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R10 cheap battery door.

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RDM5546
RDM5546 Senior Member • Posts: 3,654
Re: R10 cheap battery door.

Photato wrote:

Is it me or the R10 battery door feels really cheap, like it could break at any moment ?
Or perhaps it feels poor quality simply because is not spring loaded, or mine have that spring missing ?
In my 15 years owning different digital cameras, this has to be the lowest quality battery door I've had.

What will happen when it finally breaks ?
The lousy switch looks like a point of failure.

The issue is, this camera won't turn on without the door shut, even when the battery is properly inserted.
Does Canon sells it as a part and can it be replaced by users ?
Can the door sensor be hacked to let the camera turn on without the door on?

I ask because I'm surprised this doesn't get mentioned, this is perhaps my only R10 disappointment.

I don't know about the R10 but I bought a spare battery door from China for the R5 on Ebay for $30.  You must take this door off when using the optional camera grip and I was concerned that the camera would be out of business when taking the grip on and off if I lost the original door.   I do not know if it will fit on the R10 not.  I have not tried the door on my R7.

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