Question for mirrorless camera: Is there a 'curtain' to cover/protect the sensor when a mirrorless camera has no lens on? The curtain function is to protect the sensor from dust while...

trinhqthuan Loc: gaithersburg

Is there a 'curtain' to cover/protect the sensor when a mirrorless camera has no lens on? The curtain function is to protect the sensor from dust while changing lens (like a DSLR never has its sensor exposed while changing lens).The curtain retreats naturally when lens is on .

lesdmd Loc: Middleton Wi via N.Y.C. & Cleveland

There is no curtain. The sensor will attract dust if left exposed. When changing lenses I hold camera body facing down; and move efficiently. I never leave a lens off for any extended period of time. I am not hesitant to do my own sensor cleaning as necessary.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

No. Take the lens off and you're looking at the sensor.
--Bob

trinhqthuan wrote:

Is there a 'curtain' to cover/protect the sensor when a mirrorless camera has no lens on? The curtain function is to protect the sensor from dust while changing lens (like a DSLR never has its sensor exposed while changing lens).The curtain retreats naturally when lens is on .

Arizona Art Loc: SE Florida

My Canon R5 has a curtain to cover the sensor. I’m pretty sure other Canon mirrorless bodies have a curtain too.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

"With an MILC camera's shutter always open for the use of the EVF (and no mirror in the optical path), there is concern about direct sunlight causing damage to the imaging sensor. Canon helps to avoid this issue with the R-series cameras by closing the shutter (which also helps keep the sensor clean) and by stopping down the lens aperture very tightly when the camera is powered off. When powered off, the R5 stops down the aperture when using RF lenses." ~ Bryan Carnathan, Canon EOS R5 Review, the-digital-picture.com

The EOS R5 will change how you think about mirrorless cameras, how you think about photography, how you think about life.

Iron Sight Loc: Utah

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

trinhqthuan wrote:

Is there a 'curtain' to cover/protect the sensor when a mirrorless camera has no lens on? The curtain function is to protect the sensor from dust while changing lens (like a DSLR never has its sensor exposed while changing lens).The curtain retreats naturally when lens is on .

Really? Wow.
I never knew that!
Which models?

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Longshadow wrote:

Really? Wow.
I never knew that!
Which models?

The EOS R5 will change how you think about mirrorless cameras, how you think about photography, how you think about life. See Bryan Carnathan review quote, above.

(The EOS R6 too.)

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

CHG_CANON wrote:

The EOS R5 will change how you think about mirrorless cameras, how you think about photography, how you think about life. See Bryan Carnathan review quote, above.

(The EOS R6 too.)

Hmmmmm. Seems like Canon is not the only thing trying to sell "mirrorless" if it will change the way we think.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

CHG_CANON wrote:

The EOS R5 will change how you think about mirrorless cameras, how you think about photography, how you think about life. See Bryan Carnathan review quote, above.

(The EOS R6 too.)

Do you get paid for those commercial announcements?

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

If you hear a voice within you say 'I still need a mirror,' then by all means go mirrorless, and that voice will be silenced.

Graham Smith Loc: Cambridgeshire UK

CHG_CANON wrote:

The EOS R5 will change how you think about mirrorless cameras, how you think about photography, how you think about life. See Bryan Carnathan review quote, above.

(The EOS R6 too.)

A person would have to have a very jaundiced, shallow, and narrow view of life if all it takes is a camera with a mirror to change the way he thinks about life.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

CHG_CANON wrote:

If you hear a voice within you say 'I still need a mirror,' then by all means go mirrorless, and that voice will be silenced.

What about all the other voices?

twosummers Loc: Melbourne Australia or Lincolnshire England

Canon EOS R has a screen covering the sensor - so no problem changing lenses

MDI Mainer

Graham Smith wrote:

A person would have to have a very jaundiced, shallow, and narrow view of life if all it takes is a camera with a mirror to change the way he thinks about life.

And likewise if he can't recognize parody!