5D Mark III - Repair Procedure

[ramon123]

I emailed Canon regarding the repair procedure of the affected 5D Mark III's.

This is what they replied:

"... But even for the unfixed cameras there will be a free of charge service offered at our service station to replace the light shield from 10th of may."

"According to the information I have it is a light shield between LCD-Illumination and Exposure sensor located at the prism unit."

[sparda79]

I emailed Canon regarding the repair procedure of the affected 5D Mark III's.

This is what they replied:

"... But even for the unfixed cameras there will be a free of charge service offered at our service station to replace the light shield from 10th of may."

"According to the information I have it is a light shield between LCD-Illumination and Exposure sensor located at the prism unit."

Thanks.. I was wondering about this since their free service announcement...

[Mt Spokane Photography]

All DSLR cameras use a light shield, its just probably too thin or a poor fit, so a new one is needed.  I tried to verify any affect on images in low light, but could not get the metering to change once I removed the lens cap.

[ramon123]

they're replacing it so therefore it's probably too thin