topic Re: dark area when shooting at 8000 shutter speed in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

dark area when shooting at 8000 shutter speed

idbrew — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:05:25 GMT

just bought the Mkiii Canon 5d as a back up for my other and there is a dark banding across the top of the screen. Ive been told this is to be expected, however I checked same settings with my other mkiii camera and no banding. is this a failing shutter?

Re: dark area when shooting at 8000 shutter speed

MikeSowsun — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:38:43 GMT

Looks like an impending failure, or "shutter bounce", which tends to happen at high shutter speeds.

Re: dark area when shooting at 8000 shutter speed

shadowsports — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:26:19 GMT

Greetings,

Just how "used' is this body?

That looks like the shutter curtain.

***Edit* Mike beat me to it.

Re: dark area when shooting at 8000 shutter speed

idbrew — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:16:48 GMT

is that a cheap and easy fix?

Re: dark area when shooting at 8000 shutter speed

MikeSowsun — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:03:23 GMT

Shutter replacement is the only fix. It is neither cheap or easy. Plan on spending at least $300. Maybe more.