topic Re: Shutter count for Canon 5D MarkII in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Shutter count for Canon 5D MarkII

Monika84 — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 10:28:27 GMT

Hi guys, just wondered if 21K is a good shutter count for a secondhand Canon 5D MarkII or is it not worth considering at all?Thanks for your help.

Re: Shutter count for Canon 5D MarkII

wq9nsc — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 11:13:21 GMT

The shutter mechanism should have a lot of life left in it; Canon rates the shutter assembly in this model as having a MTBF of 150K. That doesn't guarantee that it won't fail before then (and of course the warranty on the camera is expired) but it does mean that the model has a very good chance of making it well past 150K actuations.

If the price is right and everything else checks out, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. It has to be at least close to 7 years old and maybe as old as 10 so it obivously wasn't used a lot.

Rodger

Re: Shutter count for Canon 5D MarkII

Monika84 — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 13:25:03 GMT

Thanks for your help!

Re: Shutter count for Canon 5D MarkII

wq9nsc — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 13:46:46 GMT

Good luck with your purchase Monika and make sure that the camera gets the usage it deserves 🙂

Between my 1DX and 1DX II bodies they get far more than that shutter count added each year.

Do give the camera a thorough check before buying to make sure it is working properly.

Rodger