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EOS R5 Mark II —> Cold weather issues ??

salsultimate
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I was shooting with my R5m2 (with RF100-500mm lens) this afternoon around dusk, and I experienced some odd behavior.

The camera routinely shut off after a few seconds—totally blank and unresponsive. Sometimes, it would automatically come back on after 5-15 seconds. Other times, it wouldn’t and I had to turn it off and back on to get it functional…and then it would flip off again after a short while.

The temp was about 25 degrees (F), so I’m wondering if it might be a temperature-based issue.

I was using a battery grip with fully charged batteries.

Any insights to share would be much appreciated!

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stevet1
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salsultimate,

Did you take it back inside and let it warm up and test it again?

Steve Thomas

I didn’t do that while in the field, but, after I got home and downloaded pictures from the day, I experimented with the body a bit, and it appeared to be working fine.

salsultimate,

I wondered in my own mind, if the cold affected the battery grip.

Steve Thomas

I just realized I removed the Teleconverter I had on while I was out in the chilly weather. I wonder if that kind of exposure to the body (without a lens attached for ~10 seconds) might cause that behavior?

That should not create a problem.  IF your battery was low on charge, realize that battery activity is reduced in cold weather and mirrorless bodies are a bit of a power hog so your camera may have been objecting to a drop in battery voltage.  If the battery was at half charge or better, this shouldn't be the cause.

If that body is excessively temperature sensitive (component, connector, board trace) then that problem will manifest through cold soak anyway when in very cold ambient conditions.  I would try to get this issue to repeat while it is still well within warranty and video it while glitching so that there is no question when you go through repair.

Your camera should be able to operate in temperature that is far colder than what is comfortable for you with the only expected issues being reduced battery life while operating in the cold.  IF you take the camera from an extremely cold environment and then bring it into a warmer humid environment, then it is possible to briefly have a malfunction from moisture collecting and freezing on parts (like the mechanical shutter) but this is only happens under the most extreme conditions.

I have used Canon DSLR cameras for years in some pretty ugly conditions, one game I shot two years ago was 3F degrees actual temperature by the end of the event and I had a third body in my camera bag with a wide angle lens just for post game shots.  That camera was turned off for the entire game so it would have been close to ambient temperature but it had no objections to waking up and working perfectly after the final whistle to end the event.

Rodger

EOS 1DX M3, 1DX M2, 1DX, 5DS R, M6 Mark II, 1D M2, EOS 650 (film), many lenses, XF400 video
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