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New shutter time?

Yep. And don't use it any more till you get it fixed, as it's possible to do further damage by continuing to use it.

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Ouch! What is your shutter count?

Thanks! My shutter count is 9718.

9718? Man that's low.

Strid3r wrote:
9718? Man that's low.

That is really low.

Set it for mirror lockup and you'll be able to see the shutter blades; one of them will probably look out of position.

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Tried the mirror lockup, didn't see any out of position blades, I tried it a couple of times. Probably best I send it in as it was not consistent. Some of the last shots I took were OK, and some had very faint streaks.

It does look like your shutter is about to blow. Definitely send it in to Canon. If you are sure of the acutation count, and it is that low, write a nice note telling them that even though the camera is out of warranty, you don't feel that the shutter should be failing at such low actuations. If the right person sees it, they may replace it for free since it has so few actuations. They did mine for free (15k actuations) but have charged others for it. Guess it depends on who processes it, how clean the body is (not abused) and how low the actuations.

I agree w/ the other posters. Don't use it, send it to Canon ASAP.. If you continue to use it, the shutter could come apart and do much more damage and that means even more $$$.

good luck,

Just went through this with my MarkII this summer. I have about 66K at the time, and they knocked 20% off of what the replacement cost me. Just ask them. Do I get to call my Shutter count 4,500 now :-)

Yes of course you do. People will typically advertise one something like "85k on body, 4500 on new shutter."

Which reminds me, I need to make a note of the count when I had this last shutter replaced...

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Yes the Shuurer is Blown, canon will repair it for free at that low shutter count.

Free? I ended up paying $90 for mine (well worth it, for a body that is still fetching 2K) Guess I didn't complain enough.

Whenever I see a blown shutter post it's from someone that has a 1D body. Makes one wonder if they have more shutter problems than the lower end bodies. I'd assume not.

1 Series bodies work harder in the mechanical sense. Fully automatic firearm vs single shot or semi-auto comes to mind.

Yes, do get that body into Canon Service ASAP...using the shutter in that mode may well fly apart and do damage to your sensor then your $2K body is really going to take a severe drop in value.

I'm on my third MKII body and never a problem; all obtained used with from 7K to 27K clicks but there have been several posts about early shutter failures.

TG

I have not received the official word yet, but I'm blessed to have a Canon authorized repair shop nearby where I work. The guy who took a look at my photo & camera said there is a possibility it may not be the shutter, but to wait for his main repairman to go through it. I will get it back in a couple weeks. Stay tuned.

Free shutter would be nice, however my MarkII is not the "N", it's from one of the earliest batches sold to consumers right after they released it. I believe that was August of 2003.

And it has less than 10k clicks on it? That's pretty unusual in itself.

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Steve, can you post the serial on your MK II?

Mine went at 10,500 shots and serial in the 207xxx range.

I wonder if there's a correlation between the claim of lower serial number and shutter failure.

Btw, Canon replaced it for free.

My 1V shutter went out on me on roll 118 2 weeks ago (Ebayed with 40 rolls on it a few months ago. Same white streak....except I didn't find out until I processed 6 rolls. +1 for digital. Oh, and I had the errant shutter blade in random pictures too. I was thinking, there's NO WAY I let my camera strap get in front of my 24-70 w/lens hood on it. !

--Roman

1D mkII cameras must have had a big batch with faulty shutters, the majority of 1D2 shutter failures i see on the net are between 20,000 ans 60,000, mine blew at 32,000, but i got over 200,000 on the replacement shutter... YEEE HAAA

I have one that went 86k, and was replaced under warranty. On about 10k shots since then, but it works great.

I have one that went at 32,000 - maybe I should have complained to Canon. There seems to be a lot more blown at low shutter counts than I thought.

Woody

Just sent mine in for the same problem, 28,610 actuations. Hope it's free!

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