Shortcut for 3x Zoom mode on 600D Magic lantern.

[laniwolf]

I have read the the short cut for 3x digi zoom video mode on 600D is "DSP" + "zoom in" buttons, but when I try only the 5x 10x zoom for focus shows up. Is the other peramaters that I need to set in the menu?a

 

[laniwolf]

I hope some knows something, would really love a shortcut.

 

[a1ex]

The user guide you've read is more recent than the latest release, so it's only available in bleeding edge builds. If you would like to try, let me know.

 

[laniwolf]

Cool a1ex, I wanna give it a try. Do you know about how many people are currently testing it?

 

[a1ex]

Only one for now (he edits the wiki).

 

[laniwolf]

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a1ex here is the video you requested of use of the new shortcut, sorry for the quality but I only have an ipod at the moment to get video from. Thanks again for getting this to me to try out.

 

[laniwolf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myoYX92yFY0

 

[a1ex]

Thanks. I've also noticed a redraw problem on the AF frame (which is bigger than on the other cameras).

Questions (they seem like nitpicks, but I think they are important for usability, but I can't check these myself since I don't have this camera):
- If you are in 1x mode, and you press the shortcut for 'zoom in' for one second or so, does it go to 3x, or to some higher value? How difficult is to stop it exactly at 3x?
- If you are in, let's say, 4x, and you press 'zoom out', will it stop at 3x for a while, or it will go straight to 1x? Again, how difficult is to stop at 3x?

 

[laniwolf]

When in 1x then pressing the shortcut it goes to 3x and stays there even if you dont let go of the button, you have to let go of the zoom in button and repress to continue zooming. But when in say 4x then zoom out as you hold on to the button it will continue past the 3x and jump into the 1x, I could see that a being annoying if you do a lot of zooming.

It works well enough for me because I dont zoom in past the 3x because after that point I can see a loss in image quality.

 

[laniwolf]

Im not sure how big the AF frame is on other cameras, but I just checked with and without magic lantern and AF frame gets bigger when zooming in to 3x both times.

 

[a1ex]

Can you try if this autoexec fixes the issue? http://bit.ly/ml-3xzoom-fix

Also, if you are able to crash it in any way, let me know.

 

[laniwolf]

I can no longer use the shortcut to zoom out of digital zoom.. When in 3x digital zoom I have to go through the menu to leave the digital zoom to go to 1x.