Canon EOS R5 so-called overheat timer defeated by a single screw in battery door
On Friday, I received a message from the lead developer at Magic Lantern. An interesting theory was being put forward by one of their open source contributors, which he believed could defeat the so-called overheat timer on the Canon EOS R5.
Initially I was skeptical as to whether it would work! Mainly because the initial real-world tests on my own EOS R5 did not reset the timer.
But then, a break-through.
Magic Lantern just became Magic Screw!
Read the full blog post here:
You sir win the internet today. I just tried it on my Canon RP, which like the R5 forgets any changes to the camera's settings (like exposure settings) if you pull the battery in the middle of the recording but will remember the changed settings if you stop a recording normally.
Procedure:
Tape down the door sensor and leave the door open so the battery is accessible
Put a 32GB card in the camera and
Turn the camera on and format the card. It will automatically use FAT
