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@alex: There is indeed significant improvement. A slight negative is that the lens correction part of ACR cannot remove CA as it could.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5d77c4rkirfn3tj/oct-11-version.JPG

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4yby8ffj21r3658/oct-23-am-edge3-version.JPG

@alex: Thanks. I got dcraw.zip

Can the dcraw.exe fall back to sep 20 or before version? It does not work...
On the other hand Sept 20  version - or earlier, I never checked dcraw.exe creation date -anyway - works FINE (Even with newest cr2hdr.exe)

I must be blind, I can't see any patterns here (except for some noise in shadows, which is normal). Not even with crazy curves with extreme contrast.

Alex I used Oct 10th cr2hdr.exe when I posted this. When I used Oct 11th version it seemed OK to me too!!!!
In fact I thought that maybe that's why you changed it!
What I still see is zig zag lines in a specific part where there is a round object. But if I recall correctly you had mentioned this yourself a few months ago as a characteristic of the procedure.

Sorry for not updating my observations with Oct 11th cr2hdr.exe

@alex again. I had a problem with the dcraw (continuous error messages about not being valid win32 application if I recall correctly) from the latest .zip (Oct 10) I have overridden it with the dcraw from Sep 20.

@alex: Can you please check:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvdz6nz2t0rvnxy/DUAL0650.CR2

I converted it with the Oct-10 version (latest I guess) and at 100% (and more) patterns are visible.
(Shot at ISO 100/1600. The resultant DNG was set as: Exposure +3.2 Highlights -100 Shadows +100 Temperature: 3200)

Having trouble with HDR Bracketing here. I Remember just having to turn it on and pressing shutter, but for some reason it only takes a single picture now. Even if I select a specific number of frames to take.

Advanced Bracketing seems OK at my 5D2 with Sept21st Nightly Build...

Nightly builds include DUAL_ISO now

THANKS 

@nanomad: Is there a reason for not including dual_iso specifically in the nightly builds? 

Including DUAL_ISO is the best way to have the still shooters check the builds and not stick to a specific date only...

There is no dual_iso module in general in the nightly builds. Please do include it.

I'm still unclear why the 5d2 nightly builds seems to include almost all applicable modules like ETTR.M, RAW_REC.MO, etc, but not DUAL_ISO.MO.

That is also unclear for me and is the main reason I do not bother with the nightly builds any more. I simply wait for updates in the link I mentioned to you...

Isn't the all modules updated case the most usual for someone to want? Why a complex way?  Since the modules are disabled in the first place someone will enable the ones he/she wants every time without a need for additional download! That way the full ML will always be available... Unless you want a way to update some modules and some not for the extreme case where a module is broken somehow. But judging from your performance it will be broken only for a day or two before it is fixed and someone can always revert to a previous nightly build.

P.S Can you please include dual_iso in the nightly builds.
PS2. Can you please put a version number to your utilities (cr2hdr, ...) ?

You are correct   So I put the original 2.3 ML to my CF card, updated with af839274b1fa.zip files and then updated with Sep 4 nightly build...

It worked (DUAL_ISO).

EDIT: For Sep 4 a new file exists: 6bb97bcbc0f4.zip  at https://bitbucket.org/a_d_/magic-lantern/downloads
It contains dual_iso module. So:

original 2.3 ML  + Sep 4 nightly build  +  6bb97bcbc0f4.zip seems to day's 5D2 latest ML

Can the dual_iso module be included in the night builds?

ML2.3 Unified updated with ML night build unified 3 Sep on 5D2:

arcanoid, file_man, pic_view: oldAPI

Since Dual ISO wasn't available I tried:

ML2.3 Unified updated with af839274b1fa.zip (DUAL ISO for 5D2) to get dual_iso and then updated  with ML night build for 5D2 (3 Sep).

Same result:  arcanoid, file_man, pic_view: oldAPI

@a1ex: Night experiment with same theme, exposure, lighting, shutter and aperture with Long Exposure NR set to ON.

No big changes. Strange patches continued to exist. Same image (no dual iso) with NR set to OFF at ISO 1600 at 10sec has very few and unobtrusive hot (of various colors) pixels.

Can we have a choice whether to activate white and/or black pixel fixing? 

P.S I can send you a CR2 of course but it is VERY similar.

I will do the same experiment tonight with long exposure NR  and I will let you know...

Something else: Temperature changed from 3100 (tint +3) to 4800 (tint -9) after conversion

I was looking at the previous .dng when I realized that I had shot at less than 1 sec.
I wonder how it will behave if I force long exposure noise reduction...

You imply hot pixels?

You can compare with IMG_0363.CR2

Nothing aggressive...

What do you mean aggressive settings?

@a1ex:

I have checked the latest cr2hdr (29-aug 1-17PM) and I have found sets of black and white pixels some of which look more complex (include color pixels):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vsh84lmuihmqq1t/cr2hdr-29aug-117PM-1.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kocv2kc6vup2p4/cr2hdr-29aug-117PM-2.JPG

EDIT: In the same DUAL0364.CR2 you already have