Comments on: [News] It’s Official: Canon 5DMkIII’s Backlight Affects Exposure

By: MarkFore

MarkFore — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:07:00 +0000

This doesn’t seem to be much of an issue for me considering I look through my viewfinder while shooting. I think if you did the same test on a few other cameras you would find that your viewfinder does effect the exposure. That’s why high end cameras come with a blocker that you can flip up blocking light from the shooter side.

By: Dake Liu

Dake Liu — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:07:00 +0000

You alone live in a tax-free world

By: Philip Aarseth

Philip Aarseth — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:04:00 +0000

My 5D mark III has no light leakage.

By: ajmills

ajmills — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:58:00 +0000

Yes, it seems they have forgotten the reports of the D800 locking up. At least this “fault” doesn’t stop you actually using the camera.

Cameras these day aren’t like they used to be with film cameras 15+ years ago – they are incredibly complicated machines with thousands of components and hundreds of thousands (of not, millions) of lines of code in the software. It’s amazing they work at all, let alone as well as they do.

I can forgive a few “niggles” (easy for me to say as I’ve not bought one), and it’s why I wait a while before I would get a new camera these days. It’s the same with major software updates – it’s often worth waiting until the x.0 release has been updated with the x.1 release.

By: ValentinoAntonio

ValentinoAntonio — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:10:00 +0000

. . . . with either the lens cap on or the body cap on, concerning this situation you post from youtube and the original light leak video. I usually don’t take photos with lens cap on or without a lens and never in a pitch balck room.

anyhoot, that’s what I understand from all this.

By: Mike_Kelley

Mike_Kelley — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:25:00 +0000

Except nobody dies when light leaks in a $3,500 camera.

By: Joe Horvath

Joe Horvath — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:11:00 +0000

To be clear, this affects the internal meter reading, but does not contribute to the exposure. Incorrect exposures are the result of the incorrect meter reading, not light from the led falling on the sensor. Images will be under exposed, not over exposed. Correct?

By: mikael johansen

mikael johansen — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:18:00 +0000

A camera with light leakage is like a boat with holes in its hull

By: Rex

Rex — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:20:00 +0000

Jerry spends $500 more than everyone else for a camera, does he also pay more for his luxury sports car ?
Blame Canon.

By: Jerry Jackson

Jerry Jackson — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:07:00 +0000

Yes… I want to spend $4,000 on a great new camera body with light leaks. :( Come on, Canon. If I buy a luxury sports car and it has a leaking sunroof then I’m going to be angry no matter how good the interior and engine are. When a customer (particularly a customer who uses the camera for business) drops major cash on a camera like this it should NEVER have a problem like light leaks.