Download Firmware Magic Lantern EOS 7D alpha 1

Magic Lantern is a firmware add-on for select Canon DSLRs. It started out to make the cameras more suitable for recording video, but nowadays also includes several interesting additions for ordinary photography. Magic Lantern has now also become available for the Canon EOS 7D, although it is still an early alpha release. More information and installation instructions can be found at this page are found, these are the release notes:

Finally, the first Magic Lantern release for the 7D is here!

It is still an early alpha version, so here are a few things you should know:

• it was primarily tested on one 7D, and a few days on three other 7D’s;
• during those tests we took 1000 photos and gigabytes of videos;
• there were no crashes or strange behaviors during our tests;
• this release will not alter any data in your cameras permanent memory;
• this release will not directly alter any so-called “properties” (persistent camera settings);
• this means, some functions like HDR photos, HDR videos, bulb ramping etc will not work yet;
• it is not a firmware upgrade, despite the camera saying “Firmware update program”;
• we have disabled all features that are not yet working perfectly;
• please don’t beg for adding feature XYZ, it will be added as soon as it works without issues.

But:

• If anything goes wrong, we don’t pay for repairs. Use Magic Lantern at your own risk!

Key Features:

• Audio meters while recording
• zebras
• focus peaking
• Magic Zooom (via half-shutter, or focus ring)
• Cropmarks, Ghost image
• spot meter
• false color
• Histogram, Waveform
• vector scope
• Movie logging
• Movie car stop
• Trap focus
• LiveView settings (brightness, contrast…)
• Level indicator
• Image review tweaks (quick zoom)
• and a lot more

Known issues:

• When using trap focus, opening card door won’t shut down the camera. Simply power off using power switch.
• Formatting the card will also remove Magic Lantern files.
• You have to reload Magic Lantern every time you use it.