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#1
Forum and Website / Re: TOR blocked?
June 25, 2013, 01:42:27 PM
Okay, thank you. I'll try that again later on and report back :-)
#2
Forum and Website / TOR blocked?
June 24, 2013, 09:52:18 PM
I'm not able to access this forum via TOR because when I try to, my IP address is marked as the spammer.

How do I work around this limitation?

(I'm posting via tapatalk on my android tablet that have TOR enabled without any issues)
#3
Quote from: Walter Schulz on June 09, 2013, 09:05:05 PM
Bug: Focus stacking

Doesn't work as intended. I tried several options (shots to be taken in front and back, focus step setting) and the result was always the same. Focus is established, takes first shot, the focus plane is shifted forward in a slow pace and then ... surprise ... it takes a fast walk back to the focus point for the first shot and takes the second shot at this very point. Then focus wanders forward where the third shot has to take place (slowly) and again the focus races back to "ground zero" and captures the third shot.
All shots are taken at the very same focus point.
Tried with today's build, too. All the same. Tried with Canon EF 100/2.8 Macro USM and Canon EF 100/2.8 L IS Macro USM.

Is there someone able to use this option?

Ciao, Walter

Had the exact same issue except that the camera would keep snapping pics without stopping. No buttons would stop it. I ended up having to switch the camera off.
#4
Here's the pic  8)

#5
Quote from: MarlonSenanayake on April 30, 2013, 07:28:36 PM
i think its not with our Cams. i think the wrong is in that zip file

There are some specific steps to make our camera bootable frist before you can even boot Magic Lantern. Please read the original post. You will see that there is a small print hinting on how you might make your camera bootflag enabled. This is somewhat risky and should be done carefully.

That ZIP file is okay. It worked well on those of us who had already enabled the bootflag on our camera before. It is indeed your camera's bootflag that need to be enabled. And if you are new to this kind of thing, you are better off just waiting for the official release if you cannot risk breaking your camera.
#6
Quote from: nanomad on April 30, 2013, 04:09:30 PM
Yeah, I don't agree with that choice either.
Anyway, cycle LV screens a couple of times with the INFO button

This helped with the zebras and focus peak. Apologies for the newbie mistake. I'll be testing out everything after this Thursday once I finish all of my end of the semester's projects.

Many thanks to you, Nanomad!
#7
Zebras and focus peak is not showing up on liveview.

Even if I have Global Draw enabled on liveview, all of the options on that page is grayed out.

(googled this just to see if I did a newbie mistake and missed something obvious about ML, couldn't find out anything)
#8
Quote from: nanomad on April 30, 2013, 03:38:23 PM
Time for a second pre-alpha.
This one is targeted at those that already have the bootflag enabled on the camera.

http://nanomad.magiclantern.fm/650D/magiclantern-v2.3.NEXT.2013Apr30.650D.PreAlpha2.zip


Instructions:
- Do a low-level format of the SD card (DO NOT SKIP THIS)
- Enable SD card bootflag using EOSCard or similar
- Copy over the files to the SD card

Known issues:
- Full screen magic zoom is broken

Stuff I'd like to be tested:
- Card benchmark under the debug / benchmarks menu (Post a screenshot if you do)
- HDR video (check if all the frames are in sync, e.g. no half exposed frames). Do this at every possible resolution / fps combination
- Everything else

Build still has props off, so expect some bugs here and there

If you really want to make your camera bootable you can use the devkit available on the repository inside the 650D platform folder)

Yes! Thank you! Installing this right now. I'll report back if I encounter any issues or bugs.
#9
Quote from: 1% on April 30, 2013, 01:40:03 AM
I've keyed some exceptionally bad footage... a little fabric isn't too bad. Lighting is key.

I agree. Practice working on your keying. I had once shot some bad green screen footage and it was so bad that we thought it was no good. I later went back to these abandoned footages and found out about screen matte which fixed everything for me. Apparently screen matte is a very simple technique. I now can do green screen fairly well thanks more to my better understanding of After Effect than my camera's setting.

Now, let continue this discussion elsewhere, please. We do not want to annoy all of those who subscribed to this thread in hope for any update (Including me, heh).
#10
Quote from: InFocusAV on April 30, 2013, 01:04:13 AM
Where did you find these tips because I just purchased a t4i for my church and they do a lot of green screen announcements but when I shot one of the videos last week with MY t4i, I noticed it picked up the fabric lines (it was a spandex green screen material) and I'm not sure how well it's going to key out....PLUS I need to know how to teach my volunteers how to shoot with a DSLR and knowing how to shoot with a green screen would help.  Thank you in advance.

I just used the setting in the description of this youtube vid. (I'm deaf, i have no idea what is being said in the video though). My video did not have top quality but is was still a lot better than before. More clearer edges and whatnot. Until seeing this, I had no idea that the picture style setting also impacted the video quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec2qufjpbao

It is not a green screen specific setting. Just getting better quality shot in general should help. If you still need more advice or tip with green screen, PM me and I'll try to help you as far as my limited experience can.
#11
Quote from: Chicolom on April 29, 2013, 09:55:15 AM
Check to see if you have "Lens Correction > Chromatic Aberation Correction" ENABLED on the camera.  If it is ENABLED, the camera will behave exactly as your describing (it will burst for 2 shots and then slow down) whenever it is writing JPEGS (includes RAW + JPEG).

Oh, wow! Thank you! I was pretty satisfied with my ~4 shots before it started slowing down (came from a camera that did 0.1fps). Now, AFTER slowing down, the camera still does at least 1.5 shots per second which is much better than before. It takes me about 8 to 9 shots before it started slowing down. I had attributed the higher fps I have seen mentioned elsewhere to a higher speed card (I got a 45mbps card).
#12
Quote from: ejszarny on April 28, 2013, 10:43:33 PM
both mode stops after 2pic and after one second shot the third.
i think too little the buffer in camera

I think that it is likely your SD card having too slow mbps write speed. I had the same issue until I upgraded to 45 mbps and it was so much better.
#13
Quote from: kazeone on April 28, 2013, 09:30:06 PM
Im not disappointed but then again it comes down to the lens and settings being used.

This.

I was disappointed until last week when I had to do a lot of video shooting. Did some research for best setting for green screen and found out various tip and tricks to set up the camera for better video recording. The quality is so much better now.
#14
Quote from: nanomad on April 28, 2013, 03:37:23 PM
Btw, send me a PM if your 650D has the bootflag on (I wiped the old ones, so I don't remember who had it)

Just double checking for clarity. You want us to PM you if we had the bootflag bug or just anybody who have had installed (or attempted to) your pre-alpha?

I've had tried out the pre alpha and loved it. Lost the file (my fault with formatting) though so I'm really stuck with the vanilla T4i, heh.
#15
Not really that familiar with ML but is it possible to lower the resolution of the video for the higher frame rate? Like the 800 something by 600 something resolution? I wonder what is the highest fps a camera like this one can go on that resolution?
#16
I'm incredibly tempted to go ahead and try this pre-alpha. I think I'll try my best to at least wait 2 or 3 days to see if there is any serious issues.

Quick question, where to testers post bug report on this pre-alpha? This thread, PM to nanomad, or another page/thread? I want to get involved and is trying to figure out how to do this.

Thank you so much for your hard work!
#17
I have to say, every single posts to this dev thread is becoming a frustrating tease with all of the thank you posts  :o
Heh, guess it's my turn to tease.

Realllly looking forward for this to come out soon. Once it do, I can finally have the justification to donate to ML (or an alternate donation since there seem to be some problem?) and get the alpha asap. Not going to bother you with feature request since that's another time. Considering that this would be my first ML, any features is welcome!

Kudo to all of your hard work, nanomad!