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GUIDE (Simplified): RAW on 5D mark III with

Magic Lantern (Updated May 12th 15)
by Sebastian Wber (website) | 14th May 2013

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Yes, the source for the still above is a 1080p 14bit RAW shot with the 5D mark III with Magic Lantern!!! And
heres a test video showing you how that looks in motion with an article elaborating the work with the camera:
LINK.
The developers working on the Magic Lantern hack for the Canon 5D mark III have enabled continuous
14bit RAW recording last year. We tested it and it works great. The resulting images are totally
breathtaking for a DSLR. The installation procedure has now been strongly simplified.
Please follow our complete dummies guide to squeeze the RAW bits out of a Canon EOS 5D mark III.
NOTE: We take no responsibility for what happens when you follow our guide. Do it at your own risk
and research on your own if you want to make sure.
NOTE: When installing Magic Lantern your camera will start up 2 seconds slower (this can now be
undone by simply uninstalling Magic Lantern)
What you need:

A Canon 5D mark III. If you buy one, please get it HERE.
A simple SD card for the firmware. We used this one.
A good UDMA 7 card reader, we recommend this one for USB 3: LINK
A very fast CF card. You have the following options:
San Disk Extreme Pro 160MB/s most reliable high end & most expensive
Lexar Professional 1066x reliable and stable & less expensive than before
Transcend 1000x 64GB Sometimes works. But not recommended. People reported some unstable cards.
Komputerbay 1000x 64GB By far the cheapest, about 50% report success and stability. For other users
the card dies. Komputerbay replaces the card, but exchange seems rather slow. Make sure you get the
64GB version!
(You get 25 minutes of 1080p on a 128GB card)
Installing RAW on the Canon 5D mark III:
1. Make sure your 5D mark III has a fully charged battery.
2. Make sure your camera is on firmware 1.2.3 ( in your camera go to menu > yellow tab > firmware ver.:
), otherwise update to 1.2.3 by downloading it HERE.
3. Download the Magic Lantern package. (latest, stable release we tested from April 28th 2015)
4. Copy the whole contents of the downloaded folder to the root folder on your SD (!!!) card. This can be
a slow card, it only holds the firmware and it always has to stay inside the camera.
5. Place the SD card in your camera, switch it on and go to the firmware update (yellow tab) in the camera
menu. Do the update which will make your camera Magic Lantern ready.
6. The camera now installs, wait until the green please restart your camera text appears. Now follow the
instruction and turn your camera off and then on again.
7. Now place that fast CF card you bought (see above) into the camera.
8. Switch camera on. Immediately you will see different overlays than usual and the camera will probably
instantly go into live-view.
9. Now press the trash button on the camera to activate Magic Lantern. The Magic Lantern menu
will load.
10. Go to the Modules menu with the squares symbol (on the far right).
11. Select the RAW module (mlv_rec.mo) and activate it. It lights up green. Also activate the file_man and
mlv_play modules.
12. Restart the camera (leave some seconds off)
13. Go to the trash menu again and go to the menu with the video camera symbol.
14. Select the RAW video tab and press SET button on your camera.
15. Now press the Q button to access the RAW menu.
16. Set your width and height to be 19201080 for HD recording. Leave the other options as they are for
now.
17. Exit the menu by pressing the trash button again. Set your desired framerate in the Canon menu.
(should work up to 30p with the proper CF card!)
18. To record go about as usual, press the start/stop button.
19. You will see the camera capturing (or dropping) frames
20. If youre dropping frames either your card is too slow or you need to turn some options OFF in the RAW
menu. If nothing works try lowering the resolution a little.
Note: If youre dropping frames in the first two seconds of the recording you might also have the wrong card
selected in Canons folder menu.
Note 2: To record larger files than 4GB format your CF card in the exFAT file system. Ask Google if you dont
know how to do it.
See a list of great new features in 2014 here in this article: Shooting RAW on a Canon 5D mark III in 2014
What you have to know
If you buy a Canon 5D mark III, please get it HERE to reward our efforts and PLEASE ALSO MAKE SURE
YOU DONATE TO MAGIC LANTERN FOR MAKING THIS AWESOME DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE:
LINK
Other tips:
To shoot slow motion press the Q button in live view and change Canons framrate setting there. After
that check your resolution in the Magic Lantern RAW menu and unsqueeze it in post. It actually looks
pretty cool, check out this work.
To preview footage quickly on a Mac, get the MlRAWviewer (Link updated May 12th 15. See
instructions or Windows version in forum)
Detailed in-depth info on the numerous options in the menus: LINK
Uninstalling (removing the 2 second delay at startup):

1. Make sure your 5D mark III has a fully charged battery!
2. Get the SD card that holds the contents of the latest Magic Lantern Package which you downloaded in step 3.
above.
5. Place this SD card in your camera, switch it on and go to the firmware update (yellow tab) in the
___camera menu. Do the update.
4. The camera now installs, wait until the green please restart your camera text appears. Now DO NOT turn
your camera off.
5. Wait 30 seconds and the camera will automatically uninstall any remains of Magic Lantern.
New workflow and post-processing guide:

There are several 3rd party software applications that turn either your .RAW or .MLV files into cinemaDNG
image sequences which is a recognised RAW recording format. These files can be edited in Premiere Pro CC
natively or can be used in DaVinci Resolve.
Heres a simple workflow I found very usable in OSX:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Shoot your movie in the .MLV file format.

(Backup your CF cards on your editing computer.) You can combine this with step 3.
Convert the .MLV files to cinemaDNG using the RAW Magic app.
(Losslessly compress your cinemaDNG files using the SlimRAW app & save 60% disk space)
Import the cinemaDNG folder into Premiere CC via the Media Browser tab! (or into DaVinci Resolve
Lite (free))
6. Download Hunters LUT to apply a basic color correction to your files. Follow the tutorial for DaVinci
Resolve here.
7. Export your clips in DaVinci Resolve as proxies (also see above tutorial) or edit natively in Premiere CC.
8. (Edit in your editing software and at the end make your final grade in DaVinci Resolve.)
For more in-depth information on Magic Lantern and the ongoing RAW hack consult the official Magic Lantern
Forum.
Alternative / Windows / old workflow:

1. The camera produces .RAW files which need to be converted to something usable first.
___This can be done with an app they wrote called raw2dng.
___OSX app: download HERE, info HERE (Updated June 19th 2013)
___If youre on Windows get the .exe here: LINK
2. Open the raw2dng app and drop your .RAW files into the app, one after another.
3. The app creates new folders with a sequence of .dng files in them.
4. The .dng files that come out of this are raw files you can open in several programs. We
___found it can only be opened with Adobe programs which is unfortunate as this makes
___the workflow even more complicated. It does not work in DaVinci Resolve (yet).
[UPDATE Mac]: Theres a new app that converts files to cinemaDNG which can be read by DaVinci
Resolve: RAWmagic
[UPDATE Win]: Heres an apperation of the old app which will convert directly to cinemaDNG which
can be read by DaVinci Resolve: raw2cdng (developer site)
Update: Faster workflow in Photoshop here: LINK
After Effects workflow:
1. We had to put the files for each shot into separate folders.
2. In AfterEffects the .dng files can be converted to any format you like. We chose to
___convert to ProRes 422 (HQ).
3. We imported the files into an empty project by selecting only the first file of each
___.dng sequence.
4. The RAW dialogue pops up. At this point you can color correct with the Adobe
___RAW tool, but we wanted to do a final grading later.
___So we just corrected the wrongly set tint value from +77 down to 0.
5. The file imports, but is interpreted as 30fps. To change that for the next shots we
___changed the default framerate in the AfterEffects preferences menu to 24.
6. Right clicked the imported file and clicked set proxy to movie.
7. On the Render Dialogue that now pops up we set Render Settings to Best Settings
___and created a new Output Module for Quicktime ProRes 422 (HQ).
8. The rendering took forever and After Effects crashed numerous times.
___We really dont like that application for this kind of workflow, sorry Adobe.
___Heres a better workflow we found, the downside is its converted to 8bit: LINK
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Pawe Szymula May 14, 2013
Doh, if only ML with this update would be available for 6D
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jeremy mayhew May 15, 2013
Pawel, i saw on vimeo someone posted sample footage from a 6d, so I think its possible? i have two and im
dying for this option.
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Fletcher Murray June 9, 2013
HI Pawel,
You are right.
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Vin February 24, 2014
Can anyone show me where to download the firm ware (5D3-113-bootflag.fir) ? the file does not include in the
download package. Thank you
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Sebastian Wber February 24, 2014
Very sorry, not included in the newest package. Made a new download link under point 5.
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Thank you very much.
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Hi Sebastian,
The file 5D3-113-bootflag.fir does not works. When I update the firm ware it gave me the error as follows:
Firmware update program
Update file cannot be found.
Please check the memory card and reload the battery and try again.
Please advise. Thank you.
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JC April 13, 2014
Did you sort this issue out in the end? I just had the same/similar thing. Think I accidentally had a bootable card
without the ML files on it. Thankfully sorted it by replacing the boot flag fir. on the card with canon firmware
and it restored to normal
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Cinema5D May 14, 2013
You should check this out. It is truly groundbraking!
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Colin Huang May 21, 2013
Hi! ive read that its working on the 5dm2. if it really is, could you post a tutorial too?
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Parri May 28, 2013
Theres a 5DM2 installation guide here:

http://5dfilmmaking.com/05/how-to-shoot-raw-video-on-your-5d2/
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Hi,
I searched there and it is not there.
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Akpe Ododo June 27, 2013
When i formate my card in camera, i loss margin lantern, is it suppose to be like that?
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Sebastian Wber June 27, 2013
Yes, dont format the card where your firmware is on.
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Akpe Ododo July 1, 2013
Does anyone have any info on if Magic lantern also allows 720p 50/60p RAW slow-mo on the 5DIII?
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ANdy May 14, 2013
Amazing stuff, looking forward to vid. NEED FOR 7D
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dio May 14, 2013
time to dust off my 5dmlll
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Patrick Zadrobilek May 14, 2013
Great work guys!

I want for my 7D :)
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Sebastian Doerk May 14, 2013
Tomorrow there will be RAW for instant cameras so people can enjoy sitting in front of their cameras just a
little longer ;)
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Steve Goossens May 14, 2013
Well, there is CHDK for Canon PowerShot cameras that enables RAW and a whole load of bracketing, live
histograms, remote control, and programmable scripts.
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Hawaj May 15, 2013
All the Magick Lantern stuff came from CHDK and even this DNG RAW breakthru is based of CHDK
research!
There was same image processor in some compact cameras models.
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Vincent Breysacher May 14, 2013
and when could we expect a 4K Raw output? ;-)
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Martin May 14, 2013
+1 with the 7d
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Phil Vardalos May 14, 2013
I would like information on the Handle and Rod assembly shown In the above Photo.
Thanks,
Phil
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Johnnie Behiri May 14, 2013
Hi Phil.
Handle: F&V
Rod: Shape
Thanks!
Johnnie
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Kevin Tanuwidjaja May 14, 2013
hi,
i saw a little glitch at 00:54.. any reason that might caused that?
does it happened inside the camera (processing huge raw footage to CF) or in rendering process?
thanks
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The glitches happen inside the camera. 1 shot out of 40 was dead. And about 4-5 small glitches in total.
Remember this was enabled 24 hours ago and is an Alpha. They are working on it and will improve it.
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Kevin Tanuwidjaja May 14, 2013
yes,
i do believe the ML team will be able to release the stable version soon..
it is a huge achievement for them but Canon is the one who benefited from it.. shame..
time to invest on great CF to support this raw footage!
cheers
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jizzy May 14, 2013
Is it just me, or does it look like canon has deleted eos5d3-v113-mac.dmg firmware 1.1.3 from all their
servers?
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Indeed it was deleted but no clue when. A small search and you can still find it:)
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Sebastian Wber May 14, 2013
Theres a link in the guide. Cheers
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jizzy May 14, 2013
I am usually good at finding anything online.. having trouble with finding the OSX one, link in guide takes me
to canon and all their hosts say the same thing file not found
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Hi jizzy
http://drivers.windows9download.net/318/eos-5d-mark-iii-firmware-1588702.html
Thanks.
Johnnie
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Rocco May 14, 2013
Its gone from here too :( help, anyone post a working link to old firmware!
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Evan May 14, 2013
Ive searched and searched and cant find it anywhere. Help anyone? Anyone that does have it, upload it to
dropbox?
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Rocco May 14, 2013
Evan, do you have a PC? The pc link still works! Just downloaded it!
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Evan May 14, 2013
Rocco, I have a Mac and forgot I installed bootcamp BOOM! Thanks!
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Its not gone, I dont understand. Which links are you guys clicking. Just click here:
http://drivers.windows9download.net/318/eos-5d-mark-iii-firmware-1588702.html
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Rocco May 14, 2013
Sebastian, it is saying the file does not exist when finally getting to the download link. Its not there.
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Josh May 14, 2013
So by downgrading the 5d mark 3 firmware I assume you will be gaining Magic Latern Raw but loose the
ability to mirror an external lcd monitor through hdmi. also clean hdmi out????
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Marcelo Borelli May 14, 2013
I did everything, captured a raw take, copied to my Mac. When I open raw2dng and drop the M000000.RAW
file this appears to me:

Error: This aint a lv_rec RAW file
ls: *.dng: No such file or directory
Nothing converted
What am I doing wrong?
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Dylan Reid May 16, 2013
I am having the same problem. The mac version did this to me. I am now trying on the pc and having issues too.
:(
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nitsan May 22, 2013
did you guys find a solution? im getting the same thing on mountain lion.
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nitsan May 22, 2013
found a solution posted by someone else on this page.

Putting the files in a directory that has no spaces anywhere in the path worked.
That means a hard drive named mountain lion wont work but a hard drive named mountainlion should be
fine.
be sure that there are no spaces in the folders that the raw file is in.
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Hi. There are no spaces in the folder I have my raw files in. Still I get the same message as guys above.
Sebastian can you help us out? Maybe just going through the shorter workflow process in more detail will
reveal where were going off the rails. First of all, Im using files that Luke Neumann provides that he shot of
the sheep on a hillside. Maybe if you posted the files you used for your demo, Sebastian, then wed all be on the
same page.
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Get the latest raw2dng app from the link above. If it doesnt work its either youre on a weird path on a remote
disk or your files are for some reason not compatible.
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Martin May 14, 2013
c5d, what you say that is a lenghty process how many time should it take for, lets say a 10 second clip of
raw.
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the debayering and the conversion to prores 4444 after that did about 100 frames a minute. But the lengthy part
were the many clicks in between to tell the apps what to do etc.
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Joey Sylvester May 14, 2013
Great write up.. Though the part about the high end iMac cracked me up hehe
When Im lazy I do my imports of img sequences via after effects, and the PC makes quick work of it.
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Thanks, I think Adobe just doesnt like my iMac. It doesnt even support the video card for CUDA and crashes
all the time.
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Rocco May 14, 2013
The link for firmware 1.1.3 is broken, I assume a takedown already on it. I am seeing everywhere the old
firmware being removed. Kind of upsetting, can someone please point me to 1.1.3 working firmware link so I
can downgrade my camera? Much appreciated!!!!!
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Rocco May 14, 2013
Just some clarification, the OSX link for firmware 1.1.3 is broken. The windows link *works* luckily I have
a PC too!! :)
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http://drivers.windows9download.net/318/eos-5d-mark-iii-firmware-1588702.html the link works, please try
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Rocco May 14, 2013
the link works, but after clicking to actually download the file, it is *missing*
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Francis May 14, 2013
So great !!!!!
What version of canon firmware to test this option on may 5dMark2 ?
francis
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Edmond May 14, 2013
I followed your guide but it doesnt work. The firmware update part didnt load any screen except return to the
menu and got overlay text message. Enable Bookdisk. and a :) face. Trash button doesnt do anything.
The firmware shows ML firmware version but every time the camera is off and switched back on, it returns to
the Canon 1.1.3 firmware version.
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Edmond May 14, 2013
Enabled DSLR bootable. Now display message script dir missing
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Try deleting the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir file from the SD before proceeding with the autoexec and ML. Does it
work?
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Rocco May 14, 2013
YES! That was the missing part. After deleting the .fir, its a GREEN LIGHT! Who hoo :) Thanks boss!!!
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Grif May 14, 2013
Id say a good orkflow for .DNG files would be via lightroom.
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Rocco May 14, 2013
Okay, I am stuck on #16. The firmware showing on the camera goes back to 1.1.3. I did enable DSLR bootable
with the MacBoot.class, and it said it was successful. What I find a little unclear is, should the 5D3-113bootflag.fir stay on the root SD card after copying autoexec.bin & the ML folder onto the SD card?
When I put the 5d3-113-bootflag.fir with steps 5 through 7, that DID work, ie, it put overlays on the menus
complaining it was missing this-and-that file.
Does anyone know what might be wrong?
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Im sorry that wasnt clear. I updated the guide. Im pretty sure you have to delete the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir file
before proceeding with the autoexec and ML folder! Hope that helps. Best, Seb.
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Rocco May 14, 2013
lol, ahh, I see you added that to your guide, thank you very much. I will now try again :) Super thank you for
posting this Sebastian!!!
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Rocco May 14, 2013
okay, answered my own question, DELETE 5D3-113-bootflag.fir, did not see that mentioned in step# 8
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Rocco May 14, 2013
Unfortunately, now I am stuck on #18, the firmware is functioning, but no modules are listed, but especially
raw_rec ok does not show in the list of modules. (no modules are in this list) any ideas?
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We got that too once. Try rebooting, try to change things around in your Canon menu, or the dial mode? Its still
a buggy Alpha stage. Will improve over time.
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Rocco May 14, 2013
Okay, I figured out how to get raw_rec ok module to show up consistently. Make sure camera is off. Switch the
camera to movie recording not picture taking (that is the key) turn on, push trash icon to pop-up the ML
menus. When selecting load module, press the PLAY button on camera. Doing this brings it up consistently!
Might want to add this to the directions for people. Again, thanks a bunch!
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Jocke September 24, 2013
ay a bit late reply, perhaps you have solved it already but Ill post my work-around anyway: I got the modules to
show up consistently by enabling Card test at startup under Card settings in ML. Works like a charm for me!
:)
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mujart May 16, 2013
i have same problem.. even the line of RAW VIDEO not exist basically
and when press on load modules nothing happend !!
idid what Sebastain & Rocco said.. doesnt work with me
is there any solutoin???
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Patrick May 14, 2013
Is there a 5D2 Module available?

Also is it essential to have a card reader, is it possible to navigate camera folders with eos utility?
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Hi Patrick.
No 5d2 module (yet)
Thanks.
Johnnie
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Found the 5d2 build here:

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=5419.0
Only seen 720 so far, but perhaps due to people using slower cards?
Also sounds like there is a need for the Vaf filter for the mark 2.
Was also wondering if the 2.1.2 would work with ML,as it enables UDMA 7 cards on mk 2.
Sell the mark 2 and buy a mark 3?
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Miles May 14, 2013
When you say the ML folder from the magic lantern package, which folder do you mean? The flex info.xml?
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Miles May 14, 2013
Nevermind, I have found the folder
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Rocco May 15, 2013
Hi ya. I am able to encode Apple pro res 422 HQ on my mac using after effects as suggested. Does anyone
know how to get the apple pro res 422 HQ codec onto a windows 7 PC? Id like to be able to use a 2nd machine
to help with the encoding.
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Max May 15, 2013
Luke Nuemann over at http://youtube.com/neumannfilms is gonna have a workflow tutorial out tomorrow
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Fergus Kennedy May 15, 2013
Hi Sebastian,
Im also very excited about this and really keen to get it working. Having read all of the above I have also hit a
glitch and been trying for hours to overcome it. I have followed steps exactly as above and have firmware 1.1.3
etc.
When I load bootflag.fir onto card, the camera starts by updating, then says could not find ML files, and then
goes through a series of other error meessages then some garbage half way up the screen which seems to stay
there. Firstly is this what you mean by the weird overlays?
When I proceed with the remaining steps (including making card bootable on PC with EOScard), then I reinsert
it, with the autoexec and ML files, I dont get any change when I press the trash button.
Please help! its driving me nuts!
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voirin May 15, 2013
Do you find the problem dude ? I have the same problem of you
thanks a lot
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Sebastian May 15, 2013
Try the Magic Lantern forum. The link is in our article. Maybe they can help, I dont know what u did wrong.
Are u sure youre on m dial and movie shooting mode? Cheers
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voirin May 15, 2013
Thanks man, Its ok he work but i have another problem, when Im going to the menu for put raw file, the
program told me error missing modules magic.sysm !
sorry
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OK I will try that, but while Im waiting to be registered, could someone confirm something? I have been using
M mode. Could you (or someone else) just confirm roughly what you see on the see on the screen when you
update using the bootflag file? I see an error message saying could not find ML files then a bunch of others,
then some fuzzy bars half way down screen. Is this normal? Im trying to work out if the error is at this stage or
later on.
Thanks
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Also- to clarify the above. I did remove the bootflag file before reinserting card in camera.
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Kobus Post May 15, 2013
If youre have trouble downloading the 5d3 1.1.3 firmware, I uploaded a copy on my server.
Direct link Canon EOS 5D Mark III 1.1.3 firmware: http://zusenzokado.nl/5d3-113-mac.dmg
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mujart May 15, 2013
thank you :)
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Phil May 16, 2013
Thanks so much
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Thanks Kobus, have updated the article with your link.
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mujart May 15, 2013
this file did not exist (link not working)

EOS 5D Mark III Firmware Version 1.1.3 [Mac OS X]
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article updated with new link.
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ALIEV May 15, 2013
should we do color correction for each DNG file individually? I dont think so. :P
I dont know how to do it with after effect.
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ALIEV May 15, 2013
Owww. just googled. got it. thanks by the way. Love

salute
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Samir May 15, 2013
Where to download the RAW2DNG for PC? The link you posted does not work anymore
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Samir May 15, 2013
Nevermind. The link needed a capital R as in Raw2dng.exe
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Thanks for letting us know, I updated the link.
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Rocco May 15, 2013
Here is a small video I put together using the new raw feature. Not as impressive as the one posted here, but its
still good. What is real impressive is looking at a pro res 4444 1080P!
https://vimeo.com/66272133
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rick_wayne May 15, 2013
MacBoot is telling me There are no suitable cards after booting via the macbook.command file. So close, help
please!
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Maybe you have mountain lion and did not use the command tool as suggested in the guide.
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John May 24, 2013
I get the same error. I am using Mountain Lion, and ran the separate command tool as the guide prescribes.
Anyone else have the same issue? Thanks, this is the best guide!
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Alex Pasquini June 28, 2013
Same problem for me too :(

Using Lion and followed instructions.
Any solutions?
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Alex Pasquini June 28, 2013
(Mountain Lion)
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mujart May 15, 2013
Transcend Information 64GB Compact flash Card TS64GCF1000 (160/120 MB/s)

is this ok ?????? any one test this?? is there any drop frame??
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Steven May 16, 2013
The downgrade firmware link for mac says file not found when you click to download any other way to get
this or other links?
Btw, everything else is amazing! thank you!
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article updated with new link.
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squig May 16, 2013
Hey Sebastian the ML build with the 12/5 raw_rec module youve linked to is broken, a tear fix came out on the
13/5 which is pretty solid and I hear todays build is even better.
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Hi Squig, good to see you around!

Thanks for the info, I now updated the article with the currently latest build from today.
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May 16, 2013
after the update is not read dng files! What to do?
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Cheethammer May 16, 2013
Nice one , Kobus
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Peter May 16, 2013
That is one complicated procedure to enable raw from the 5D3. When ML get it done in a release Ill make use
of raw but as of now its just to complicated.
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May 16, 2013
WARNING! after 8B. (Updated May 16th) Get the latest RAW module build with some fixes. DNG files can
not be read!
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Youre right, I deleted the step again and updated the original download link with a new working version. The
problem was the newer RAW module is not compatible with the older raw2dng app yet.
PS: The raw2dng on Mac is FAST :) nice
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mujart May 16, 2013
did the Macboot work with mac OSX 10.7.2 lion???
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mujart May 16, 2013
MY MK III STOPPED
Dear All
i was installed ML fro my 5d MK iii and he is istalled but sayScript dir missing and i press Load Modules
and nothing happens, there is no RAW Video line basically,
i was tried to repeat the installation, BUT the camera shut down so i chenged the battery (its full) and its work
several times till the camera still not working >> when make the camera ON there is nothing happen !!
i just downloaded ML files from this:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7QlH_BH2m32dWpOOEpkWktXMXM/edit
please is there any solution?
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Dustin May 16, 2013
run a disk utility and erase the erase/reformat the card, then it will work. or take the disk and battery out and use
a different card to make sure the card is the problem.
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mujart May 16, 2013
thankyou sooo much its working now
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Luke May 16, 2013
When I get it all installed, I go to load the module but mine says Load H264.ini why????
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Dustin Tolman May 16, 2013
After Effects keeps giving me an error when I try to load the dngs exm. (Photoshop file format error -30504
(45::35)
I used the new mac converter to get the DNGs. Not sure what is going on?
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Jeff646 May 17, 2013
I have the same problem. Photoshop doesn;t recognise the format. Perhaps Its something to do with it being 14
bit when the only option are 8 and 16?
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juicy May 23, 2013
buy it and it will work
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Brandon May 17, 2013
can anyone vauche for the KomputerBay CF 128gb 1000x carda?
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Some say the 64GIG is faster. For us the 128GB works fine.
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Rocco May 18, 2013
Although they are cheap, sometimes you get what you pay for. All I know is I am using a 64gig and 128gig
lexar 1000x with no frame drops at full 1080p.
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Jeff646 May 17, 2013
WARNING!
Oh darn! I have a problem!
I cant remove the bootflag from the camera. Now it always wants to update the firmware every time I switch it
on. Ive tried formatting the card (this is supposed to reset it but it doesnt.)
Also holding down the set button is supposed to do this too but it doest.
Now my camera is permanently changed.
Even if I take out the batteries. And even if I clear all the internal settings.
If anyone knows how to fix this please let me know.
Thanks!!
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Jeff646 May 17, 2013
Solution!
So to stop the camera from autobooting heres what I did:
1 format the card in the camera.
2 Switch off the camera
3 put the original canon firmware v 1.1.3 back on the sd card
4 switch on the camera and update the firmware. Wait until that process finishes.
5 switch off the camera

6 pull out the battery for a few seconds. put the battery back in.
7 switch back on the camera
(I know this sort of seem logical but theres a lot posts out there saying this will not reset the bootflag setting in
the camera.)
That was very scary for a while. I thought I might have been stuck with a camera that would have to have
Magic Lantern firmware running the whole time.
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Thanks for sharing Jeff!

Were glad your camera is back to working normally. Cheers!
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It is still installed even if it looks like on the first sigth. If you put an SD Card in that has AUTOEXEC.bin on it
the camera gets stuck. You will have to remove the battery again.
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Luke 72 February 9, 2014
but your camera still take a couple of seconds to switch on, right?
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Ricardo Ferreira May 17, 2013
Hey there,
so i need help to get this understand.
I have a canon 5d mk2 and as i can see its possible to shoot raw video with that.
So the software that i need is the magic lantern that i have already the version 2.3 and i need to uptade to this
version that comes with the mk3 5D3-113-bootflag.fir and i proceed this steps to install. Is that correct?
Thanks for your patience
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Ricardo Ferreira May 17, 2013
I think I found my answer here:

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=5419.0
?
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Dustin May 18, 2013
Anyone have a solution>

usage: dirname path
Nothing converted
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Dustin May 18, 2013
This is what I get when Im dragging my RAW files into the raw2dng app. It was working fine before.
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voirin May 18, 2013
I have the same problem, do you find a solution and why ?

Thanks
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Jas May 18, 2013
when i try to convert the raw files with RAW2DNG keeps telling me this
Nothing converted
any ideas?
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Rocco May 18, 2013
Interestingly, this has happened before to me too. It seems to happen frequently on thunderbolt drives (at least to
me) when I copy to internal HD, it never does this. So one quick solution for now is to copy them to your
internal drive, run the raw2dng to convert, then copy that to your thunderbolt and continue workflow.
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mikeeeeeey May 20, 2013
The folder that contains the raw files(that youre trying to convert), are there any spaces in the name of that
folder? If so, delete them
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nitsan May 22, 2013
THANK YOU!
Putting the files in a directory that has no spaces anywhere in the path worked.
For people reading this, that means a hard drive named mountain lion wont work but a hard drive named
mountainlion should be fine.
be sure that there are no spaces in the folders that the raw file is in.
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Rocco May 18, 2013
Well after speaking up on the lexar 128gig 1000x card, I have had it less than a day and it has completely DIED.
Upset is an understatement for the money I just paid for this card.. GRRRRRR
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voirin May 18, 2013
Hello, One question !

I try to shot on raw, I have a 1000X card 16go !
But I have a dropped frames in 1980X1080 24 FPS and also with 1280X720 25 FPS .
I dont understand why, somebody can help me ?
Thank you so much
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Matt's Smith May 19, 2013
The speed of the card is not connecting with the correct frequency of the files, this can cause that problem.
Possibly because its a 16gig and the file you are capturing nears the limit to interfere with the frequency?
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voirin May 19, 2013
Ok man, thank you !!

Well, now Its working good, no dropped frames, I installed the new package lantern and now , that work fine.
but I have another problem Buffer usage and the recording stop automatiquely !!
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Paul May 19, 2013
Please help. I have done installed exactly as the directions stated. I simply dont have a record button option
or start option. When I am in the Raw Video Menu section I have:
Width
Height
Sound
Frame Skipping
Panning Mode
HaCk3D Mode
Recording over 4GB
Playback
Please help me find a way to actually record the raw footage.
5d Mark III
downgraded the firmware to 1.1.3
I loaded the modules successfully. It says raw_rec ok
Thank you.
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5D-RAW May 19, 2013
Hi guys,
Ive tried this walkthrough for the last day or so and I cant seem to get it to work. First off let me say this isnt
the first time Ive used ML, I also had it for my 60D.
Anyways when I get to step 6 and I go through the update I get a message that says Enableboot disk :) then
my firmware version says 1.1.3-ml-v2.3.NEXT and this as far as I can get. What am I doing wrong? Im using
a class 10 16GB card for the fresh install, Ive reset all my camera settigns and I am on Manual mode. Still I am
very perplexed :\
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Urk May 19, 2013
Hi,
Is there any process to uninstall the ML raw firmware. Yesterday I formatted the SD card the provide the
firmware and the camera is no longer bootable except I take the SD card out so Is there any information on how
to uninstall this?
Thanks
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Id like to see this message:

disableBootDisk :)
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sebbl May 20, 2013
hey guys,
I was wondering what files I need to download and copy to my CF card to get this raw mode to work on my
5D2 all I see are tutorials for the 5D3
Appreciate any help!
Thanks a lot
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We currently dont have a mark II here. If someone looks into this and writes a tutorial to us:
office@cinema5d.com we will be happy to publish it for everyone.
On the other hand I hear that 1080p is not possible on the mark II as the card interface is not as fast.
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Chris Santucci May 20, 2013
As of today, I have a MK3 that records raw as far as I can tell. Photoshop indicates the DNG files are 8bit, but
they sure dont act like 8bit image files. Anyone else seeing this?
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Strange. Thanks for letting us know, good info.
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ilia May 22, 2013
every time I turn on camera get Script dslr missing message, but everything seems to be working fine. Anything
to worry about?
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6d May 22, 2013
please make it for 6d
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eric May 25, 2013
Komputerbay cards are unreliable. This is a great tutorial, aside from the fact that its recommending a card that
is proven unreliable (dont take my word, head over to the ML forums).
The one I just got (128GB) had a write speed of 73MB/s, which isnt enough for 19201080. The write speed of
the card was way below what they advertised. Back in the mail it goes!
I know this site is probably making some good money off the Amazon link, but a little warning would help
folks make a more informed decision. Thanks.
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Hi Eric,
We know Komputerbay Cards not consistent in their write speeds. However we also know that many
Komputerbay cards do achieve the writespeeds advertised. Hence I recommend simply sending the card back
and getting a replacement. If money is no issue you can save the trouble by getting one of the Lexars which
have the same internals and cost almost 4 times as much: http://c5d.at/1oj
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eric May 31, 2013
Thanks for the reply.

I returned the KomputerBay 128GB, and bought a Hoodman 64GB locally. I ordered a KomputerBay 64GB,
which Im confident will be sufficient. I will avoid all 128GBs until I get confirmation of a solid one. I tried a
Transcend 128GB, which was not terribly fast either (low 80s write speed). I returned that. I have a Lexar 32GB
from awhile back, which has a solid low 90s write speed, but 32GB is pretty small.
All the hassles are totally worth it! :-)
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eric May 31, 2013
And by the way, thanks again for all your help and guidance! :-)
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juicy May 27, 2013
Scanning for suitable cards (64GB or less)

Skipping system disk
Suitable cards present: 1
making ExFAT DSLR-bootable
Command dd count=1 seek=0 if=/dev/disk4s1 bs=5120 read 5120 bytes return code was 0
Command dd conv=notrunc bs=1 count=512 of=/dev/disk4s1 seek=5632 read 0 bytes return code was 0
Command dd conv=notrunc bs=1 count=512 of=/dev/disk4s1 seek=11776 read 0 bytes return code was 0
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juicy biatch May 27, 2013
still no raw stuff man

1-got the 1905 ML folder unto the sd card along with the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir and ml-5D3-113.fir
2- started firmware update
3- removed the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir and replaced it with the autoexec.bin.
4-placed the macboot.command/Class and raw raw2dng files in the same folder and started the
macboot.command
5-Then in macboot.Class i prepared card with the Make DSLR-bootable selected (after choosing the drive)
6-Ejected the SD card and put it in the camera
NO RAW option available
what did i do wrong?
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John McClane May 30, 2013
didnt work for me either.

using windows.
ML doesnt come up when pressing TRASH button.
was running the 5D3 alpha just fine before this.
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Sean June 4, 2013
after hitting the trash icon did you go all the way to the right where it says M? Which stands for modules. If you
havent go to that and click Load modules now. Then on the bottom of that screen it should say raw_rec. Go
back to the camera icon on the top menu area and Raw video should now be an option. If you did all the other
steps correct!
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pussylova May 27, 2013
you really thought this was shot with a canon 5d3 lol
its a red epic mate, the rest is just chat for donations
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John McClane May 30, 2013
10. Download Macboot and the Mountain Lion fix (if youre on a Mountain Lion Machine)
___(for Windows see here: LINK).
For windows users, this link send us to the entire ML install guide what exactly am I supposed to do here?
Clear and explicit instructions are more favorable when dealing with firmware.
Thanks
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Sebastian May 30, 2013
It helps to read. Get the .exe
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David Slingerland Media Productions May 30, 2013
This installs together with the original canon software doesnt it?
When will the dummy proof version be out?
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Migi Kaspar May 31, 2013
Hi, actually everything worked wonderfully with the installation. Unfortunately, I can only capture 314 frames
in RAW, then ML breaks the record because of too many dropped frames. My CF card is a Transcend 32GB
1000x UDMA7 (read 160 Mbits/write 120 Mbits). Can the problem be on the map? Has anyone had the same
experience?
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keith mann May 31, 2013
Can anyone suggest the in-camera settings to shoot RAW? Does style (standard, neutral, etc) even matter in
Raw? Seems to me that if RAW is direct from sensor, the only thing that matters is theraw exposure.
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you geezas are obviously on a PC and your so called clear instructions are not MAC OSX PROOF, if you had
asked everyone confused what platform they are on you would not been getting endless neg responses, so re
write carefully from testing on osx
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btw the magic lantern package withe the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir required removing the battery
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reformedkosher May 31, 2013
6. Place the SD card in your camera, switch it on and go to the firmware update in the
___camera menu. Do the update which will turn your cameras bootflag. Whatever that
___means.
WHATEVER THAT MEANS? sorry that is not clear
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says : 5. From the Magic Lantern package copy the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir file to the root folder
___of the SD card.
ok just the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir right, nothing else, so i get a error to remove the battery, are you sure its the
only thing you copy?
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nothing seems to work unless you include the ml-5D3-113.fir so your thread is a bit dodgey, unless the macboot
has no effect on some mac users
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keith mann June 1, 2013
Cannot make this work. Step 6 & 7, do a firmware update and nothing happens. LCD goes black and stays
black. No weird over-lays. Pop out the battery and get update file cannot be found.
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Juicycock June 1, 2013
Kieth man, you use a mac or PC, these PC geeks are responsible for not sharing with Mac users, cuz we
probably have more options under da hood,
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It was a bad SDHC card. First time I ever ran across one that went bad. New card does the job.
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Prati Tamang June 1, 2013
Thanks. i was looking for it from the day o heard. Got it here. Working too. thanks a lot. :)
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Thomas K June 3, 2013
I have installed the magic lantern and it seems i can record i raw. It counts the frames as i record but when hook
my camera up to my computer i can not see any of the files in any of the dirs.
Whats even stranger is that i can see that the card is not empty since it since that 3gb is used. But no freaking
files?!
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pussylova June 3, 2013
hey tommy salami, you need a mac
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Sean June 3, 2013
I formatted the card and placed the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir file onto the sd card. I put it back in my camera. Once i
try to update the firmware with just that file on my card and it goes to a screen that tells me it cant update and
asks me to remove the battery. Ive been able to put Magic lantern on my Camera with no problems before.
Why am i stuck on such an easy task!!!
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Canon 5dm3, all my RAWs have faint grey vertical lines across the entire picture, with all my different lenses.
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Sean June 3, 2013
ok fixed my problem! I was using a 64 gig sd card. I switched it out with a 4gig and got past the Unable to
Update screen please remove battery.
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Sean June 4, 2013
Now after I shoot video with the RAW feature it shows my card being filled and such. But when i hook up my
camera via USB it doesnt show any of the files. Just a card that is full with nothing on it. Anyone else have this
problem or found a solution?
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Sean June 4, 2013
ok fixed the last problem with not being able to see my files. I took my CF card out and put it in a card reader
and i was able to retrieve them. For some reason when the card is in my camera and linked up to the pc via usb
cable they dont show up. But the other method works for me and isnt really a pain.
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pussylova June 4, 2013
this guys gudie works but only for SD cards which means rec only secs
https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=9e44LLhK5tU
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No, you need the Magic Lantern on the SD and record to a CF
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lucas June 7, 2013
Hi. The camera now loads weird overlays, wait until its finished.
Could someone please explain what these weird overlays look like?
Thanks
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pussyjiucyhole June 8, 2013
i found the charlie loake youtube site to be most helplicious, all i had to do is download the ML folder, put it on
the camera, format the SD card and boom, i just need to know how to get the RAW videos files from the CF
card unto the SD card because i do not have a CF card reader (yet)
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I cant find Charlie Loake on YouTUbe. Spelling error? Give me the site again please
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Mike Hunt (who loves black wet pussy) June 9, 2013
The latest build on the ML site from June works fine out of the box you might say, i think you need to prepare
the card as bootable (both mac and pc) methods exist.
thats all
as for the CF to SD i dont think its possible yet inside ML, maybe it exists i never seen anything like it
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Christopher Liljebck June 10, 2013
Hi,
I got stuck here tonight! I cant type in my password on the macbootcommand step Nothing happens when
i try to enter it?
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David Slingerland Media Productions June 12, 2013
what is the difference compared to using the ninja atomos ?
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Very big difference. I believe something was posted somewhere. But basically you cant compare the power of
the raw with hdmi out.
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I think i read it somewhere, but how do you go back to your canon software? Do you simply eject the card?
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Cybounet June 18, 2013
Hi,
after step 15 its not working. My 5D mk3 doesnt turn on. Its the CF card (without CF Card, and after pull out
the battery, the 5D turn on but without the ML).
:(
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dripping wet pussy face June 21, 2013
just go over to ML site and download the latest builds, it seems that they are all fine now,
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It says my card1, the fast CF card cannot be accessed its the 64 computerbay card, is the card faulty?, I tried to
format the card to no avail.
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Denisas P. July 6, 2013
Tried so many times on mine 5D3, but stuck on step 5. Every time when trying to load 5D3-113-bootflag.fir,
receiving message: could not find ML files :/
Im on Windows7
SDHC: Sandisk Extreme 16Gb 30MB/s
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Terrence July 10, 2013
Im with Denisas P. I get up to step 5 and get the same message?
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Gerardo July 16, 2013
i have this issue:

-i downgraded my MKIII to the correct firmware.
-copy the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir and install that firmware it says it cant find ML files and then crazy overlays.
then copy ML folder and Autoexec
and when i put the SD back on the camera, nothing happens, no trash button nothing!
what am i missing? what do i need to do with RAW_rec.mo ? PIC_View.mo? file_man.mo ettr.mo?
5d3_113sym? what are those for? i need help
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Frustrated July 19, 2013
Same problem here
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Chris Walton July 30, 2013
I had the same problem. Try running MacBoot on your card again.
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Zach August 10, 2013
Hey Tried downgrading the firmware and the screen turned off and the bottom right red light has been blinking
fro over 20 minutes. is this normal? what should i do??
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vaadim September 3, 2013
Did you end up sorting this out? Mines doing the same? :(
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Zach August 10, 2013
hey ow it keeps saying when i try to use macboot that there are no suitable cards anyone found a way around
that?
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ALIEV August 10, 2013
Hi. I have problem with the latest version (6th AUG) ML RAW 24P version. How can I send the bug report to
ML?
:)
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Jake August 14, 2013
My camera cant find the raw_rec. Then a bunch of errors come up saying it cant find it. Help please.
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Ridhwan August 19, 2013
thank SOOO much it worked lika charm

looking forward to e-mails and updates from you
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marklondon August 24, 2013
Thanks so much for this. Just shot my first RAW footage. On a DSLR.
Even the new ProRes output from raw2dng is awesome.
I cant believe that a journey that began 6 years ago has led us back to DSLRs at this quality.
I can even shoot pre-cropped to 2.35:1.
I have a 5D3 with the 24-105 F4 lens, a good vari-ND, Im set. When 4K settles down Ill go that way, but for
the next 2 years this is my kit for 90% of my shooting, replacing a ton of video and DSLR gear.
Im almost delirious.
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Michael August 25, 2013
Hi The August Build from 21st works very well thankyou!! but i cant find the Option to record sound as
separate file on sd card are there some reason why its not there. i used a late june build with that option and i
miss it and cant find that.. do i make something wrong ?
greetings
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Alfonso August 29, 2013
Hello, Ive done everything you say, step by step and if I delete the firmware, the camera stays with the version
1.1.3 and does not load the ml what I can do?
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Marko August 29, 2013
Cant make my SD-CArd (SDHC Class4) bootable. Eoscard alswas says:

FAT32 VBR load failed
any suggestions ? tried different cards.
greetings
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Patrck Taylor September 22, 2013
I am having this exact same problem and cannot find a solution. Did you ever solve this? And if so, how?
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ian Mitchell December 7, 2013
so after a frustrating experience. Here is what I did:

i have mountain lion, so I downloaded both macboot zips.
I ran the .command (after entering my password) a few times it bypassed the password, so I had to delete all
files.
Running .command did nothing, after entering my password to launch macboot. the solution only came after I
put the .class file in the same directory that the .command file was in. formatted as bootable, successfully
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Victor Martins September 10, 2013
Fellows, if you follow the instructions, it should work! It worked for me, and it worked for thousands of people!
If something goes wrong, start from the beginning again. And do not jump over a step, read the instructions
carefully and it should work for you too! And remember to use a fast card! I use 64Gb 1000x Lexar cards and
they allow me to shoot continuously at 19201080 24p. Cheers!
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Mike September 27, 2013
I am having trouble getting the 5D3-113.bootflag.fir to work. First I am on a mac 10.8.5 and I have version 1.1.3
in the camera.
I format the card first in the camera, put the 5D3-113.bootflag.fir in the root dir, put SD card in camera and do
the firmware update and then it will tell me could not fine ML files and the screen goes blank and does
nothing else.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Highline Studios October 1, 2013
There are (3) files you need to have on your card. 2 are files, and 1 is a folder:
5d3-113-bootflag.fir
autoexec.bin
ML (folder)
If you dont see these on your card, it wont work properly. Make sure you have these files before you begin the
tutorial.
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KjetilKaasa October 7, 2013
Hey guys.
I had no problems updating my 5Dmk III with ML RAW this summer.
But now I just get this message: can not find ML files when I`m trying to update the camera with 5D3-113bootflag.fir.
I tried different SD cards and charging the battery fully up and M mode. It just will not complete the update.
Someone who can help? please
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KjetilKaasa October 7, 2013
sorry guys. Did not read the one obove. sorry
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simon weyhe October 28, 2013
I copy my 5d marklll raw files to my extern HD, i have no problem with transcoding files in raw2dng, as long as
they are under 2 GB, when they are over 2 GB i get this me message. Any ideas how to get around this ?
Nothing converted
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Sebastian Wber October 29, 2013
I believe this was an error in the old versions of the app. Do you have the newest raw2dng?
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Chris Mifsud November 20, 2013
The ML splash screen is not showing up when I press the trash bin button :( And Im pretty sure Im having
trouble when booting my SD card (16 GB MS-DOS FAT32) with Macboot I select disk5, Max card size
16GB, Make DSLR Bootable and click prepare card and it tells me Making card bootable failed. When I
click debug on, this information pops up:
dd: /dev/disk5s1: Permission denied
return code was 1
Command diskutil mountDisk disk5 = Volume(s) mounted successfully
return code was 0
Does anyone have any idea what am I doing wrong please? :/
Thanks for the help!
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Jonathan November 25, 2013
Hi,
Having trouble converting up some of my .RAW files to .dng. They are all 4.29GB and will not convert. Any
help would be appreciated.
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ido March 23, 2014
i had the exact same problem

it believe it is caused by the fact that the cf card was not formatted to ex-fat and therefor the raw2dng app does
not recognize these files (that are larger then 4 giga)
if you come up with a solution please let me know
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Daniel Ruiz Hueck December 7, 2013
Hi.
I did everything just as the tutorial says and still impossible.
I have a crash:
ASSERT: hLvJob->hJpegMemSuite
at ./Epp/Vram/VramStage.c:868, task Epp
lv:1 mode:3
Magic Lantern version : v2.3.NEXT.2013Dec06.5D3113
Mercurial changeset : c44ceb8452f2 (unified) tip
Built on 2013-12-06 00:11:15 UTC by jenkins@magiclantern.fm.
Free Memory : 187K + 3967K
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Del December 18, 2013
Hi All
Brand new 5DIII, followed the Magic Lantern hack to the letter and got it installed. However tried recording a
video and the view finder is barely visible. The resulting playback looks ok but would not say its RAW because
the 5dIII is good quality regardless. my question is Is that normal or should I do a complete reinstall and even
better if there is a fix. thanks for letting me into your world
Del
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Alexandr Shimenkov December 23, 2013
5D3 record in format ProRes422 ???
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Krane December 31, 2013
It records in 14bit uncompressed raw. A format that needs to be converted for editing. The Blackmagic cameras
record in ProRes and acquisition and editing format.
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Simon January 1, 2014
Hi I downlaoded Macboot, but wont open, I am running Mavericks on my computer 10.9.1.

almost there!!
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Paul January 9, 2014
Hi all question about write speeds. Followed this great guide and it worked great however no matter what card
Ive tried I can only get 4 or 5 seconds of recording at 1920 x 1080 Magic lantern says 103 mbs required and I
am only getting 79 -84. This is with a variety of cards. I recently purchased a 32 gb Delkin 1050x card which
claims a write speed of 120 mbs and is supposed to be 4K compatible and it still doesnt work at 19201080
resolution. Similar results with SanDisk extreme pro etc. Does anyone know if this is just an issue of getting the
right card or may I be doing something wrong. Ive tried many different settings in the canon menu to see if it
helps and it doesnt. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Daniel January 23, 2014
Work fine !
Fonctionne trs bien.
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Eric Brown February 10, 2014
soI cant seem to find the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir file in the magic lantern package I just downloaded.
and I cant seem to find any other reference to it here.
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Jewel February 14, 2014
Same problem here. 5D3-113-bootflag.fir file is missing from the ML package.
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dan February 17, 2014
hi 1- where i can download ml for mark 3???

please give me a link.. and
2-how much is the max fps on mark 3 with ml????? thanks
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Ken February 23, 2014
As others have said, the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir file is not in the .zip package you link to. I was able to find it as
part of the Alpha 3 package on the ML site, but Im a bit worried about using it as part of a different package
since I dont have a deep enough understanding of how it works!
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Akpe March 2, 2014
Am still using the old August build which is working finn for me, but anytime i try to update to the latest build,
i dont even see any option for Raw recording.
Is there something am doing wrong?
Do i need to update the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir also for the latest build to work?
Please help
Gear5D3
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Sebastian Wber March 2, 2014
Maybe you missed step 17. There have been some changes in how the fw works. You have to restart the camera
after enabling the RAW.
Theres no need to redo the bootflag step, you do that only once. Hope it helps
Reply
Akpe March 2, 2014
Ok i think i got it working now, i shouldnt have deleted the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir from the SD card
afterwards.
Reply
Micha Kauert March 15, 2014
Hey I could not make it work, couldnt even get rid of the 1.23 firmware. Any idea whats wrong. I also tried to
make it work with EOSHD G3 website instructions. It works for other folks, but I have given up. Anyway any
help would be appreciated.
Reply
Younes Boudiaf March 20, 2014
Does the problem of the bootflag for 5D mark iii still not solved yet, when we uninstall Magic lantern does it go
back to Factory settings? and what causes the bootflag other than starting up delay?
Reply
robert March 31, 2014
How long does the bootleg.ir process take? Its been a while and Im starting to worry.
Reply
You mean bootflag.fir right?
Reply
dio April 4, 2014
now with the new march 17 buildwhich one should we use the 123 or 121??
Reply
Sebastian Wber April 4, 2014
Havent had a chance to test yet, but the 123 should be fine too.
Reply
dio April 4, 2014
i just tried itusing just the nightly build for 1.2.3.

it seems okay except the help and info sections are missing?? do I need to put something else on the card??
thanks
Reply
klaus April 6, 2014
hey guys.
i need a stable 19201080 + 30fps + sound version for the 5DMIII. can you tell me which build i should take,
please.
Reply
guyallan April 15, 2014
sebastian,
Im using a mac os X 10,9,2
I just spent 3 hours trying to install magic lantern on my mark iii, my firmware as been downgraded to 1,1,3 ,
and I got the 3 files to put on my 32go lexar SD card (I also tried a 4go) : ML, autoexec.bin, and the
5d3113bootflag.
I tried both ways:
1/ like you said, first instal the file 5d3-113bootflag on the sd card , put the card in the canon, and update the
firmware, the it failed because the other files (ML and autoexec.bin) are not on the card
2/ Like charlie lock said, all in one step, I put the 3 files on the sd card, run the macboot for preparing the card,
then put the card in the canon, and nothing, black screen with the red light flashing, and finally have to put out
the battery.
I also mixed both ways, put the 3 files on the sd card without macboot, run the firmware update for magic
lantern, then ok the firmware is updated, but I cannot see the magic lantern when I click on the trash button (it s
normal I didnt macboot the card, even if I macboot it after it doesnt work)
please can someone help me?
I tried everything and nothing works, I follow every topics on the internet and youtube
thx
Reply
juegos friv April 26, 2014
I know this if off topic but Im looking into starting my own blog and was wondering what all is needed to get
setup?
Im assuming having a blog like yours would cost a
pretty penny? Im not very web smart so Im not 100% sure.
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Reply
zeb July 3, 2014
Has anyone been using this page lately? Wondering if its the most recent way of installing 1.1.3 ML to my 5d
mark3. and by the comments above only a handful of people seem to be successful. without hard ache Please
let me know people if this is working for you.!
Reply
Chauprade July 25, 2014
I have these mesage :

B:/ML/H264.ini not found.
why did i mess ?
Reply
andre August 11, 2014
as you said I dont need to have a fast SD card, Im using a very old one I had, 2 gb only when I try to start
the upgrade the message I get is:
memory card containing firmware is required to update.
and I cant even proceed with the update
is that because of the SD card? or something else needs to be done?
also my CF card is only a 16 GB 120MBS, UDMA 7. is that enough only for short videos? like 4 or 5
minutes?
Can I change the CF card at any time without needing doing something else, as long as the SD card is in the
camera?
Sorry for that many questions, hope you can help me.
Reply
Sebastian Wber August 11, 2014
Hi Andre,
It sounds like you didnt include all the files from the download on the SD card. Make sure all the files are on
the card and try again. the ML5D3123.FIR file should be on there. I think it should work, or try with a different
card.
Your UDMA 7 CF card can work if it is the SanDisk Extreme (no pro) you have. It is right on the edge but can
work. Try it and try different options in the menu to see what works best with your card.
If it is not SanDisk it will probably not work as the others are all slower.
Reply
Ok all done.. now my video lasts only 11 seconds..and then the camera stops recording. what to do next? the
video is also super slow like iVE PUT SLOW MOTION.
appreciate your answer before =)
thx
Reply
press the Q button and change your framerate in the Canon settings.
Reply
It saws, frame skipped, stopping.
Reply
Also the colors got really really faded, is this normal as well? thx
Reply
Yes, it is normal, it is RAW and must be handled in post. If it doesnt work with different settings then the card
is too slow.
Reply
Ok, which frame rate should I use then?

Also the colours got really really faded, is this normal as well? thx
Reply
Ok, you mean the CF card? not the sd right?

I have CF card 16 GB 120MBS, UDMA 7. which one should I look for?
Reply
See recommendations in the article.
Reply
Manuel October 7, 2014
Thank you for this very clear and updated text about Magic Latern.Very useful . Regards.
Reply
Ryan Keith October 30, 2014
Do you recomend the 64G Komputerbay over the 128G
Reply
Luke December 6, 2014
will the un-installation steps work if I am running an older version of ML from Spring 2014 but put the latest
version on the SD?
Reply
Sebastian Wber December 7, 2014
Yes I think so, but just give it a try
Reply
Luke Withak January 3, 2015
For uninstallation I would have to put the latest ML on the SD correct? OR would I be able to follow the steps
above to uninstall with an old version? Sorry for all the questions, just making sure!
Reply
Sebastian Wber January 4, 2015
I believe you need the latest version.
Reply
Eric Chisholm December 11, 2014
is there a changelog of this post?
Reply
Sebastian Wber December 15, 2014
Sorry we dont have that. What do you want to know?
Reply
Eray April 23, 2015
I have looked at your post immediately, I will check it out again but,
Ive just bought new equipment and want to record raw video with magic lantern. I have read and watched lots
of things/videos about it but I am not sure understanding truely how I do it. So Could you let me know if I am
missing something, step by step..

*Bootable 32GB SD card with Eosutility and copy magic lantern
*Update Canon firmware and install ML
*Adjust the raw settings and choose card 2 for recording raw which is 256GB 1060x
*Never pull out 32GB SD card from camera body? It doesnt work if I do?
*Every Switch On/Off I need to re-install ML?
*After Shooting a footage? May I remove scene that Ive just shooted?
*Open DCIM and drag into raw file to raw2dng and wait till make a squence?
*And how to make it to 2k or 4k videofile?
*Then import After Effects(16bit project file) Add some effects, editting and render it? Quicktime? h264?
Cineform? or ProRess with cinec gold?
I have Canon Mark3, using Adobe After Effects and Windows7
I know there are lots of threads about it but didnt catch em all what I want to learn, so please help me out if I
missing something
Reply
Cliff Dennis May 22, 2015
Does your new workflow with SlimRAW only save disk space or does it also speed up the workflow in
comparison to the other workflow options? From the description provided, it makes it sounds like you dont
have to do any rendering until the very end.
Reply
Jarrell Peak December 21, 2015
Hello I installed ML Raw back in Feb of 2014. There seems to be a lot of improvements along with no longer
needing a bootflag. Is there a way of updating the old ML build without restoring the 1.2.3 firmware and then
reinstalling the new ML?
The reason why I am asking is because I do not have the option to update my firmware to uninstall ML, When I
go to the canon firmware update menu and press update my screen says it needs firmware to update. Is there a
step I am missing to uninstall the ML firmware?
Reply
Adriano Castaldini March 31, 2016
Hi Sebastian, just a little doubt: in the very last line of your text you say Heres a better workflow we found,
the downside is its converted to 8bit: LINK. Ive seen the videotutorial and actually the tiffs saved in ACR
were 8bit only. But that was a choice, isnt it? Because in ACR you could also save the same tiffs at 16bit, is
that right?
Thanks for your help.
Reply
Hi Adriano,
That was 3 years ago, so its hard to remember the reason really. I doubt that Id say its only 8bit if there had
been a choice of more though. maybe today the software is different.
I think RAWMagic is really your best option.
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by Sebastian Wber (website) | 14th May 2013

What you need:

Uninstalling (removing the 2 second delay at startup):

New workflow and post-processing guide:

Shoot your movie in the .MLV file format.

Alternative / Windows / old workflow:

Canon EOS 5D Mark III DSLR Camera (Body Only)

Magic Lantern gives 5D Mark

Magic Lantern Hack

Author of this post: Sebastian Wber

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Doh, if only ML with this update would be available for 6D

Thank you very much.

You should check this out. It is truly groundbraking!

Theres a 5DM2 installation guide here:

Yes, dont format the card where your firmware is on.

Amazing stuff, looking forward to vid. NEED FOR 7D

time to dust off my 5dmlll

Great work guys!

and when could we expect a 4K Raw output? ;-)

Phil Vardalos May 14, 2013

Theres a link in the guide. Cheers

Rocco, I have a Mac and forgot I installed bootcamp BOOM! Thanks!

file this appears to me:

found a solution posted by someone else on this page.

http://drivers.windows9download.net/318/eos-5d-mark-iii-firmware-1588702.html the link works, please try

Enabled DSLR bootable. Now display message script dir missing

Id say a good orkflow for .DNG files would be via lightroom.

Is there a 5D2 Module available?

Found the 5d2 build here:

Nevermind, I have found the folder

Thanks Kobus, have updated the article with your link.

mujart May 15, 2013

this file did not exist (link not working)

article updated with new link.

Owww. just googled. got it. thanks by the way. Love

Nevermind. The link needed a capital R as in Raw2dng.exe

Thanks for letting us know, I updated the link.

Rocco May 15, 2013

Same problem for me too :(

Transcend Information 64GB Compact flash Card TS64GCF1000 (160/120 MB/s)

article updated with new link.

Hi Squig, good to see you around!

after the update is not read dng files! What to do?

Nice one , Kobus

did the Macboot work with mac OSX 10.7.2 lion???

thankyou sooo much its working now

buy it and it will work

can anyone vauche for the KomputerBay CF 128gb 1000x carda?

5 switch off the camera

Thanks for sharing Jeff!

I think I found my answer here:

Anyone have a solution>

I have the same problem, do you find a solution and why ?

Hello, One question !

Ok man, thank you !!

Patrick May 20, 2013

Id like to see this message:

Strange. Thanks for letting us know, good info.

6d May 22, 2013