EOS R5 Mark II hot shoe cover difficult to remove

[TubaOrNotTuba]

OK, another prime example of product designers and management not using products they designed. Whoever designed the hot shoe cover for the R5MII clearly never bothered to test it nor have they ever actually used it in the real world. This has to be the worst possible design of any hot shoe cover I have ever seen on any camera I have ever used. This, the words I wanted to use to describe it would probably get me banned From the Canon community forums for life so I will just use the word cover, is a piece of junk. It will be going in the trashcan and never used again. Given Canon uses the same hot shoe on the R6 and other Mirlis cameras which do not ship with this garbage, I see no reason why this has to be this way.

Note to Canon, fire any product designer or member of management who doesn’t use the camera cameras that they designed and approved. There’s no way this cover passes approval of Canon‘s CEO, but it’s also clear Canon‘s CEO didn’t bother to try it.

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Are you unhappy with the removal process?  Its actually easier than you might think.

Canon : Product Manual : EOS R5 Mark II : Multi-Function Shoe

[FloridaDrafter]

Rick, I found it easier to press the button with one thumb and push from the lens side with my other thumb. It slides right off 😁 It's better than our R6 II. That thing slides off while putting it in a camera bag if you aren't careful, LOL!

Newton

 

[TubaOrNotTuba]

That’s what I have to do which means you’re not holding onto the camera with your hand when you’re removing it. For a body that cost over US$4000 I don’t really want to be holding the camera between my knees when I need to remove it. It also further means I have to figure out some way to deal with it when I’m in the field And don’t necessarily have someplace to sit easily or to put the camera down in order to use two hands. The second time I removed it was the last time I will ever remove it because it serves no legitimate purpose that inexpensive silicon inserts don’t do just as well.

[TubaOrNotTuba]

No way. I tried that diagram and fought with it for 10 minutes, the only way that you can quickly get it off is to turn the camera around and use two hands while you hold onto the camera with your legs and knees. There’s just zero reason, literally 0.0 reason For Canon to have done this. Cameras have had hot shoes for decades upon decades and I have had many covers and protectors for them, I’ve never once damaged one, and I’ve never had to fight with one until this one. Honestly, I have two 6D MIIs that have never had any protector whatsoever and I’ve had them since just after they were released and have probably shot 100,000 photos each, if Canon’s latest our series are so fragile that they require this terribly designed cover than my original statement stands, Canon should fire anyone involved in this process and hired new people.

[kinghernandezc]

In my case, it’s easy,  it comes off even without pressing the eject button. I simply face the front of the camera towards me then push the cover towards the EVF with a thumb.