Would a 5D used mainly for video, have more wear?

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

05/11/2012 03:51:21 PM · #1

Do you think a 5D MKii, used mainly for shooting video. Would be more prone to sensor failure, due to heat issues etc?? Than one used just for photography.

Spork99

OM System OM-1

05/11/2012 04:46:55 PM · #2

Originally posted by dmadden:

Do you think a 5D MKii, used mainly for shooting video. Would be more prone to sensor failure, due to heat issues etc?? Than one used just for photography.

No.

The parts that typically wear out on a DLSR are in the shutter mechanism. Unless the video was time-lapse made from thousands and thousands of frames.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/11/2012 04:55:40 PM · #3

Originally posted by Spork99:

Originally posted by dmadden:
Do you think a 5D MKii, used mainly for shooting video. Would be more prone to sensor failure, due to heat issues etc?? Than one used just for photography.

No.

The parts that typically wear out on a DLSR are in the shutter mechanism. Unless the video was time-lapse made from thousands and thousands of frames.

In reference to the sensor stress, overheating from videoing. Isn't video exposure more stressful than time lapse? Time lapse would mainly stress the shutter mechanism.

Alex_Petrini

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

05/11/2012 04:56:24 PM · #4

Originally posted by dmadden:

Do you think a 5D MKii, used mainly for shooting video. Would be more prone to sensor failure, due to heat issues etc?? Than one used just for photography.

IMHO, yes.

I use my D7000 a lot to shoot videos and it has a limitation of 20 minutes. The limitation is mainly because of the overheating of sensor. It doesn't mean that your sensor will have a failure, but shooting long videos put the sensor under stress much more than pictures.

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

05/11/2012 05:09:17 PM · #5

Originally posted by Alexkc:

Originally posted by dmadden:
Do you think a 5D MKii, used mainly for shooting video. Would be more prone to sensor failure, due to heat issues etc?? Than one used just for photography.

IMHO, yes.

I use my D7000 a lot to shoot videos and it has a limitation of 20 minutes. The limitation is mainly because of the overheating of sensor. It doesn't mean that your sensor will have a failure, but shooting long videos put the sensor under stress much more than pictures.

I THINK some of the limits would be the file size on a fat32 formatted card..... It may well be heat as well.

Spork99

OM System OM-1

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

05/11/2012 06:44:26 PM · #6

I've seen reports of the 5D mkII shutting down due to sensor heat during long video sessions (40 min @ 60fps). There is a thermal monitor system in place. I would bet that the limits on such a protection circuit are pretty conservative so unless the protection circuit was damaged, I doubt you would ever damage the sensor.

I've never heard of a 5D mkII cooking its sensor. Given the way people carry on about product failures, if such failures had occurred at any kind of significant (or even an insignificant) rate, it would be plastered all over the internet.

05/11/2012 11:53:14 PM · #7

Thanks a lot!!
I think I'll just go for a Canon factory refurb. Which is what I always buy.

Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra

05/30/2012 05:04:52 PM · #8

Having a hard time getting a refurb to me in Jamaica. Now I have to reconsider the use the one that's already here.

So would any of you DPC peeps be concerned about buying a "used" 5D mkii, used only for video? He got it in march 2011 and use it some wkds.

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

05/30/2012 05:11:54 PM · #9

I wouldn't worry too much, myself... But that's just a gut feeling. Certainly, the SHUTTER gets a lot less wear and tear shooting video, and that seems to be the most vulnerable part of a dSLR...