Richard CanonNews / Monday, March 2, 2020 / Categories: News, Canon General News This post may contain affiliate links(s). An affiliate link means I may earn advertising/referral fees if you make a purchase through my link, without any additional cost to you. It helps to keep this site afloat. Thank you in advance for your support. If you like what we do here, maybe buy me a coffee. Canon to close factories because of supply shortages Canon has decided to close five plants in Kyushu that produce cameras and related products for approximately two weeks from March 2 to 13 because the supply of parts from China is unstable right now. Canon hopes that production losses will be made up 2020 after the supply of parts returns to normal. As of now, no Canon plant employees have bee infected with the COVID-19 virus. It's unknown at this time which products would be affected by this. But once the EOS R5 goes on preorder, my advice is that if you want it. Preorder it immediately when it's available, as it may take longer to get the subsequent orders of cameras from Canon this year. As we ourselves are in Asia right now, we hope that everyone no matter where you are exercises diligence when it comes to keeping yourself safe from COVID-19. Richard CanonNewsRichard CanonNews Richard has been using Canon cameras since the 1990s, with his first being the now legendary EOS-3. Since then, Richard has continued to use Canon cameras and now focuses mostly on infrared photography. Richard is the founder and editor of CanonNews since 2017, and has worked as a writer on CanonRumors and other websites in the past. Other posts by Richard CanonNews Contact author Facebook page Print Tags: COVID-19 Please login or register to post comments.