how do i age my camera

I've never really seen the need for it, but as its probably not something really complex to work out, I'm sure it would be easier to have it accessible in the menu's on the camera.
 
I thought when i first read the title you wanted to age your camera, as in make it look old...lol
That woukd be funny, make your 500D 'vintage'....lol
 
deadalus3000 said:
I thought when i first read the title you wanted to age your camera, as in make it look old...lol
That woukd be funny, make your 500D 'vintage'....lol
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That's what I thought too, and that perhaps "How would I date my camera?" would be more apt.

Then I realised that would only have elicited the response "take it out for a nice meal first!"

Probably from me :naughty:
 
I was also thinking he wanted to make his camera look old, just take a photo of it and make it sepia.

500D doesnt work with EOS info and neither does myshuttercount
 
Dunno about it meaning nothing. The shutter mechanism has a life rating and if you trawl the net you can find info on average failure rates so if buying a used one it could matter.

"My camera looks like new and it's taken 500,000 pictures. The shutter is rated at 100K"

"My camera looks like new and it's taken 10,000 pictures. The shutter is rated at 100k"

I know which I'd buy :D
 
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woof woof said:
Dunno about it meaning nothing. The shutter mechanism has a life rating and if you trawl the net you can find info on average failure rates so if buying a used one it could matter.

"My camera looks like new and it's taken 500,000 pictures. The shutter is rated at 100K"

"My camera looks like new and it's taken 10,000 pictures. The shutter is rated at 100k"

I know which I'd buy :D
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But they are equally likely to fail, a low shutter count is no guarantee of a long life to follow...
 
woof woof said:
Dunno about it meaning nothing. The shutter mechanism has a life rating and if you trawl the net you can find info on average failure rates so if buying a used one it could matter.

"My camera looks like new and it's taken 500,000 pictures. The shutter is rated at 100K"

"My camera looks like new and it's taken 10,000 pictures. The shutter is rated at 100k"

I know which I'd buy :D
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The rating is a "mean" figure I.e. an average so any camera may fail at any point.

Some will fail sooner and some will fail later. It is all in the hands of lady luck.
 
woof woof said:
Dunno about it meaning nothing. The shutter mechanism has a life rating and if you trawl the net you can find info on average failure rates so if buying a used one it could matter.
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Why would manufacturers care about used sales?

A used sale makes Canon no money so even if it only takes 5minutes to write it into the firmware, why bother?

woof woof said:
"My camera looks like new and it's taken 500,000 pictures. The shutter is rated at 100K"

"My camera looks like new and it's taken 10,000 pictures. The shutter is rated at 100k"

I know which I'd buy :D
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As has been said, both cameras equally likely to fail with the first exposure you make.

Also, were it a choice between a camera 1 click away from the average fail point/manufacturers expected shutter life or a camera which was still going strong after having racked up 5 times the average fail point/manufacturers expected shutter life I think I'd be taking the high shutter count one.
 
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