– High Jello: maximizes the jello effect and enables fast shutter speeds. You can use this mode for recording slit-scan frames (distorted images like these, which use the extreme jello effect in creative ways).
• Shutter range: displays the available shutter speed range with current settings. When you use FPS override, Canon menu will still display 1/30… 1/4000, but the actual shutter speed will be different; read it from ML displays. You can alter shutter speed range by changing the ratio between the two timer values (decreasing timer B will result in faster shutter speeds available).
• Timer A: displays the value of timer A and lets you fine-tune it. ML will re-adjust timer B to match your FPS choice.
• Timer B: displays the value of timer B and lets you fine-tune it. ML will not re-adjust timer A, so this option will let you fine-tune the exact FPS value.
• TG Frequency: displays the crystal oscillator frequency of the FPS circuit driver (read-only, depends on your camera).
• Actual FPS: this displays the current FPS, computed as TG_FREQ / timerA / timerB (read-only).
• Sound Record: by default, ML will disable sound recording when FPS override is enabled; otherwise, audio will go out of sync and recording will stop. Only enable sound if you know what you are doing.
Notes and tips:
• This function will not change the frame rate from the video header; the video will playback at the setting from Canon menu.
• Recommended usage: set FPS to a very low value (for example, 3fps) to record a timelapse.
• To get 180-degree shutter speed at very low FPS, simply discard half of the frames in post.
• If 0.2 FPS is not enough, use Frame Merger (a VirtualDub plugin).
• Exact frame rate may be “rounded” to be an exact multiple of PAL/NTSC frame rates.
– PAL modes: 25p/50p. Rounded frame rates: 33.333fps, 12.5fps, 11.111fps and so on.
– NTSC modes: 30p/60p/24p. Rounded frame rates: 29.97fps, 23.976fps, 11.988fps and so on.
• For fine-tuning and calibrating custom frame rates, use EOSTimerGen.
• Tip: this feature also works in photo mode, making LiveView usable in dark environments. Combine it with display gain.
HDR video
This feature allows you to shoot a high dynamic range video by alternating ISO every other frame. Select the two ISO values from the submenu.
Possible postprocessing workflows:
• Interframe script: user-friendly version and bare-bone version;
• GingerHDR (plugin for Adobe After Effects and Premiere)
• Magic Lantern HDR Compose generator for FCP X
• HDR Glogger Web Service
• etc (please help me filling the list!)
See also the postprocessing thread on the forum.
Note: this feature does not work on 500D/T1i.
Image Effects…
Custom image effects found by investigating DIGIC registers:
• Desaturate (tip: this lets you record grayscale with any picture style);
• Negative image;
• Swap U-V (red becomes blue);
• Cartoon look (for this to work, set sharpness in your picture style to any nonzero value).
Movie Record (50D)
Enable movie recording on 50D (1920x1080, 30fps, without sound). To start recording, go to LiveView (P/Tv/Av/M) and press SET.
WARNING: Canon 50D was NOT designed to record movies. Keep in mind:
• This feature was not thoroughly tested by Canon and may be unstable (even if you record without ML).
• Always disable movie recording when you don’t use it.
• Battery will drain quickly when recording; also, the camera may overheat.
Limitations:
• The camera will not record sound. You can use an external recorder (for example, Zoom H1, H2 or H4n) and sync the sound in post with a clapperboard.
• You can’t play back movies in the camera.
This setting remains active even if you start the camera with standard firmware (until you clear your settings).
Shutter Button (50D)
• Leave unchanged: obvious:)
• Block during REC: blocks the shutter and related (AF, *) buttons while recording. In 50D, taking pictures while recording would result in ERR99; with this option, you can avoid taking pictures while recording by mistake. Side effect: this will disable image stabilization during recording.
• Hold during REC (IS): ML will keep the shutter button pressed half-way during recording, which will enable image stabilization (IS). Side effect: you need to press the shutter button half way to turn IS off before the camera will let you stop recording.
Exposure Lock (50D)
Locks the exposure in movie mode. You can also use the * button (you don’t have to hold it pressed).
Shoot
Functions for stills shooting (some of them work for movies, too).
HDR Bracketing
Exposure bracketing for HDR images and timelapses.
• In M mode, this function does shutter and/or ISO bracketing. In the other modes it does exposure compensation bracketing.
• To start bracketing, take only the first picture and ML will continue the sequence.
• To preview HDR images in camera, set SET+MainDiaclass="underline" ExposureFusion from Prefs menu, Image review settings, then go to playback mode, hold SET and turn the main dial (wheel).
• For each HDR picture set, Magic Lantern may also write a bash script for stacking the exposures with enfuse (version 4.x), with optional alignment (align_image_stack). More info: Exposure Fusion: What is it? How does it Compare to HDR? How Do I Do It?.
Intervalometer
Take pictures or movies at fixed intervals.
You can stop the intervalometer by rotating the mode dial, by pressing MENU or PLAY, or by turning off the camera.
Settings (in submenu):
• Duration between two shots.
• Start delay (up to 8 hours).
• Stop after X pictures.
• In movie mode only: duration of a movie clip.
Turning on Intervalometer displays a calculation for how long the time lapse will shoot for, how many frames it will take and the playback time, based on your image quality setting, free space and video frame rate selected in Canon menus.
Example; 1h33m, 563 shots, 24fps =› 00m23s
Tips:
• To avoid flicker, shoot in manual mode, use manual white balance, avoid short exposure times and use a manual lens (if you use an EF lens, lock the aperture and unscrew it).
• To make a timelapse without increasing shutter count, do not use the intervalometer; instead, set FPS override to a very low value (for example, 3fps) and start recording.
• When using the intervalometer in LiveView with “noisy” mode, your shutter will wear twice as fast than outside LiveView.
• If the intervalometer can’t be stopped (it may happen in crazy mode), turn the camera off or open the card door.
Power Saving:
• When not in LiveView, press DISP or INFO to turn the display off.
• In LiveView, ML will turn the display and the sensor off during idle times if you enable this option from Powersave menu.
• While the intervalometer is running, the card led will blink once per second to let you know it’s alive and kicking.