Canon Deal of the Day: EOS 5D Mark III Body Only $2,546 – Plus two EOS 6D Deals

Top Rated Plus eBay seller bigvalueinc (98.2% positive ratings) has Canon EOS 5D Mark III bodies on sale for just . Free shipping, limited stock at this price.

There are more deals, both for a Canon EOS 6D. Bigvalueinc has also an EOS 6D on sale for . Same conditions as above.

The EOS 6D is on sale for less and with some bonus accessories by eBay seller 6ave (99.5% positive ratings) for . The bonus items are: 2 replacement batteries, a compact charger, a case, and a no-name 32GB memory card (see picture after the break). Don’t know why they always include these pretty useless memory cards.

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Latest Magic Lantern Hack Uses Dual ISO to Obtain 14 Stops of Dynamic Range

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Video frame from 5D Mark III – Bottom-left: ISO 100. Top-right: ISO 100/1600.

The Magic Lantern team delivers the next big gift to all Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Canon EOS 7D owners. The latest hack uses a trick to obtain 14 stops of Dynamic Range. The hack samples half of the sensor lines at ISO 100, and the other half at ISO 1600. The signals are then mixed and the result is an image that can reproduce 14 stops of DR, 3 stops more than you would get without the hack. According to ML hacker a1ex there are no motion artifacts and no difference in motion blur. More after the break.

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Deals Round-Up (Refurbished Lenses, Memory Cards, EF 24-70mm f/4L IS, EF 24-105 f/4L IS, EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS, EOS 5D3, MacBooks Pro, Rebel SL1)

Some new discounted stuff for you to check. Today we have Lexar memory card double packs, refurbished lenses and Speedlites at the Canon Direct Store, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS and EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lenses, Canon EOS 5D Mark III kits, MacBooks Pro with retina display and iMacs, Canon Rebel SL1 (EOS 100D) kits.

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How To Install Magic Lantern – A Step-By-Step Video Guide

Given all the (justified) hype around Magic Lantern’s RAW hack more and more Canon users want to install the firmware hack. The most amazing results are obtained with the EOS 5D Mark III, but also a five year old camera that was never thought to shot video, the EOS 50D (here on eBay), can produce amazing results with the Magic Lantern hack.

Dave Dugdale from Learning DSLR Video made a video that shows step-by-step how to install the Magic Lantern hack. As Dave suggests, it is best to install first the stable version of Magic Lantern before playing around with the alpha-releases (or nightly builds) that deliver the RAW video output.

Be sure that the battery is fully charged before starting the installation process. You have to reset the camera to factory settings, then you have to format the memory card. After that you plug the card in you computer and copy the downloaded files on it. Finally, the card goes back in your camera, where you navigate to the firmware update menu. When all is done correctly you will see the screen output below.

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