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Nov 20, 2016 00:08:43   #
royb_36-cox.net Loc: Phoenix
 
IMO the question is not how long but 1) How will it be treated and 2) how many cameras of that type will fail out of 10,100 in 2 years, 5 years etc. I doubt that information exists but there is no answer for how long.

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Nov 20, 2016 10:28:36   #
Jim Bob
 
royb_36-cox.net wrote:
IMO the question is not how long but 1) How will it be treated and 2) how many cameras of that type will fail out of 10,100 in 2 years, 5 years etc. I doubt that information exists but there is no answer for how long.


Well, start on your own thread and ask the questions you prefer rather than paternalistically tell me what questions I should ask. Thank you very much.

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Nov 20, 2016 19:44:38   #
royb_36-cox.net Loc: Phoenix
 
Jim Bob wrote:
Well, start on your own thread and ask the questions you prefer rather than paternalistically tell me what questions I should ask. Thank you very much.


I apologize Jim Bob. I thought I was being helpful.

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Nov 21, 2016 14:11:26   #
Jim Bob
 
royb_36-cox.net wrote:
I apologize Jim Bob. I thought I was being helpful.


No problem. Thanks.

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Dec 3, 2016 14:04:32   #
DJO
 
asiafish wrote:
I started with a used Canon 5D, made in 2006 or so. I sold it last year (should have kept it as a backup) and with over 300,000 exposures it was still working like a champ.

A lot of those older DSLRs, especially the 12 megapixel full-frames (Canon 5D, Nikon D700) had a really beautiful way of drawing light. I don't know what it was, the larger pixels most likely, but those things just produce gorgeous files at moderate ISO.

Nikon Df gives a similar look and holds up extremely well at high ISO, but I'm a Canon shooter so won't likely own one. Maybe I'll just get another beat-up 5D to go with my 5D3.
I started with a used Canon 5D, made in 2006 or so... (show quote)


Pressing the shutter release on your camera 300,000 times = 139 rolls of 36 exposure film per month, every month, for 5 years. That would be more than 8300 rolls of film. In 5 years. How many pros (or amateurs) do you think actually shot that much film? On one camera body?

I don't know the answer. Maybe a lot more than one might think. Personally, I think digital cameras have made photographers a bit trigger happy. But thinking is probably way over rated.

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