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After a year squatting many festivals, "The Post", my first short movie shot with a 5D Mark II, is finally out on the web so more people get to enjoy it. This is the first Facebook based Thriller. And the budget was nearly zero. ( aside from a lot of Post-it notes we had to write on ). As I am leaving the DSLR world for some more Blackmagic life, This short film is a nice way to remember when making movie was just easy !

Magic Lantern 2.3 ( Paypal donation ) is an HDSLR hack for Canon cameras. It's a software layer over the usual camera functionalities. Stabilized 2.3 version is out, and it is a bless for your 5D MII ( and also 60D, 600D, 550D...). It gives any user a real video camera menu ( audio levels, color histograms ) and most of all new features like higher bitrate, Scope CropMarks, HDRI etc... It's a nice way to extend your 5D's service in the field. I just got back from a "real life" shoot with it and I must say this hack was a bless ! I much appreciated the exposure clipping on the image, the percentage picker which gives you an accurate keylight spotter and the aspect ratio locker via HDMI when you push the record button ( those who got fatter just by pressing rec will thank ML ). Also some may like the silence of the locked mirror during the whole shoot. Downsides are the lack of focus magnifier via HDMI, and the obnoxious re-install manipulation every time you grab a new CF Card. But let's face it ! Magic Lantern is a total no brainer for professional Directors searching for a better user experience.