Originally Posted by pathfinder It is strange that an intervalometer is not built into modern DSLRs.

If you own a 5DII or the other cams supported. The new version of Magic Lantern supports a built in intervalometer as well as built in HDR bracketing. A LOT of cool features that Canon should have in the 5DII and others are now in this add-on firmware. I'm going to play more with it today, just installed it last night.. but damn does it look good!

Originally Posted by JimKarczewski If you own a 5DII or the other cams supported. The new version of Magic Lantern supports a built in intervalometer as well as built in HDR bracketing. A LOT of cool features that Canon should have in the 5DII and others are now in this add-on firmware. I'm going to play more with it today, just installed it last night.. but damn does it look good!

Just be aware that this firmware overlay is not supported by Canon, is still betaware, and really can cause damage to the host camera. While it's true that there are no documented cases of camera damage, it can happen.

The biggest problem is that occasionally, and it's not known why, some cameras go into a runaway loop, generally after camera shutdown. If, after an hour or so after running a version of Magic Lantern, your camera feels warm or hot, or if you can smell the circuits of the camera, pull the main battery immediately.

If the camera ever runs down the battery overnight, you may wish to discontinue running Magic Lantern.

Many folks pull the main battery after every shoot when they used Magic Lantern.

In short, if you run Magic Lantern, you accept the risk and the possibility of permanent damage to your camera.

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All that said, I have played with Magic Lantern and took the precaution of removing the main battery after every test and my 5D MKII seems fine. I have not tested this latest version, however.

Another thing I would remind people is that if you use Magic Lantern, and if you like it, please consider donating to the developers. The developers are using donations to purchase camera bodies on which to test and develop new versions of Magic Lantern.

Magic Lantern has tons of utility for video applications of the applicable cameras. See our "Action!" forum for more information.

Canon 7D Firmware 2.0 update is now available.

Cuong

Originally Posted by Cuong Canon 7D Firmware 2.0 update is now available. Cuong

Cool. Thanks!

OS X 10.7 and earlier supported only? OS X 10.8 lists firmware 1.2.5. Does anyone understand why?

Originally Posted by Ostravaczech OS X 10.7 and earlier supported only? OS X 10.8 lists firmware 1.2.5. Does anyone understand why?

It's possible that OS X 10.8 has not been tested yet. Canon does not include operating systems until they are tested. That does not preclude the use of operating systems that have not been tested.

Just use Google and Blekko to see if anyone has had success using OS X 10.8 and version 2.0 of the Canon 7D firmware upgrade:

Google
Blekko

Awesome...can't wait to get this running!

I just flashed it onto my 7D (from OSX Lion...I've been lazier about the Mtn Lion update the the 7D update).
It took a few minutes to load.

Anyone have any experiences using it yet?

Edit:
* One thing that I find right away is that my in-camera ratings are carried into Lightroom ratings. This is something that will be really useful, especially combined with the quick menu in review mode to rate images in the field.

I upgraded to the 2.0 firmware about an hour ago. The upgrade went smoothly with no problems. Not much use on it yet.

I noticed on the time zone setting they don't have an Arizona option. I had to use Denver for Mountain time so that means my camera time will shift with daylight savings time I bet. Arizona is in the Mountain time zone but we do not shift with daylight saving time.

I guess I'll have to wait and see what happens the next time flip.

Originally Posted by bgarland I noticed on the time zone setting they don't have an Arizona option. I had to use Denver for Mountain time so that means my camera time will shift with daylight savings time I bet. Arizona is in the Mountain time zone but we do not shift with daylight saving time. I guess I'll have to wait and see what happens the next time flip.

I don't think the time would change by itself. There's a daylight saving time setting (to the left of the time zone) where you can turn on or off and the currently set time would advance or subtract an hour.

Cuong

Originally Posted by Cuong I don't think the time would change by itself. There's a daylight saving time setting (to the left of the time zone) where you can turn on or off and the currently set time would advance or subtract an hour. Cuong

Thanks. I didn't know that was for daylight saving.

Just got my 7D up and running with 2.0.0. I have to say, I'm already making better images and winning several prestigious prizes. Thank you, Canon.

Originally Posted by ziggy53 It's possible that OS X 10.8 has not been tested yet. Canon does not include operating systems until they are tested. That does not preclude the use of operating systems that have not been tested. Just use Google and Blekko to see if anyone has had success using OS X 10.8 and version 2.0 of the Canon 7D firmware upgrade: Google Blekko

Updated. Works fine. Shot few photos, they got transferred to my Mac running OS X 10.8 without any problems......

Flashed mine last night... no problems. I like the MUCH faster scrolling when zoomed in during review.

Originally Posted by Ostravaczech Updated. Works fine. Shot few photos, they got transferred to my Mac running OS X 10.8 without any problems......

Originally Posted by Quincy T Just got my 7D up and running with 2.0.0. I have to say, I'm already making better images and winning several prestigious prizes. Thank you, Canon.

amazing what a little software can do

I just got an email about the update today. That took 17 days from release to let people know by email... meh!