I'm really impressed.. - Thoughts on Cooling Fan CF-R20EP

[JFG]

Hello everyone,

It was really worth the wait!  I ordered the Canon Cooling Fan CF-R20EP for my R5 MkII on July 25th and I finally received it on November 22nd 2004.  When I got it the first thing I did was to open the box and check it out to make sure it was intact and as always, Canon did a superb job in packaging and the CF-R20EP box within was intact with out blemishes.  So, yesterday I decided to install the CF-R20EP on my R5 MkII to test it out.  The first thing I noticed was how light it is.  I then proceeded to take the R5 MKII's battery compartment cover off,  and while doing so  I was thinking where to put it so that it wouldn't get lost.  After taking the battery compartment cover off I looked at the CF-R20EP manual and read that all I had to do was to attach the camera 's battery compartment cover to  the compartment cover holder on the  CF-R20EP, which is located on the part of the grip that inserts into the camera; nice job Canon.  I was also impressed by how easy it was to take the battery cover off from the camera and insert it into the cover holder on the CF-R20EP, not to mention how perfectly it fits within.  With the CF-R20EP attached to the camera, I then tried it out with the fan on and it was so quiet that I couldn't hear the fan but could easily feel the air coming out of the camera vents. As a matter of fact I could only slightly hear the fan when I put the grip right to my ear, impressive!  So now I have a grip for my camera which holds two batteries that allows me to shoot twice as long with it.  Not to mention, a cooling fan that I can turn on and use in very hot climate to keep my camera's circuitry cool..  HOOORAAAH!

Great job Canon! 👏👍👌

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Canon have been doing this clever trick with building the battery grips with somewhere to store the camera battery door since the first Canon DSLRs I had, EOS D30 back in 2000. It's amazing how many people never realise that it's there.

[JFG]

Hi Brian,

This being my first Canon grip, I didn't know about the little compartment in the grip to store the camera battery door.  However, I make it a habbit to always read or at least glance the product manuals, so I caught it.  😀

I agree with you: " It's amazing how many people never realise that it's there."  That's because they don't take the time to read/look at the manuals.  As they say, " ignorance is bliss " 😁     I myself want to get the most that's offered in any product.  The fact that Canon is so thoughtful in the design to include a compartment to store the little battery door in its camera grips is outstanding, simply brilliant 👏   Canon's technology, attention to detail along with their thoughtfulness to the needs of the end users is what makes Canon stand out among the rest.  

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You won't believe how many people remove the battery door from the camera, put it "somewhere safe" and then end up buying a spare battery door some years later when they come to sell the camera or try to use it without a grip to save weight. Without the battery door the cameras don't power on. 

[JFG]

I can imagine that canon sells a lot of camera battery compartment doors for all models ! I guess It's the I know it all factor or the I can figure this on my own attitude that keep people from reading the product manual and from learning that this great feature is there.  Although the written manual comes in slightly small print, it does give clear instructions with pictures showing the feature and how to use it.  Also if you view the manual on your laptop or cell phone you can enlarge it so that it becomes very easy to read.  For some reason people just don't like to read manuals.  The sad part is that since they don't know that it exists, they won't ask about it or some may even come to this website suggesting that canon add the feature!  😆

[JFG]

Hi Brian,

I had one last thought, which is  that, I hope that those that read this post and didn't know about the battery door storage compartments built in to the Canon grips will now know about it.  Also, the fact that one can learn a lot from reading product manuals and should at least browse through them.  Just my thoughts.  🙂