Magic Lantern firmware on 7d
I was wondering if anybody has any experience with the fairly recent release of Beta firmware for the 7d... I have a fair tolerance for hiccups in exchange for cool features (like focus peaking). Just curious to see if anyone here has tried it.
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I don''t have it but the extra features look interesting
One of the things I like about ML is that it's not too hard to go between the different versions. Haven't tried it but features seem OK.
Historically, the only damage I can find of previous Magic Lantern builds relates to runaway loops which completely drained the batteries of a few user's cameras. While some reported warm bodies from the event, I could not find any reports of bodies being damaged, but the batteries probably suffered somewhat.
With the "Alpha" and "Beta" versions of Magic Lantern, I do recommend removing the batteries after use and before storing the camera.
Other than that, Magic Lantern is a firmware "overlay" and it does not permanently change the firmware of the camera. Once you remove the Magic Lantern encoded card from the camera, and after the camera has reset from a protracted time without battery power, there shouldn't be any enduring effects to the camera (unless something new occurs in the 7D version.)
As always, any risk of damage is yours and yours alone. Certainly, you should not use Alpha "anything" for production applications until you have thoroughly tested and proved the system to understand any problems which could affect your production.
In the mean time, the Magic Lantern version 2.3, available for 5D mark II 2.1.2, 50D 1.0.9, 60D 1.1.1, 500D 1.1.1, 550D 1.0.9 and 600D 1.0.2 bodies, is very stable and a known entity. For production applications I recommend purchasing one of those bodies for best stability, best usability and safety.
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