I tried to install Magic Lantern (2.12) on my 5D2, now the camera is bricked. I am headed out of the country tomorrow evening so I need to unbrick my camera ASAP, any help would be appreciated. Thanks...
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sheedoe said:
Yes, with a fresh memory card. The camera is bricked. When I turn it on the red LED that indicates indicates it's reading the CF does not even illuminate.
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Sorry, but I believe there is no hope...
Try a different cf card, maybe, but, I believe that you now have problems...
Try a different cf card, maybe, but, I believe that you now have problems...
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gferdinandsen said:
That sounds bad. I recently experienced problems with my camera after installing magic lantern 2.3 on my 5D II. (Link here: http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=9904.0). Maybe someone with more experience with ML can help us.
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AprilForever said:
I'm afraid you're right, I have a very expensive paper weight and a big trip tomorrow with no camera!
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Lensrentals? ;D Craigslist!!! I had to get a craiggy camera when I was in Denver a month ago when one of mine quit working...
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neuroanatomist said:
Yep, to no avail. This is the last time I ever use open-source for anything. At least the cost of a replacement 5D2 just dropped
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matukas said:
I attached the battery grip and viola, it turned on. Older Canon firmware was installed, so I updated that and everything is now well!
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Don't worry, happens to us all now and then. Glad it's not permanently bricked!
gferdinandsen said:
Do not confuse community camera hacking with the open-source movement in general.
As much as I support community camera hacking, (among other things, as a great way to show camera mfrs what their products *really* should have been like from the factory), it remains just that: an unsupported hardware hack built by some very skilled volunteers. In this case, it seems you got what you paid for.
But open-source projects like linux, the BSD operating systems, Mozilla/Firefox, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, Android, etc. etc. etc. are managed largely by professionals (i.e. people paid to work on them) who Know What They Are Doing. You can thank open source for creating competition in markets where there previously wasn't any, and the consumer (& even the original incumbent player in each market) has benefited enormously as a result.
You can bet that there's some open-source code somewhere in the factory OS/application stack running on your Canon. Manufacturers are even putting Android on cameras now (Samsung, Nikon)...
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