Canon EOS R50V Teardown and Disassembly

Kolari Vision, famous for their infrared conversion service has down a teardown of the Canon EOS R50 V, and found it to be just about the easiest camera that they’ve taken apart. This is nice to see and could help keep the EOS R50 V an affordable camera to maintain should something go wrong.

Canon EOS R50 V

Offering a compact interchangeable lens option for creators and vloggers, the Canon EOS R50 V Mirrorless Camera adds UHD 4K60p recording, a vertical tripod mount, and other video-friendly features from the Cinema EOS line to a sleek, brick-like body redesigned to elevate video content production.

In addition to the vertical orientation mounting point, the redesigned body sports a front record button to speed up and simplify the production process. Cropped UHD 4K video recording at 60 fps is now available, along with Slow and Fast modes for creative control of the video frame rate and playback speed. Dual Pixel CMOS AF II tracking now includes subject recognition algorithms introduced in the R5 Mark II, including Register People Priority and auto, people, animal, and vehicle detection.

Advanced video features from the Cinema EOS line, including Canon Log 3, HLG, PQ, 709 Recording, False Color, and Zebras. Automatic Exposure and Scene modes and Movie presets such as Close-up Demo, Smooth Skin, and Movie IS, as well as color filters. The multi-function accessory shoe supports LPCM 24-bit, four-channel audio recording with an external microphone, and is compatible with external flash units when shooting stills.

Four different built-in live streaming modes—UVC via USB connection, Live Switcher mobile streaming for multi-camera setups, HDMI streaming, and Camera Connect streaming via the app—help maximize live audience reach

The Tear Down

Kolari generally starts with removing the baseplate from the camera they are breaking down, but in this case, there isn’t one. The front and back of the camera are sandwhiched together.

There are only a few screws on the outside of the camera that have to be removed before it can be opened, and then it’s just a single ribbon cable to remove to get the cacmera in two halves.

The next step was to flip the camera over and remove the bracket frame, which you can see above.

Once that is done, it’s time to remove the PCB, which looks to be the most difficult part, as it has 10 ribbon cables attaching it to the camera functions.

One the circuit board is out they could move onto the camera sensor bracket, which is held in by one screw. Though, they do not previous screws that were removed likely secured the sensor bracket more securely.

It looks like Canon has done an efficient job of putting the EOS R50 V together, and that’s nice to see.

Be sure to check out the whole teardown at Kolari Vision.

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