A friend of mine is trying to sell his 5D Mark III. It's in excellent condition other than the fact that it's got 500k actuations on the shutter and the mode dial is stuck in M.
I'm thinking about buying it as a backup body and would like to get the mode dial fixed.
If I send it in to Canon they'll bill me for the quote, that's why I thought I'd ask here first.
As far as I know, Canon automatically replaces the shutter once the estimated shutter life is exceeded. Looks like a new 5D Mark III shutter is about $250.
What about the mode dial though? What should I expect? $200, $500, $1000 even? I believe they'll have to swap out the entire top part of the camera. The camera has been on the market for a few years now, so I'm hoping someone has had a similar problem and got it fixed. Just need an estimated value to evaluate whether it's worth spending money on or not.
I'm thinking about buying it as a backup body and would like to get the mode dial fixed.
If I send it in to Canon they'll bill me for the quote, that's why I thought I'd ask here first.
As far as I know, Canon automatically replaces the shutter once the estimated shutter life is exceeded. Looks like a new 5D Mark III shutter is about $250.
What about the mode dial though? What should I expect? $200, $500, $1000 even? I believe they'll have to swap out the entire top part of the camera. The camera has been on the market for a few years now, so I'm hoping someone has had a similar problem and got it fixed. Just need an estimated value to evaluate whether it's worth spending money on or not.