Camera life
May 3, 2012 07:06:38 #
I have a question of how long a camera will last, without any mishaps of course . just the regular lifespan of a camera. the reason i am asking, i had 2 canon S3 and S5. both lasted about 2 years each. they did not break but my pictures just became grainier and grainier till i couldnt stand it anymore. I now have a nikon d7000 but take thousands of pictures. If i take about 400 pics in one setting say twice a week and then of course there would be vacations where i would take a couple of thousand. so anyone know with regular use how long a camera like that should last?
May 3, 2012 08:09:46 #
I think the 7000 is rated at 150,000 shutter life (some last more some last less)...so at 1000 shots a week that'll give you 150 weeks which is roughly 2.8 years worth of life on the shutter...shutters can be replaced too.
May 3, 2012 17:04:19 #
wow, not very long . wonder if it is expensive to replace a shutter. do they ususally just go out or does the pictures just start suffering? any thoughts?
May 3, 2012 17:05:42 #
Roger Hicks
Loc: Aquitaine
Well, my Gandolfi Universal 12x15 inch was built sometime between 1890 and 1914...
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
May 4, 2012 10:38:24 #
dblackard wrote:
I have a question of how long a camera will last, ... (show quote)
"grainier and grainier" sounds like anything but wearing out a shutter. I think there are other issues. Can you post any older pics and more recent to show the difference? If nothing else send the camera in to the manufacturer with examples of the problem and get a detaied explanation of what they think and an estimate of repair costs. I might as say up front the repair estimate will be high enough to push you towards buying a new camera. That's the way it works. Nobody want's to repair (as far as manufacturers). They would rather sell a new item. :thumbdown:
May 4, 2012 10:43:53 #
Couple days ago I saw a Canon 5D Mark II with 250,000 actuations and he was selling for 700.00 with grip and acc. I sent him email and wanted to buy, but I missed it, was too late. The cost for replacing shutter is about 200.00. So it would have been a good deal.
May 4, 2012 16:18:42 #
Keeping in mind that all of today's digital cameras have computers inside I was wondering if they keep count of the shutter usage and, if so, how the owner can get that information.
Does anyone know?
Does anyone know?
May 4, 2012 16:21:50 #
May 4, 2012 17:18:53 #
Roger Hicks wrote:
Well, my Gandolfi Universal 12x15 inch was built sometime between 1890 and 1914...
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
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Oh! Is it a digital? (hahaha) :)
May 4, 2012 17:29:23 #
jenny wrote:
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Oh! Is it a digital? (hahaha) :)
Roger Hicks wrote:
Well, my Gandolfi Universal 12x15 inch was built sometime between 1890 and 1914...
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
* * * * *
Oh! Is it a digital? (hahaha) :)
And notice Roger didn't say if it was working or not! :mrgreen:
May 4, 2012 20:53:52 #
i already gave away my old cameras and bought the nikon d7000. Just hoped that it would last me more than a couple of years. makes me not want to take so many pics of all the people who want me to take their pics!! yes, you can get a readout of how many actuations but it varies. you can google it easy enough. i bougth mine used but it only had 20 actuations on it!! the owner said it was just too heavy for him.
May 4, 2012 20:57:15 #
Another way to look at it: by the time you can burn out the shutter on ANY DSLR (all of which have short useful lives) the camera world will have advanced so far you will simply want to retire the old camera and favor the new.
May 4, 2012 21:10:27 #
dblackard wrote:
i already gave away my old cameras and bought the nikon d7000. Just hoped that it would last me more than a couple of years. makes me not want to take so many pics of all the people who want me to take their pics!! yes, you can get a readout of how many actuations but it varies. you can google it easy enough. i bougth mine used but it only had 20 actuations on it!! the owner said it was just too heavy for him.
Thanks. Now I have another reason to stay up late on the Internet. Yeah!
BTW I just bought a D7000 and the powered hand grip. I also got the strap that goes around your hand. It really fits like a glove and I don't feel the weight.
May 4, 2012 21:50:28 #
true but i was hoping after buying a 1500.00 camera i would be satisfied with it for a few years!!
PhotoArtsLA wrote:
Another way to look at it: by the time you can burn out the shutter on ANY DSLR (all of which have short useful lives) the camera world will have advanced so far you will simply want to retire the old camera and favor the new.
May 4, 2012 22:29:17 #
Now your learning why you put your money in the glass and remember the body is expendable. Like many others stated, the newer bodies will almost always outdo the previous ones either by cleaner images at higher ISO's, faster frame rates, shear numbers of pixels, computer chips inside, and many other reasons. pick a solid company like Nikon or Canon etc.... And buy good glass. Most of us may never wear out our first camera or really utilize its full potential, then some will. Or buy the new d4 it has an ungodly amount of shutter life as so the new Canon Mark III. Yet you could buy 3 d7000's for one d4!!!
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