Canon fixed 5DIII light leak with tape

[awinphoto]

just thinking out loud, so who then is sleeping with their wives? =)

The guitar player. It's always the guitar player.

hahaha... Good point

 

[Kamera Obscura]

haha! Remember the Apollo mission? so should be just fine.

Best,
dario.

 

[Arkarch]

(Plus, I'm pretty sure that Canon Service can work on things inside the camera without messing up the imaging sensor, I mean, things do go wrong in there, shutter failure, etc., and Canon can fix them, right?)

As much as I loved using CPS repair to fix a "bump" on my 70-200 f/2.8 IS USM II, I did notice a few more dust specs inside the lens (when looking through it unmounted) after they opened it up. Not enough to ever care, but still, not fully dust free. It happens.

As for the issue - yeah, its a non-issue. I dont shoot in dark closets and only maybe if I am shooting the Milky Way at 12,000 ft 100 miles from any city would I ever have to compensate, and I usually AEB anyway. Exposure Meter only folks!

Tape. You should see the stuff I work with

I am sure somewhere there is a new inventory item on the Canon Repair Supply System -
(1) Roll 20' of Light Absorbing Adhesive Blocker - $100.

 

[Cptn Rigo]

just thinking out loud, so who then is sleeping with their wives? =)

The guitar player. It's always the guitar player.

+1 LOL ;D

 

[drjlo]

I think this is the kind of fix that can wait until my 5D III needs to go in for some other reason..

 

[rechinutzu]

I don't understand,they fixed with tape the first lot of cameras who had issues(which were sent for repair) or the brand new lot of 5d mark iii after they have realised it has this issues was fixed with tape.

 

[CanineCandidsByL]

It kind of cracks me up when people talk about/are worried about the resale value of a camera they just bought 37 seconds ago. I have NEVER based any purchase decision on the future resale value it may have, whether it be a vehicle, a piece of gear or an iPod. If you want one, buy it. Use it, ENJOY it.

As I'm one of the ones who mentioned I'm concerned/annoyed with it, I'll respond....Loss of value means reduced profits as that money has to come from somewhere. Even for hobbiest, it may make the difference on when/if they upgrade and what else they purchase. If I knew that after a 3 years, a 1dx and a 5d3 would both depreciate only $1000, I'd get the 1dx and everything beyond the $1000 would just be a deposit that I get back. On capital equipment, resale value is important. You wouldn't buy a $300,000 home believing it would only be worth have that in a year, would you?

 

[DavidRiesenberg]

Canon will always offer this fix for free. So resale value is not an issue since even if these early cameras will be worth less on the used market in a few years you could always "upgrade" for free then.

 

[Loswr]

On capital equipment, resale value is important. You wouldn't buy a $300,000 home believing it would only be worth have that in a year, would you?

No, but last time I checked my house wasn't capital equipment. I rather suspect the IRS would be a little miffed if I fully depreciated my house over a 5-year period of tax returns, which is something that's the norm for capital equipment...

 

[roumin]

A quote from LOST, the ABC TV series: "I don't believe in a lot of things, but I do believe in duct tape"

I do believe in duct tape! - Miles - Lost Season 6 - Episode 18

 

[V8Beast]

True story: If it weren't for duct tape, all the Apollo 13 astronauts would have died in space.

www.universetoday.com/63673/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13-part-10-duct-tape

 

[V8Beast]

Come to think of it, back in my large format camera days, we had light leak issues... if light was leaking into the bellows, we used gaffers tape. There was also a huge defect where under bright sunny conditions, looking in the rear of the camera, you could barely see the image let alone focus, we had to use a cloth! Can you believe that? a white and black cloth? and the manufacturer wouldn't even supply it, we had to buy our own!

You got ripped off. My 5DIII came with an assortment of 6x10 muslins. If I were you, I'd demand a refund!

 

[BDD]

There may be three species then: 1) untaped leaky originals 2) tape kludged originals and 3) revised design without tape.

Which of course may have resale implications, and pixel peepers arguing over which rev looks best...

I hope there's an "option 3' (revised design w/ no duct tape) and that some one will tell us when Canon starts shipping them. And how we'd tell if the camera version is the revised one. Likely via serial #.

I'm a bit surprised Canon actually used duct tape. I thought this was a joke when i first saw the pic. But once the top is back on I guess there's no way for the tape to come off. Nor will the sealed areas be compromised. At least I'd hope not. I'm not getting mine till the end of the year.

Come on Canon!! You can offer a more professional fix than this.

 

[bp]

"duct tape"?

I can feel the collective intelligence of the room dropping by the minute

 

[sheedoe]

"duct tape"?

I can feel the collective intelligence of the room dropping by the minute

Actually, it was pretty intelligent....for their bottom line. Imagine the cost of re-disigning hardware and then fixing all the current units. This was a very cost effective solution, and if you don't look under the hood, you can't even tell!

 

[bp]

"duct tape"?

I can feel the collective intelligence of the room dropping by the minute

Actually, it was pretty intelligent....for their bottom line. Imagine the cost of re-disigning hardware and then fixing all the current units. This was a very cost effective solution, and if you don't look under the hood, you can't even tell!

No, you misunderstand. I'm totally fine with the fix - I'm also very familiar with the sort of adhesive/flexible plastic "tape" they use inside laptops/computers, etc... But calling it "duct tape" is like saying that nasa-grade mylar is the same thing as reynolds wrap

 

[MrSandman]

True story: If it weren't for duct tape, all the Apollo 13 astronauts would have died in space.

www.universetoday.com/63673/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13-part-10-duct-tape

Houston to V8Beast.....

The Apollo 13 mission was a bust. There was an explosion in the service module that destroyed damn-near everything on service module and command module. That entire mission was based on makeshift solutions.....including using duct tape.

With the 5D3, we are talking about a camera being manufactured on Earth, with an unlimited supply of parts for Canon.

If you can’t see the difference between the two scenarios, I don’t know what else to tell you.

 

[BDD]

There doesn't need to be any kind of re-engineering to put some kind of effective and cheap cover instead of the "tape" (no matter what kind of quality tape it is). Must be some material they could have used instead without making it look cheap (not that most of us will be opening up our cameras to take a look). Still, I expect more from Canon. At least they didn't use bubble gum.

 

[bp]

Do you expect more from Apple, Dell, Nokia, insert ANY large scale electronics manufacturer here? Which part of "this is common practice in electronics" doesn't make sense to you?

 

[PhilDrinkwater]

True story: If it weren't for duct tape, all the Apollo 13 astronauts would have died in space.

www.universetoday.com/63673/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13-part-10-duct-tape

Houston to V8Beast.....

The Apollo 13 mission was a bust. There was an explosion in the service module that destroyed damn-near everything on service module and command module. That entire mission was based on makeshift solutions.....including using duct tape.

With the 5D3, we are talking about a camera being manufactured on Earth, with an unlimited supply of parts for Canon.

If you can’t see the difference between the two scenarios, I don’t know what else to tell you.

<sigh> here's this common modern view that the world contains unlimited resources.
It doesn't.