5D4 ... Repair it ??

Somewhere I seem to remember that Canon has a minimum $150 charge. I tried finding that thread but it was some time ago.

gjl711 wrote in post #19476309
Somewhere I seem to remember that Canon has a minimum $150 charge. I tried finding that thread but it was some time ago.

You can just about double that these days.

BTMFL82 wrote in post #19476244
John ...... I am located in the Baltimore area, so I may not be too far from you. Not opposed to going a different route than Canon service. I tried the one place that I know that might do the repair and they no longer do camera repairs, just sales and coordinate repairs through Canon. According to them, Canon has made it very difficult, if not impossible, to get the replacement parts. If you know places/individuals that would repair, I am interested.

I don't have any personal experience but one that should be near you is mentioned in the article at https://petapixel.com …d-the-digital-revolution/.

One in Lancaster PA that I used 10 years back is at https://perfectimageca​mera.com/. Back then you called them first to get shipping instructions. These days I would call first and make sure they actually do the repair work as opposed to sending it out which just adds to the cost.

Thanks John!! Looks like I will be giving both a call.

Well, that was quick.....Just heard back from Canon. The quote is $529 for cleaning, repairing/replacing the dial, and 6 month warranty. I have reached out to the places John mentioned, but have not heard back yet.

As JJ mentioned above ... "Between $500 and $1000, Hmmm... gotta think on that one.". I will probably get it repaired, but still very interested in the R6 II as possibly a second body. Since the boss/CFO of our household said "Isn't your current camera getting kinda old .......", might be time to jump to mirrorless while she is onboard ... LOL

$529 is a bit over, but i would fix it, sell it, get the R6 Or better yet, sell it telling the buyer that the price is reduced by $500 for the fix.

Does that include a full sensor and mirror box cleaning? If so, that is probably about $100 of the repair there. That is a borderline price for me too, if my 5D4 had the issues. I would weigh the differences of fixing and then selling it versus selling it on ebay or whatever as-is to see what I could get. I figure getting it fixed and selling it would still net me about $700-800, which I could use toward another purchase.

does seem a bit expensive - but then they're upselling/adding on services that you haven't asked for?

They’ve always included a cleaning for as long as I can remember.

It makes sense for them to do that if they're including a 6 month warranty.

Teamspeed, according to Canon's maintenance site, a "7-Point image sensor cleaning" includes CLEAN IMAGE SENSOR; CLEAN MIRROR (If Applicable); CLEAN FOCUS SCREEN; CLEAN EXTERNAL VIEWFINDER; CLEAN EXTERNAL LCD SURFACES; CLEAN CAMERA BODY; and VERIFY FIRMWARE VERSION AND UPDATE (If Applicable). I have not talked to the shop yet, but this is probably the service that they are including along with the repair.

I will probably go ahead and get it fixed. Then decide if I want to 1) use for a year or two, and then pass down to my daughter or 2) sell and use proceeds towards R6 II.

Thanks Everyone!

Camera's recently serviced give peace of mind to those looking to buy used.

If this is a fairly standard repair, maybe some of the other repair shops could give you a sight-unseen estimate. I do that all the time... if it's truly just a specific problem that I'm familiar with, I pretty much know what it'll cost. And if it isn't, then the price will change.

I would get it repaired.
Still a great camera and also a great second camera.
If and when you should sell it, better to move it with everything working. Better opportunity to sell.

There is a market for non working or partially non working cameras, you just list on ebay or whatever as "for repair or parts", and there are folks that buy these up and part them out (or repair them with parts from other cameras) just like in the automotive space.

These are going for around $500-700 right now, so if a repair is going to cost $500+ then you hope later when you sell it, you can get more $1200 or so to net about the same as just selling the body for parts.