Repairing loose Canon EOS R5 Hotshoe - held in place w/4 screws & plastic - Canon be ashamed!!!
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2024
- In this video, that I never wanted to create in the first place, I'll take on the dreaded and all-to-common Canon EOS R5 loose Hotshoe. This has been an issue in the R5 and R6 bodies, yet Canon fails to take any responsibility for this weak point on these two bodies.
4 Screws hold the Hotshoe place, while 4 strips of weak plastic keep the screws from falling into the body when they become loose. When this happens, the Hotshoe is basically rendered useless.
One of the screws in my camera wasn't even threaded, it just came out as I put my magnetized screwdriver to it. WOW.
This is a long video and probably not the best way to record this, but it was real life for me last week as I needed it fixed immediately.
Who else has had this issue? Have you tried to repair yourself? Did you send to Canon for repair? Let me know down below!
Great video, I used it to get the back off my R5 - the eyepiece glass cracked and I needed to replace it. I see others who have had this issue. I am very holy over my kit and like others have no idea how the glass got cracked - it mysteriously happened.... on its own. This Video gave enough information and the pace was great. Best regards & thanks ( got a new glass from Ali Express - Original)
Listen, you literally saved my wallet! There was no way I was going to send this in to get fixed after my camera place said they couldn't fix it! Thank you! The steps weren't hard to follow at all.
when I got my R5C Immediately put thinned blue loctite on the exposed threads on the hotshoe. It will wick inside the threads Then I put a dab of un-thinned loctite on top of that. Hasn’t came loose yet but I don’t use the hotshoe that much. I did tests on separate screws to see if it would lock the threads when put on the outside and it worked fine. Theres also a special green loctite that’s thin and penetrates already threaded screws.
This one of the most horrible features that canon overlooked, or perhaps to keep the repair team flowing. My R6 II has very loose screws on the hotshoe. They have done a terrible job on this. These are the thing you do not expect from camera worth in such huge value. Thanks for the video. I am looking ahead to fix it myself having some electronics background.
Good luck with the repair. Can’t believe it’s happening on your R6mii already!
I’ve actually been trying to figure out if Canon had addressed this issue on the newer multi shoe found on the more recent Canon bodies. It’s sad to see this still being the case when they had the time to learn from the original r5/6 and fix the issue in future iterations but I guess that is not the case.
@@kevinmac9442it's a money grab from Canon.
It blows my mind that Canon even as a Platinum CPS member wants to charge $499 to secure the hot shoe again with a very good chance of it happening again. I've had PB boards replaced in my 1DXii or a complete shatter of the mirror not cost this much. Especilly since the other versions you could just take the plate off and tighten the screwes from the top. But with the R6a nd R5 it has to be done within the body?! Oh man. Thanks for the video and i have two R5's with this issue. Sure i get a discount of %30 but this is a Canon issue they should be fixing this. ugh.
Completely agree with you!
I actually had this same exact issue when I first got my R5 and had to send it into CPS for repair which thankfully was covered minus the $200 Shipping. Great Channel by the way!
Yeah it sucks. $200 for shipping!!!! Yikes.
Thanks for watching!
I definitely would not be performing surgery on my camera. As a working photographer, this would fall into an insurance claim. It's worth it to have CPS to repair this.
I completely understand that. But I just didn’t really want to wait for the repair to take place. That would be too long for me. If I was just shooting portrait sessions, I probably would have, but I had other work that I rely heavily on my R5 for.
So I did it. I was pretty confident after watching a couple videos that it wouldn’t be difficult. It’s about 20 screws and two connectors. I’ve been repairing iPads and iPhones, and plenty of laptops and computers for years.
To me I was more pissed that it needed to be done in the first place.
@@J.Allen_Photography I worry that should anything else ever come up that would need further repair, Canon would know that it has been opened up. Not saying that your repair was not good, but it could be a literal Pandora's box. I don't have the R5, I have the R and the RP and they serve me well. I broke the screen on the top display and I sent it back to Canon and it was back within two weeks total including shipping time. I had my RP as back up. I shoot portraits primarily and I pay for the CPS so I can have this services when I need it. All of this is built into my pricing so I can have peace of mind. Also Camera Exchange in San Antonio rents as well. I used them once when I drove to San Antonio for an engagement shoot and left my camera bag at home and didn't realize it until I got to Buccees in Luling.
Nice work Jason!
Thank you!
My flashes have been very inconsistant on my R5... took it all apart.... no loose screws at all
Awesome vid
I think I would use a caulking product called “T-Rex” between the body and hot shoe plate on the outside
To really fix it good 😂
What was the integrity of the threads on the shoe plate like?
Great info and work through. Not to be a downer but looks like you used the wrong loctite. Superglue is a bad idea for screws because you might need to remove them in the future. What you are wanting is the blue loctite which looks like a blue paste or silicone. It will harden but not so much it can’t be removed. You definitely want to avoid the Red loctite for this type of thing because it requires high heat to break to bond. You don’t want to melt the camera lol. I believe your use of super glue will work but in the future for screws or bolts go with the paste 👍
It was the blue loctite, but maybe the wrong type. Either way, the screws are locked in right now and it works flawlessly! So I’m good with the fix at this time!