camera/shutter life?

[Leon]

following on from Grahams new camera I was wondering what the life expectance of my little 1000d was

 

100,000, say 200 a day thats 18 months!!  can this be true?

 

http://photocamel.com/forum/canon-forum/79862-canon-discloses-camera-shutter-life-expectancy.html

[colinb]

200 A DAY ????

 

so just how many pictures do you take in a week?

[GrahamNfk]

Planned obsolescence combined with a "get out of jail free" card for the manufacturer, I'm afraid.

 

[Old Fart mode = on]

In my day, cameras were delicate high-precision scientific instruments. In your day, they are consumer electronics. It's how it is, like it or not

[Old Fart mode = off]

[Leon]

200 A DAY ????

 

so just how many pictures do you take in a week?

hmm...suppose thats a "how long is a piece of string" question, a full day at the rally I can take 1000, then delete 2/3 of them, yeh suppose 200 a day on average is too many but even if it's 2 years still not a lot really...I'll have to treat myseld to a 1D when I win £60million leter on

[bugmeister]

I take one heck of  a lot of pictures when I'm at events, but other days I take none and I've averaged about 12k per year over the last 7 years or so.

 

The shutter assembly can be replaced by Canon service (I think about £250) and I would assume Nikon are the same, but by the time you reach that, will the sensor still be up to scratch? I remember my 300D was showing hot pixels at 25K shots and had become too noisy to use at over 400iso, when I retired it at 35K

The newer sensors are better (no problems at 50K on my current one)

[Leon]

is it the sensor that fails or the action of the mirror?  

 

are camera's supposed to be serviced ??

[bugmeister]

Mirror - shutter - sensor, three different bits of kit that could be replaced

 

And yes, you can get your camera serviced, they clean it, realign all the optical bits if needed, check the electronics etc. I haven't needed to have it done yet so I can't say how it works, but i doubt if they change any of the bits without extra cost

[ChrisLumix]

How on earth do I find out how many pictures my FZ38 has taken? It only keeps count per SD card AFAIK.