Contents
- 1 Are you serious about dSLR filmmaking?
- 2 Do you care about proper exposure?
- 3 Are you a musician or audiophile?
- 4 Are you a manual lens shooter?
- 5 Do you like long exposures and astrophotography?
- 6 Are you a macro photographer?
- 7 Are you a HDR enthusiast?
- 8 Do you want to shoot timelapse?
- 9 Are you a wildlife shooter?
- 10 Do you like to tinker with hidden settings?
- 11 Do you want to record more than 12 minutes?
- 12 Do you want to use HDMI monitors or recorders?
- 13 Do you need custom grids or cropmarks?
- 14 Do you use a fisheye lens?
- 15 Is that all?
Are you serious about dSLR filmmaking?[edit | edit source]
Watch a few short films made with Magic Lantern!
Do you care about proper exposure?[edit | edit source]
RGB zebras, waveform, spotmeter, false colors are just a few tools.
Are you a musician or audiophile?[edit | edit source]
Magic Lantern will help you get the best audio quality in the camera, as well as monitoring and VU-meters.
Are you a manual lens shooter?[edit | edit source]
So are we! You will find plenty of focus assist tools (peaking, zoom box, trap focus...)
Do you like long exposures and astrophotography?[edit | edit source]
You will appreciate exposures longer than 30 seconds and shake-free shutter release modes.
Are you a macro photographer?[edit | edit source]
Do you want a long depth of field with everything in focus? Try Stack Focus.
Are you a HDR enthusiast?[edit | edit source]
Bracketing up to 9 frames with spacing from 0.5 to 5 EV should handle even the most difficult contre-jours.
Do you want to shoot timelapse?[edit | edit source]
Check out the built-in intervalometer and bulb ramping!
Are you a wildlife shooter?[edit | edit source]
Motion detection, trap focus and audio trigger might be just for you.
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Check shutter counter, movie recording with 50D, ISO 25600, flash exposure compensation from -5EV, Kelvin white balance on all cameras...
Do you want to record more than 12 minutes?[edit | edit source]
Check out Bit rate control and automatic movie restart.
Do you want to use HDMI monitors or recorders?[edit | edit source]
You can have clean YUV422 signal (without focusing box) on HDMI Output.
Do you need custom grids or cropmarks?[edit | edit source]
Simply draw them in your favorite image editing program and save them as bitmaps! Or use one of the included ones.
Do you use a fisheye lens?[edit | edit source]
Turn it into a ultra wide rectilinear lens with live defishing preview!
Is that all?[edit | edit source]
Check out the user guide for more! Custom focus patterns, focus stacking, transparent overlays for panoramas, fast zoom in Play mode... you name it.
