{"id":766,"date":"2013-11-10T06:03:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T06:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotterlife.org\/blog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2013-11-10T06:03:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T06:03:37","slug":"hacking-the-canon-5d-mk-ii-or-why-not-the-new-canon-5d-mark-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotterlife.org\/blog\/hacking-the-canon-5d-mk-ii-or-why-not-the-new-canon-5d-mark-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking the Canon 5D Mk II or why not the new Canon 5D Mark III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the Canon 5D MK II has HDR bracketing type function i found it a bit limiting with only +-2 steps and only with 3 pictures so was looking for a hack to expand this. \u00a0I found a software solution with a seemingly equally matching name Magic Lantern. Its a free download on the following site.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.magiclantern.fm\/\">http:\/\/www.magiclantern.fm\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It takes a bit to get used to the way it starts and which buttons to press to activate various functions but overall it works great.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globetrotterlife.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/menu_shoot-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-767\" alt=\"menu_shoot (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/globetrotterlife.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/menu_shoot-1.png\" width=\"269\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wont write up how to install and de-install the software as there is a good manual for that on the site itself. \u00a0However a word of caution. While the manual states you should clear settings with the normal Canon function for such after having de-installed the software there are certain functions that wont be cleared. I had followed the manuals and done the needful only to find that the camera was still taking my 5 step bracket photos while on the menu it looked like i had turned of the function.The camera though in the settings only showed that such function was turned off. \u00a0The only way I could remove the bracketing was to re-install magic lantern. Set back all the functions in magic lantern to the normal state and then de-install it again. When I the cleared the settings with Canons internal function the camera was back to normal fully.<\/p>\n<p>I now keep Magic Lantern on one memory card when i want to use the functions and another one clean from it to operate the camera full in standard mode.<\/p>\n<p>Overall its really a magic software with all the functions it has so will have to spend some time for various photo projects \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Canon 5D MK II has HDR bracketing type function i found it a bit limiting with only +-2 steps and only with 3 pictures so was looking for a hack to expand this. \u00a0I found a software solution with a seemingly equally matching name Magic Lantern. 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