setting? I don't think I saw that in user guide. Thanks Everett

I should explain that I was not experimenting, I think I somehow changed it by accident. I have already been frustrated by trying to adjust one thing in ML and hit one of the four arrow keys while trying to push the set button and suddenly I am in the next menu over and did not notice that I changed that setting. I did start with the default settings but quickly became frustrated with the Auto ISO setting that was over exposing my nicely lit interview and I have no idea if at some point in paging around I changed the bitrate. I guess lesson learned and I know to check it! It is my fault and I am not blaming ML just mad that it looks so crapy.

So yes I am running audio as well, using a Beachtek DXA, so what should it be then? If I set it for 3 is that not going to work? I have high speed cards. Thanks for the advice, Everett

Still learning this stuff but I just got burned by having the bitrate set too low I think (.2 I think it was) and resulted in my video being very pixelated! I checked it after I brought into Final Cut Pro on my 13" macbook and looked fine but now that I have started editing it on a larger monitor I immediately realized it is pixel city, large chunky ones, like a low res video even though I was shooting 1080! Of course I deleted the raw from my card, looked fine on small screen and I had backed it up on 3 drives. Too late I guess.

So what bit rate should it be set at? 3.0 the max? Or something else? This was the first major shoot I used ML on and so annoyed that it looks so bad now. I don't want to get burned again. Thanks,  Everett

Minutes after that last post I found this;

http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Unified/Install#Step_1._Preparing_your_camera

and this "If the card LED is blinking for more than a few seconds, upgrade your Canon firmware from these links (even if you already have the correct firmware version number!) and try again."



and realized that even though I updated that did not matter, so I followed the links and found an older 1.0.1 link;

https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/issue/1128/600d-t3i-firmware-101-not-available-from

that worked (unistalled 1.0.2) and at last I have ML running! For some reason no audio levels but I will work on why that is, just happy to have ML running!

Hello again everybody, I updated my firmware to version 1.02 which worked great, then tried ML again and again same thing, blank LCD and red blinking light and no ML update. I also watched some other "how to" install videos and found one little thing I was not doing- low level format- but that did not fix it either. When the next ML comes out tomorrow I will try that too, maybe whatever is wrong with the x-mas release will be fixed. Also is there somewhere I can download older versions? Maybe the version before the X-mas release will work? Thanks, Everett

my T3i had firmware 1.0.1, but it was not the right one. so I had to download the 1.0.1 firmware from a vimeo group to get Magic Lantern to run.

Hi guys, it is Ver 1.0.1 and I was trying to run the latest "x-mas" version of ML. I did format, and it is set on M.  What version of Firmware do I need? It sounds like Daniel had the same issue, Daniel can you share the Vimeo link with me? Thanks, Everett

Hello, I am a newbie to DSLRs and come from video cameras, 17 years in TV news and 1 year in Production. I just bought a Cannon T3i and a BeachTek DXA-SLR Active DSLR Adapter w/Built-in Preamp for audio (using Sennhiser shotgun and EV lav- Sennhiser wireless too) and I want to add ML so I can at the very least see my audio levels while I record, but no luck. I have followed the instructions on the website in the video posted there, copy all the contents of ML to root of folder and take out battery, start on manual and update firmware... It says updating, then the LCD goes dark and the red light at the bottom corner (read/write to card light correct?) blinks, this is all it does and it will do this for the most I let it go was 20mins. I take out the battery and put it back and it comes back on with no issues and works fine, but no ML. Has Cannon disabled ML with thier latest Firmware? Like I said it's brand new. I am forgeting something? And yes I have tried to run it from 3 different cards. I am baffeled as to what I am doing wrong. Thanks for any help, Everett McEwan in Denver