topic Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

walmirribeiro — Wed, 14 May 2014 00:49:31 GMT

Hello,
Anyone know if there is already informing the magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

MikeSowsun — Wed, 14 May 2014 07:21:03 GMT

Magic Lantern is not compatible with 2.0.5

It is possible to backdate to 2.0.3 in order to run Magic lantern on your 7D.

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

perfectionfoto — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:31:19 GMT

Hi, my understanding is that the 7D cannot be downgraded from firmware 2.0.5 to 2.0.3. Just read it on Canon's website, and on several other forums.

If you know of a way to do so that doesn't brick my 7D, please inform... I'm sure lots of other users out there would find this extremely helpful as well!

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

MikeSowsun — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:55:49 GMT

Lots of Magic lantern users report no problems in backdating their firmware. Canon also says that you can't backdate the 5D Mk III but here is a video showing it is possible.

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

perfectionfoto — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:57:55 GMT

Thanks, Mike, going to try this on the 7D, seems pretty straightforward. Man... I sure wish more forum users were like you, sure makes the internet more reliable!

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

MikeSowsun — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:28:00 GMT

With my 5D3 I had both firmware versions on the memory card and then I could switch back and forth between versions whenever I wanted. Magic Lantern now works with the latest 5D3 firmware so there is no need for that now.

The 7D still needs to be running 2.0.3 in order to run Magic lantern.

EDIT: If your camera had previous firmware versions, it is very easy to backdate and then later upgrade firmware versions.

If your 7D came new fron Canon with 2.0.5 installed there is a slight chance it won't backdate. I heard of one factrory new 5D3 owner who had some problems but it was never confirmed why he had problems.

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

perfectionfoto — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 19:25:20 GMT

I was able to backdate my 7D from firmware 2.0.5 to 2.0.3. My 7D was not a newer model or factory loaded with 2.0.5.

I then loaded the most recent firmware for Magic Lantern (magiclantern-Nightly.2014Jun30.7D203) onto my 7D with no problems whatsoever. Very simple, loaded it in the same manner as upgrading/backdating firmware.

Wow... there are a TON of useful features on Magic Lantern! Really worth the time taken to research and install.

Thanks for your assistance and assurance I was on the right path.

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

walmirribeiro — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 19:47:37 GMT

Dear perfectionfoto Once you have a result post here to let us know how it was .... Thanks.

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

perfectionfoto — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:43:06 GMT

walmirribeiro, the result is in the post above.

- Backdated successfully.

- Magic Lantern install successful.

- 7D running smoothly with both Magic Lantern and Canon firmware running in tandem.

Only noticed one super tiny bug that's easily fixable... not permanently fixable by me, but fixable by deselecting a menu item. I'm not diving into coding my own 7D just yet. 😉

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

walmirribeiro — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 04:03:56 GMT

Dear MikeSowsun ,
My 7D had firmeware 2.0.3 , I updated to 2.0.5 , it is certain that I can go back to 2.0.3 ?

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

lly3988 — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 06:58:48 GMT

I refer to an earlier post and discussion, I thought mentioning Magic Lantern here is unorthodox :

http://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS/How-can-I-get-5-bracketed-exposures-with-my-5D-Mk-II/td-p/166965/page/3

Why nobody is saying anything about it now ?

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

Peter — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:07:02 GMT

Use Eos Utility to downgrade your firmware or search for downgrade eos 7d at google.

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

lly3988 — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:06:27 GMT

BTW, there have been some suggestions (or may be hearsay only) that there are a lot of bad things about ML. What experience do you ML users have about these bad things ?

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

lly3988 — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:12:16 GMT

Hi Peter, I used both EOS utility (your suggested method)and ML on card to roll back Firmware 1.3.3 to 1.2.3 and 1.1.3 tp my 5D3. Both successful.

No bad things happened. Followed the instruction strictly and you should have no problem.

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

Peter — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:22:51 GMT

Bad things:

Half second slower start because it boots from the card
The battery of 7D powerless after removing the memory card wrongly (correct is to wait 2-3 seconds after I have powered off the camera.)
In live view and in the ML menu I can only use the ML menu for about 30 seconds before I am kicked out from the menu. This is only for 6D. A known bug.

That are my experience.

Re: Magic lantern, the Canon 7D firmware 2.0.5?

lly3988 — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:38:30 GMT

Peter. Thanks for sharing your experience. Yes I agreed ML is not a fully developed thing. Beta versions are coming out to improve and new features are also added. There may be a few not so good things (bad ? to some) but there are some innovative features beyond somebody's imagination.

I have never experience your mentioned problems on my T3i, M, 60D (all sold) It's okay on my 5d3 (X2) and T4i. A few times when I did not operate according to specs, the camera may freeze and I just have to remove the battery and re-insert and it's back to normal. No big deal.

Loading ML is less stressful than updating firmware. But this is just my feeling. I have done this over fifty times (my own experiments and for friends) and all works.

Magic Lantern is not for beginners. Learning your own cameras first. Not all added features will be useful to you. Stick to Canon original and do not install ML even if you have 1% doubt.