News

• (2012 11 26) EOS-M says Hello World, Magic Lantern will work :)
• (2012 10 12) Magic Lantern working on 7D - alpha 1 is out!
• (2012 09 12) G3gg0 solves the 7D puzzle, Magic Lantern will work!
• (2012 09 12) Magic Lantern working on 5D Mark III, alpha 1 available
• (2012 07 23) Magic Lantern 2.3 stable release!
• (2012 07 08) Relase Candidate testing for ML 2.3 starts today!
• (June 2012) New ML website - www.magiclantern.fm
• (2012 04 27) Magic Lantern will work on 5D Mark III!
• (2012 04 10) Looks like we can improve dynamic range and highlight rolloff - testers needed!
• (2012 03 03) Sztupy announces Magic Lantern USB Controller for Android devices!
• (2012 03 01) Magic Lantern might work on Canon 5D Classic
• (2011 12 22) Magic Lantern Xmas Edition, with HDR video and FPS control!
• (2011 12 12) Anniversary unified edition released!
• (2011 12 08) FPS override working on 60D/600D, thanks g3gg0!
• (2011 11 25) Unlocked 1/25s shutter speed in movie mode! (1/3 stops better in low-light)
• (2011 11 24) Manual exposure controls for 500D/T1i and 50D in video mode!
• (2011 11 01) 5D Mark II will join the Unified ML tree by merging with AJ 5.x version!
• (2011 10 30) HDMI usable, audio meters calibrated, EyeFi working on 600D/T3i!
• (2011 10 25) 500D/T1i joins the unified tree! First alpha version available.
• (2011 10 14) First Alpha0 release for 50D (Unified)
• (2011 10 07) Bulb ramping works!
• (2011 08 31) 50D recording video with Magic Lantern!
• (2011 08 22) Unified Magic Lantern - New stable release for 550D/1.0.9, 60D/1.1.0 and 600D/1.0.1, much easier to install! This is the place to start if you own a 550D (T2i), 600D (T3i), 50D, or 60D
• (2011 08 18) Magic Lantern for 50D joins the Unified branch! Source code is available.
• (2011 08 15) Magic Lantern will work on 1100D/Rebel T3, testers are needed.
• (2011 07 08) Major upgrade: unified Magic Lantern source tree for 550D, 60D and 600D, other cameras coming soon
• (2011 07 01) Magic Lantern for 600D/T3i Alpha 0 released! (still in very early stage)
• (2011 05 22) Magic Lantern will work on 600D/T3i!
• (2011 05 12) Bitrate control in CBR mode. Test builds: 550d and 60D. For developers: H264 analysis thread, there may be more settings available.
• (2011 05 02) Magic Lantern for 500D / T1i / Kiss X3 moved onto beta stage - Developers welcome.
• (2011 03 17) AJ 5.0 anniversary build of ML for 5D2 (video presentation here)
• (2011 01 30) Interview with Trammell Hudson on Planet5D
• (2011 01 14) Focus peaking works on the 550D (experimental, but usable)
• (2010 12 19) Magic Lantern 0.2.0 RC1 for 60D firmware 1.0.8 released [1] & [2] (still in very early stages, but it already booted successfully!)
• (2010 12 19) New Magic Lantern 0.2.0 RC1 for 550D firmware 1.0.9 is out!
• (2010 12 12) Most ML features from 5D2 branch ported to 550D/1.0.8 (QScale, menus, zebras, crops, histo, spotmeter & more) [3]
• (2010 12 03) magiclantern-550d-rc1 ported to camera firmware 1.0.9 (no new features yet)
• (2010 11 28) 5D Mark II 70 Mbps h.264 tests
• (2010 11 27) 5D Mark II 2.0.8: beta firmware
• (2010 07 31) Preliminary support for the Canon 550D/T2i
• (2010 06 22) State of the Lantern -- 1 Year Anniversary message
• (2010 03 21) Magic Lantern support for 2.0.4 is in functional pre-alpha
• (2010 03 19) Canon released 2.0.4 firmware for the 5D Mark II (direct link).
• (2010 03 10) 2.0.3 support is coming soon: Earlyboot changeset (2.0.3 will not be supported)
• (2010 02 19) Using Magic Lantern with a field mixer
• (2010 02 11) Podcast interview with 16x9cinema
• (2010 01 26) Interview with MediaHalo.com
• (2010 01 06) 7D signature system understood
• (2009 12 02) Bootable CF card menu
• (2009 11 20) 7D firmware progress video
• (2009 10 02) Autoboot of Magic Lantern works!
• (2009 09 16) Full HD on HDMI while recording!
• (2009 09 15) Code relocation works
• (2009 09 13) SMTPE Timecode demo
• (2009 09 11) Relocation code works for some regions
• (2009 08 29) Scripting using the PyMite python interpreter
• (2009 08 17) Preliminary Magic Lantern 0.1.6 User Manual
• (2009 08 11) Release 0.1.6 is available to the public
• (2009 08 01) Focus stacking demo video
• (2009 07 28) err70 bug finally squashed!
• (2009 07 07) Release 0.1.5 is out
• (2009 07 01) HDMI output works in 0.1.5-rc1
• (2009 06 23) Magic Lantern 0.1.4 adds a simple menu system
• (2009 06 22) Magic Lantern 0.1.3, first public release