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Buying a used R3, but... shutter count almost 60k

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Falxon
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Buying a used R3, but... shutter count almost 60k

Hi folks.

I'm in the market for a gently used R3, and have been looking at a few places including ebay and used camera retailers. I recently saw one with just under 60k shutter cycles on it.

Now I know most people tend to use the electronic shutter, so the first question is does that figure include electronic shutter cycles?

The second question is, assuming the camera is out of warranty, would it be worth buying, at around $1000 off the full retail price, or is that too heavily used at that point? I would be on Canon Pro Services Platinum so repairs would be discounted, but I would prefer not to buy something that will need immediate maintenance.

Knowing that a new R3 has a US street price of around $5600 from a well-known source, the question is, is 60k cycles worth saving $600-800?

Any thoughts are welcome, as are suggestions for questions to ask the seller.

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Canon EOS 7D Mark II Canon EOS R3 Canon EF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Canon EF 500mm f/4.0L IS II USM +13 more
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