Canon issues allergy warning for EOS 650D/Rebel T4i

Good and bad publicity at the same time. Still, kudos to Canon for admitting this production mistake. Hopefully future batches will have non-allergy-causing grips.

It is remarkable how many people have to express their views on a post or issue without actually bothering to fully read up on the post or issue. Gotta love DPReview sometimes.

Dumb company with poor quality control !

So what should those affected do ?
Return the camera or send it in servicing ?

Who knew the zombie apocolypse was the cause of a camera grip? LOL! Just kidding!

The problem is the greed of big companies that cut costs, by using bad material, to make more money. It is incomprehensible that a company like Canon put defective, or in this case, dangerous products on the market. Perhaps they transferred people from quality control to costs control. I am a Canon customer for years but I think is inadmissible the use of bad materials in such products, to save a few cents. And it is true that these problems are happening more and more, because the millions in profits are not enough…
"wash your hands with water if they have come in contact with the rubber grip"...it seems that to grab a camera is like playing with poisonous substances. whatch out ! wash your hands.

It turns into a white Pentax???

I may have missed it in these fascinating comments but not one word concerning the people who handle this material during assembly. A footnote for the Canon vs. Nikon fanclub. I bought a Nikon OEM electric cable release (MC-30) and the directions say it contains lead and the user should wash their hands after handling the cable.

Look at the bright side. We no longer put our fingers in selenium toner or Pyrogallol or formalin hardener. I doubt most pros even know what these things are.

Burlap pattern on skin? Hehe...

I ordered some cheap camera handgrips overseas and got the California Prop 65 this has materials that can cause cancer warning (common on many overseas leather goods). Puts this whole allergy thing into perspective.

Anyhow I don't think the Canon allergy warning is a big deal and just shows how proactive and quick Canon has been in providing service and remedies again. IMO they hold the lead in QC/QA and will in the future as they move towards robotics. They are so damn quick to identify SN ranges for issues as well as to pinpoint issues from the source in manufacturing, etc. People think this is no big deal, but there are other manufacturers with faults that are still in the denial stage, and still wouldn't be able to identify and confirm commonly reproducible faults. They've fixed the light leak, S100 lens issue, upgraded the 7D, and now this. There are other companies that would rather stall you with poor phone support on your issues.

Yet another reason to never be a first adopter. Anyone wanna buy my old first gen. Toshiba dvd player. Won't play burned dvd's or even many newer releases and it only cost me 800 bucks when I bought it. LOL

I¨m allergic to all Canon products...

There is also a problem with Nikon.
I purchased my first camera.. a Nikon D7000 and when i put my eye to the viewfinder and click the shutter, i experience a horrible allergy attack affecting my eyes.
When i came home and loaded the image into my computer I noticed that the compositions were horrible ! There were lamposts eminating from my subject's head... horizons were centraly located vertically along the frame ... running subjects were placed along the wrong end of the frame ... geometic lines were mergining together .. landscapes were blurry ... studio shots were lit unevenly ... too much dead space in the frame .... distracting objects in the backgrounds, and too much noise and artifacts.
I tried to take some antihistimines before going out for a shoot but my results are always the same.. I fear there is some chemical in that rubber eyepiece or the shutter release button which is causing my eye difficulty. Do you think I should contact Nikon about this ?

O the wonders of zinc oxide: http://youtu.be/oAJ4XVmI4dc

This is not the first product or manufacturer to have this issue. I've seen Bausch & Lomb high end binoculars do the same thing. Unlike Canon however, they remained quiet about it.

'May' or 'may not' have an allergic reaction. If you get a reaction then have Canon change the grip otherwise people are just worrying for nothing.

...but it's soooooo safe to manufacture cheaply in countries where no care is taken with chemical and other pollution...
...no wonder it's cheap...
oh yeah, sure: it's nothing to worry about. Enjoy genetic diversity, idiots!

'thoroughly wash your hands with water if they have come in contact with the rubber grip'.

Oh thats ok, i always hold my camera with the command dial gripped between my teeth!

regardless of what sort of fanboy you might be, what the hell is going on with camera manufacturing this year? Fuji release a camera that cant handle highlights, nikon release a camera that cant focus! and canon release one that falls apart requiring tape or gives you rashes! wtf!

There are some seriously sad, paranoid and xenophobic people here (the comments about Canon using "Chinese" parts are especially stupid and offensive).

I wouldn't touch this camera with a bargepole because of the sensor. A chemical reaction in the handgrip producing zinc, bis? Who cares! There are probably idiots out their taking that for their health!

Really, you cannot make anything any more, the world has gone mad.

Do not want :P
Well you could pick it up from the flash... Maybe that's why Pentax makes that new overgrown flash housing on the K-30

Here at the North Pole everyone wears gloves anyway, including Santa...

Something that doenst really surprise me. Some store clerk told me on the quiet that the Rebel T3i's plastic wraping around the handwrips comes off on every demo unit he puts out. It pretty much simulates years of touching and greasy sweaty fingers within a couple of weeks.

Canon probably found some chinese supplier who offers those allready cheap plastic grips for even less, the ramifications are obvious.

It's also obvious that Canon does not bother with quality insurance past a certain point, but I'd say they are in good company in that regard. I'm looking at you Fuji and Tamron.

The grip must be definitely made of dog poo as it is the only thing I know that eventually turns from black to white over a period of time. Considering that Canon also advises owners of this camera to 'thoroughly wash your hands with water if you come in contact with the rubber grip' is even more indicative that this is the case!

Ahhhhh love it!!!!

Go Canon.

That's a lot of words to say "we used cheap stuff from China, it's a serious problem, may even irritate your skin, and we're trying to place blame in convoluted story about chemical reactions rather than admit any fault."

There must be a good number of people who never register their cameras (or anything) so they may never know about the recall. Not everyone frequents camera sites. Those affected will surely be in for a nasty surprise.