By deleting the boot disk or keeping the boot disk. Here are two ways to uninstall the Magic Lantern software.

Press the delete/trashcan icon, and then Set to accept Magic Lantern.

It will ask you to turn off the camera and then back on.

Install the Magic Lantern by clicking Yes.

Turn the camera on, and head to Menu > Set-Up 3 > Fireware.Safely unplug the card and place it in the camera. Select all files and move them to the memory card.Find the unpacked ZIP file from Magic Lantern (magiclantern-Nightly) and extract the files (WinRAR or 7Zip).

Turn your camera off, remove the card and plug it into your computer via the memory card reader.

You will find this in Menu > Set-Up 1 (wrench icon). If your camera does not appear here, there is no current software for your Canon camera.

Find your camera model and click on it.

After installing and making sure you have the updated firmware, go to the Magic Lantern website and find ‘downloads’.

From the next page, click on firmware on the toolbar at the top of the page. To do this, go to the support area of the Canon website. Here, you should see Firmware Ver.X.X.X.Ĭheck that your firmware is the most updated version. Scroll right using the cross keys and locate the icon with a wrench named Set-up 3. Turn on the camera and go to Menu to find the firmware version on your Canon DSLR. You might have a camera lying around that has an expired warranty that you could use for this.

Canon will not fix any issues with Magic Lantern crashing your camera. The most important thing you should know is that the use of Magic Lantern will void the warranty on your camera. This allows users to download and further add to or tweak it as necessary. As it is open-source, it is not made by a manufacturer. They run side by side, allowing you to use both simultaneously. The software does not overwrite your existing operating system. You download the ‘firmware’ update to your memory card, plug it into your camera, and let Magic Lantern do its thing.

Magic Lantern is software that you add to your camera.

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