I find this much handier that having the whole screen zoom in and allows you to focus on the fly with great ease while being able to keep track of your subject.ģ.

This one is great! Magic zoom shows you a zoomed in area of your focus point as picture in picture on the top left your lcd screen. You can also now monitor your audio directly from the camera using earphones and a small adapter!Ģ. No more blind audio recording, and no more need to carry around an external audio box. With Magic Lantern you can see live audio meters while you shoot at the top of the lcd screen. Here are the top 4 advantages I've found so far after playing with Magic Lantern for a short period of time on my 60D.ġ. It opens the door to tons of features and improvements that would be otherwise unavailable. Magic Lantern is a free firmware upgrade developed by ordinary folks like you and me, and has no formal affiliation with Canon. For those of you who have dealt with Canon DSLR video, have no doubt felt limited by some of the features that the camera offers, BUT, you very likely haven't yet tried Magic Lantern!ĭSLR image quality is stellar, and the ability to switch between multiple lenses is highly convenient, however, the lack of being able to monitor audio is frightening and the 4gb file size limit is inconvenient.Įnter Magic Lantern.

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