
You would definitely want to add a separate audio recorder as the sound is good for reference only. So I wouldn’t want to shoot an auto race with a T2i! Any vertical lines in the shot will be slanted while panning fast. You can shoot at 50p or 60p which will give you a beautiful slo-motion effect on a 25p or 30p timeline.īut – like all CMOS sensor cameras – it does have difficulty shooting when panned quickly from side to side. The Canon T2i would be good for recording some sports. Leave your comments and let me know what you think. Still, this is exciting news and I’ll be giving it a try as soon as the beta is ready. You may be wise to wait until a fully tested 1.0 version is released. Wait until the beta version with all the features is ready. I do not recommend installing this version. Here’s the link to the installation instructions and file download. This is “pre-alpha” – right now he’s demonstrating audio levels only and the installation process is complicated. There might also not be a menuing system initially since there are no “spare” buttons on the 550D in movie mode and we still do not have a way to integrate with Canon’s menus. I haven’t found the liveview video ram device yet, so zebra stripes and histograms won’t work for a little while. The first version will have audio meters, lens data and maybe manual audio gain plus monitoring on the A/V jack. Thanks to the assistance of arm.indy and an anonymous contributor, we were able to sign an initial Magic Lantern firmware image and port the existing code to work with the version 1.0.8 firmware in the 550D. I am very proud to announce that we have started support for the Canon 550D / T2i in a branch of the Magic Lantern tree. Here’s what the programmer of Magic Lantern has to say: It adds stereo audio meters, audio level control and other features to make the camera more usable for professional video recording.

Magic Lantern is a firmware hack for the Canon 5D MarkII that turns off the auto-gain in the audio recording section of the camera.


If you want to shoot high-end video with this camera you’ve had to use a separate microphone and audio recorder to capture high-end audio. Magic Lantern – 550D/T2i port from Trammell Hudson on Vimeo. Magic Lantern is coming to the Canon T2i (550D).
