Canon Magic Lantern - GO HARD OR GO HOME! 

Haha my Tropic commercial PNG didn't render properly but you get the idea 😅 Also I uploaded in 1080p jeeeeze

As a newbie myself I find everything I learn in ML to be invaluable. I joined the group and everyone is very helpful and I'm learning more about the camera everyday. Been working on low light settings and reducing noise and it's going great. Just upgraded to the recommendef SD card and saw an immediate uptick in performance.

ML was permanently installed on all my Canon cameras since the 7D up until my old M3! Loved it!👏🏾👍🏾🙏🏾 🇬🇧🇸🇪🇹🇹

I really respect the balls and fearlessness you have to express yourself in these matters in a public forum. I’m still working up the courage to pull this stunt off. 😅

Awesome video cole. You’re very appreciated in the group! Well done as always

Totally agree with you, Cole. On my first day with crop mood I almost gave up on the eos m (again). Turned out I didn't know what I was doing (thanks for the crop mood settings-video😅 shoutout to Bilal). I have had several shoots since then, and the footage looks great, live view works, no moire in most modes and no pink frames anymore. I'm a happy man!!

I always appreciate your effort to share information on cameras and your experience with them. I recently purchased a eos m ( currently using M50) as much as i would like a new camera, this will be my 2nd cam in 5 years. Should arive in a week 😃I hope the Magic Latern will allow me to see the world a little differently than before with higher color depth. Your channel is inspiring and i hope you continue to do amazing things in this life

Cole awesome video, I agree 100% with your points there are going to be pros and cons using ML. However, if you just take the time to learn, put in some work and most importantly, use your camera with ML you will be able to produce some rather incredible footage given the price point. I'm hoping to use what I learn in the group and over the summer just experimenting to film a family event in the UK come Fall with my EOS-M. Thank you for your videos and sharing your knowledge in the group, it's greatly appreciated!

I love the community and this video is very important thank you for voicing it out, yes its gonna have a long learning curve to use it but as cinema lover Im definitely gonna learn a lot using it. Its a good start for me as I'm a beginner plus the dollar rates skyrocketted last year in Sri Lanka so cant be shelling out 1000s of dollars on a black magic or a top tier dslr. I love the eos m and ML community love all the videos all the content creators have done.

Great explanations, perfect examples, good talk 👏🏼 Respect. I've been thinking of the EOS M thanks to ML and I've thought of pairing it alongside my M50 and GoPro Hero 10. I have a feeling like its value is incredible, and all the work people have put into producing ML is invaluable itself. There's something fun about getting out there and experiencing, and that fictionality at that price point is a learning curve worth the investment. Thanks for the video, it was really nice 😁

Hi Collin, I discovered your channel recently and I’ve been loving your content. In regards to the topic at hand, you are such a creative, imaginative, resourceful (shall I keep going…lol) man and on a wavelength that the small minded haters could not even begin to comprehend, so please ignore then and keep creating great content, like only you can. Focus on the positive and follow your passion.

Kudos to your brother, really respect your efforts. For past 3 years was simply investing in cameras and gears and didn’t use it properly obviously no results. However the moment I got the magic lantern wow!. It is indeed magic! It pushed me to use the settings to record and I was learning each and every degree of turns. I didn’t know there was this many settings actually this EOS-M have?, which just blew my mind to infinity madness (Dual ISO - madness to core). I’ve been trying different video setting for every other video to learn thru the changes. Simply I got to admit and give a great respect to ML developer. Who gave us the power of RAW video into a pocket camera. Ignore the others, will only support the one who embrace the RAW.

Nice one mate. Those shots look incredible... Old doesn't mean bad.. Learning how to use something will yeild better results more often than newbie with better tech. I remember watching a video from Parker Walbeck's channel where they tested the theory and experience trumped gear every time.

I luv the EOS M! It have so much potentials! Equipments doesnt matter. Ideas and knowing what you use is more helpful to make videos! Thx for the video

Excellent video! Always in total agreement with you when you are making this type of content! I would love to see you play with the 5d mark 3 or 5d mark 2. Have you had a chance to mess with MLV on them at all?

You are so right! The Magic Lantern software is truly a beast! I am so glad to be able to learn cinematography at such a low budget. Everyone in the ML community is very nice as well! Again, thank you so much for your channel on teaching everyone how to use ML and make movies!

You’re amazing Cole! Great video!

Amen ! 🙏 ive been kicked off FB long time ago so I miss all the drama. That Asian footage was incredible. Take care bro - much love from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

i don't regret knowing your channel bro you've just been my savior thanks so much for the Motivation I AM FROM TANZANIA

Great video, mate. Well said. For me this new CROP MOOD is a game changer - I spent a weekend learning it (studied Bilal's videos & Sergio's) testing, becoming familiar with it, and of course shooting with it, and it feels rock solid, AND monitoring on my feelworld 7" works flawlessly. I was considering selling it in the past, but now I'm definitely keeping it. It produces stunning video.

Glad you made this video! Thanks and very very true!

At first I was unsure of the reliability especially when using at weddings. But I persisted and I can now say, "thank you Tropic. My skin tones are amazing!"

Thanks for all your content. Colin ❤️

I just discovered you while looking for ML info for my eos 6d That little eos M - and the short video from asia - so much possibility! I’m guessing that similar results can come from the 6D I’ll keep searching and reading, but in the meantime I found your FB group and joined so I can see what you ML users are getting into I’m just recently dusting the old equipment off - time to see what new things I can do with it

your info is always valuable

"Más claro el agua..." Here at the first step of the learning curve. It was one of your vids indeed that convinced me to go with ML. I feel rarher comfortable now shooting with drones and Gopros but I felt I needed to combine that with some handheld camera that wouldn't break my bank account. I will even use it on regular drones hopefully. And for around the price of a basic blackmagic setup I now own two cameras and a variety of lenses and stuff I will need. I just need to learn how to use all of it properly 😅 (Commenting here for the algorithms and all that. One Love).

You are the inspiration for me to buy the canon 700d, hope you make more video tutorials about it, thanks!

Those are some amazing points, knowing your gear plays a big role in knowing it’s capabilities of what you can do with it 💯👏

Great points! I use my as a main camera over my Sony a7s m1 and the 4K FUJIFILM X-H1. It's an awesome camera!

Magic Lantern is just fine. I use it all the time. Zero issues. Just picked up a FX30, but I'm still planning on using my 5D mark ii and 70D. They're just fine.

Ring around the rosey, pocket full of Aduroja Posi... 🎶

Cheers dude.....your vids have been very helpful

Don’t listen to the keyboard trolls. While most of us are out creating, they are just looking for opportunities to impress us with their lack of knowledge.

Great Cole !! I agree with all your points 👏👏

EOS-M is a fantastic camera. I have had mine for a few years. I have a C100 MKII also. The EOS is a great b cam. Both have strengths and weaknesses.

Those comments are only coming from people that believe a camera they are using out of the box will give them the cinematic look and then they are upset when they realize it is not how it works. Be open to new or different things. Back in the days I shot with the Canon XL1s and tried things out or I bought a super 35mm adapter to make Canon fd lenses work on my Canon HV30. I also used ML with the Canon 550d for commercial work and some features were so helpful like the double exposure etc. I also think that people should watch more content from guys like Nigel Barros or D4Darius. Because they are using quiet old cams like lumix gh3 or gh4 and creating some amazing stuff. I think they should also watch your content as well because I believe you are a very smart person and I'm really looking forward to your projects like the m-lite. Don't let these comments stress you up. Greetings from germany

I want to learn more about ML. I like the challenge to produce good results with an older system.

Thank you a lot great Magic Lantern EOS M Master , respect and BR Roland Tan from Paris France

Love this bro! Don’t worry and be bothered by these idiots who don’t know better. I’ve never even used or owned an Eos m or used ML but have been so intrigued for years. Just hoping one day I can get ML on my M50 and 70D I can start as well as find a EOS M is hard & I don’t wanna manual Focus everything, that’s why I wanna use my M50 & 70D. Let me know if you got any suggestions too. Oh and I just saw that Korean guys video on the group recently too!

Totally agree with all you're saying here. We've been doing this long enough to see who will and who probably won't gel with the magic lantern setup. My DMs are always open to group members to ask questions, like you, I like a challenge. Personally I would shoot a wedding or commercial content with an eosm or 700d. But I'd have a laptop with me to pull a file to see if the footage is going to work. Experience is the key here. Posi and David are great film makers and definitely need more exposure for their talent. I've noticed some of the ML critics tend not to be in the community group either. Now about officialsayer in a London wooded area, in a towel. 😂

Nice one Col! Never understood why haters bother to sound off and bring the rest of us down. Thanks for taking the time to produce all this content too mate, it's invaluable to people like me. Take care matey!

Can't agree more, u have to learn it,work with it until you master it.

Nice video man . The haters will always find a reason to pick at it. I saw some amazing work on the Nex 5N a few years back that still blows away stuff today - because the guy behind it had talent..no matter what the camera these days, it can all look 'good' online - its the cost, the features, the usability to YOU that matters.

Very well said!!!!

Preach! After spending too much time going back and forth on YT and FB, I realized that most owners of expensive cameras are not real life directors or DP, but the RU-vidrs, and most of are not doing much, if not nothing with it, excepted calling themselves cinematographer. No negativity, just fact. One is free to spend his money the way he wants. But the goal is to be know for the production, not for the gear owned.

The Canon EOS M is a beast. From what I have seen from the various RU-vid channel over the years.

I love those people that say it can't be done, cause every day people come and prove them wrong. Is it perfect? Nope, cause there is no perfect camera. You have to know it's limitations and work around them. Having an IT background my EOS M is like running Linux on an computer. It's cheap, it can do lot of things very well, but you have to put in time an effort and it get's better over the years. Last but not least, I get sometimes reminded about those guys that say they can't swim cause the shorts they wearing. The camerabody contributes only a small part in the total effort...

I really enjoyed watching this. You already know I have four 5d Mk II cameras for the home multi-cam studio I'm building out for several new YT studios, and I'm starting to test using Magic Lantern again. I'll get back into the ML forums, and I'm curious what you think about using ML with the intention of converting it to monochrome. I really love the black and chrome version of Mad Max Fury Road and planning to test using ML to capture broad dynamic range with the intention of converting it to monochrome. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated, as I can't recall any examples of ML used for monochrome work.

I liked your point 👍

I co-sign this completely. I think people don't understand not all projects are the same! even if you have professional cameras you won't use the same for every project, this is why most DOPs prefer to rent camera bodies. back in the day circa 2017+ I used to shoot paid music videos with the old Magic Lantern on my 5D Mark III. and I still miss that particular look even having edited footage from cameras a thousand times more expensive. also fiddling with your camera is fun, discovering a new feature for ML is exciting & people have no appreciation of how miraculous it is that a camera smaller than the palm of your hands can churn out RAW video

Real talk. We have all the tools. Nothing now is beyond reach.

The image is crisp though! Ima see if I have a old camera I can slap it on !! This will be great for those risky shots where you can’t afford to buy a new camera

Nice one imce , the canon eos m is a beast in the right hands with the correct knowledge , keep those tips rolling 👍👍

Bruv ... Video is SO MASSIVE and I am SO NEW. 🤣 My Gawd, mate! I understood about 25 words in this entire video and most of them had nothing to do with video. 😬 What am I getting into? I'm scared, cuz. I'm scared. 😂✌️❤️❤️

When you film with your FX30, it's not shooting in Raw correct? But it can be graded and look as good as EOSM raw footage?

do you have a color grading tutorial for davinci that goes from the MLV app settings, exporting, and explanation of color spaces in MLV app and davinci for best results?

Can you tell me at all if ML is available for a Canon C100 mark ii, it would be interesting if they had a version for that video camera thanks and I'll be looking at joining the discord soon 👍👌

3:03 bmmcc is 🔥🔥 Small gem 💎

To me, its just not worth upgrading yet. Im using a 5D mark ii with MLV RAW and it looks so good to me even for a 15 year old camera. I use it for professional work and still get compliments on how to the footage looks. I use a 70D and Lumix G7 as B and C cams. The 70D doesnt really hold up but the 5D with MLV Raw still smokes both of them. Ironically its the oldest camera... the Lumix G7 came out in 2015.

Love your shit man, just found your channel.

Hi! Is UHD 14 bit the sharpest in Image resolution among the modes in crop mood?

Well said my guy. I honestly love the die hard community behind ML

Nice video👍👍👍 on point 👌

I started off with magic lantern on the 600d and used it on paid shoots all the time and never had any issues.

I've been using Magic Lantern since the T2i, still currently shooting with the 5D Mark III and loving it, however my dream is that Bilal's Crop Mood may one day be ported to the full frame goodness that it the 5D Mark III. Oh I'd be happier then a pig in sh*t.

First of all thanks for making this amazing video .This is motivating and inspiring many people .I would like to know if magiclantern is compatible with Canon 80d

LOL I just got into argument on Reddit about this exact issue. Haterz gonna hate as my old friend used to say

Ya so true brother REAL TALK 🤓👍

@IMCE I use canon 600D but when ever I try to shoot in Raw it does not even shoot up to 10seconds

Is it just me or is Crop Mood finicky? I'm almost more comfortable on the old regular build- it seems more stable to me. Crop Mood 1080p is all zoomed in when I'm used to it being the least cropped in, but with more aliasing on Dannes build. And a lot of resolutions tell me I'll get 0 frames of recording on an 128gb/200mbs SD Sandisk. I installed Crop Mood onto an EOS M that previously had ML on it on a different SD card. I don't guess that caused my Crop Mood to get all buggy. Hopefully I'm not the only one. But everyone else is acting like it's a smoother experience. Please tell me I'm doing something wrong.Yikes.

Where can I buy Tropic

For the people who doubt ml or on the fence. I've been using ML for 2.5 years now. It's great. Yes it's unstable to an extent. Like I was shooting a scene for a short. For some reason one file was not recorded, idk camera just plain old didn't record it. But this is rare. Like very rare. Usually if something is not right you'll have error messages all over the screen. You can't miss it. I've shot like 2tb of footage in the past 6 months and can't recall ever having this issue. For context the stock camera firmware will give you 30mbps footage that is soft and extremely hard to grade, how the fuck is that anymore professional? Give me any camera under 1500 bucks and the eos m, I'll choose the eos m, 9 times out of 10 because I know how to work with it. Please stop pretending that ML is some kind of buggy ass program that barely functions. It's not.

Bro you’re feeding the trollls. Also look good good you look like a modern fly Bond villain 😊

Nice👍

I bough a EOS M just to run ML. I also own a Canon R6.

Why is the 5dmk3 not being used vs the eos m? As someone who has a 5D and looking to breath new life into it rather than investing in a Eos M.. Thanks in advance!

👍👍👍 🎉🎉🎉

Is there a crop mood for the M2 or 5D Mark two? Or is it only for the M1?

Plus you forget hwo dodgy it is to convert it isn't plug and drop and edit u need Nov editor then you export it and then you go to DaVinci or premiere or whatever you use

i bought my eos m just now....third video i am watching. i need help.

I recently purchased a C-Mount zoom lens, and tried a 3x crop with 1080p mode. However, the record button doesn’t work. I thought something wrong with the camera and powered down and on again. Still the same record button doesn’t work issue. But when I change to Canon 50mm f/1.8 in 3x corp with 1080p mode then the record button works. Ah it worked I thought. Again once I change back to the C-Mount zoom lens, surprisingly still the record button doesn’t function at all. Feeling quite strange to understand how come for a normal lens the 3x is working and not for C-Mount zoom lens. Am I doing anything wrong here?

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I want to learn about magic lantern from you.

I installed ML to my m50, i'm using firmware 2.0.2, but I'm not able to access the ML menu once it's installed. I followed the instruction on how to install ML using the firmware update, restarted the camera when prompted, and was greeted with no change. When I hit the menu button, it just shows the default canon menu. Pretty much everything is just the regular canon menu/ui except for when I hit the info button a few times, then it shows the ML overlay. I'm not able to control the overlay in video mode. In photo mode, I'm only able to cycle between iris and ISO using the dpad. TLDR, ML didn't install right, I can see the overlay but can't really control anything. Unable to access ML menu. Is this a common problem people have?

Can't find Posi's YT channel :(

Vertella wins this round. great clip.

I've been looking everywhere. can anyone tell me if ML is compatible with the eos rebel T100? regards!

I have a t3i. Got an opportunity to buy a t6i for $100. Is it worth the upgrade?

Is it worth buying newer version of canon EOS m mark 3 or can I buy used canon eos m 2012 and side load with magic lantern, which has better value for money ?

I use eosm magic lantern on wedding paid video the only down side is the files too big, but i can manage it

( i know its going to take ages and rightfully so ) But imagine ML on something like the m200 and m50 Pdaf and it has 4k from the get go

Did i see the new eos m lite

i want to start another magic lantern page for us lovers and users. I dont listen to none of those dudes who always down talk something because they dont know how to master it lol

Please give a link to david khairul channel)

For the haters, if you don’t have the money for the expensive stuff and don’t have the time for ML then rent the equipment.

I made 2 music videos with ml, awesome

Is there MagicLantern for EOS M3?

We just let the critics stick to what they do best: criticize. Then we just stick to what we do best: shoot ML on the EOS M. End of story.

Camera is only a tool, if you know how to use a tool every tool is great!

YESSIR TALK YO SHIT