After installation, please copy your ROM backup files ( ML/LOGS/ROM*.BIN on the card) to a safe place.Īs our camera was not running the supported firmware, we needed to downgrade it from version 2.0.5 to 2.0.3.

A copy of the original (unmodified) ROM contents will be saved to the card.Magic Lantern will run from this card it won’t replace your original firmware.ģ. This procedure will enable the BOOTDISK flag in your camera’s Flash ROM, allowing it to load and execute custom code from the memory card. Run the Firmware Update process from Canon menu.Unzip the archive and copy ML files to the memory card.Once you have the correct Canon firmware: Make sure you are running Canon firmware 2.0.3Ģ. The installation instructions written on the above-linked page seem quite simple:ġ. The Magic Lantern build for the 7D can be downloaded from here. We decided to use a Canon EOS 7D as the guinea pig as it is fully supported and this camera has not been used in our office for quite a while. The main features of Magic Lantern and supported cameras are listed on their homepage. It does not modify the cameras firmware rather it will enable the BOOTDISK flag in your camera’s Flash ROM, allowing it to load and execute custom code from the memory card. As mentioned above, Magic Lantern is a community developed, open-source add-on that runs from your media storage. Now that we have that out of way, let me introduce you to Magic Lantern. Even though the previous blog post mentioned that the next couple of issues from me will be about build details of our office gadgets, in this issue, I would like to write about: Magic Lantern, a free software add-on that runs from the SD/CF card and adds a host of new features to Canon EOS cameras that weren’t included from the factory by Canonĭisclaimer: The author of this post, Magic Lantern and anybody from their community or development team, and most importantly Eyes, JAPAN is not responsible for damage of any kind to you, your camera or any other equipment you use if you decide to follow the steps in this article.

Canon 7d firmware version 2.0.3