Canon's June 2nd firmware update for the 5D MkII added much-needed manual exposure ... Until now, that is. Magic Lantern is a custom firmware addition which can easily be loaded onto the camera ...

The Canon 5D Mark II can shoot jaw-dropping 1080P video, but nothing about the interface makes it easy. So one video guru wrote his own firmware for the device to bring camcorder luxuries to the dSLR.

It's hacky and requires some fiddling, but EOS 5D Mark II owners interested in maxing out their video abilities will want to check out the new Magic Lantern firmware developed by Trammell Hudson.

For nearly a decade now, Magic Lantern has stood alongside the EOS ... And now it seems the venerable Canon 5D MkIII can be made to shoot 4K video at 24 frames per second. The new capabilities ...

[Trammell] has released a new firmware for the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR geared toward film makers. The stock firmware was very limited on the audio side. This firmware adds features such as live VU ...