topic Re: Outrageous Cost of tightening up a Loose Hot Shoe in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R6 Outrageous Cost of tightening up a Loose Hot Shoe

oortcloud9 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:46:46 GMT

Just tried to set up a repair request for this for my Canon R6 and got an estimate of $405. Why is it so expensive?

Re: Outrageous Cost of tightening up a Loose Hot Shoe

p4pictures — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:06:02 GMT

I believe they need to disassemble the camera to reach the screws from the inside.

Re: Outrageous Cost of tightening up a Loose Hot Shoe

Stephen — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:09:00 GMT

Yep.

Re: Outrageous Cost of tightening up a Loose Hot Shoe

deebatman316 — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:25:52 GMT

Not to mention Canon doesn’t know how much work may be required without having the camera in front of them. To see the scale of work that is only an estimate. The price will be adjusted accordingly depending on what needs to be repaired or replaced.

Re: Outrageous Cost of tightening up a Loose Hot Shoe

jiaweihsu — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:19:59 GMT

I thought it had gone up to $500 now, unless you are counting on the 20% CPS Gold Membership discount. I have gone through 3 such repairs on my 5D mk III, R5 and R6. I don't even mount speedlights on the hot shoe any more (using transmitter and improvised bracket with cold shoe)

Re: Outrageous Cost of tightening up a Loose Hot Shoe

shadowsports — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:51:09 GMT

Greetings,

This is a costly repair, but honestly it's one you want Canon to perform. Peeling off the outer skin alone is cringe-worthy. Imagine if you couldn't get it back on. There are YouTube videos on the repair too. The ones where they show the complete repair, but with screws left over are also classic. This repair is best performed by Canon.

Re: Outrageous Cost of tightening up a Loose Hot Shoe

oortcloud9 — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:55:48 GMT

Thank you for all the responses! Do you know if they clean your camera in addition to the repair?

Re: Outrageous Cost of tightening up a Loose Hot Shoe

kvbarkley — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:10:30 GMT

I think they do for all repairs.