A Question for T2i Magic Lantern / Technicolor Picture Style Users

[robotsound]

I've been playing with the new Technicolor CineStyle picture style recently, and the results are very exciting.

On the Technicolor site, they recommend that people only use the "clean" ISO settings of 160, 320, 640, etc. I have a T2i, so it doesn't do these ISO settings natively.

Currently I don't run Magic Lantern, and I've never tried it. I've avoided it thus far because I wanted to keep my camera setup as simple and reliable as possible.

Is there anyone out there with a T2i, Magic Lantern, and the Technicolor CineStyle picture style that could comment (or post footage) about the actual differences between the clean and standard ISO settings on this camera using this picture style?

I know all of the theory, and I've seen the lens cap tests on the 7D. But what I'm still really wondering is how much noise I could really expect to cut out by using the clean ISOs in real shots, and would it be worth installing and dealing with Magic Lantern just for that? Is it really worth it?

Thanks!

 

[robotsound]

Well, I decided to go ahead and install Magic Lantern anyway. Despite the additional complexity and changes to workflow, I'm glad I did. I still haven't done a scientific A/B comparison between the camera standard ISO values (100, 200, etc) and the clean ISO values (160, 320, etc). However, the clean ISO settings do indeed look a little cleaner in Live View.

Overall I'm glad I did it, and would encourage anyone who is considering giving Magic Lantern a try, with the caveat that you should know how to do basic computer troubleshooting stuff if you attempt this. I feel my previous knowledge of Linux, boot sectors, filesystems, and high level of familiarity with the camera helped me here.