Magic Lantern is an open platform for developing enhancements to the amazing Canon 5D Mark II and 550D/T2i digital SLRs. But, the software in video mode has limitations, even after the recent 1.1.0 upgrade from Canon that fixed the most glaring manual exposure "bug". We've written extensions and widgets that fix many of the annoyances in working with the 5D Mark II and 550D on a film or video set. Our first set of fixes are targeted at the audio limitations of the camera, but there are some... Read more →

The press release is describing some pretty cool video capabilities, but currently only mentions that you can make the camera re-autofocus when in movie capture, rather than continuous autofocus. Does anyone know if this limitation is in the camera itself, or just the lens? I know that panasonic dmc-gh1 came out with an advanced and expensive new (micro-4/3) lens in order to do continuous autofocus well and quietly. Will we be able to see such a kind of lens for this camera, or do they already...