Shutter Life Expectancy

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Just Found this site, not sure if it's been posted before, but i hadn't seen it:

http://www.olegkikin.com/shutterlife/

I'm not sure how much you can trust it by, but gives you a rough idea of how many pictures actually get taken...

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Jonathan
 
I've seen that site before, the only trouble with such databases is that they are based on figures supplied by individuals, so have no real value. If, on the other hand, a similar table could be compiled from the failure rates/warranty claims recorded by the manufacturers then it would have more validity
 
I think they need a better system. This was taken from the EOS 1d II page.
:thinking:
Average number of actuations after which shutter is still alive: 115,422.3
Average number of actuations after which shutter died: 85,532.5
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It makes perfect sense.

The number of persons reporting that their camera shutter still works give their present shutter count. The number is averaged out: ie Average number of actuations after which shutter is still alive: 115,422.3

The number of persons reporting give the shutter count at which their shutter stopped working. The number is averaged out: ie Average number of actuations after which shutter died: 85,532.5
It makes more sense thus:

The mean average shutter count of all cameras reported as having shutter problems was: 85,532.5

The mean average shutter count of all cameras reported as still working is: 115,422.3

:gag::cuckoo::lol:
 
how do you see the number of shutter ops on a canon anyway?
 
If you put into context - how long the shutter will last. I have had F5s from new and they haven't packed up at all. OK I stopped using them when I went digital, but they worked perfectly for several years.

I have a Nikon FE2 which diod professional work as a sole body for over 10 years - it still works like new. I think you can get hung up on shutter life...100,000 actuations is nothing. Then do a calculation based on how much picture taking YOU do, how many frames a day, by how many days a month - x12. Then see how many years it will take before you get to 100,000.

The D3 has been thoroughly tested to 300,000 actuations....that is nearly the rest of my life!
 
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