ouch thats painful... im gunna do some shooting in a club with scanners.. do i run the risk of the same thing happening to me?

No tiene arreglo?

Ouille!!!! thanks for sharing that; u should post it to cinema 5D.com

My condolences on your loss. Does Canon repair this for free?

thanks for posting this - we used your video to write up a warning post: blog.planet5d.com/svi

Qué lastima! Suerte con los de Canon!

tb puse el video en mundo5d.com.ar, sos mas famoso jeje

So, if it ruins the sensor, what will it do to your eyes?

Man thats a bummer!!

Thnx for posting this Agua, cause i have filmed a couple times in a club and havent (yet) burned my sensor, it seems that i have been very lucky !!

i hope canon will repair your camera for free.

Hay que conocer esto... así que también a timelapses.tv,
y lo siento de veras...

timelapses.tv/foro/5d-mark-ii/como-cargarte-la-5d-en-un-segundo-grabando-video/

I want to know what Canon has to say, will they change the sensor?

Suerte con Canon Agua, casualmente tengo un Show de laser pronto, con este video creo que no me voy a correr el chance. By the way excelente video del Gay Parade en Madrid!

:(

we send our condolences.

Vaya... no sabía eso.

Tako ti i treba kad snimaš GAY paradu

To odma' Bog kažnjava. Sam si čačkao mečku i zato ko te beje.

Which lens respectivally focal length did you use? It doesn't look like a long lens so I guess this laser can also damage the retina!
I would say this laser (or at least how they used it) is illegal and Google could be happy if they just have to pay your damage...

It even makes a sound ..

Posted at Magma: Magma-Productions.com

magma-productions.com/index.php/2010/07/21/un-laser-puede-danar-el-sensor-de-tu-camara/

ouch!!

it's like the old days of tube camera where you had to watch sunlight and bright objects. good to know. thanks for posting.

oh, que mal, quien iba a pensar que solo al exponerla se iba a dañar así, ojala te solucionen

Whoa man, that hurt...

Good! Death to the 5D! Im gonna go buy a laser

sheeeiiit.....

uffff lo siento, cuidare mi cámara, gracias por compartir.

Hello! Definitely very unlucky, and we are very sorry for that. Just to tell you that we published your video on our blog (erassociados.com/blog/) which is linked to this website (erassociados.com), both about photography. It's sad indeed but it's actually also a good example of what can happen with a camera while facing a laser light. Good to alert our Brazilian and Portuguese speakers photographers and movie makers who read us. Thanks a lot for sharing it and any news you may e-mail us to guilherme@evertonrosa.com. Thank you very much. Regards from Southern Brazil.

suerte con la garantía
acabo de aprender una buena lección y no creo que saque mi cámara si veo un láser cerca

man, that sucks!

Is there a filter like a UV filter or an ND Filter that can minimize these effects?

maybe this can even cause serious damage to eyes..

sucks! hope you can get your camera fixed. Google bus *shakes fist*

wow... makes you wonder what this does to people's eyes when it points at the right angle...

¿Supongo que se te quedó la línea marcada, no?

Una putada muy grande :(

Why did you post this before getting a response from Canon? You should have waited and told them it was a spontaneous malfunction and demand a replacement. Now they know the cause, their decision could go either way.

I highly suspect the laser was used in an illegal way, there are (EU?) laws that govern the use of lasers, and it looks like that this laser falls into a class that has to be operated by a trained person as it is also very dangerous to the eyes.

Philipp
(I once burned a pink streak on the sensor of my Coolpix 4500 when doing a time-lapse sequence and the sun came out behind the clouds)

Did you buy the camera with a credit card? See if you have any protections regarding damage.

The right thing is for Google to step up and get you another camera. That laser was obnoxiously ridiculous.

Or for Canon to replace the sensor. Their product should be made to withstand lasers and the sun, to a point.

Not only did that hurt to see, the company should be investigated. Whoever was in charge of the light display has very likely permenantly damaged the retina of several people in the crowd. The company should be charged. I can see a guy messing with the laser on the stand. Light shows are designed so they do not directly affect the eyes. The fact that it damaged your sensor is proof that they were misusing the equipment and should suffer the consequences.

I really can not understand that the only reaction to this damage is to warn about that. Like Philipp above said there are laws which regulate the usage of this thing and it looks like this laser was not used in a proper way and/or is not allowed at this environment. For me a case of damage to property. In case of damage human eyes it is bodily injury. I would make a report.

2500$ NO MORE..........now you have the reason to buy 5DMK3 ..........

That's why there shouldn't be no Gay Pride parade or other Gay things like that :)

Diablos, que rabia, espero que la reparaciôn la puedas hacer pasar en garantîa; Suerte.

One of my fellow Danes have just experienced a very similar laser light that made a similar streak in his sensor, I've invited him here to share his story and maybe Canon's response. It's on youtube, search for user TheisPhotography "Laser light Kills Canon 5D Mark II"

Thanks for the warning, I'll be sure to pack my camera away if I see any laser shows. When you think about it, it's kinda obvious in a way, a laser is a very concentrated light and the lens only intensifies this alread intense light, probably into something mildly lethal, I'm going to check my manual thoroughly to see if they warn about stuff like this, that may spell bad news for (free) replacement. You must be able to get a new sensor for a price though, I couldn't imagine they'd be willing to just toss such a great camera.

Oye por favor postea si los de canon te dan alguna respuesta.
Lamento mucho lo que te ha sucedido.... Por otro lado, vi el video completo y me gusto mucho. Podés colgarlo acá:
lab.colorsmagazine.com/

Bueno, tu video anda circulando ya por todos los foros fotogràficos, yo voy a encargarme de que pasen en los francéses.

Igual y en español ya todos lo vieron, y ahora es arma de doble filo.

Por que dificilmente podrâs llegar con los de Canon españa y decirles que es un defecto de fabricaciôn que aparecio como por encanto :P por que seguro que ellos también ya vieron el video :(

Pero, también podrâs usarlo para presionarlos, ya que si no te reparan esto gratuitamente y ràpidamente, les diràs que la publicidad que les espera de tu parte va a ser muy negativa, por que todos estamos esperando el desenlace de la historia, desenlace que aparecerà en todos los foros que han publicado tu video.

El sensor al fin de cuentas cuesta unos 500€ creo yo, un amigo hizo cambiar su sensor de una D700 y eso le costô, cierto es otra marca, pero también es "full frame"

Pero bueno, tu presionalos con argumentos de vendedor de autos, no cedas pero ni de un centîmetro, aprendete de memoria el manual de tu 5D, y si en ningûn lugar advierten del laser, estàn fritos, ya después haràn un comunicado para evitar de pagar los sensores de los que se fastidien en el futuro, pero por el momento, el tuyo te lo cambian gratis, o todo el planeta se entera de la malisima atenciôn post-venta que tiene la marca.

En cambio, si te lo cambian gratuitamente, todos sabràn que tener una Canon, es tener la certitud de una marca que sabe dar un servicio "post-venta" (no se como le llamen en españa) y que siempre podrà resolver tus problemas.

Suerte en todo y esperamos el desenlace.

Hey I can see that I am not the only one :)

It's my video your are linking to :)

I got my camera fixed within the warranty. I just send it into Canon stating that something must clearly be wrong with it.

I did not write how it had happened just that I suddenly had a line on everything. I got the camera back 2 days later with a new sensor.

//theis

It would appear that Theis who had a similar problem did not tell Canon or the shop where he bought the camera about how the damage happened, it was repaired/replaced under warranty.

I've scanned though the 5D instructions manual and haven't found any warnings about lasers, only that you can damage your eye if you look through the viewfinder at the sun, so Canon shouldn't be able to claim it was used in a wrong way even if you tell them how it happened, IANAL but they might be able to sue the lasershow if they used unsafe lasers.

ouch, good luck with the repair!

Ouch! la primera vez que veo un video asi.
Una lastima tener que preocuparse por eso y no poder captar momentos tan interesantes como los de una noche movida jeje.

Saludos!

A mí me apareció una linea exactamente igual a esa en mi 40d, pero sin laser, y de un momento a otro, hubo que cambiar el sensor. Si está en garantía seguramente te la reparen, pero como bien dice Thorbjørn, no menciones nada de como sucedió, por las dudas...
Suerte!

You can see a man up on the bus manually moving the laser. He should probably be found responsible for this, scanning a high power laser through a crowd like this is incredibly dangerous.

As you can see from the video, it only takes a flash for the camera sensor to be permanently damaged. Any laser in that power range is going to be capable of causing permanent, crippling blindness instantaneously.

Sorry news about your camera, but be thankful you made it away with your sight.

Hey there!
I came over here from Jem Scofield from the C47... and this is somthing i dont want to happen to my 7D. I think lasers have usually something like a maximum strength, because at some point peoples eyes get hurt. And i have acutally never heard of something happening to a camera when the laser is used correctly... so i think that the laser in that video is kind of overpowered or something... not a good idea...
I will have a event shoot on the 6th of august.. and it may envolve lasers.... i better watch out...

Ooooouuuch I felt that

Algo curioso, cuando vuelve a pasar el laser no lo quema nuevamente. Vi otro video con el mismo problema y solo lo quemo cuando paso por primera vez.

Now very paranoid about my 7D! Have you heard anything from Canon?