Is this real 5D Mark II

[letbrofas]

Hello guys, so I just bought the Canon 5D of my friend and I noticed that the buttons look different from other 5D. it was matte not glossy and all buttons are like that. Please see attached pictures.

thank you I cant sleep thinking about it cause its my first full frame camera..

[letbrofas]

The EXIF says Canon 5D Mark II and the Shutter count of the camera is 8265 only..

[ebiggs1]

OK, get along with life.  Get over it and just use it like any 5D Mk II.

[RobertTheFat]

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@letbrofaswrote:
The EXIF says Canon 5D Mark II and the Shutter count of the camera is 8265 only..

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Well, something serious (and probably conspicuous) must have happened to that camera, to cause the previous owner to go to the trouble of refinishing it. Like it fell into a campfire or had acid spilled on it.

One other possibility: Is it conceivable that there was once an aftermarket option to have the camera refinished that way? There may be applications for which you'd want the camera to be as non-reflective as possible.

[TCampbell]

My old 5D II didn't get much use and was also aroud 8000 shutter cycles when I sold it.  But that's because I had put-off buying a 5D series body because everyone kept telling me (for more than 2 years) that the 5D III was going to come out "any day now".   So after 2 years, I gave up and bought the 5D II.  Naturally witin 2 months, the 5D III came out <sigh>.  So I bought the 5D III... the 5D II got very little use (I didn't sell it immeidately... it was a backup camera) and then finally sold it. 

But at 8000 clicks... it should look fantastic.  Unless it was really abused, it should hardly look like it was used.

I realize everyone is picking on the fact that the body doesn't have a Canon finish (not even close)... but I can't get over that grip.  I don't see any close-ups of the grip... but it looks terrible... like it was peeled off the camera and someone did a terrible job of sticking it back on.