Value for money?

[maleficarum]

My mk1 Canon 5D's shutter has failed and I've had a reasonable quote of £150 to fix (not including P&P). My question is - will this prolong the life of the camera sufficiently to make the cost of repair worth it? The shutter count was only around 15,000.

 

[Mike.P]

That seems a very reasonable price.

As for the life of the camera .. how long is a piece of string, the sensor (or similar) could fail tomorrow or in 5 years time.

That's the trouble with electronics, so you take the chance or you don't.

 

[AJQS]

Well You aren't going to be able to buy another 5d for £150 so seems a bit of a daft question to me? Get it repaired.

 

[maleficarum]

Well You aren't going to be able to buy another 5d for £150 so seems a bit of a daft question to me? Get it repaired.

It is a bit daft, but funds are tight at the moment and it's not my only camera. I don't want to just blow £150 (£200 inc postage) on fixing it without some idea of the length of service a new shutter might afford.

 

[arad85]

Electronics tends to fail in the first few months or last an age. The things that tehnd to fail with age are (normally high voltage) capacitors subjected to heat. The only place there are anything like that in a camera are in the flash.

The shutter is mechanical so can go at any age. My feeling would be to have it replaced and the electronics should last a good while longer. You never can tell though - it really is pot luck, but if it were mine, I had the money (even if it were a squeeze) and wanted the camera back in service, I would get it done.