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I'm not so sure, but I'm cautiously optimistic 

Anyway, can anyone who owns a 760D confirm whether or not it offers LCD Sensor Remote with the Canon build?  I realise this is also probably optimistic on my part, but it's possible I might have overlooked something in the Canon specs (or perhaps they just call it something else).

I hope this hasn't been covered elsewhere, but I can't find any reference in the forums (or any reference in Canon's 760D specs): does anyone know if Canon have incorporated the ML feature that allows one to trigger the shutter by either waiving something in front of the sensor below the viewfinder or triggering it by sound?  This is the ML function I use most frequently, and if it's not yet present in the Canon build then I may well hold off upgrading until the day ML is available for the 760D.

Edit: just referred to the User Guide and the feature(s) in question are called "LCDsensor Remote" and "Audio RemoteShot".  I suspect neither is present by default on the 760D, but I'm hoping someone will confirm/deny this.

So is it not possible to toggle Greyscale whilst retaining the other display items (Focus Peaking, Zebras etc.)?  If I understand you correctly, the only way to quickly switch to and from greyscale and colour is by disabling Global Draw in one of the presets, which means I lose everything else in the process.  Half pressing the shutter on my 550D doesn't do anything besides bring up the standard Canon screen display (exp, f stop etc.) at the bottom of the screen.

I wish to work predominantly in colour, with Focus Peaking, Zebras etc., but also be able to quickly switch to Greyscale for preview purposes whilst retaining all these features >> thus far, no combination of settings seems to be doing this for me.

I'm using a Canon 550D >> pressing the half-shutter button just replaces the ML overlays with my default cannon overlays.  How would I set up 2 Liveview display presets (retaining the ML overlays on both)?

At present, the only way I've found to change to greyscale is to use either Focus Peaking or LV Desaturation, but both require using the menu, so it's not the quickest of solutions for preview purposes.  I've searched the User Guide and forums for a workaround but not found one, so apologies if this has been touched on elsewhere >> setting up LV presets doesn't seem to be working as setting greyscale in one seems to apply it to all of them.

Would it be possible to link a greyscale preview to an otherwise unused button for quick reference (or add it to the list of features for which the buttons are customisable)?  That would be very useful for me!

Many thanks for the fast response >> I'm using a 550D and there isn't a "C" mode on the camera wheel, only a CA.

I'm new to the world of ML and have researched it thoroughly before deciding to proceed (as I can't afford to brick my camera, however remote a possibility that might be).  However, I'm confused by the following passage in the ML FAQ:

"Probably the safest way to run Magic Lantern (or any third party camera control software) is to use custom modes - in these modes, Canon code does not save user settings to NVRAM."

What are these custom modes and how can I run ML under them?  I've Googled hard for answers, but not found any (apologies if this is touched on elsewhere).

Two other questions for which I've not found answers:

- Are the ML features all set to "off" by default?  I shoot stills rather than video, so there's a whole set of features I won't really need (at least initially), so it would be good if I could just selectively activate those that are relevant.

- One of my lenses (a Sigma 30mm prime) has a front-focusing issue >> will this affect the focus peaking feature?