• CanonMenu:Hold→PLAY: if you set ImageReview:Hold in Canon menu, it will go to PLAY mode instead. This allows you to zoom in as soon as you take the picture (without having to press PLAY). Credits goto Ken Rockwell for hint (“You have to hit PLAY”).
Quick Zoom
Faster zoom in PLAY mode, for checking critical focus:
• OFF
• ON (fast zoom) - zooms faster than Canon firmware.
• SinglePress → 100%: a single press of Zoom In will zoom all the way in (to 100%) – on center point. Next press will zoom out (full screen image).
• Full zoom on AF point: similar, but it will zoom on currently selected autofocus point.
• Full zoom on last position: similar, but it will remember the last position of the zoom box.
LV button
Customize the LiveView button in PLAY mode:
• Default (enter LiveView)
• Protect image
• Rate image
Quick Erase
Shortcut for erasing images without confirmation (hold SET and press ERASE).
Be careful!
LiveView Zoom Settings…
Customize Canon’s x5/x10 zoom in LiveView:
• Zoom x5, x10: you can disable one of them, so the first Zoom In press will zoom in, and the second will zoom out;
• Auto exposure on zoom: auto adjusts exposure while zoom is active. This lets you adjust aperture freely on a manual lens, without the image going too bright or too dark (so it helps when focusing);
• Increase SharpContrast: when zoom is active, sharpness and contrast are maximized.
Increased sharpness works somewhat like focus peaking.
• Zoom on HalfShutter: zoom is enabled when you press the shutter halfway.
• Zoom with Focus Ring: if your Canon lens reports focus distance, you can enable zooming just by turning the focus ring. If you’d like the zoom to stay enabled for a longer time, press and hold the shutter halfway.
Arrow/SET shortcuts…
Select the features you want to adjust quickly with arrow keys:
• Audio gain
• ISO/Kelvin
• Shutter/Aperture
• LCD Brightness/Saturation
You can also enable quick functions for the SET button, coupled with the corresponding arrow adjustments:
• Audio input (internal mic, external mic, balanced…)
• Push-button white balance
• 180-degree shutter speed (or the closest approximation)
• Reset LCD brightness to 5 and saturation to Normal.
Misc key settings…
LCD Sensor Shortcuts
Use the LCD face sensor as an extra key in ML (e.g. for triggering arrow keys, for blocking follow focus or for bypassing magic zoom key).
To fully disable the LCD sensor in Magic Lantern, disable LCD auto off from Canon menu (Wrench 1). You need to do this if you are using a device which covers the LCD sensor (e.g. a loupe).
Sticky DOF Preview
This will make the DOF preview button sticky (so you no longer have to hold it pressed).
Note: enabling DOF preview will block most other buttons.
Tip: enable Exposure Override to preview DOF without blocking the buttons.
Sticky HalfShutter
This will make the half-shutter press sticky (so you no longer have to hold it pressed).
Tip: use this to prevent the camera from turning off LiveView after 30 minutes.
Swap MENU ↔ ERASE (60D)
Swaps MENU and ERASE buttons. This feature allows one-handed navigation in ML menu on 60D, but will have to use MENU button to delete the pictures.
DigitalZoom Shortcut (600D)
On 600D/T3i, this lets you customize the behavior of DISP + Zoom In / Zoom Out shortcut key in movie mode:
• 1x,3x: toggle between 1x and 3x digital zoom modes (FullHD)
• 3x…10x: default Canon setting (change digital zoom value between 3x and 10x).
Note: by default, Magic Lantern disables digital zoom values greater than 3x in order to avoid image quality degradation.
Auto BurstPicQuality
When enabled, it will temporarily reduce picture quality in burst mode in order to maintain a decent frame rate even when the buffer becomes almost full.
This function will reduce picture quality if the buffer has space for less than 4 pictures:
• RAW+JPG → JPG Large Fine → JPG Medium Fine
• RAW → JPG Large Fine → JPG Medium Fine
• JPG Large Coarse → JPG Medium Coarse
Possible results (550D, Transcend Class 10, your mileage may vary):
• RAW+JPG, JPG-L, all others JPG-M
• RAW, RAW, all others JPG-M
Powersave in LiveView…
Options for maximizing battery life when using LiveView.
• Enable power saving: on Standby, during Recording, or always.
• Use LCD sensor: you can use it to wake up from powersave (wave your hand near it), or to force powersave mode (cover the sensor for a few seconds).
• Dim display: In LiveView, if the camera is idle, Magic Lantern will reduce the LCD backlight level to minimum in order to save power.
• Turn off LCD and LV: this will turn off the display and the sensor activity in LiveView.
Mirror will not be moved. If the camera is recording or motion detection is enabled, only the display will be turned off (so recording will not stop).
• Turn off GlobalDraw: if the camera is idle, ML overlay graphics will be disabled to reduce CPU usage.
Config file…
Magic Lantern saves its settings in a configuration file named MAGIC.CFG, located under ML/SETTINGS directory on your card. This submenu lets you customize how these settings are saved.
• Config Autosave: If enabled, settings are saved automatically to ”MAGIC.CFG” whenever you change a setting in ML menu. Config saving process will take place as soon as you close the menu.
• Save config now: Save ML settings to ML/SETTINGS/MAGIC.CFG.
• Delete config file: use this to restore ML default settings. After deleting the config file, restart your camera.
LV Display Presets
This feature lets you use up to 4 display presets for the settings in the Overlay menu.
On the top bar, you will see DISP 0, 1, 2 or 3. Each of those is a preset for the settings in Overlay menu. So you can, for example, configure DISP 0 with false colors, DISP 1 with zebras and focus peaking, and DISP 2 with cropmarks.
This menu item sets the maximum number of available display presets. To disable this feature, set the number of presets to 1.
To change the current display preset, press INFO/DISP in LiveView, or [Q] on the GlobalDraw entry in the Overlay menu.
Crop Factor Display
If enabled, ML bottom bar will display the 35mm equivalent focal length, including crop factor (1.6x).
For example, a 50mm lens at f1.8 will be displayed as:
• 50mm f/1.8 with this option disabled;
• 80eq f/1.8 with this option enabled.
Debug
Functions for troubleshooting, development, and possibly unstable features.
Screenshot – 10s
Print screen after 10 seconds. This option saves a BMP file for the overlays and a 422 file (silent picture) for the LiveView image. The BMP does not contain transparency data. You can combine the two files in GIMP or other image editing programs.