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--- install [2021/04/11 09:54] – Bitbucket -> Heptapod Walter Schulz
+++ install [2024/07/01 08:30] (current) – [Step 1. Preparing your camera] Walter Schulz
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   * Go to http://builds.magiclantern.fm/ and download the Magic Lantern zip file for your camera
-  * Make sure you are running the right Canon firmware version, specified on the download page
+  * Make sure you are running the right Canon firmware version, specified on the download page. Links to matching Canon firmware files are included in "Installation" and "Useful Links".
   * You can check your firmware version by setting your mode dial to **Manual (M)** and looking in the Canon menu.
-  * Nothing bad will happen if you try to run ML on a different firmware version - the card LED will start blinking and you'll have to take the battery out. Magic Lantern checks firmware version before attempting to run.
+  * Nothing bad will happen if you try to run ML on a different firmware version. Magic Lantern checks firmware version before attempting to run. If there is a mismatch you will get an error message screen and you have to pull the battery to proceed. With older (outdated) Magic Lantern versions you will get a blinking LED instead. You still have to pull the battery.
 ====== First install guide ======
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 ===== Step 1. Preparing your camera =====
-  * Use a **fully charged Canon battery** (original, not third party);
+  * Use a **fully charged Canon battery** (preferable original, not third party);
   * Remove any accessories from your camera (such as battery grip or external flash);
   * Make sure you have a card reader.
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   * Format the card **in the camera** (low-level format).
   * Unzip **all** of the files from Magic Lantern zip archive to the **root** of your card.
-  * Launch the **Firmware Update** process and follow the messages on the screen.
+  * Launch the **Firmware Update** process from the Canon menu and follow the messages on the screen.
   * Once you see the **green confirmation screen**, restart your camera. Done.
   * If anything goes wrong, **check the [[#Troubleshooting]] section**.
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   * <color red>**After opening the card door, always wait for LED confirmation (or for 5 seconds) before removing the card!!!**</color>
-  * **[[http://www.flickr.com/groups/magiclanternfirmware/discuss/72157627990119618/#comment72157627879367185|EyeFi cards may not work]];** you must use plain SD / SDHC / SDXC / CF cards.
+  * **[[http://www.flickr.com/groups/magiclanternfirmware/discuss/72157627990119618/#comment72157627879367185|Early generation EyeFi cards may not work]]**; other WiFi cards may work properly.
+  * SD-to-CF adapters are not supported!
   * If you have a bootable card and have the ''BOOTDISK'' flag set in the camera (which the installer does), and you do not have an ''AUTOEXEC.BIN'' file on the card, the camera **WILL NOT BOOT!** It will hang and not wake up until the battery is removed.
   * If you encounter a "locked up" camera, **quickly remove the battery**.