Can I swap Magic Lantern CF cards between two Canon 7D bodies?
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I have two Canon 7D cameras. Each normally uses its own CF card, and both cards have Magic Lantern files on them. If I need to borrow a card from one camera and use it in the other, is that safe? Do I need to remove or uninstall Magic Lantern from the card first, or can I just use it as long as both cameras are the same model?
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There's no real way to "install" Magic Lantern (ML) to a camera. It always remains on the memory card that is used to boot the camera into ML when it is turned on. Put in a card without ML on it and that camera can not be booted with ML, it will use the Canon firmware already in the camera.
As long as the version of ML on your memory card is compatible with the firmware version installed in the camera there should be no issues.
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Yes—swapping the cards is generally fine. Magic Lantern is not permanently installed into the camera in the usual sense; it lives on the memory card and works alongside the camera’s existing Canon firmware when the camera boots from that card.
The main requirement is compatibility: the Magic Lantern build on the card must match the Canon firmware version running on the camera body. If the card’s Magic Lantern files are compatible with that camera’s firmware, there should be no issue using the card in the other 7D.
If you insert a card without Magic Lantern files, the camera simply starts normally with Canon firmware only.
So, you do not need to uninstall Magic Lantern from the card before using it in the other camera—just make sure both bodies are using the firmware version that the card’s Magic Lantern version supports.
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