Canon recalls certain Canon EOS R10 camera bodies

[Canon Rumors]

Canon has recalled certain Canon EOS R10 and Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L products. Affected products are eligible for a free repair. The EOS R10 mirrorless camera has been found to exhibit the following symptoms In a small part of this product, a loud abnormal noise (click” sound) is emitted when the built-in flash is emitted.

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[Chaitanya]

Canon has been quite generous with recall period.

 

[entoman]

Interesting that they describe the sound as a "click" - which implies a mechanical issue. Yet they say it occurs when the flash is "emitted", so it can't be caused by the action of the flash popping up.

Flash units sometimes emit a "crack" noise when operating at full power, so I wonder if the problem (er, I mean *phenomenon") indicates that the flash is always firing at full power (indicating a fault with the E-TTL flash metering).

 

[Deepboy]

Mine has a serial in the range that could be affected, and I already started swearing (tbh I have never tested if the flash is even working ), but lucky for me when checking the entire serial number, the response from the Canon website is "Your camera is NOT an affected product"

 

[AlanF]

Canon has been quite generous with recall period.

The camera was released in July 2022 so it's well within the most minimal of period warranties of 1 year. If it's a manufacturing fault, then in the EU, the manufacturer is responsible for 6 years. It's their legal obligation everywhere to fix it.