CANON R5 HOT SHOE REPAIR!!
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- In this video, I'm walking through some steps to show you how to open up your Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera, and tighten up the Hot Shoe screws if you have a loose plate and experiencing connection issues with your flashes or transmitters. This is a VERY common issue which also impacts other R body cameras such as the EOS R6. I know other photographers with the EOS R6 cameras with the same issue.
Yes, you can send your bodies to Canon to have this fixed, but this video is for anyone who may be in a bind and either doesn't want to shell out $500 for repairs or doesn't have the time to wait around for shipping to and from a Canon Repair Center.
I own two Canon R5's and primarily use them for weddings and engagement sessions. Over the course of a year, the plates on both cameras were extremely loose and I started worrying that they would break off.
All you need to do this is some patience, organization, a screw driver and some Loctite threadlocker. It's pretty straightforward and easy to do!
Full disclaimer, I am NOT a Canon Repair tech, and cannot be held accountable for what happens to your equipment. Please note, if you're attempting this, you're doing it at your own risk and may void any Canon Warranty that's left on your equipment.
Bernard, you are simply the best. I have gone through so many videos trying to get it until I stumbled into yours to find out that you are the best of all. Your strength is your patience in explaining the procedure. Thanks a bunch!
Bernard! Thank you so much for making this video. You saved me time and money. I appreciate all the little things you said in between the tutorial. It showed that you’re like all of us; not having all the technical skills, but willing to try. I repaired my camera last night. I will admit I had some trouble with the view finder connection. My first attempt it wasn’t in all the way so it was glitchy. I took a pause to clear my mind then I tried again and it worked!! Thank you again.
Thank you everyone! I’m glad many of you found the video helpful! I apologize if I never had a chance to respond to all of the comments / questions. I’m not a “RUclipsr” per se… Just a a photographer who was attempting this and thought recording the process would help others. I may consider doing more videos on things, but for now, please “like, subscribe and share” I guess - it would be greatly appreciated. 😊😊
Bernard, thanks so much for making this video! I have a wedding coming up in a few weeks and I was worried about having to send it off to Canon, not to mention how much a repair like that would cost. I was thinking it would run about $400. Thanks to your video I was able to do it in under 2 hours. I took my time and used a magnetic mat and labeled everything. The first time I attached the camera back and hooked up the viewfinder I popped a battery in there to make sure it worked before finishing the assembly. To my dismay the EVF did not work. I had to take it apart again, only took a few minutes, and found out I did not insert the ribbon cable for the EVF all the way into the slot. When it came time to put the metal plates back in that go over the card slots I was tripped up because I couldn’t remember how the thin metal strip and cover plate were positioned. You might have corrected yourself later on in the video, but initially you put the thin metal strip in incorrectly. I had to rewind to your disassembly to see how it goes. Basically the squarish metal tab slides underneath the chassis. If you didn’t position it correctly during reassembly its an easy fix. Your video saved me and the flash is tight as a drum (for now). I did use blue lock-tite on the four screws. Thanks again so much! Difficulty level for me was a 2 out of 10. Just took my time but it was way easier than I expected!
Yes! So glad to see this helped you out! Really proud of you man!
@@MinhNguyen-ot1zg the exact same thing happened to me. The EVF wasn’t connected properly too.
@@joed2416 easy fix. Saved money and downtown from shipping off the camera for their bad design choices. Now I’m waiting to see how the R5 mark II is going to hold up with other reviewers and waiting for the price to drop before taking the plunge!
This was sooo helpful! Thank you!
For someone who has never done a RUclips video before you did good. Really good! Not having to repair the hot shoe on my R5 yet, this video is a definite keeper, should I ever have to refer to it in the future. I do have a couple of concerns though. As a recent Biomedical Equipment Technologist (now retired), I have to ask, were you using an antistatic mat (with grounded wrist strap)? Static will destroy circuit boards (been there, done that). You also mentioned using glue on the threads. I was thinking that a medium threadlocker such as LOCTITE Item 38132 (blue medium strength "non permanent" threadlocker) might be a better choice. After all, you never know when those screws might need to be removed, for a future problem, and glue would be a little too permanent. Just a thought. Again, great "instructional" video!!!
Thanks for your help, my R5 is all repaired because of your video!
Glad I could help
Thank you sooo much for this!! I never would have attempted this without such a detailed video, but it worked perfectly 🎉
Glad it helped!
Great video! Keep making more videos like this for this camera 🤍
More to come!
Thanks a lot. I seriously thought at the very end the hot shoe would pop off. Just kiddin'. Thanks a ton.
Ha ha! Glad I could help! Thanks!
Thank you for the great tutorial. I just finished repairing my second R5 body successfully thanks to you.
Nice work!
thank you so much for making this video it was very handy and helped at the most thanks again
Thank you so much! Another R5 saved!
Glad to help!
That's really good to hear! It's not hard to undertake - just need some patience! :)
Awesome video. Mine hot shoe is not loose yet but I figured it will be some day.
Thank you, worked perfect!
Thank you! Worked like a charm.
Awesome! Happy to hear I could help!!
Bernard, Thank you so much for this training video! I was able to make the repair without any problems. I wonder why Canon is placing those hot shoe screws inside??? I hope the re-tie/Loctie repair will last for awhile... Thank you again! -Laszlo-
Hello! thank you very much for this video! Could you tell me what type and size of screws the camera has? So I know what kit to buy! Thanks again!
Bernard, can I use 12 seconds of your video for B Roll in my next video?
Thanks! Appreciate the info!
Glad it was helpful!
wow a great job
Thank you!!
Thank you!!!
Do you think the blue and wifi capabilities of the camera can be disabled/removed in hardware without damaging the camera and it's functionality?
Thanks for the tutorial bro. I fixed mine and messed up that stupid ribbon probably, so now no viewfinder. FML
can i ask, can the plastic/glass on the viewfinder can be replace as i see mine unit coating is peeling rather than change the whole viewfinder module.
How stupid of xanon to let their engineers to do the screws the other way around. The screw heads used to be on the top and you didn't need to brrak the camera apart to tighten them.
Totally agree with you! Very disappointing, but it’s something you can fix yourself once you get over the fear of opening the camera up!! 😂
@@fraychild yeah amd break more parts 🤣.. it will be a good learning experience...
did you know what R5 manufactured date affected by this problem ?
I’m not sure, but based on the barcodes on my boxes, my R5 bodies were manufactured around 05/21 and 06/21. Hope this helps!
@@fraychild thanks :)
Hey yesterday I broke my cfx press SD card door. I was going to take it to my local shop and they wanted $800. Yes that's not a typo $800! Since I'm poor I will be doing this job myself and I was wondering do I need to take the whole thing apart to switch out the door? Or can I just loosen the screws in that area around 14:15?
Hi, I never had to replace the door by itself, but I would say you might not have to disassemble the whole thing just for the door. Good luck with that, $800 sounds insane!
lol got it done in like 10 minutes
And Apple squeezes 90 percent of these outdated mechanical functions onto a chip on a phone.
Thank you!!
You're welcome!