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Apr 10, 2019 10:56:57   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
howIseeit wrote:
I do not know whether this has been addressed before in same context, but here it goes: I just purchased a well used D800 from overseas. So, no support from Nikon North America, I am fine with that too.
I did not know the actuation count at the time of purchase on Ebay but it does not bother me to much. However upon checking the shutter actuation count, it is 150000, so be it. I shoot couple hundert's of images in a year between all my cameras.
I love the camera, probably the best I ever had since the FM2, Kowa Six and D2X. It is well beyond my expertise even if I use it as point and shoot ......
My question to the learned ones is: Does anyone on here have and still use the digital camera which has long since crossed the Shutter count limit?
As in my case, there is approximately 50 000 left which might last me my lifetime, considering I have other cameras as well.
I do not know whether this has been addressed befo... (show quote)


Don’t worry too much about it. Most of us either will want a new camera — or die — before our cameras quit on us.

Pros, and those who work in extreme conditions, may tell a different story.

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Apr 10, 2019 11:01:07   #
jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ
 
howIseeit wrote:
I do not know whether this has been addressed before in same context, but here it goes: I just purchased a well used D800 from overseas. So, no support from Nikon North America, I am fine with that too.
I did not know the actuation count at the time of purchase on Ebay but it does not bother me to much. However upon checking the shutter actuation count, it is 150000, so be it. I shoot couple hundert's of images in a year between all my cameras.
I love the camera, probably the best I ever had since the FM2, Kowa Six and D2X. It is well beyond my expertise even if I use it as point and shoot ......
My question to the learned ones is: Does anyone on here have and still use the digital camera which has long since crossed the Shutter count limit?
As in my case, there is approximately 50 000 left which might last me my lifetime, considering I have other cameras as well.
I do not know whether this has been addressed befo... (show quote)


They just estimate how many clicks your shutter can take. I know several people that have gone beyond 300k on a camera rated for 150k clicks. I've also seen older cameras die before their estimated number of clicks. Some had mirror problems that would come unglued from the shutter mechanism prematurely causing shutter failure. Most modern cameras made in the past 5 or 6 years will usually go beyond the estimated number of clicks.

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Apr 10, 2019 11:02:16   #
larryepage Loc: North Texas area
 
The only possible consideration is if you are concerned that replacement shutters might become unavailable before you need one...

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Apr 10, 2019 11:14:11   #
mas24 Loc: Southern CA
 
Even a crop sensor Nikon or Canon camera will give you at least 100,000 shutter clicks. To an average amateur/hobbyist, that's more than enough for a lifetime. And, if your shutter fails on you. Nikon, will kindly take your $400 to replace it. Keep shooting, until the shutter fails on you. Just have an adequate backup camera, if it does. Wear and tear, affects most electronic and mechanical devices. Nothing lasts forever.

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Apr 10, 2019 12:29:32   #
elee950021 Loc: New York, NY
 
MT Shooter wrote:
My D800E shutter count is over 388,000 and counting. Don't let it bother you.
I have a PJ customer with a D3S that has over 1.8 MILLION on its original shutter and still clicking!


Hi all!

My Nikon D800 had a 220K shutter count before the mirror started flapping up and down and needed repair. Shutter and mirror box was replaced, under $400 for repair. I recently bought a Nikon D3s in decent shape where the original owner verified through myshuttercount.com that the camera had a 440K shutter count. He also said that in a preventive measure he had both the shutter and mirror replaced by Nikon. He was a professional who did event photography, mostly talking heads. I have since taken over 6000 images, mostly model photography, and the camera still sounds and performs like a champ, after getting a second life!

Cheers! Ed

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Apr 10, 2019 12:35:43   #
CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska
 
howIseeit wrote:
I do not know whether this has been addressed before in same context, but here it goes: I just purchased a well used D800 from overseas. So, no support from Nikon North America, I am fine with that too.
I did not know the actuation count at the time of purchase on Ebay but it does not bother me to much. However upon checking the shutter actuation count, it is 150000, so be it. I shoot couple hundert's of images in a year between all my cameras.
I love the camera, probably the best I ever had since the FM2, Kowa Six and D2X. It is well beyond my expertise even if I use it as point and shoot ......
My question to the learned ones is: Does anyone on here have and still use the digital camera which has long since crossed the Shutter count limit?
As in my case, there is approximately 50 000 left which might last me my lifetime, considering I have other cameras as well.
I do not know whether this has been addressed befo... (show quote)



You can see by reading this thread that shutter count makes no difference. I think camera companies only include it because they can. Your shutter can fail after 10 shots or never. I think including it as something you can know just gives the worriers something more to worry about. Don't give it a second thought.
...Cam

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Apr 10, 2019 12:52:41   #
tommystrat Loc: Bigfork, Montana
 
DirtFarmer wrote:
There's a myth that the cock will crow at dawn.
I have a couple of roosters and they crow whenever they damn well please.
All day.
All night.


We had a rooster in the coop with our chickens - operative word, HAD... silence is now golden...

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Apr 10, 2019 12:55:18   #
Jacqui Burke Loc: Perkiomenville, PA
 
My D7100 shutter failed at around 20,000 clicks and Nikon charged $250 to fix it. It was one month out of the one year warranty.

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Apr 10, 2019 12:59:06   #
DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
 
tommystrat wrote:
We had a rooster in the coop with our chickens - operative word, HAD... silence is now golden...


Believe me, we have considered that.

On the positive side, the roosters do protect the hens. I have seen one rooster chase off a red tail hawk on two separate occasions (The chickens are free ranging). One rooster attacked a fox (rooster lost a few feathers but is OK otherwise).

Of course since we have two roosters, they fight occasionally. One is more aggressive than the other, particularly in the spring. One day he was particularly nasty so we locked him in an area by himself for 24 hours. He became nicer (not nice, but better than he had been). The other rooster is a real gentleman. When we bring food he alerts the hens and watches over them so they all eat. When they're full he gets some for himself.

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Apr 10, 2019 15:39:48   #
nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY
 
howIseeit wrote:
I do not know whether this has been addressed before in same context, but here it goes: I just purchased a well used D800 from overseas. So, no support from Nikon North America, I am fine with that too.
I did not know the actuation count at the time of purchase on Ebay but it does not bother me to much. However upon checking the shutter actuation count, it is 150000, so be it. I shoot couple hundert's of images in a year between all my cameras.
I love the camera, probably the best I ever had since the FM2, Kowa Six and D2X. It is well beyond my expertise even if I use it as point and shoot ......
My question to the learned ones is: Does anyone on here have and still use the digital camera which has long since crossed the Shutter count limit?
As in my case, there is approximately 50 000 left which might last me my lifetime, considering I have other cameras as well.
I do not know whether this has been addressed befo... (show quote)


Your shutter could fail at the next activation. Or it could last another 200,000 activations.
The mean between the two is 100,000 activations.
Use whichever number you want. You can't predict random failure.
Just use the camera until it fails, then decide between repair and replacement.

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Apr 10, 2019 16:16:16   #
howIseeit Loc: Kootenays, BC Canada
 
Thank You rjriggins11,

Or perhaps a do it yourself shutter replacement procedure shows up, on Utube. The Nikon service is not an option as this camera is straight from Japan so as gray as they go!

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Apr 10, 2019 16:33:34   #
howIseeit Loc: Kootenays, BC Canada
 
Thank You all

for replying to my question. My now resolve is get out and make pics, lots of them. If it croaks it croaks, for what is worth I paid just shy of 800.00 canadian for it. Even though even that seemed high since i was the high bidder for most of durration and was hoping to get it for less than 600.00 but then all of a sudden my max bid got disclosed and up went the thing. The hidden bits came fast and furious from same bidder mind you.

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Apr 10, 2019 16:59:54   #
Beenthere
 
I don't think that, even, the manufacturers really know how long a shutter will perform. They try and work statistics and probability but it proves nothing. As in this post, there are many users who have exceeded, by far, the estimates from manufacturers.., and, of course, those guys want you to buy a new camera at some point and, so logically, are not interested in units lasting too long, right? Take care off your cameras and, more than likely, they'll outlast you.

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Apr 10, 2019 17:17:02   #
Bill B in FL
 
I have lost 3 old time great Pentax's to OTS (old tired shutter) and can only say that I decided it happens unpredictably. Unfortunately for those, there was no repair. Sorry to hear the same problem exists in our digital age.

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Apr 10, 2019 17:24:27   #
Amadeus Loc: New York
 
I recently sold a D40 to mpb.com. They gave me an estimate of $80. When they received it they cut it to $70 because the camera had a little over 50,000. I guess it was just a ruse to knock off a few bucks. If I remember correctly, that camera's life expectancy was 100,000, but I'm not sure.

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