Comment on the forum A Chinese user/engineer disassembled the Canon EOS R5 with the aim of studying overheating. The hardware is laid out in such a way to trap heat around the CPU.
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Comment on the forum The Canon EOS R5 must be recalled now as this is so far from acceptable. It appears that only 1-2 hours into a stills shoot you can toss aside the Canon overheating test data in the real-world. In an update to the test at DPReview, Richard Butler found this out the hard way as he describes below. The real story is not the continuous recording cut…
Back in April, Canon announced the video specs of the EOS R5 with much hubris. The camera was indeed intended to shoot reliably in 8K and 4K alongside Cinema EOS cameras… According to Canon themselves.
Comment on the forum DPReview has released their Canon EOS R5 and R6 test of overheating, using the final production models. Technical editor Richard Butler remarks “Lack of dependability makes them a poor choice for much professional video work”.
Comment on the forum The Canon EOS R5 is a faulty product. If you are order an EOS R5, please consult the field tests and data below to determine how it performs in the real world.
Comment on the forum Profits at Canon’s camera division were down 93.8% year on year in Q2 2020 in part due to COVID-19. The 3 months ending June saw lockdowns and a global pandemic take hold across the world. The loss of life and livelihood is the important and most sad aspect of 2020, indeed the saddest time in my lifetime. My heart goes out to anyone who is mourning…
Comment on the forum Is the lemon a goner?! As a journalist and filmmaker I like to find out the stories behind the scenes, and when it comes to a big camera launch like the Canon EOS R5, it is interesting to get an idea of how popular it is by speaking to retailers, how many pre-orders there are and how many units are in the first shipments. I have…
https://twitter.com/GeraldUndone/status/1287197307398692864 Comment on the forum This light usage in summer weather by Gerald Undone (one of the very few to properly test the camera, including Canon themselves?) further demonstrates the seriousness of the EOS R5’s overheating defect and could be grounds for a product recall.