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General Help Q&A / Need help with 'PictureStyle' and 'REC PicStyle' Menu Options

« on: August 14, 2013, 08:00:02 PM »

Although I've read the wiki and checked online I'm still confused about the Magic Lantern 'PictureStyle' and 'REC PicStyle' menu options.

If, while in setup or shooting, I want to always see the 'Standard' Picture Style on my Canon LCD, but to record in a flatter style like CineStyle or the ProLost settings do I:

1.  Set 'PictureStyle' to 'Standard'

2.  Set 'REC PicStyle' to my User Defined, flatter, e.g. (0, -4, -2, 0) Picture Style.

Or to summarise - Is PictureStyle for monitoring and 'REC PicStyle' for the recorded result?

Thanks.

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General Help Q&A / 600D ExFAT 4GB limit - what am I doing wrong?

« on: August 05, 2013, 01:18:57 AM »

I posted this some time ago but did not find a solution so I hope someone can help.

I'm trying to install ML2.3 on a 16GB Sandisk Ultra card formatted in ExFAT but can't seem to get  it to work. My main objective is to get extended recording time, hopefully up to 16GB, on this card with my Canon 600d.  I'm not really concerned about audio or RAW, although extra functionality would be nice.  I already have ML2.3 working normally with my 600D on a different FAT32 SD card.

I think I'm following the instructions correctly, but when I put the card in my 600D and select 'Update Firmware' I get 'Cannot find the firmware update file' message.
Here's what I'm doing:

1.  Format the card in Disk Utiity to ExFAT

2.  Run Macboot in 'DSLR boot' mode and 'Prepare' the card.  Everything seems to run fine and I get a 'success' message.

3.  Using Finder copy the unzipped files from ML2.3 to the card.

4.  Put the card in the 600D, prepped for ML install, turn it on and select Firmware Update.  It can never find the update file.  So I remove the battery and start again. Always the same result.  I've also tried the suggestion of replacing the 'autoexec.bin' file to the one referred to below, but without success. I get the same error message.

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Lengthen video recording time
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2012, 05:23:19 AM »
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exending file limit on 600D:
how to

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          * THIS IS DANGEROUS AND MIGHT DAMAGE YOUR CAMERA.   *
          *  MORE THAN ANY STABLE RELEASE!!!. AND IS LESS TESTED *
          *  NO WARRANTIES.  NO GUARANTEES.  DO NOT TAUNT.        *
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1. Format card to EXFat
2. Make bootable
3. Copy ML 2.3 zip contents on card
4. overwrite autoexec.bin with the one from 1% fork
5. record more than 4GB.
6. fix the video file with g3gg0 tools on post

all link to what needed are here
« Last Edit: August 16, 2012, 09:53:56 AM by Malcolm Debono »


And, while I'm asking, is it also possible to achieve extended HD recording on the Canon 5D Mark II using ExFAT?


Thanks.

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General Help Q&A / Can't install ML2.3 on ExFAT 16GB SDHC card

« on: June 30, 2013, 12:14:54 AM »

I'm trying to install ML2.3 on a 16GB Sandisk Ultra card formatted in ExFAT but can't seem to get  it to work.  I want to get the extended recording time, hopefully up to 16GB, on this card.

I think I'm following the instructions correctly, but when I put the card in my 600D and select 'Update Firmware' I get 'Cannot find the firmware update file' message.

Here's what I'm doing:

1.  Format the card in Disk Utiity to ExFAT

2.  Run Macboot in 'DSLR boot' mode and 'Prepare' the card.  Everything seems to run fine and I get a 'success' message.

3.  Using Finder copy the unzipped files from ML2.3 to the card.

4.  Put the card in the 600D, prepped for ML install, turn it on and select Firmware Update.  It can never find the update file.  So I remove the battery and start again. Always the same result.

The only thing I find strange is that the other FAT32 card I normally have in the 600D has ML 2.3 already installed, and when I put in the new ExFAT card my Canon Firmware shows 1.0.2-ml-v2.3.  Should this ML firmware be displayed even if I've removed my ML card?

Thanks.

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General Help Q&A / 'Rack Focus' problem ML2.3, Canon 600D, 50mm 1.8.

« on: October 06, 2012, 05:13:58 PM »

Can someone please help me with the 'Rack Focus' option on a Canon 600D, 50mm 1.8 in manual focus mode, with ML 2.3?

I've watched YouTube tutorials and read the user guide but can't get it to work.

For some reason I can no longer get my 'Magic Zoom' window to display either, although I've set it to work on Focus and Zoom.  I do sometimes see the 'Magic Zoom' window but I don't know why it's sometimes there and at other times is missing.  I did at some earlier stage get a full screen version of Magic Zoom (which I like) but could never get it back again.  when I focussed it gave me a full screen image of the zoomed in area, and it was great for focus.  I can force the small Magic Zooom window to appear by selecting 'Always', but I'd prefer to have it appear only when I attempt to focus.

I'm following the Wiki User Guide instructions for ML 2.3 and picking the End Point of the focus change.

Then I go to Focus End Point and press Set which sets it at 0.

Next I try to focus on the Start Point using the + and - magnification buttons.  But instead of focusing it just enlarges or  shrinks the image as it normally does.  So I can't focus on e.g the foreground.

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks.

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General Help Q&A / Selectable 'Shooting States' for 5DM2 and 600D - any tutorials?

« on: August 27, 2012, 09:36:15 PM »

Let me apologise in advance for the long post, but I wanted to try and explain what I'd like in detail.

I'm very impressed with the professional presentation of Magic Lantern 2.3, and with its stability.  But the range of options is making my brain bleed, and although I'm pretty clear about what I want to use, I could do with some help or pointers to a tutorial on the best way to set ML 2.3 for a Canon 5DM2 and a Canon 600D.  I'd like to make a permanent video setup that I can save somewhere (preferably on my Mac), and then hide the unused Magic Lantern options.

These are the features I want to use permanently:

I'd like to be able to set up a series of permanent combinations, including an 'AutoEverything' with safe AWB, Audio Auto Levels, Normal Picture Style etc, set a 'default' and switch between them..  From what I've read on the site ( http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=1729.0 ) this should be possible using 'Display Presets' to set up to 4 'shooting states'.

I'd also like to have Picture Styles as part of those combinations including e.g. ProLost.

Arrow Keys Quick Shortcuts - Push WB, Kelvin, Aperture, Shutter, ISO.

Full screen Zoom (I've seen it, but I'm not sure how I got there)  for focus check at x5, x10 on manual Focus (I presume this won't work with purely manual lenses?)

Limit Digital Zoom to 3x and have it selectable.

Various crop marks as an option (using Display Presets?) for 16x9, 2.39:1, and maybe a custom crop.

Zebra at 70% with Fast Zebra and Original slower striped option (Use Display Presets for this too?)

Audio Meters

Monitor Audio using headphones (I understand this is not possible with my 600D).  Can I do it on my Canon 5DM2?

AGC Off and Selectable Input Source.

Auto-ReStart

Just wondered if anyone  has set up ML 2.3 with these settings and hidden the rest, and the best way to go about it.

Thanks.