It was probably used in an industrial process taking high-speed burst pictures. That would explains the general lack of wear

@ArleyMcBlain

Жыл бұрын

Or some kind of intervelometer time lapse of season change maybe?!

@tanertekin763

Жыл бұрын

totally agree, looks very clean for a 2 million shutter actuations 🧐

@666metalfreak

Жыл бұрын

high-speed bursts with a 5DmkII :D best joke!

@aristotle_4532

Жыл бұрын

The owner tried photography by statistics. I am sure he or she produced great art.

@fandyus4125

Жыл бұрын

That, or some active sports photographer with the mentality of "If I keep the shutter pressed for long enough with burst mode on, one of the images' gotta be good eventually".

The 5D mark II is a tank in photography services especially in Vietnam, where lots of people still buy and sell it regularly and use it for multiple low-cost studio services. I've seen lots of 5D mark II that have shutter counts over 1 mil, but never over 2 mil like this one!

@KhoaNguyen-rk9dz

Жыл бұрын

true that

Would be cool if the original owner found this vid and dropped the camera's life story. Neat stuff!

@FoxTailWhipz

Жыл бұрын

That would be awesome!

@davidcoleman2868

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if you contact Canon if the original owner had registered it with them. I'm sure Canon would love to know. The 5DmkII is an absolute tank and a solid workhorse. I picked one up a couple of years ago and have had amazing photos from it. I also have the R5, but I often go back to the 5DmkII. What a find you had.

@CodySmiley

Жыл бұрын

@@davidcoleman2868 sending to canon is a bad idea.

- Time lapses - Industrial usage - Airport, school, institutional usage - Photo studio usage

I saw a 1DX with 1.4 million shutter counts today. It's just amazing that these cameras are going way beyond their shutter lives!!

@practicalphotography1235

Жыл бұрын

My 1DX has ~860,000 actuations and still works fine.

@CrestlessWave

Жыл бұрын

@@practicalphotography1235 wow. That's extraordinary!

Don’t let Canon see this video. They might get some cost saving ideas 😂

@vgee3926

Жыл бұрын

Lol for real though!! They keep their hammer game STRONG

@damonabets3779

Жыл бұрын

IKR?!

@PhilMarsden27

Жыл бұрын

They already did. The r5 has a 500k rated life of the mechanical shutter. And electronic shutter basically uses none. I can easily shoot 1k shots a day only spending around 5 shutter actuations

Probably used for shooting timelapses (would still add up to roughly 24h of timelapse footage)

@damonabets3779

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good thought

@BlokeOnAMotorbike

Жыл бұрын

yup, or stopmotion. I'm currently using my 40D for LEGO stopmotion (because I don't have to take it off the tripod to change batteries. Powergrips ftw!).

@Toastmaster_5000

Жыл бұрын

@@BlokeOnAMotorbike Why not just use one of those adapters where you can plug it into the wall?

@BlokeOnAMotorbike

Жыл бұрын

@@Toastmaster_5000 because of the two canon cameras I own (a 40d and a 2000d) neither of them can run on external power

@Toastmaster_5000

Жыл бұрын

@@BlokeOnAMotorbike Yes they can - there are kits for them. It'll be awkward if you need a tripod but it is possible.

My 5D II's were still going strong when I retired them at 261,000 and 282,000. The only camera that I shot the shutter out of was a Nikon F with motor drive that I used to shoot sports back in ancient times. The shutter just came apart at 74,000 plus frames. Cameras are amazingly durable these days.

@Tacos888

Жыл бұрын

Facts. I’ve been with a studio and they blew out 3 d3 s lol

Damn, 2 milion photos, what a monster

I paid 200 for my 60D with 250k on the shutter. 200 for a 5D miii is fantastic even just for a video rig.

The shutter life is more or less just an estimate as to how long a camera's shutter will last on average. That doesn't mean it will stop working when it reaches the advertised count, and some people will get more or less than what the advertised life is. That being said, it is possible if you're lucky to get 2M+ photos on a camera, if you don't mind paying to have the shutter replaced a few times (assuming you can get 200-300k shots per replacement). On some of the more expensive models, this might be worth it as a shutter replacement can cost about $300 each time, and if you do it 5 times for a camera that costs $3000+ it might make sense versus buying another camera. On consumer grade ($500-$1000 cameras) it generally doesn't make sense to replace the shutter more than once. I wouldn't do it on a camera that was less than bout $600-700 though as being a break-even point because you'll have spent about half the value of the camera on a new shutter. But I have heard of some people also going well over 500k shots on their pro bodies before needing replacement. How you treat the camera will also impact how long the shutter lasts.

Looking forward to seeing what you have planned with this camera. I started following your channel as a NEX-5R user and you having the best vids on that cam. I picked up a 5D Mkii a few months back and am loving it so far. Can't wait to see your take on it.

I love how you censored the logo in the thumbnail when every photographer in the world instantly recognizes the body of a canon 5D 😅

@im.zsierra

Жыл бұрын

haha and he didnt blur out the 5D and Mark II

Probably used in some photo studio for passport and school photos

As mentioned I've seen some million plus 5D's that have sat for months doing time lapses on big building projects.

@damonabets3779

Жыл бұрын

Interesting

As a photojournalist, I've heared about several Nikon D700 that had their shutters replaced only after 1 million shots and the same about the Nikon D5. D700's expected shutter life time is 150k actuations, D5's-400k. By the way: My Nikon D610 with 170+k shutter actuations looks not as good as this 5D Mari II, so this 5D is in the great shape

My 5D MK 2 has survived since 2011 when I bought it, it traveled the world with me, currently now its shutter count is 321191. I am still using it as my backup camera :-) it is an amazing machine.

i love your original vid ideas man!! From fixing an arri camera to this ,very entertaining keep it up!!

Probably a time lapse camera!

@FoxTailWhipz

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t think of that! Very possible

@noway8233

Жыл бұрын

And Astrofotografy

It's crazy how high that shutter count is per year. I had my nikon camera for nearly 4 years and it's only got a shutter count of 28605.

And to think that I have a Canon 5DmkII somewhere in a camerabag gathering dust. Thanks to you I now know that I own a hidden gem. Literally.

Just recently bought 5d mark 2 with 71,000 shutter count for £169 here in UK from a local camera shop with a six month warranty. Really love the handling and quality of video straight out of camera. Hope i can get it up to 2 milion shutter count 🙏 which will take me many years🙂

Crazy, I have a Nex-3 that has 97k Shutter actuation's hopefully it lasts another 97k (i dont use it much anymore tho lol)

I just put it up on reddit, hopefully we can find some answers!

@FoxTailWhipz

Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you!! Which subreddit?

I'm seriously thinking about picking up a 5D mk2 just for some fun as a second camera. I currently use a Sony mirrorless but some of my lenses are adapted EF sigma art lenses so getting an older canon wouldn't be a huge investment. I love the look of those older chunky bodies

@arcfilmproductions7297

Жыл бұрын

The canon cameras are so much better with ergonomics. They're really nice to use. Just wish they had kept pace with the competition.

Shutter probably replaced a few times and if used for Timelapse’s then you put a lot of milage on the count fast. The 5D2 was a notorious time lapse machine. I had one with about 1,5 mill with 2 replaced shutters👍🏼 so it’s not a unicorn 😊

@demetrio3d239

Жыл бұрын

Yeah was wondering if the shutter was replaced. Since if you replace the shutter, the shutter count does not reset.

@faramineuzefotos2975

Жыл бұрын

I had my shutter replaced, and it was reset to zero.

@Frontdesk99

Жыл бұрын

@@faramineuzefotos2975 That's because you had it done by an official or at least officially licensed repair center. I could replace it for you, but without resetting the counter.

Just bought a 5D MkII that has less than 2000 shutter actuations! It’s absolutely like new! Looks like it’ll last me then 🤣👍

I love your videos man. This was so interesting! Keep it up. PS - love the music you always use. Some great relaxing lofi 😊

@FoxTailWhipz

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@bobamarmstrong

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I love so much the music he uses. I watch sometimes his videos just for the music 😃

I own this same camera, Bought it December 2019 used in pristine condition and it's STILL a beast. If you were to turn that Mark II into a cinematic story-telling beast. What attachments would you add besides that 50mm I.8? Just curious, love your videos, fellow videography as well.

@oneeyedphotographer

Жыл бұрын

Any EF lens. Most likely, anything for the 5D III, 5Ds{,R} and 5D IV. Except the GP-E2

I don't know what tech they are using, but something I could think of where such high shutter counts would occur would be roller-coaster pictures, or other fun-fair style uses, where many people get their picture automatically taken in a quick succession. Definitely fits the non-existent outer-wear, too, since you'd probably install it in an enclosure, to be remotely triggered, and never touch it until you decommission it. Maybe it'd even fit the insanely high shutter count, too, if the pictures would just be live-view pictures, without any shutter actuations whatsoever. I don't know though, if 1) the 5DM2 has truly electronic shutter only, 2) if it counts for the shutter actuations, and 3) if it's actually practical in such an usecase (especially the roller-coaster pictures), since rolling shutter would probably be somewhat bad.

@joeaddison

Жыл бұрын

No electronic shutter, live view still used the shutter blades.

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

Жыл бұрын

i think the 5d mk2 must have an electronic ("rolling") shutter since it is capable of shooting video. as i understand it, rolling shutter actuations would not be included in the official (mechanical) count since such actuations amount only to electrical activity.

@grahamstretch6863

Жыл бұрын

@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 Yes the 5DII can do video, but for live view shots it first closes the shutter and then makes a normal exposure and then re-opens for live view again.

MAYBE IT WAS USED AT SOME POINT FOR BURSTING PHOTOS

Here in Brazil it is very common to find 5D's with a huge shutter count. I've seen some like these.

Test it to the limit! Suggestion: Make a timelapse photo/movie of your life/interior untill the camera DIES. Jot down that number, make us bet: A)2.5M+ B) 3.0M+ C) 3.5M+ D)5.0M+ and choose a winner who received this unique camera with a cool story. Then upload the video of the interior/life in high speed X100 as a tribute.

Great Video mate, it does say heaps about the 5D cameras

Great content🔥🔥

The lack of wear indicated just how much it was used. Parts have been replaced over and over again. I suppose the software use to check the count only indicates the overall count rather than the count since the last reset. Around the 150~200k mark youd expect the dail to start skipping and generally errors to start popping up. around 200k mark the grip is gonna start peeling. And then theres a 5D2 issue with loose screws that can short the boards. Fascinating to thing about how it mightve been used though.

Using 5d mark iv , please let me know if there is any way to find shutter counts

Probably was used in some automatic product photography device and was shooting 360 shots. It is not worn as it has been sitting for a few years on the device.

too curious to find out mine now, what was the app used ?

hope my 6D that has 250k shutter actuations would also last that long. awesome video as always!

@foxconn042

Жыл бұрын

same my canon 6d i bought at a 135,934k shutters so i have ran it up to about 200,000 im hoping mine lasts for a long time there is a wedding photographer here on youtube who has a 6d that he bought brand new and it is at 860K+ shutters and still going

@mastergogoy6166

Жыл бұрын

I got a 6d2 thats got 450k+... still works fine

The previous owner must be a master of photography. I'd love to see their work. The progression must be crazy. That might make an interesting video.

The shutter has probably been replaced several times by non-Canon official service centers. Only they have the tools to reset the shutter actuation counter when replacing the mechanism. A unnoficial repair center would replace the shutter and it would continue to count the old actuations.

@Frontdesk99

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what my first thought was. Also, this is probably the least interesting, dragged on to sheer boredom video I've seen in a long time.

3300 per week is like what I usually do as event photographer, some weddings happens 3000 in one day but the lol part is that I shoot everything electronic with my XH2s so I'm not touching the shutter

@oneeyedphotographer

Жыл бұрын

I unloaded 7,500 from my OM-D E-M1 Mark II recently. I was shooting focus brackets of 15 shots.

My main camera body is a Canon 5D Mark III and it's got a shutter count of 791,751 right now, which puts it at 528% its expected lifetime according to the shuttercount app. Canon makes pretty good shutters.

@oneeyedphotographer

Жыл бұрын

Matthew Vanderputte used one for timelapes. He passed 800,000 on the original shutter. He has a channel.

Bought an used Nikon D750 3 years ago with ~171k in the shutter count. It just surpassed one million a week ago. :) I shot timelapse videos, an average day to night or night to day session is about 3-4000 photo on the sd card. As far as I know, still working with the original shutter.

Wow 2 million 😯 ! Amazing. Maybe it was used for timelapses or for industry usage I have a Nikon D800 that is rated for 200.000 (actually I have 62.000) and I'm worried lol. Same thing with my D5300 rated for 150.000 (actually 51.000). It seems like those things last forever and we have to not worry about shutter. Buy the way,I love so much the music you use in your video. I rewatch sometimes your videos just for the music. If only I could get the names of those music, it would be great

3000 photos a month 🤔. Sounds like maybe it lived it’s life with a wedding photographer or videographer. And they were booked every weekend 😅

@OttoLP

Жыл бұрын

or it was used for timelapses.

what does mpb stand for?

I have the complete opposite story. My 9 years old daughter got interested in photography and I bought a used olympus epl6 that was advertised as "like new"... well, indeed! It had only 1336 shots on it, which equals to only 3.21 shots per week in the course of 8 years. What a lack of interest in photography from that owner! lol. I can say my little girl took in a week more pictures than that camera had taken in 8 years.

Having owned the 5D Mk 1 to 4 models I am amazed but considering canon quality I am not totally surprised

Haha I’ve seen some 1D series cameras with well over 4 million. You can look up “camera shutter database” and click the link from Oleg and find a crowdsourced shutter expectancy! It’s fun seeing what to expect compared to what the manufacturer claimed. As others have said, it was probably used in a remote tether, timelapse, or burst shooting enclosure settings. Those regular breakdown of photos really is a normal amount for a wedding pro, I can easily clear 13k photos across a wedding weekend haha! My favorite photographer Sam Hurd doesn’t even review cameras/gear until he usually has over 100k images on it

I have the Mark II! It’s a pretty awesome camera. For anyone looking to buy it, definitely do. It’s worth it

Cool STUUUFFFF ! Congrats 4 posting ! Pls let me know - I am a biginner - the name of the Mac app thats reads Canon frame #. Many thanks !

it's like with a car, if you use it often the mileage can skyrocket, if it stays in the garage only to be used say once in a month then it'll have some problems. I have 5Ds with 500K, 1D4 with 600K and two 1Ds3, one have around 150K, second is more like 800K.

probably used for a ton of timelapses. Hence the excellent condition and the crazy shutter count.

If it was used for a single time-lapse video I'd love to see it

Usually canon is the most used brand by for an example german weather surveillance. Most cameras are being used stationary and never removed during their whole life cycle and take pictures every 5 to 10 minutes.

Absolutely incredible....never have I know such a high actuation frame count. I normally stay clear of DSLR that have done more than 60,000. A. Amazing, blows my mine thats for sure.

I could also imagine a use in stop motion filming

@damonabets3779

Жыл бұрын

100%

Just got a nikon d3 from mpb and it was never listed the shutter count. And it was over 560k

When your shutter count becomes serial number

I still use my 5D II. Works great.

I bought from a friend a 6D with 892k before the shutter was gone. I had to change the mirror box because it wouldn't focus right.

I reckon either timelapse or some kind of super commercial application like drivers license/school photos or a photobooth/ walk around photographer at a theme park or club.

I saw a nikon d3 with 3 million clicks on it on ebay. According to the seller, it had the shutter replaced once, out of maintenance, not because it broke. Even if it died on its next shot, that's an average of 1.5 million per shutter

I have a Nikon D800 that has like almost a million, but I noticed that the counter goes up by 2 when shooting RAW+JPEG so I don't think it counts as shutter actuations.

read somewhere about a Nikon F2 film camera with more than 1M shutter actuation ... i remember once i saw a Hasselblad ad boasting about how durable its (in-body) shutter is ... that, roughly quoting the ad's text: "If you think you buy a new Hasselblad when you pay for it in a camera store or directly from the company, then rest assured that its shutter mechanism has been fired 130`000 times before leaving the company!" ... (or something like that ...) ;-) as for this particular camera body, aside from the fact that Canon made the 5D series as long lasting bodies, chances also are it's been used by one previous owner only, and in a very conservative manner too! say, it's always been kept on a tripod and the shutter was fired at certain speeds (possibly even 'no speeds', such as using it on the B mode for example) and that's why it's still working so fine after so many years and shutter clicks ... in fact, if this was used by a sports photographer for example, and it's still in such a good working status, then i suggest you let Canon company itself know about it and they might buy it from you at a much higher price, because this is such a great advertisement for them ... (also i heard of a some Benz car and saw a documentary on KZread abuot a Volvo with more than 1M miles on them ... the latter, the Volvo's owner, has received special badges by the company every 100`000 miles, which are on display on the car's rear trunk door ... the catch though, is that its owner has stopped driving it on a daily basis say when it reached its factory guaranteed mark of whatever it was back in the 1980s when he bought it ... probably 100`000 miles or something? ... he just drives it for several miles a week only to put its mileage endurance to test ... you ought to be able to find its video on KZread via a quick search i think ...)

Could this be from like a multi year time lapse project?

@FoxTailWhipz

Жыл бұрын

It definitely could be!

I've heard stories of pro bodies from this era going way past the shutter rating, but I haven't seen much proof myself. My D700 right now has about 155,000 and runs like a top.

@lazar2175

Жыл бұрын

My 40D is at 130k and runs fine, it's rated for ~100k and knock on wood... It's going to hit 150k at least.

@grahamstretch6863

Жыл бұрын

@@lazar2175 My 40D failed with a few hundred shots on the second day of a holiday in Phoenix (from UK) fortunately I had rearranged my bag 3 times before leaving and on the 3rd time I managed to fit my 300D in, thank goodness for previous cameras! Canon fitted a new shutter box and I now use the 40D for timelapse, I do like my 40D, no idea what the shutter count is now! 🤷‍♂️ I have a 5DII as well, purchased from MPB UK and it only had 7000 shots, it is like new. I use that on a set of Canon FD bellows for digitising my dads slide collection.

@lazar2175

Жыл бұрын

@@grahamstretch6863 Apparently shutters on 40D had some issues, they would sometimes die early but that wasn't because they wore out, so you probably got unlucky and got that one. 40D is a nice camera, even today it takes good photos.

FYI when a shutter mechanism is replaced the shutter count on the camera is reset to zero so it is no doubt still operating with its original shutter mechanism - awesome eh?

This is like my camera although I'm only in like 600,000 range but I have a collection of cameras which I use I haven't dealt with any shutters falling apart yet

There is a German Pgotographer on YT using a Canon 6D Mark II that has over 1 million count, he has other Canon models with similar count, all original shutters.

I actually thought you should open it up to check what's the shutter condition :D

The company I work for use 5d 2s for our virtual tours. One house is about 2500 photos x that by the 5 houses we do a day.

Could it be the filming? I've heard that fuji camera's sometimes count the frame rates as photo's

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

Жыл бұрын

i don't think canon cameras include electronic ("rolling") actuations in the shutter count.

It may have been used for a photobooth- that could also explain why the body appears to be in excellent condition

These cameras are exceedingly good at being a time lapse camera

I have 5d mkII and I love it!

I've seen a camera box in a nightclub before, all controlled just by pressing a touschreen (camera in glass box) Maybe a use case like this is what it's been in. Where there's little to no user interaction but it gets repeatedly used

I bought an EOS 40D a few months ago with a shutter count of 32,000. On a 15 year old camera. My EOS 2000D which I've had for 21 months has done 130,291. Both shutters sound completely different. The 40D is quiet, the 2000D is loud as hell. Even with those wacky shutter counts both bodies look basically brand new. And yes, it is entirely possible to blow through 2,000 shots in the space of six hours during a trip to the zoo; I've done it three times this year.

Maybe this camera was used in some installation, since it's in good cosmetic condition. . eg. on a factory in a productlon line

Could have been used for sports, wildlife or timelapses... At the time, these were impressive; nowadays, you need to press the shutter of an r3 or r7 for less than 15 second to get these 482 shots a day. I personally take about 100-300 pictures per action shooting session (at 10fps)...

I loved using the 5D Mark 2. Great Image with character. I liked using the 5D 3 but felt some of the character was lost.

@Paul_McNulty

Жыл бұрын

I had a 2 then a 3. The autofocus was much better on the 3.

@jravell

Жыл бұрын

Wait until you get hold of a 5D Classic.

A colegue of mine had a Nikon z6 with 2.900.000 and shutter broken at that shutter count

Knife used for box opening?

When you put stuff to the test, I always wonder what the manufacturer really knows that they're not telling you.

the 5dii is a tank! I would never give her away! actually bought mine with a 250k shutter count, but she still works fineyfine!

That camera was probably a timelapse camera at one point.

As a photojournalist. My Nikon F3 had probably a million shots. The only time I would ever get a number in shutter count was when I sent it to NPS. Not hard ti believe.

I wouldn't be surprised if the actual count was "altered" using a non-regular lab equipment, specifically for this video or just to see for what price this will be sold for online. Bottom line, I'm not blown away.

owned 2 of this... it's a tank... i used one with Magic Lantern

Wonder if it was used on the sidelines if sporting events?

it probably belonged to an event photographer. On corporate events, such as seminars or launching events, I used to take more than thousands of photos each day. Yet, 2.2 million is just out of this world!!! Kudos to canon for making a real life Tank 🤣🤣

I knew by the title this would be a Canon. Since 1977 I've used Canon and only had one problem with one of my a1 bodies. And even today that old film camera still works today. Although the led lights in the viewfinder doesn't display. Exposures are still correct in auto modes or when hand held meter is used in manual mode. So the meter works its just the display in viewfinder has quit working.

There are so many uses this camera could have had to rack up the high shutter count but I’d bet it wasn’t in the hands of an operator / photographer and it certainly wasn’t a pool camera as some are suggesting, pool cameras get the crap beat out of them! I think I’ve seen retinal exam machines with 5DIIs on them, this sort of installation has the camera mounted to the machine and fired remotely and probably doesn’t even use a CF card, sending the pictures straight to the computer.

It's a canon!!! Obviously the best brand on the market ever. This isn't weird.

change the shutter but the count remains..same goes to nikon.. had my D700 shutter replaced but the count remains :)

Makes sense

I had a 5D Mark III that had a lil over a million, was still going strong when i sold it, no problems!

спасибо !