5D III light leak

[paulferesten]

<p>Is anyone planning to have Canon inspect their 5DIII for the light leak issue? Not clear to me whether this is worth sending the camera in for.<br>

Is this really a non issue?</p>

[alan_bryant1]

<p>I tested my camera. The leak is real; in complete darkness the light meter was reading EV -3.7; when I turn on the LCD light it goes up to -3.0.</p>

<p>The meter is only rated to work down to EV 1, so technically I think it's within spec. EV -3 is around moonlight, or very dark interior, like a room lit by a few candles. Light meters and autofocus are not dependable in that kind of light, so realistically you'll be focusing and metering manually anyway.</p>

<p>I'm not planning on getting mine fixed.</p>

[dan_south]

There's nothing wrong with my 5DIII.

[peter_j2]

<p>Unconfirmed information that Canon has stopped shipment of the Canon EOS 5D Mark III in Canada and the UK.</p>

<p>http://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/Default.aspx?Cat=Canon-Service-Notices</p>

<p>Here's a video:</p>

<p>http://player.vimeo.com/video/39982919?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff</p>

[danmarchant]

<p>Too busy using my camera to take photos. I have no intention of photographing the inside of my lens cap so it is not an issue.</p>

 

[keith reeder]

<p>The exact same "issue" exists in the 5D Mk II (and probably others) too, if you care to test - and you can tell from how little we've seen in the way of complaints about it in the Mk II, just how trivial it is.</p>

[alan_bryant1]

<p>I wondered if previous cameras had the issue. I tested my 5D mk I and 30D, and neither of them did it.</p>

[alan_bryant1]

<p>Roger at lensrentals.com now has access to pre- and post-fix 5D mark 3s, and has partially disassembled them to find the fix. It's very simple: A strip of opaque black tape.</p>

<p>http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/05/the-fix-is-in</p>

[Marcus Ian]

<p>LOL I love it. Somebody's got egg on their face over that one...</p>

 

[peter_j2]

<p>That is too funny. It gives "Made in Japan" a new meaning in 2012!</p>

[keith reeder]

<blockquote>

<p>LOL I love it. Somebody's got egg on their face over that one...</p>

</blockquote>

<p>Really, <em>no</em> - as I say, the 5D Mk II is exactly the same, and <em>it just doesn't matter.</em> </p>

 

[pmind]

<p>Maybe it's not the same problem, but the old A-1 has a switch to turn off the internal display so it would not confuse the meter, I imagine other cameras do too.</p>

[stevejw]

<p>I'm having a little trouble finding info on whether metering is affected in manual mode in a normal low light situation.</p>

<p>Say for example I'm shooting a low light cityscape in manual mode and I have the top LCD lit, will that affect metering and therefore produce an underexposed image if I go by what the meter is telling me?</p>

<p>My guess is that it would since the shutter speed is being told what to do via the light meter in Aperture Priority mode.<br>

Obviously you would have to either turn the LCD light off or adjust your shutter speed accordingly.</p>

<p>I don't really understand how this can be dismissed as a non issue if this is the case.</p>