[supernova87a]

It's called tariff engineering for a reason.

Columbia will add an extra pocket below the waistline on a women's shirt so it gets classified as a utility/work garment and they can price it 10% cheaper. https://www.marketplace.org/2019/05/29/theres-a-reason-your-...

Converse will line the rim/bottom of a shoe with felt so it can be classified as a slipper. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-why-your-c...

Canon will choose to make an insufficiently sized heatsink on its DSLR so that in video mode it has to shut down after 20 minutes so it can be classified as a camera and not a video recorder. https://www.cined.com/canon-eos-r5-heatsink-mod-improves-rec...

[sudosysgen]

>Canon will choose to make an insufficiently sized heatsink on its DSLR so that in video mode it has to shut down after 20 minutes so it can be classified as a camera and not a video recorder.

The camera will record indefinitely in 4K line-skipping mode, so that's not actually the reason they didn't put the heatsink on.

That reason is either incompetence or market segmentation.

[raverbashing]

> That reason is either incompetence or market segmentation.

Yes

Or simply because most people don't record longer videos. Or because that heat has to go somewhere and a bigger heatsink might heat some areas (or the user).

Or the current heatsink is an existing part and it was "good enough"

[sudosysgen]

The average person isn't recording 8K RAW videos and doesn't have a computer capable of handling that either. And the EOS R5 at 3900$ is unarguably a professional camera.

It's almost 100% using unique parts, too.

[alibarber]

I have experienced the Canon DSLR software limit to 30 minutes of recording - much to my frustration.

[Rarok]

Probably you know that but check magic lantern firmware (if its available for your camera)