Go to the “Overlay” menu in ML and set Global Draw to LiveView only mode. Press the “Q” button to return to the main top menus, then go to the Movie tab, enable RAW recording, and choose your resolution/aspect ratio. (But if you’re on an older build for some reason, try using the top dial to navigate the sub-menus, go to the “Modules” menu (the M tab) and activate the raw recording module manually.) 3. On the latest builds, the RAW module will auto-load.

TRASH/DELETE With the Magic Lantern firmware installed and running, pressing the Trash button takes you to the ML menu.Ģ. Go into the Magic Lantern settings menu by pressing the “trash/delete” button. Step Three: Dialing-In The Recommended Settings 1. *Recommended Setup: Load the ML Firmware on your bootable SD card (which stays in-camera), and record video to your wicked-fast CF card. You should see a quick internal “check” of the internal memory cards run by the ML firmware. Once the process is completed, power down and restart your camera. In the appropriate Canon sub-menu, select “firmware update.” 6. Insert the CF/SD cards into your camera, and power up. Make sure your camera’s mode dial is set to Manual, and that the LiveView switch is set to the Movie Camera icon. Check your camera’s firmware to make sure it’s on version 1.1.3. THE FILES When you’re finished loading the firmware, your card directory should look like the one in the above image.Ģ. Always, always, always start with a battery fully-charged. Step Two: Loading Magic Lantern on Your 5d Mark III 1.

The folders DCIM, MISC, and ML should be present, and the files “5D3_113_ ” file and the “autioexec.bin” files should be present. NOTE: At the end of all this, there should be 3 folders and 2 files on the SD card. Unzip the files from the “nightly build” download, and copy them to the main directory (root) of your CF card. (More on that later.) And always select the “Make DSLR Bootable” box if using Macboot.Ĥ. If you want to, you can also format them in exFAT mode. Make your Compact Flash and/or SD cards “bootable” by using one of the pieces of software below. Format Compact Flash (CF) and SDHC cards in-camera.įORMAT CARDS Always format Compact Flash and Secure Digital Cards in-cameraģ. Download the latest nightly ML RAW build at this link: () 2. QUICK-START GUIDE FOR THE CANON 5D MARK III Step One: Get the Firmware 1.

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