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if anyone has any Android programming skills would be cool if we had the CR2hdr program work on Android devices so if we are on the go we dont need a laptop and what not, only an idea and not sure if its possible, Im not a programmer so yeah. ^^;;

Played with DualISO took just a couple photos, looks amazing after being processed, cant wait to really explore and learn everything its able to do.

okay I know this may not be the right place for it but it could be a bug not sure, when I attempt to turn on lock mirror and use only the view finder to take photos, I still hear the mirror move like a normal shot, is this not working or am I doing something wrong with the settings?

Edit: nevermind it only says in orange lettering that this feature does not work... my bad ^^;;

I think it's still very alive...

well the guy over in that thread seems pretty negative about it...

I have started an other tread about this subject here:
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=7788.new#new

However as the 650 and 700D have a HDR function on the dial I wonder if this specific function could be included?

Is it possible to turn the dial to HDR and then overwrite the canon settings and enable M mode and activate advanced bracketing? And turning the dial back to e.g. M would deactivate advanced bracketing again.

to bad this got shot down

well like you said it would be nice to see the results, what about a RAW+JPEG and then just the JPEG gets merged so you have an idea of the shot?

Also if you cant preview it then what do they mean by this?
"To preview HDR images in camera, set SET+MainDial: ExposureFusion from Prefs menu, Image review settings, then go to playback mode, hold SET and turn the main dial (wheel)."
Is that still for individual photos if so why not just preview them normally, what does making that change to the preview do?

I think this would be a neat feature to have but I was wondering does it merge the photos for you like the Canon HDR setting does? I read the wiki on the ML features but it wasnt to clear and I didnt have any luck. ^^;;

Yes Many Image import softwares (like Adobe Bridge, Image Capture (Mac), etc.) won't import the RAW videos (because the format is unknown for them) and you can't change other extra files you might have (ML files for example). So you need a card reader to be able to get the RAW videos you shoot or update ML. I think it will be cool to be able to directly access SD from the USB Cable.

okay so your talking about accessing protected files, gotcha, okay but well you know you can get a card reader for like $10us, I mean the time it takes to plug in a USB cable to your camera and what not is the same amount of time as mounting your SD card in a card reader, in fact Im able to do it quicker then leaving it in my camera which simply waste my cameras battery and just adds wear and tear to the camera itself.

Hey nanomad and other developers!
I have a idea for a new feature. Can't we have USB mounting functionality? I mean to be able to access the SD through the usb cable. I know ML loads from SD but if we able to achieve that, it will be a great help to people who do not have a reader handy!

I actually can try to implement the feature (I am an embedded C developer), but the thing is I'm not familiar with the ML code and don't know if it's possible or not (Because the thing I said in above.).

The question is when ML loads, does it need SD card to continue operating or it has just been already copied in the memory?

Could you explain to me how this is different from just hooking up your camera now to your PC and browsing the folders on the SD card through the computer?

Nice edit with the "bother" bit.

Yes.  The first post says upgrade to 1.0.4 and then run the installer instructions.  Not clear to me if already being on ML on previous firmware is likely to cause a problem.  Hence me asking.  If what you're saying is that regardless of current state I should just follow those instructions, then that's great. 
I was looking for confirmation.
If that is the case, it would surely have been quicker and more helpful of you to post something along the lines of "just follow the instructions, they apply to upgrades as well as new installs".

Lol looking for confirmation? we are over 10 pages into this thread, if that didnt work it would have been edited by now. ~_~

Hi All,
I'm on the previous alpha that predates 1.0.4.  What's the upgrade path, same as a clean install, or do I need to remove the previous version of ML?
Probably being overcautious but would appreciate some tips!

Did you even bother to read the first post of this thread? I ask only because all the steps even updating your firmware to 1.0.4 is right there in the very first post of this thread.

Satriani, Did you say that Dual ISO had been added to your latest build?

just check the change log on his drop box ~_~ at the moment its still being worked on.

Posting to say I upgraded and everything is working great thus far and to subscribe to this thread

The link for the builds on the first post at this time appears to not be working.

also this is not a request but a curiosity, say we get to beta level and there is more "free time" if that ever happens, would you guys then consider making a more touch friendly interface? sorta similar to the stock canon firmware? again not a request and it doesnt ever need to happen was just wondering if it ever crossed your minds. Thank you very much for all your dedicated time and hard work.

I've send a email to Canon to know if I can downgrade to 1.0.2 I'm waiting their answer !

The answer to that question is no they do not have a downgrade even if you sent it into the factory, they can not downgrade from 1.04

Very excited to see ML is available for the 650D! Even if only in alpha. I have a question, apologies if it's been answered elsewhere already - I have searched around.

Does this version of ML include the auto-restart function that allows the camera to take longer movies? This is the only reason I need ML, but I heard a rumour a little while ago the future versions won't include this feature.

yes it does, I used it a few nights ago

Besides all photographic considerations, I would start with a pragmatic question: are you willing / able to shovel really huge amounts of data? One RAW frame 1472x626 is about 1.7 MB. If you shoot 24 or 25 fps, you end up with 2.5 GIGABYTE PER MINUTE. If you shoot e. g. 30 minutes footage (what I would consider not much given your setting), you have 75 GB sitting on your CF cards and (later) on your disk.

And at least during pink-dot-removal, this doubles for a short while: 150 GB.

And after you develop the RAWs into MJPG, you might have approx. 1/5 of the size, so about 15 GB...

And other figure: for me, rawtherapee and all four cores at 2.9 GHz ("Turbo Mode" ) need approx. 2 seconds / frame for applying some color correction, tone mapping and noise removal on a 1280x720 image. So my machine would need 50 minutes to convert one minute of 25 fps RAW material to JPG. Depending on your computer, your pace my vary, of course.

All I want to say is: RAW is nice but not really handy...

thank you, see that right there was some very useful information, okay I will shoot with the cannons settings, I have an ultra 64gb card and an extreme 32gb and an extreme 16gb card to use during the filming and shoots.

the lighting issue will be the same whichever way you choose. Maybe shoot HDR? I've only shot short clips but it probably will handle larger ones. Try some test runs in similar light.

HDR is fine for still objects and slowly moving around them, not so much in a still position and objects are fast moving, it creates a nasty ghost effect.

Yeah I will have to maybe do a few test videos before just seeing if anyone had any direction to point me to cut down on some of the workload.

okay so side question, Im thinking of shooting video in a Club, we are holding Go Go Girl Auditions, should I film in raw or should I just film with the cannons native software? the lighting wont be ideal Im sure, so any suggestions would be welcomed and super sorry if this is just to off topic.

Nanomad, do you think that we have a ML version someday working with Canon 650D 1.0.4 firmware?

as many have already stated in this thread, yes it is on the list of things to do once the devs have a good base done with the current ML and have everything mapped out they will then do a version for the newer firmware, as for now its not in the sights so it may be a while.

So is there really no way  I can install it onto my camera? Iv'e been waiting awhile to get it on the 650d

As long as you havent updated to the latest firmware then you can try the alpha just follow the instruction on the first post.

can anyone give me the Drop box link of daily compile downloads

did you not read the first post? the link is right there to the dropbox account that has the daily/nightly builds

Quick question is there any settings for taking photos at night with out tripod and long exposure times... is there a way of shooting pictures/ videos at 4K on the 650d?

thanks jamie.

first question yes there but you could also do that in the stock cannon firmware as well, but I hope you have rock steady hands or you will pick up the shakes...

second question, no the 650d does not have strong enough hardware to process a full 4k video, we cant even do full 2k, at least currently  and from what I have seen so far.

to update ML I just replace the existing files with a newer builds filer and Im good to go or do I need to repeat some steps?

Hi all - forgive me if this should be posted in a different forum, but I think I may have the (dubious) distinction of shooting the first completed short film with ML on the 650D. Thanks so much to the hardworking developers, to satriani for the nightly builds, and all the help on this amazing board.

The film won the Best Film prize at the Idaho 48-hour film festival - so for you perfectionists and colorists out there - this was a QUICK turnaround

Thanks again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4ULUkPxixI

lol I liked it

Has anyone else noticed ghosting in their images when shooting photos at night?

Edit: More info, I was shooting at a fair around midnight, with ISO 100, F8 and 2 second shutter on, I noticed in some of the photos like a mirror ghost effect going on in some of the photos.