I really hope there will be a part 2 of this camera, disassembling it completely and see if there's something else. It will take a lot of time for sure, but man it would be satisfying to watch it getting taken apart!
Test two things: Both SD card slot and battery slot have tiny switches. Without them closed there will be zero reaction - not even MPU will run ( small CPU that runs even when camera is turned off and handles buttons, power, main CPU power on). If that's only switches and you will get any reaction, there's a chance to diagnose further via onboard debug connector (UART). Corroded pin was on viewfinder connector. I would be more interested if power board (small pcb under top mono display) is working fine. I contribute to firmware mod for Canon cameras (Magic Lantern), so I guess i know a thing or two.
Were you involved in the Magic Lantern April Fool's days joke a few years back? I was shooting with a 5DmkII and when that blue screen popped up I had to switch to my backup, a crop sensor of some sort. Was not a happy day.
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@@AllanEason No, I worked for the project for the last year. I remember that joke though - as I was using ML on 550d and 5d2 around that time ;)
As a photographer I love these videos with cameras and lenses, so please do more. It's great to see the inner workings :-) The Canon 5Dmk4 is a weather sealed camera, so I a was stunned to see the amount of dirt and grit inside. Either it fell into dirty water with no lens on, or the original owner wasn't fully honest with you. Either way, despite your sterling efforts I think one is a lost cause.
Would you say digital cameras are some of the most complicated and compact technologies you've ever worked on? I get anxiety just watching your videos on them. How anyone designs them in the first place is beyond me. Amazing stuff.
loving the new adventures of repairs you are doing, I still love your console repairs but, seeing you attempt these new things like cameras, laptop and even the graphics card has been such an enjoyable expereince.
I am so jealous of americans. They have access to high quality tools and supplies for relatively cheap. This is one of your best videos imo. Hoping for a part 2.
@@fayelinae I am from Brazil and I want to work with restoration stuff. unrelated -My family migrated from Germany earlu 20th century but I barely know a word of two of your language
@@diegocrusius Aah! I actually have no idea about how far globalization has come to Brazil. You'd probably have to have someone in Europe or the US to order stuff and then ship them to you, right? That sucks :/
I took apart a 650D (T4i) to remove the low pass filter for astrophotography, following a comprehensive guide and that was difficult enough! Kudos for trying to fix something so complicated with such little prior knowledge.
Something I love about your channel is that you don’t put people under the assumption that you’re 100% perfect and show that not all attempts are successful. You don’t know how many ASMR restoration videos I’ve seen that were nothing but success. Great video as usual and I agree for a part 2
Wow that was a very very interesting repair attempt. Amazing how much boards and screws are in a camera. Hopefully you can do a part two where you analyse the board and possibly you will find out why the power from the battery (which i assume is working) is not beiing transfered to the mainboard etc. Have a nice weekend Steve 👍
That was a really interesting teardown. I've never taken apart a camera either, but watching your video makes me want to give it a try. Only thing that could become an issue is no spare camera for parts. What puzzled me was how did that pin end up gone. It's buried inside the camera, so strange it was missing. Great work, though. 👍
A great adventure, worthy of a part 2. I'm surprised there was so much in there as a 5D is supposed to be weathershielded, I'm presuming the cover was not on the lens mount.
Major respect this is such an intensive and daunting job, it reminds me of the first time I opened up my receiver. You open it up and see just a huge amount of components that get more and more complicated as you dig deeper, it can get daunting; Especially when it's something you're not that familiar with. Too bad you couldn't fix it this time, but it seemed pretty much great on the inside so maybe go back and see if you made a mistake somewhere.
Knew that ending was coming, with dread, but you did a hell of a job anyway, and I'm glad you enjoyed the learning. I tore down my relatively cheap $250 camera a while back to fix a lens error (turns out I maybe only needed to grab the lens cylinder while fully assembled and just kind of mandhandle it, oh well), and it was almost a success, but I broke the latch on one of those tiny connectors so the face buttons don't work anymore. Couldn't figure out how to search for the proper replacement part, though I kind of doubt I'd be able to install it anyway.
You ask, so. .... you are amazing as a repair person, when the folks that make the camera will not service it you probably can ascertain that it is a coplicated endeavor which pays nothing and has a low probably of success. Hundreds of screws later you have a complete camera with no extra parts. This is a success in and of itself. I personally love the videos and agree with the rest of the gang you have to do a follow up victory video... thanks for the time, effort and all the jazz you have to go through to make these and post them for our enjoyment bro!
ooo camera repair, I love it... I hope you keep trying with these. And lenses. They're such a black box, NOBODY repairs them, every place just ships to canon/nikon, and you're at their mercy. "3 weeks and $1,100 bucks, OK?"..."I guess it'll have to be."
I don't even own a camera and i thoroughly enjoyed this video. I enjoy watching you do what i can't even imagine attempting. Keep up the awesome work!!!
I was watching a video where the guy pointed out that camera designs have remained mostly unchanged since the film camera era, and the enclosures are simply not the right shape for digital. Thus you get circuit boards at bizarre angles with ribbon cables going everywhere... it's a total mess both to design and repair. Great attempt, Steve! I certainly don't blame you for stopping there. lol
Love the Camera repair! As i repair cameras myself i can say this is super super hard. I do only "small" defects like buttons not working. I hope you will fix it!!!
Hey Steve! Just wanted to say that you've really inspired me to repair tech! I've bought a few switch joycons that are arriving soon and am going to fix them and resell them! Ive learned a lot from your videos and I hope to see more!
Never knew how overwhelmingly complicated cameras are. I would pass out trying to put that back together, so you disassembling then assembling back together is a success on its own. Also would like to see a part 2 like others suggested
I don't know why but the ending was hilarious for me. Whole video leads up to you turning it on and it doesn't video ends immediately. I'm sure working on a camera is a nightmare, but I definitely would want to see a part 2. I personally wouldn't want to take it apart again to just have the same results.
I continue to be impressed by your bravery in attempting repairs like this without official OEM repair training. What was the solvent in your US bath? And although it didn't power on, are you going to have another go? Finally, how many hours did you spend on the strip, clean and re-assemble?
Just want to say I love your videos! You taking things apart and fixing them made me really want to clean my old original PS4. I ended up taking it entirely apart and even replaced the thermal paste and it now runs like new! I also took apart another PS4 slim and again replaced the thermal paste! Now they are both running like new and I can take them apart with ease. Now I want to try and fix my old PS3 and replace the disk drive. I really enjoy the calming nature of your videos and I think fixing things that are broken is such a fulfilling thing! Thanks again!!
Watching you pull out all of those little pieces was anxiety inducing. Glad you were able to get them all back in even if the camera isn't working. Looking forward to a future part 2!
Well done TronicsFix. This is a tough one as you have no spare 'known working' parts you can swap in. Shame it didnt work.. BUT... ive always thought 'nothing' is a good fault. Intermittent can be a bgger. Fails are part of the fun of electronics and just make the successes so much more rewarding. Have a great new year all
Regarding repair places refusing to even look at it, I had a similar experience with my first ever digital SLR, a Nikon D5000. It wasn't even water damaged, it just failed to turn on one day. I contacted Nikon about an out of warranty repairs. They don't do out of warranty repairs. I contacted 5 independent repair places, only one of them got back to me saying they only repair professional grade cameras, not amateur. The other 4 didn't even respond.
Always fun to see you repair stuff. Cameras are whack to repair. I work with computer/phone repairs myself so i know how fiddly some stuff can be. But im not at any level that you are. I rarely do any soldering
Such a shame it didn't turn on, but taking it apart I'm amazed at the amount of manual construction required to make the camera. It would be interesting to know how long it takes them to make each one.
Great vid, really hope that you will make second part! One thing to mention is that matte piece inside the bayonet on the top shouldn't be touched with anything including cotton swabs. It's called focus screen and is very sensitive to any touches. I accidentaly once touched it with a lenspen while cleaning the mirror and now the red focus dot is very dimmed. I asked an actual photo gear repair technitian if the touch could lead to this issue and he confirmed that.
Hey Steve Part 2 Please. Don't give up on that Camera i know you can fix it. Maybe it miss the Perfect amount of Thermalpaste? You can fix it for sure so please Part 2.
is kind of interesting watch u tackle on new repair it very calming and enjoying seeing u do this kind of repair hope u will do a part 2 on this camera i not sure but it feel like it can be repair. Hope u look back at this when u get more knowledge on this kind of camera.👌👍👍✌
Modern DSLRs seem like the most horrible devices to repair. Complicated construction with electronic parts all over the place, sensitive optical sensors, sensitive mirrors and time consuming process of taking it apart and putting it back together again. And having one with water damage seems like the worst scenario in that case. Lots of respect for this attempt and I would watch a part 2 with a lot of interest.
I hope you do a part 2 to this looking into this more! I'm invested and want to see this camera run again!
Probably bga chips need a full reball
If enough people want to see it I'll do it.
@@Tronicsfix i want you to try more!
Me too imagine if it was something easy and he gets a nice camera out of this
@@Tronicsfix I do, please do a part two!
I really hope there will be a part 2 of this camera, disassembling it completely and see if there's something else. It will take a lot of time for sure, but man it would be satisfying to watch it getting taken apart!
Probably not worth the money from the video, but yeah he didn't test the battery or try plugging it in.
We need a part 2 on this one 😎
Test two things: Both SD card slot and battery slot have tiny switches. Without them closed there will be zero reaction - not even MPU will run ( small CPU that runs even when camera is turned off and handles buttons, power, main CPU power on).
If that's only switches and you will get any reaction, there's a chance to diagnose further via onboard debug connector (UART).
Corroded pin was on viewfinder connector. I would be more interested if power board (small pcb under top mono display) is working fine.
I contribute to firmware mod for Canon cameras (Magic Lantern), so I guess i know a thing or two.
Were you involved in the Magic Lantern April Fool's days joke a few years back? I was shooting with a 5DmkII and when that blue screen popped up I had to switch to my backup, a crop sensor of some sort. Was not a happy day.
@@AllanEason No, I worked for the project for the last year. I remember that joke though - as I was using ML on 550d and 5d2 around that time ;)
As a photographer I love these videos with cameras and lenses, so please do more. It's great to see the inner workings :-)
The Canon 5Dmk4 is a weather sealed camera, so I a was stunned to see the amount of dirt and grit inside. Either it fell into dirty water with no lens on, or the original owner wasn't fully honest with you.
Either way, despite your sterling efforts I think one is a lost cause.
Anyone who has ever wondered why dslr cameras are so expensive should watch this video.
Ha, ha, yes, that's true!
Would you say digital cameras are some of the most complicated and compact technologies you've ever worked on? I get anxiety just watching your videos on them. How anyone designs them in the first place is beyond me. Amazing stuff.
loving the new adventures of repairs you are doing, I still love your console repairs but, seeing you attempt these new things like cameras, laptop and even the graphics card has been such an enjoyable expereince.
So glad you're enjoying that.
Maaan I was routing for you so much at the end! Regardless fantastic video Steve, great attempt 😊😊👍👍
We need a part 2! This was very entertaining - it's cool to see you work on something that you're learning about. We learn together!
I am so jealous of americans. They have access to high quality tools and supplies for relatively cheap. This is one of your best videos imo. Hoping for a part 2.
In Germany we do too. Not exactly cheap though. Where are you from?
@@fayelinae I am from Brazil and I want to work with restoration stuff. unrelated -My family migrated from Germany earlu 20th century but I barely know a word of two of your language
@@diegocrusius Aah! I actually have no idea about how far globalization has come to Brazil. You'd probably have to have someone in Europe or the US to order stuff and then ship them to you, right? That sucks :/
@@fayelinae I have friends in america and uk and they'd gladly help. Thanks for the advice have a great weekend
@@diegocrusius aw thanks, you too!
No extra screw!!! You're a magician of your work. Good job.
I was even a little surprised by that ngl
I was exhausted watching you take them screws out ,you need the patience of a saint to even take this on
I took apart a 650D (T4i) to remove the low pass filter for astrophotography, following a comprehensive guide and that was difficult enough! Kudos for trying to fix something so complicated with such little prior knowledge.
Something I love about your channel is that you don’t put people under the assumption that you’re 100% perfect and show that not all attempts are successful. You don’t know how many ASMR restoration videos I’ve seen that were nothing but success. Great video as usual and I agree for a part 2
Even though it's still broke I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for the awesome videos!
Thanks for watching! So glad you enjoyed it anyway
Wow that was a very very interesting repair attempt. Amazing how much boards and screws are in a camera. Hopefully you can do a part two where you analyse the board and possibly you will find out why the power from the battery (which i assume is working) is not beiing transfered to the mainboard etc. Have a nice weekend Steve 👍
There is so much to these things! Just the fact that I got it that far apart and back together again is a major win for me!
Please do a part 2. It’s great to see you diverge away from console based repairs. Your the best bud!
Part 2 is a MUST. Please dive back in.
Yes! This feels like unfinished business...
That was a really interesting teardown. I've never taken apart a camera either, but watching your video makes me want to give it a try. Only thing that could become an issue is no spare camera for parts. What puzzled me was how did that pin end up gone. It's buried inside the camera, so strange it was missing. Great work, though. 👍
Yes, not many spare parts out there for these. That pin was missing because it corroded away.
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A great adventure, worthy of a part 2. I'm surprised there was so much in there as a 5D is supposed to be weathershielded, I'm presuming the cover was not on the lens mount.
The lens body was torn from the mount, allowing the mud and water to enter. I don't think Canon accounted for that!
Awesome love these camera videos. Should be a good one
I was going to post that I don't care for camera repair videos, but I'm glad you enjoy them.
Dang, i never realized how much stuff was on the inside of a dslr!
Me neither, lol!
flex cable hell
Your videos are like therapy. Love your channel logo by the way!
Major respect this is such an intensive and daunting job, it reminds me of the first time I opened up my receiver. You open it up and see just a huge amount of components that get more and more complicated as you dig deeper, it can get daunting; Especially when it's something you're not that familiar with. Too bad you couldn't fix it this time, but it seemed pretty much great on the inside so maybe go back and see if you made a mistake somewhere.
Agreed on the part 2 and the fact that you put these things back together sometimes fascinates me more than the project itself
You are a brave man opening up a DSLR! And thanks for the shout-out!
4:06 "i think what i need to do...is, actually i have no clue what i need to do.' - My biography
Lol!
Knew that ending was coming, with dread, but you did a hell of a job anyway, and I'm glad you enjoyed the learning. I tore down my relatively cheap $250 camera a while back to fix a lens error (turns out I maybe only needed to grab the lens cylinder while fully assembled and just kind of mandhandle it, oh well), and it was almost a success, but I broke the latch on one of those tiny connectors so the face buttons don't work anymore. Couldn't figure out how to search for the proper replacement part, though I kind of doubt I'd be able to install it anyway.
Maybe this is something that a 'perfect amount' of thermal paste can fix? Great job regardless. Looking forward to part 2!
You ask, so. .... you are amazing as a repair person, when the folks that make the camera will not service it you probably can ascertain that it is a coplicated endeavor which pays nothing and has a low probably of success. Hundreds of screws later you have a complete camera with no extra parts. This is a success in and of itself. I personally love the videos and agree with the rest of the gang you have to do a follow up victory video... thanks for the time, effort and all the jazz you have to go through to make these and post them for our enjoyment bro!
Between the lense and camera videos, I'm always surprised at how many components they have and appreciate the engineering that goes into it all
Having the top screen cleaned is already satisfying to watch.
ooo camera repair, I love it... I hope you keep trying with these. And lenses. They're such a black box, NOBODY repairs them, every place just ships to canon/nikon, and you're at their mercy. "3 weeks and $1,100 bucks, OK?"..."I guess it'll have to be."
Yep, I can definitely understand why people just send them off. Honestly though it just makes me want to do it more, lol
A part 2 would be amazing! I love digital cameras and it would be so cool seeing this one turn on after everything it went through :D
I don't even own a camera and i thoroughly enjoyed this video. I enjoy watching you do what i can't even imagine attempting. Keep up the awesome work!!!
I was watching a video where the guy pointed out that camera designs have remained mostly unchanged since the film camera era, and the enclosures are simply not the right shape for digital. Thus you get circuit boards at bizarre angles with ribbon cables going everywhere... it's a total mess both to design and repair. Great attempt, Steve! I certainly don't blame you for stopping there. lol
Love the Camera repair! As i repair cameras myself i can say this is super super hard. I do only "small" defects like buttons not working. I hope you will fix it!!!
On the bright side, now that it is clean you might be able to send it in to get repaired!
Hey Steve! Just wanted to say that you've really inspired me to repair tech! I've bought a few switch joycons that are arriving soon and am going to fix them and resell them! Ive learned a lot from your videos and I hope to see more!
What's amazing to me is the amount of stuff that is crammed in to that camera, props to the engineers 👏
Even though it didn't turn on, you still did an amazing job. Would love to see if you're able to fix it in the future!
and I thought disassembling a laptop was complicated... This was really cool to watch, have never seen an ultrasonic cleaner before 😅
Insane work, dude. The complexity is crazy.
Never knew how overwhelmingly complicated cameras are. I would pass out trying to put that back together, so you disassembling then assembling back together is a success on its own. Also would like to see a part 2 like others suggested
Please do a part 2 of this camera for the sake of humanity *-*
I don't know why but the ending was hilarious for me. Whole video leads up to you turning it on and it doesn't video ends immediately. I'm sure working on a camera is a nightmare, but I definitely would want to see a part 2. I personally wouldn't want to take it apart again to just have the same results.
I love repairing everything for the fun of it. It's like an addiction
I continue to be impressed by your bravery in attempting repairs like this without official OEM repair training.
What was the solvent in your US bath? And although it didn't power on, are you going to have another go? Finally, how many hours did you spend on the strip, clean and re-assemble?
Just want to say I love your videos! You taking things apart and fixing them made me really want to clean my old original PS4. I ended up taking it entirely apart and even replaced the thermal paste and it now runs like new! I also took apart another PS4 slim and again replaced the thermal paste! Now they are both running like new and I can take them apart with ease. Now I want to try and fix my old PS3 and replace the disk drive. I really enjoy the calming nature of your videos and I think fixing things that are broken is such a fulfilling thing! Thanks again!!
Hola TronicsFriday! Another amazing fix Steeve! 🙂
Hey, thanks!
You should open a online class because you have so much knowledge and so much to teach us!
I like the videos where you go outside your comfort zone. It is fun watching you learn.
all those components makes people shiver once they open it!
This camera is worth putting back into working condition, and I would like to see a part 2. I believe in you.
Please do a part 2. I don't want you to give up on that camera. If anyone can figure it out. We all know you can.
4:09 thanks the most honest and epic sentence ever
You have to show us how you keep track of every single screw and every single cable this looks like magic
Man... I really NEED a part 2!!! 😱🔥
Watching you pull out all of those little pieces was anxiety inducing. Glad you were able to get them all back in even if the camera isn't working. Looking forward to a future part 2!
Well done TronicsFix. This is a tough one as you have no spare 'known working' parts you can swap in. Shame it didnt work.. BUT... ive always thought 'nothing' is a good fault. Intermittent can be a bgger. Fails are part of the fun of electronics and just make the successes so much more rewarding. Have a great new year all
What a relief to see a repairs channel without politics and covid waffle.
Regarding repair places refusing to even look at it, I had a similar experience with my first ever digital SLR, a Nikon D5000. It wasn't even water damaged, it just failed to turn on one day. I contacted Nikon about an out of warranty repairs. They don't do out of warranty repairs. I contacted 5 independent repair places, only one of them got back to me saying they only repair professional grade cameras, not amateur. The other 4 didn't even respond.
So complicated and relaxing at the same time for watching it
It's so clean now. Now you can send it to Canon. 😉😉👌👌
You've already done a great job even though it doesn't come back alive; I enjoyed the video !
Thanks for all the great videos Steve! Happy Holidays!
With your ability to fix stuff i thought for sure this would be another win , hope you do a part two !
I dont envy you doing camera repair. It just makes a realise how unnecessary complicated build on camera are still. Either case great on work man.
Don't give up Steve you can do it!
I thought Canon 5d series cameras are all weather - sealed. How did the gravels get in?
The music is perfect on these videos.
Yes needs to be a part 2, want to see you fix it.
Oh man. Even if you aren't able to fix it I were enjoyed very much your attempt. Really good job. It wasn't easy.
You and Vince love a challenge. That's for sure.
I love that you just Deep-Fried three Circuit boards
I hope to see a part 2 of this! Good job on getting deep into and putting it back together 100%. Don’t let it defeat you Steve! 🙌 I believe in you
Always fun to see you repair stuff. Cameras are whack to repair. I work with computer/phone repairs myself so i know how fiddly some stuff can be. But im not at any level that you are. I rarely do any soldering
Such a shame it didn't turn on, but taking it apart I'm amazed at the amount of manual construction required to make the camera. It would be interesting to know how long it takes them to make each one.
Please we need a part 2 for this one
It's nice that you share the good and the bad :)
Great vid, really hope that you will make second part!
One thing to mention is that matte piece inside the bayonet on the top shouldn't be touched with anything including cotton swabs. It's called focus screen and is very sensitive to any touches. I accidentaly once touched it with a lenspen while cleaning the mirror and now the red focus dot is very dimmed. I asked an actual photo gear repair technitian if the touch could lead to this issue and he confirmed that.
I use these cameras at work. Lovely cameras. If it eventually works it's a great buy. Good luck Steve
Love watching you test yourself. I wonder what item you would look at and go “hell no I’m not trying that”
Super chill content. I know very little about electronics but I somehow love watching your stuff !
Keep the good videos coming 🙏
Just putting this all together was already a great success Steve :)
I love watching you try to fix things you have never fixed before! Hope you can find even wackier things in the future to try and fix!
Hey Steve Part 2 Please. Don't give up on that Camera i know you can fix it. Maybe it miss the Perfect amount of Thermalpaste? You can fix it for sure so please Part 2.
is kind of interesting watch u tackle on new repair it very calming and enjoying seeing u do this kind of repair hope u will do a part 2 on this camera i not sure but it feel like it can be repair. Hope u look back at this when u get more knowledge on this kind of camera.👌👍👍✌
oh no.. great job tearing it down, cleaning it and rebuilding it... no screws left over is still a major win !.
Mate that was an epic strip down and rebuild. Love your content
I am subscribing specifically for a part 2 to this video!!
I swear i paused the video and prayed hard for this to work. But it made me sad. I hope it will work in the future brother.
Thank you souch for this video. I truly appreciate it when someone puts in so much effort into a repair.
I would love if you can make a video about rosin dispenser it lets out smoke supposedly the smoke can detect a short on the board
Really enjoyed this, although need a part 2 ASAP I'm invested
I love your videos. Always hurts me when some don't work out.
Modern DSLRs seem like the most horrible devices to repair. Complicated construction with electronic parts all over the place, sensitive optical sensors, sensitive mirrors and time consuming process of taking it apart and putting it back together again. And having one with water damage seems like the worst scenario in that case. Lots of respect for this attempt and I would watch a part 2 with a lot of interest.
What a bummer that it didnt worked but still a nice Video and I love your work! Greetings from Germany🤙
Even though it did not work out in the end it was still such an amazing video to watch and learn from