The only setting which is changed in your camera is the boot order flag which means that the camera will look for an operating system software on the CF card to be loaded instead of directly loading the firmware available on the camera by default. it won’t replace the Canon official firmware on the camera. It is worth noting that Magic Lantern will run from the CF card i.e.The first time you do this you may need to use a card which has 32Gb or less capacity. You can find the format card option as a menu item on the camera. Format the Compact Flash memory card from the camera

Remove all accessories such as battery grip (BG-E2N) or external flash (e.g. This is to ensure that the battery does not run out half way through the process which could leave your Camera in an unusable corrupt state.Ĥ. Ensure your Canon 50D battery is fully charged Download the latest version of Magic Lantern for Canon 50D using the following link:ģ. The update file which can be downloaded from the above link contains instructions on how to update the firmware on your Canon 50D camera if needed.Ģ. If your camera is on an old version, download and update your Canon 50D camera with the latest official Canon firmware (v1.0.9) using the below link (if you already have the latest firmware version i.e. Ensure your camera has the latest official Canon 50D firmwareīefore installing Magic Lantern, check that your camera is running the latest Canon firmware (v1.0.9).

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