Posted this on the gear forum...since many here do not wander much, thought I would post it here since most of our cameras see VERY heavy use. Wondering who has had the same issue.
I have experienced a massive amount of wear on my 5D3. The thing looks ancient now from all of the finish wearing on it. Even though we used it in 32 weddings last year, I have never had a camera that shows this amount of wear. Heck, all of the other digital cameras I have ever owned (10d, 20d, 40d, 5d, 5dII) never showed 10% of this amount of wear. My 5DII has been used in probably over 100 weddings, and it still looks almost new.
I did start putting gaff tape all over the thing to protect it more, and where I did, it is fine. Where I did not, though...that's another story.
My question is...is this something that would be covered under warranty? If so, what would they do about it?
wtf that's crazy. That thing belongs in a museum. What were you doing to cause this? I can't imagine this is just from handholding.
My first 5D3 should be arriving today, so this is a good heads up. By the way, thanks for the helpful red circles hahaha, wouldn't know where to look without them.
-Lincoln
That looks bad. I have a couple of d3 bodies that were cameras at the Olympics, and then went through about 4 seasons of travel weddings. We're not easy on our gear and none of our cameras look that bad. I'd bring it up with CPS, not that I'd expect a remedy but it is worth a shot.
I taped mine BEFORE I even charged the batteries. Just by the look and feel of the finish I could tell right away that it wasn't going to hold up very well.
Bartlett Pair wrote:
wtf that's crazy. That thing belongs in a museum. What were you doing to cause this? I can't imagine this is just from handholding.
My first 5D3 should be arriving today, so this is a good heads up. By the way, thanks for the helpful red circles hahaha, wouldn't know where to look without them.
-Lincoln
Yes...handholding. Pay special attention to the area by the lock switch. I can attest that the wear there is 100% from rubbing against my hand/clothes. The only area that has anything to do with bumping/setting down is the area on the front left bottom (by where the battery goes in)
Hi Joel, mine doesn't look as bad on the sides, but the bottom of mine looks just as bad (34 weddings, probably 100 portrait sessions? Purchased new the day Canon released it). Incidentally, my 5D2 looked bad too when I sold it (dirt cheap because it looked like crap) - but it took 2 years to get that bad (heavy shooting) instead of one.
I try to take good care of my gear. I do shoot a lot. I tried gaffer's tape on it right away but my tape was pulling the finish off! (when I'd have to replace a strip over time I'd notice this!) So those of you using tape, be careful. I purchased mine through Adorama (the tape, that is) and the roll was brand new when I applied it to the camera.
Ours have a few small scuff/wear marks on the bottom, but nothing like that at all. That's gnarly! But I think I'll throw some gaffers on ours now to keep them looking good.
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