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Pixel Perfect wrote:
Resources.
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=7486.0
Its not resources. It's a lack of will. And this comes directly from the top. Alex, the ringleader over at Magic Lantern says that he sees it more as a hobby project or experiment and has no desire to make it a product for the masses. And this approach is really a crying shame, because it means that it will probably never mature into reliable stability, the 5D3 version will never leave Alpha, and we will never get access to Magic Lantern on the 1.2.1 or newer Canon firmwares. Obviously, if we are this many months into firmware 1.21. and the Magic Lantern team has not even attempted to try to get it working then Alex doesn't give a flying flip about AF @ f/8 or the other new features and bug fixes in firmware 1.2.1. And if he doesn't want it or care about it, it doesn't get done.
The other problem with Magic Lantern is the lack of discipline. The developers never really finish anything. They get bored and move on to the next big thing, leaving a trail of bits and pieces behind, some stuff that works very well, other things are not stable or reliable at all. Its like dealing with a bunch of 13 year-olds who are really good programmers but they don't see beyond the moment very well. Soon enough, I'm sure the 5D3 will be replaced, the next big thing will be here (Canon or not?) they will move along and development will basically be over.
If they would just stop developing new stuff for long enough to stabilize what they have already done and get it working on the latest firmware, the whole project would benefit immensely, but it will never happen because stability isn't sexy and it doesn't make you famous.
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