Will you send your 5D3 for light leak inspection?

[roumin]

I am not a professional and haven't reached the skillset required to take photos with my lens cap on, so I am sitting on the sideline and watching with amuse.

 

[marvinhello]

I am not a professional and haven't reached the skillset required to take photos with my lens cap on, so I am sitting on the sideline and watching with amuse.

Well, "inspection" is just a smart wording to avoid sounding like they made a mistake. The announcement in Taiwan and China Mainland uses the word "repair", and a canon rep confirmed that if you send your camera in, they will open the camera and add a small part that blocks the light leak.

 

[alberto]

Canon Europe will prepare a "Fix-Kit" for all defective Cameras starting mid may. The Service Center will have work 2h on each camera.

So there is a real issue

 

[johankh]

No, because I'll don't shoot lens cap foto anymore :-\

 

[roumin]

Since there are discrepancies between the various advisories, we should ask Canon for clarification.

So Canon USA: Is there a fix? Will/Did you do anything to correct this for newer units?

 

[Seanlucky]

I just can't take it seriously enough... It's a 1/3 of a stop difference in exposure, that might happen in low light environments, when you have the LCD screen backlight activated. Yes, it does suck that a $3700 CAD camera was allowed to ship to customers with a such a seemingly avoidable mistake. If someone chooses to send in their camera, I really wouldn't hold it against them (again, for what they paid). However I am feeling like this is a lot of stink over not a whole lot.

 

[TexAg]

Choices 2 and 3 both apply to me.

 

[jlev23]

i have a lens cap shoot today! what do i do? over expose by a stop?

 

[Jakontil]

I wont...

They say it wont affect, so be it hahahah

 

[bp]

I never use the camera's meter for night shoots anyway - usually just trial and error a few because the camera usually wants to bring levels up to daylight. so... no