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General Help Q&A / Re: T2i videos using RC-6 remote?

« on: January 19, 2020, 07:49:47 PM »

Ahh, thank you both!...

I'm new to recording video, I got it up and working with the Canon firmware, and wasn't happy with the results.

So I installed ML, and followed the directions carefully, which included "clearing settings" in the Canon firmware before installing ML.  And then I forgot all about the "enable remote control" setting....   And then complained here that the remote control wasn't working, and you folks very generously assumed that I wasn't an idiot.

Anyway, that did it, of course.  Many, many, many thanks.

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General Help Q&A / Re: T2i videos using RC-6 remote?

« on: January 18, 2020, 09:58:16 PM »

Thanks -- I will give it a try (a project for this weekend).  How far back would you go in terms of old builds?  The only changes I've made to the ML default settings are:

analog gain: 32dB
input source: external stereo
Mic power: off

and  now (at your suggestion):

Rec key: half shutter

(The AGC off is the default, and is pretty much the whole point...)

Thanks again -- really appreciate your help.

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General Help Q&A / Re: T2i videos using RC-6 remote?

« on: January 17, 2020, 08:35:08 PM »

It does -- but there is no "remove the remote from the camera" -- the RC-6 is a wireless, infrared remote...  I can use it to shoot still pictures with the ML firmware, and I was able to use it to start and stop video recording when I was just using Canon's firmware.  But as I am videoing myself sitting on the couch playing a guitar (a project that exactly nobody is clamoring for), it would be nice to not have to get up, push something on the camera, and walk back into the frame; same for shutting it off.  The RC-6 is really the ideal solution for that...

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General Help Q&A / Re: T2i videos using RC-6 remote?

« on: January 16, 2020, 09:03:38 PM »

The Movie Tab -> Rec key has two settings: "half shutter" and "off."  I can't get the RC-6 to work under either setting.

The T2i is pretty old, and does not have a way to turn off the AGC without ML...

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General Help Q&A / T2i videos using RC-6 remote?

« on: January 16, 2020, 05:51:01 PM »

Hi All -- Before I installed ML I was able to start and stop video recording on my T2i using my Canon RC-6 wireless (infrared) remote.  I haven't been able to find any way to make that work anymore.  Is there some trick, or is there no way?

Many thanks.  (Can't go back to the Canon firmware -- ML's turning off the AGC for an external microphone is just what I was looking for....)