my car has done 60,000 miles

I did read an article once that went into the details of what a camera shutter mechanism actually goes through when you push the button. There is a link on this forum somewhere if your search for it, but in short if you set the shutter speed to something like 1/320th, the shutter curtains are subjected to something like 20g of acceleration as they move out of the way, and then are instantly subjected to 20g acceleration back the other way as they close the shutter again. It's actually surprising that they last as long as they do.

To go back to the original point, engines do rotate very quickly, but the mean piston speed is generally quite slow (relatively) if you average it out over an engine revolution.
 
So which would last longer a Canon or a Nikon.................runs for the hills quickly
 
id say nikon, only because after buying them people deeply regret the purchase and confine them to the draw!
 
fabs said:
Yeah, OOF is Out of Focus, think David was having an off moment. :D
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I thought the original post "be in OOF" was some kind of pun.

Need help? Say the two bold font words quickly and you'll see what kind of sense of humour I have:bonk::bonk::bonk::bonk:
 
I work that out as being around 20 minutes... Hmm, 150,000 actuations doesn't sound like much now... Full pelt your pro level camera can last 20 minutes!:lol:

trencheel303 said:
Lol? It has many more than just one moving part I am sure....
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Essentially. It has a casing and a fan, fuel is sprayed in and that's it.
 
evilonion said:
The small 1.0 engines are far less reliable than say a 4.0 v8, and generally by the time the life of the 1.0 is up the v8 is just running in.
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Rubbish, my mate has a Morris Minor from 1961 with an original 948cc engine that has done over 1 1/4 MILIION miles and NO major overhaul!
 
wontolla said:
Rubbish, my mate has a Morris Minor from 1961 with an original 948cc engine that has done over 1 1/4 MILIION miles and NO major overhaul!
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however it has had a few smaller jobs done like 3 new heads,4 lots of pistons,2 new gearboxes,8 sets of rings,6 new cams.

Sorry couldnt resist :lol:
 
Oakleafcjk said:
however it has had a few smaller jobs done like 3 new heads,4 lots of pistons,2 new gearboxes,8 sets of rings,6 new cams.

Sorry couldnt resist :lol:
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I will let you off as I expected this! (or something like it!:D)
Gearbox, yes, Piston rings, yes, but everything else is original! AND, in the Moggy club he belongs to, it's not the only one with over a million miles on the clock!
 
Heads gone is there a custom setting for doing dishes on a nikon??

Had a brush for 20 years only needed 6 new heads and 4 new shafts or am I missing the point of this thread
 
ChrisH said:
My VW Passat has done nearly 50K in 18 months your not even trying :D
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yawn - traded in my Vectra with 275,000miles after 5years - ran well too

but it was a taxi :lol:
 
As a machine goes the running time of a camera is very short compaired to other machines no matter how well built it is,i know everything is built for a purpuse and to do diffrent things,i used to use a milling machine that was used in making parts for Rolls Royce Merlin engines in the war and as far as i know was still being used 10 years ago in a workshop in Liverpool.
Cameras are well built and do what thay are ment to do,but at least this forum gave me some entertanment while i have been at home with the flu.
Thank you all who took part
 
lostinfrance said:
As a machine goes the running time of a camera is very short compaired to other machines no matter how well built it is,i know everything is built for a purpuse and to do diffrent things,i used to use a milling machine that was used in making parts for Rolls Royce Merlin engines in the war and as far as i know was still being used 10 years ago in a workshop in Liverpool.
Cameras are well built and do what thay are ment to do,but at least this forum gave me some entertanment while i have been at home with the flu.
Thank you all who took part
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Which RR factory you work at ?

I'm at Hucknall
 
the milling machine ,a archdale was bought by my boss in a machine sale in 1960 frm RR and used in a small worksop in liverpool making nothing as grand as merlin engines but was bought for its strengh in machineing 316 stainless steel
 
Shutter life expectancy... 150,000 actuations

When the manufacturer says this (whatever make & whatever camera & number) I reckon they are really saying...

"We expect this to be the minimum you should expect from our superb design & manufacturing process, and we'd like to think you could achieve 2x even 3x our quoted figure easily. However, we also accept the tolerances we're building into the process are made down to a price rather than to the best of our ability, so we're covering our arses by suggesting what we hope is a low figure, and telling you not to be surprised it it's worse than that

We also expect no-one (except Sports Pros) to get anywhere near our suggested figure before you feel the need to 'upgrade' to our latest camera offerings, and hence the quoted figure is pretty well meaningless. The advancement of technology makes camera lovers (read camera 'lusters') upgrade even where most of the time it makes no difference to their photography, but it does save us over-engineering our products - for which we thank you"


:D

DD
 
manufactures want you to upgrade,sony seem to have a new bit of kit every week.the technolagy is drip fed to us so we do upgrade,they could make and sell the finest camera in the world but why when people go number chasing,when you walk out the store with your new camera it already 12 to18 months out of date and will it realy take better phtographs,will it keep your wife happy lol
go to any photography club thats digital and film users,they should be called equipment clubs becase lots of users have lost sight of what the hobby is
 
DiddyDave said:
Shutter life expectancy... 150,000 actuations

When the manufacturer says this (whatever make & whatever camera & number) I reckon they are really saying...

"We expect this to be the minimum you should expect from our superb design & manufacturing process, and we'd like to think you could achieve 2x even 3x our quoted figure easily. However, we also accept the tolerances we're building into the process are made down to a price rather than to the best of our ability, so we're covering our arses by suggesting what we hope is a low figure, and telling you not to be surprised it it's worse than that

We also expect no-one (except Sports Pros) to get anywhere near our suggested figure before you feel the need to 'upgrade' to our latest camera offerings, and hence the quoted figure is pretty well meaningless. The advancement of technology makes camera lovers (read camera 'lusters') upgrade even where most of the time it makes no difference to their photography, but it does save us over-engineering our products - for which we thank you"


:D

DD
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but will you be first to complain when it stops woking at 149,999 clicks
 
Interesting thread this,may be worth starting a new one asking when people feel they 'need' a better camera. I am still learning and as you can see I own a 30d which is quite old now but I still achieve what I want from it.Should I upgrade? I don't think I need to as it would serve no purpose for me other than having a more up to date quadrillion pixel dslr.
 
WCG 519 said:
thought you may to know...my Nikon D2x is currently on its original shutter unit and at its present shutter count is........452,639 clicks........and my D3x which we got last august has currently done over 12,000...
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Do you spend all your free time clicking away ? Whats your keep rate ?

Must have RSI in your finger LOL!!!:lol::lol:
 
astral16v said:
Do you spend all your free time clicking away ? Whats your keep rate ?

Must have RSI in your finger LOL!!!:lol::lol:
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dont joke....my finger does hurt lol!!!!

anywhere from 8 shoots a week on a bad week to 40 at its busiest...maybe 600 families a year, i can shoot anywhere from 80 to 250 per session..
 
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