T2i Magic Lantern for 550D in progress!

okay. so, after a quick test, by downloading the files onto your SD card, it is simple enough to get magic lantern (Just go to the P mode, go to the third wrench icon in the settings, and perform a firmware update.) However, without making the SD card bootable, you will need to do this every time you reboot your camera. but I don;t know how to get to the actual ML settings/menu :(
 
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ML for the 550D just got updated. they added Histogram/Zebras, and manual audio! WHOO!

Anyone have any tips for installing this using a mac? :(
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Does the zebras addition work? How cool!
 
they say the GUI is still not working, maybe you have to preset everything on some text file or something like that (just speculating)

http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/550D


Features of the latest version:
  • Onscreen audio meters
  • Lens data computation
  • Manual audio gain, selectable input source
  • Cropmarks
  • Zebra stripes / histogram
Upcoming features:
  • GUI menus
  • Headphone monitoring via A/V jack
  • Waveform
(plus: maybe the videos on that wiki page can help you somehow)
 
Right now, I am just getting the audio metres. Hopefully they get some menu's working soon. Because otherwise, it doesn't outline anywhere how I can turn anything on or off :S (anywhere that I can find at least)
 
Damn, that's awesome! Does anyone know if this will work on the 60d?
Hmm... probably not right? The t2i hasn't got the same features as the 60d..
 
I don't think it will work on a 60D, and may brick it if you force it to get installed on one

but maybe its firmware is not encrypted (unlike the 7D); if that's the case, I'd expect them to port it to the 60D in a few months
 
Where can i get the 1.0.8 firmware version? I can only find the 1.0.9 version on the canon page. Can anybody who has the installer share it on rapidshare, hotfile or something? thanks

thomas
 
this seems to be "the big update".. GUI menus working fine, don't have to mess with the config files to do settings. audio meters/histogram/spotmeter work great... follow Derkoi's guide: http://www.derkoi.co.uk/film/index....e-canon-550d-t2i&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=1 and just update the files in the "copy to SD folder" to the most updated ones you can grab from here: https://bitbucket.org/a1ex/magic-lantern/wiki/Home

I'm not particularly tech savvy and that guide really did the trick! do not be afraid!
 
I should also add that I hadn't updated my firmware so I managed to do a clean update to 1.0.8 with the link above and install magic lantern without a hitch.
 
Has anyone messed around w/ qScale yet? I would bet you'd need quite a fast SDHC card to pump out that data....
 
ok, I will preface this by saying that I am pretty good at computers (I have built my own and I am current a computer science coding major).

I hate to be "one of those people" but I can not for the life of me get this to work on my T2i using OSX.

I have tried several different approaches, and I think that I am simply failing at getting the card to be bootable...

Any ideas? I currently don't have access to a windows machine, which is unfortunate...
 
Working with this more, I've found it to be a bit buggy. Zebra worked when I first started up but hasn't since, every time I turn the camera off I need to remove the battery just to get it to turn back on, and even when I use non-magic lantern cards, there's a noticeable lag in startup time. do not like this.
 
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