CANON Legria HF R806 Camcorder with NO IMAGE/Black Screen | Can I FIX It? | eBay Repair

[@pablochacon3382]

It controls the amount of light that goes to the CMOS sensor. Clean the shades with alcohol, they get oiled with the time, put them back and it will fix the problem

[@dashreeltv]

Where is the cmos sensor part

[@texmexgod4002]

That's what he called the camera part...

[@RustyNailsadventures]

I think the previous owner has been inside that camera before you. Many of the external screws on my Legria HFR806 have rubber caps and yours are missing. Also, on your video, the top of the camera just comes off, but in reality there's a silver screw inside the unit which holds it in place - that screw is missing from your video, and it's a nightmare to remove. A few internal screws are also missing, because the components shouldn't pull apart so easily. Great video all the same.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Rusty! Yes, I think you're right. I didn't even realise at the time, but the sticky rubber caps is a dead giveaway! Well spotted 👍

[@N1ickem4n]

Yep...its the aperture. If u don't have it in there it will be fully open all the time and that might cause problems for the exposure. Also u might get a bit shallow depth of field, as it alters that depending on how the lights angle is reflected to the sensor. The one thing u called the lens I think, is the sensor, thats very delicate and sensitive to dust and such.

[@StezStixFix]

Thank you. I actually did dream about it last night, so this information is brilliant news to me! I'll do some research and see if I can work out why the aperture failed. Steve.

[@pablochacon3382]

It controls the amount of light that goes to the CMOS sensor. Clean the shades with alcohol, put them back and it will fix the problem

[@dashreeltv]

Hi sir, is it normal when i shake it. There is a noise like loose plastic. Its difficult for me to remove the wires to ipen the whole thing. If the cmos been oily. What if i will heat with the blower?

[@BakedPrawns]

I’m here from Vince. Great channel. I love trying to fix vids so your videos will now be appearing in my subscriber video list. Onwards and upwards 👍🏼

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Kane! I hope you enjoy 👍

[@Dukefazon]

Wow, I would have never expected you to get anywhere with this. It's so tiny and intricate, but you figured out on your own! I have a couple of Canon PowerShot photo cameras, some of them work, some of them shows a weird smudged colorful image, some of them is pitch black. Maybe the black ones have similar issues. I might look into one of them. It was a great idea to put it back without the shutters, I would have tried to turn it on and quickly remove the battery before it has its own shutdown mechanism close if (the idea is that if those shutters work, they would remain open when I cut off the power, but your idea was waaay better)

[@Fanatiko74]

Hi, the noise you hear is simply the optical stabilizer. I have a black screen, it's probably the flat cable. I have the Canon HF R 46

[@dom1310df]

I have the R606. Prior to COVID it stopped powering on from the battery (any battery). Worked fine from the mains. After taking it apart I could find nothing wrong. I picked it back up a few months ago and after charging it up it worked again. Been fine since. Bizarre.

[@saturnuria1217]

Hello. First time watching one of your videos. As you might be able to guess from my username, I like to think I know a little bit about cameras. Other commenters seem to have said a lot of this already but I thought I’d pad it out a bit for yourself any anybody else that might come across this video in future. The plastic pieces you removed are the iris blades which control the aperture size. It’s one of the two ways the camera controls how much light reaches the sensor - the other two being the shutter (which will be electronic in this camera.) There is also an ISO or gain setting which determines the sensitivity of the sensor but that’s not important for the time being. Indoors the aperture will probably need to be fully open anyway to let in the maximum amount of light. Outdoors, in the sunshine, because the camera now can’t make the aperture smaller, the sensor will receive so much light the picture will either be over-exposed or the camera will automatically increase the shutter speed to compensate. That might work just fine if the shutter speed can go high enough. In professional videography, shutter speeds are quite important and will be balanced with the aperture size to get a correct exposure. For casual use, I don’t suppose it matters much. The other effect the aperture has, as another commenter mentioned, is the depth of field. With the aperture wide open (or missing!) you’ll get a reasonably shallow depth of field. That means if you focus on something about a metre away then the something further away will go out of focus. If you wanted more things in focus, you would usually decrease the aperture size and also decrease the shutter speed to let more light in to compensate. I don’t know if this camera gives you that level of manual control or not (if you wanted it!) It’s probably the difference between landscape and portrait modes, if this camera has settings like that. With the iris blades missing, you’re stuck with the shallowest depth of field the camera offers. Again, in most situations, for a casual user, I doubt they’d notice. I hope that answers a few questions you might have had. I would like to see you revisit this and fix the aperture. I suspect it was either physically stuck or the mechanical parts of the camera controlled by the software weren’t getting the message to open and close it. It could be anything from a dodgy ribbon cable, a damaged chip or a faulty actuator (near the iris blades.) Thanks for the video. If I could make one request - please tone down the music a lot! ;)

[@StezStixFix]

Thank you so much for this. It all makes perfect sense to me now. I will certainly take another look at it, i suspect it is the actuator, as the ribbon cable looked good and the mechanism moved freely by hand, but I'll not rule that out without taking a closer look. And appreciate the feedback on the music, I did notice the levels seemed high after I posted the video, but the damage was already done! Consider the gain lowered much more for the next video. Thanks again, Steve.

[@craiggilchrist4223]

That little piece of music you play at the beginning sounds like the tune ZZ Top play in Back To The Future 3.

[@KorAllRBare]

Our Mate Vince put me on to your channel, so yeah.. I subbed and I liked.. Now.. If memory serves me correctly, Image sensors CMos and Ccd both are prone to degrade with exposure to the electromagnetic spectrum over time, So I suspect the aperture you removed was to help extend the sensors usable life span "by isolating the Sensor" even further than what the obvious aperture was doing " google " Do CCD and Cmos sensors degrade.. I double checked 😉 BTW That rattling could have something to do with "optical" Image stabilising..

[@StezStixFix]

Thank you! That makes sense, I'm just glad I didn't rattle it too hard! 😄 I'll do some research on CMOS/CCD. Much appreciated! Steve.

[@OOOHBILLY]

What a strange issue to have, with an interesting fix

[@Zestypanda]

Your video helped me figure out the fault for an vixia HF20S, the lens shutter is failing to open automatically. I think the motor, or track for the camera is fouled up.

[@BowsettesFury]

Cute camera I like the design.

[@TheDampies]

This was done a year ago, yesterday 21 may 2022 my one fell. Green screen and frozen screen and glitchie. Followed this video, and boom it's working. Camera sensor plug came loose, and it doesn't want 3 screws in it.

[@3DJapan]

They're supposed to rattle. When I first bought my Vixia it did that and I freaked out and ran to the internet before even turning it on. Turns out the stabilization stops the rattling while it's on.

[@Gmenezesborges]

That's the exact same problem my camera has!! Will try to fix it as you did. Thanks

[@dashreeltv]

Same model? How to disconnect the clip wires

[@renataavgeri1132]

Maby those plastic shutters are closed when camera is not recording to protect the lens from the light when not recording so they last longer

[@StezStixFix]

Good thinking. Looks like they are supposed to open when the camera is turned on, so I need to try and work out why they failed! Thanks Renata!

[@TheCod3r]

Another few days and you should be able to start earning from youtube bud. Keep up the great content and here's to your first 1k subs 👍

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks @TheCod3r 💓

[@ImaginationToForm]

Hey Canon, Apparently you don't need these two parts!

[@Popeyes66]

Another Vince Pilgrim here. I have walked 15 feet over treacherous laminated flooring to reach your channel. Keep the videos up please,as Vince is diluting the amount of 'Trying To Fix ' videos. I am now going to click on the Subscribe red thingy . Thanks for not having a clue about aperture's ,as i like to read viewers comments trying to educate you on the subject.

[@StezStixFix]

Haha. There's plenty of more things I know nothing about, so you can expect more of that. Thanks for braving the perilous terrain to find me. Much appreciated 😊

[@Bynfy]

I think it has something to do with the camera , try taking a picture , see what happens . I guess that are the lids , they supposed to close when you take a picture

[@renataavgeri1132]

My mate vince too

[@realmachine]

Me too :-)

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks guys! 😊

[@MrAdesaxo31]

It's the F stop iris it controls how much light hits the CMOS sensor indoors under artificial light the software should be able to cope with changes outdoors you will have a washed out image ...it will make a good low light camera 😂

[@kennethbarker852]

1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth

[@leightonbrain3749]

Brill video mate, I am a new subscriber, Vince sent me over to you .

[@StezStixFix]

Excellent, thank you for the support! Steve 😃

[@HOTRhuntinontherock]

Hi StezStiz, all the way from Newfoundland Canada, I have a Panasonic camcorder here with the very same issue! But I'm not sure if I have what it takes to get into the camera that deep! Is this camera still working and have you since figured how why they were not opening, My guess was right of what the issue was , because as i was trying to figure out my camcorder (and you could have done the same) but i looked into the front lens and can see clearly there was something in there that wasn't opening. Thanks for confirming the problem for me!

[@StezStixFix]

Hey HOTR! It definitely takes some dismantling and putting back together, these things are very well packed out inside with tiny screws holding everything together! This one is still working, and I do use it from time to time for some filming. I think I managed to sort the issue simply by taking it apart and putting it back together, I must have freed up whatever it was that was getting stuck. This one was a while ago, and I can't remember all the correct terminology but it was the aperture blades I think. Good luck! Steve

[@stewharrison3553]

Vince sent me .great content like your videos

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Stew! 😊

[@3DJapan]

Looks just like my Canon Vixia.

[@geekay2024]

If you can make photos with that i think its a shutter

[@lancehill9971]

It looks like a blurr around everything! To me ! You should be able to get a break down from Canon and order the part from someone

[@dashreeltv]

How to remove all the clip wire?

[@padgecrack4018]

Any chance of videos on vhs recorders? 👍

[@SimonNemeth]

Follow up to my comment that I put on the wrong video (will never figure that one out because I was watching this as I commented): It looks like a somewhat simplified version of a mechanical iris that can also affect depth of field as well as the amount of light that enters the camera depending on how open or closed (aperture size) it is. It may benefit you to pursue it further.

[@StezStixFix]

I did wonder about the other comment! I've been working on a revisit video today, as these comments have been super helpful! I'm going to try and post tomorrow 👍

[@SimonNemeth]

@@StezStixFix Lovely. Feel free to ask if you need any more help. I used to collect old film and photography equipment and have seen inside more mechanical lenses than I can even remember.

[@StezStixFix]

@@SimonNemeth Much appreciated! I've been given a Sony Handycam (an old one) to look at, and another Canon one is on it's way. So I may be taking a look at those in the future. No doubt I'll not fully understand the insides of those either! 😄

[@CanalOPaudiovisual]

Please help me! I have a Canon Vixia HF700 camera. And it's not showing the information on the screen, making it impossible to control the features. But she is recording. Could you please help me. I tried to help in specialized stores to fix. but I could not. thanks in advance for your time. Jorge Douglas / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

[@Deezeone]

My canon lens cover wont open after turning it on...

[@sailormoon3425]

My canon vixia hf r10 doesn't work. Whenever I turn it on the screen turns black and I can't turn it back off. I can only turn it off whenever i take out the battery. (I also don't know what to do).

[@StezStixFix]

Hi Sailor! Not sure what could be your problem there. It sounds like yours is freezing up so it's not the same problem I had on this one. It may be worth trying a different battery? Hope you can get it working 👍

[@sailormoon3425]

Thanks for the info

[@VibrantMotion]

Appature lens/Iris, bright light relatively closed, lack of light quite open, they work like human eyes.

[@VibrantMotion]

The way you've left it (open) will be fine for darkish places but if you took it out on a bright day it will get flooded with light and will white out I think, great for filming stars though if left to focus

[@VibrantMotion]

God I'm crap, it's spelt aperture, and it's to do with f-stops (light and focal ranges), which on Digi cams is automated but historically you would use light meters and measuring tape I think, I studied this at uni and clearly was more focused on pints and pot.

[@petermw88]

Exposure?

[@force4200]

My mate vince sent me

[@StezStixFix]

Excellent. Thanks Robert 😊

[@muajkoobthoj9525]

Can you repair mine ?

[@petergerkman244]

You need them if you take photos with a camera, in camcorder mode they don’t matter.

[@StezStixFix]

Ah, excellent. I won't be using it for photographs, so I'm happy with that! Thank you so much for the advice! Steve.

[@thomaslomax8769]

Does the camera take still photos if so it could be the shutter for taking snapshots as the camera lens would always be on/open

[@maximiliandegarnerinvonmon6457]

Let's break it more to claim it's fixed 😂😂👏👏👏👏👏

[@Buzz1151]

Haven't watched yet, but My Mate Vince sent me....WOW what a copycat you are! ..

[@StezStixFix]

Haha. Thanks Buzz. Not intending to be a copycat, but Vince is a legend, so its hard not to. Cheers, Steve!

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah it's kind of difficult to be unique in today's world. I top got a lot of inspiration from Vince even though my videos are mainly focused on consoles :)

[@Buzz1151]

@@StezStixFix still fun to watch!!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Buzz! 👍

[@pianosnoosh]

Is there a comment you don’t like ?🤣😂

[@StezStixFix]

Nope! 🤣

[@ArmchairInvestigator411]

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