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KolariVision who is my personal favorite company to get my infrared camera conversions done, has released their teardown article on the Canon EOS R5 Mark II. I found this article fascinating because it clearly shows the ductwork inside of the camera which matches up well to our findings in the patent applications.
You can see in the series of images in the article, and also in the video – but we'll show one of the images here, where you can see how the path of the air flows through the back of the camera, and over top of the processors. The plate you see the technician holding is the heat transfer plate.
Another feature of the internal design of the Canon EOS R5 Mark II that is sure to please some, is that the HDMI port is no longer directly attached to the motherboard. Let's take a moment to pause and give silent thanks to the engineer who finally decided that replacing the entire motherboard when the HDMI port fails is a bad idea.
But while the HDMI port is on a separate daughterboard, the USB port is still curiously attached to the motherboard. I wonder if Canon was concerned that the larger HDMI full-sized port could accidentally cause more damage and need to be replaced more often than the mini-HDMI they have used before.
This is a step in the right direction for Canon's repairability, I'm hoping that future Canon cameras will have it so that motherboard replacement is only necessary when it's an internal problem, not an external connector.
Finally, we see the star of the show, the sensor and the IBIS unit itself. This assembly is attached to the camera body and adjusted using spring-loaded screws versus in the past when Canon used shims.
It's an interesting teardown into one of Canon's latest cameras, and one of the better cameras engineered for heat.
You can watch the entire teardown here in Kolari's video and also read their blog detailing far more images than we showed here.
I would love to see the images out of the camera after conversion, but I don't think I'll be able to get an EOS R5 Mark II converted. But I'll take a dual spectrum EOS R8, thank you.
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I would never do that myself, but as a technician, I am always fascinated seeing these teardowns.
oh sweet!
probably not much difference than making sure your lenses don't start growing mold, etc. just have a few bags of silica that your camera rests on will take care of anything.
These big packs are great for gear - and they also keep my damned new Canadian passport from warping into a "U"
I miss them, especially the lens teardowns...
This is basically the same principle of glueing a heatsink to the outside of the camera and attaching the LCD to that. The fins will look like holes since they are sandwiched between the camera and the LCD, but their are still very much external.
I realize that both English and Dutch doesn't have a clear way to distinguish between 'inside' as in 'bread inside a lunchbox' and 'inside' as in 'inside a tunnel', making this hard to express in writing. If they do have words or concepts like that, I'll be happy to be enlightened!
EDIT: Umm, can I tether using HDMI-mini to the HDMI port on my laptop?
If anyone is interested and curious... I made these shots immediately after a test drive of shooting my cats in their natural home habitat 🙂)))
No videos. Nothing fancy. If you want something specific let me know... will try to test it.
Enjoy.
I'm actually a little surprised about the heat on the sensor itself actually.
yes, canon has spent a considerable amount of effort devising ways of shunting off that heat.
it's even more complicated because of the moving IBIS platform.