Brand New 5d3 with 1500 shutter counts.
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After reading these posts, I made sure that I formatted my CF card before inserting it into my new 5D3 today... When I powered up the camera for the first time it asked me to enter the date and time zone, and the first photo showed up with the number '0001'. There were no fingerprints on the camera body at all either.
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[size=10pt]I will ask you some questions to clear all the doubt about your problem:
Believe me 1500 is not Joke, it mean some one take it for few days. please answer the below ,
1- Is the battery was sealed with blue cover , normally if you need to open it, the blue cover will damage.
2- when you open the camera has been ask you to put the date.
3- the cover of the small Lens was there or not ( i mean above the main screen the Lens to see thro and there is cover on it )
4- check the belt for the camera was in the plastic and was deficit to install or not.[/size]
Believe me 1500 is not Joke, it mean some one take it for few days. please answer the below ,
1- Is the battery was sealed with blue cover , normally if you need to open it, the blue cover will damage.
2- when you open the camera has been ask you to put the date.
3- the cover of the small Lens was there or not ( i mean above the main screen the Lens to see thro and there is cover on it )
4- check the belt for the camera was in the plastic and was deficit to install or not.[/size]
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It's mind boggling to me to read comments to the effect that it's not a big deal to get a used camera with 1500 actuations (sold as though it's brand new), because the total shutter life of the camera is going to be much much more than that.
The law in my state and 2 adjoining states is directly contrary to that proposition, as the law should be.
It would be better for us all if those few who hold this notion just send periodic cash donations to manufacturers to help them with their bottom line. The last thing in the world that I need is for commercial producers of consumer goods to start making the exaggerated claim that "most people" now think a little bit of prior, undisclosed use of "new" products is alright, as long as there's just not "too much" prior use. A more vague, ready-for-abuse criteria for "new" could hardly be imagined. Just as you're either you're pregnant, or you're not, a product sold as brand new is either brand new, or it's not. And if you see other retailers "doing it too," you should be calling them because it's blatantly illegal in the several states whose law I'm familiar with, and probably in yours, too.
The law in my state and 2 adjoining states is directly contrary to that proposition, as the law should be.
It would be better for us all if those few who hold this notion just send periodic cash donations to manufacturers to help them with their bottom line. The last thing in the world that I need is for commercial producers of consumer goods to start making the exaggerated claim that "most people" now think a little bit of prior, undisclosed use of "new" products is alright, as long as there's just not "too much" prior use. A more vague, ready-for-abuse criteria for "new" could hardly be imagined. Just as you're either you're pregnant, or you're not, a product sold as brand new is either brand new, or it's not. And if you see other retailers "doing it too," you should be calling them because it's blatantly illegal in the several states whose law I'm familiar with, and probably in yours, too.
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sailingsilkeborg said:
I would say 1500 is too much, I wouldn't even expect a demo model to have >200 before being sold. The problem with "new" in electronics is that it needs to be tested before it gets to the retailer. So I would expect that the various modes get tested and that the buffer is recording sufficiently etc.
It's like the chip inside your computer, Intel's manufacturing process actually turns on the chip and then they run the chips through a stress test. Depending on where it failed it becomes a server chip or desktop chip, some might just not function and need to be tossed.
I am assuming they are running the final firmware on the camera during testing which might not be true, they might be running a testing piece of software which runs through the tests automatically and therefore the shutter actuation's aren't even recorded.
I wouldn't expect to pay full price for a demo model of a LCD TV because it would have a large number of running hours which actually affects it's lifespan.
So what is a reasonable shutter count for a new camera, 0.1% of MTF or 1% of MTF?
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Just received my 5D Mk III yesterday. Before I did anything, I checked it out on eoscount.com and the shutter count showed 0. I was worried that I was going to get something that had been returned, but luckily it is totally new. This was purchased from Adorama, and even though I selected free 7-10 day shipping, it arrived in less than 72 hours. I'm very happy with this purchase experience.
If mine had shown 1500 shutter activations, I believe I would have returned it. But it would have been difficult to see it come and then go...
If mine had shown 1500 shutter activations, I believe I would have returned it. But it would have been difficult to see it come and then go...
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elmerpr said:
I found EOS count to be right on with my 1D MK IV, its the only windows shutter count tool that works on some models. For a 5D MK II, you can also try EOS Info, both work perfectly and should give the same number, since its coming from the Camera SDK.
These only work with certain models though.
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Thanks all for the input, i called the manager where i purchased the camera, and i was able to return for another brand new body. This body has 0 shutter count 
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fallenflowers said:
Its worth mentioning, if you check shutter count under batt. info, it shows how many photos have been taken on that battery, not over the life of the camera. Everytime you take the batt out and recharge it, the count goes down to 0.
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