Camera Repair: Thinking ahead I am going to need a new shutter for my D500 in the not to distant future. I can't remember the Camera Repair store's name. It wasn't Nikon. Any thoughts...

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

Thinking ahead I am going to need a new shutter for my D500 in the not to distant future.
I can't remember the Camera Repair store's name. It wasn't Nikon. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Jules

Just found the information.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Jules, I'd recommend Nikon Repair. They have the sophisticated equipment to make sure the repair is done correctly. However, ultimately, the choice is yours.
--Bob

Jules Karney wrote:

Thinking ahead I am going to need a new shutter for my D500 in the not to distant future.
I can't remember the Camera Repair store's name. It wasn't Nikon. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Jules

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

rmalarz wrote:

Jules, I'd recommend Nikon Repair. They have the sophisticated equipment to make sure the repair is done correctly. However, ultimately, the choice is yours.
--Bob

Hi ya Robert. Nice to hear from you. I just found the repair shop in my files.
Thanks and be well,
Jules

ClarkJohnson Loc: Fort Myers, FL and Cohasset, MA

Jules Karney wrote:

Thinking ahead I am going to need a new shutter for my D500 in the not to distant future.
I can't remember the Camera Repair store's name. It wasn't Nikon. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Jules

Just found the information.

So, could you share the name? You have us all in suspense!

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Jules Karney wrote:

Thinking ahead I am going to need a new shutter for my D500 in the not to distant future.
I can't remember the Camera Repair store's name. It wasn't Nikon. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Jules

Just found the information.

Midwestcamerarepair.com

But, since I am a member of Nikon Professional Services, and since Nikon would cost about $300.00. Why not send it to the Nikon experts.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

There's no logic in 'preventive maintenance' of replacing a shutter. A shutter may never / is likely never to fail during your ownership of the camera, and if it ever should, only at that point should one consider the options of buy another used, buy something new, or repair options.

BebuLamar

CHG_CANON wrote:

There's no logic in 'preventive maintenance' of replacing a shutter. A shutter may never / is likely never to fail during your ownership of the camera, and if it ever should, only at that point should one consider the options of buy another used, buy something new, or repair options.

Besides a there is no warranty that a newly replaced shutter will out live the existing one.

jonyrot

If we were to live without preventative maintenance, turning on the lights would always be preceded by a prayer.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

jonyrot wrote:

If we were to live without preventative maintenance, turning on the lights would always be preceded by a prayer.

Would you replace your heart, lungs, or liver simply because you think you're getting old? Or, the similar core functions of your car, like the engine? Or, would you wait for it to fail and decide what makes the most economic sense if / when the failure event does ever occur? Or, would / could you take another simply option and sell before the failure event occurs?

BebuLamar

jonyrot wrote:

If we were to live without preventative maintenance, turning on the lights would always be preceded by a prayer.

I never pray before turning on a light. I never replace the light bulb until I know for sure it's bad.

BebuLamar

CHG_CANON wrote:

Would you replace your heart, lungs, or liver simply because you think you're getting old? Or, the similar core functions of your car, like the engine? Or, would you wait for it to fail and decide what makes the most economic sense if / when the failure event does ever occur? Or, would / could you take another simply option and sell before the failure event occurs?

Actually just like heart, lung or liver I am very afraid that they would mess up my camera while taking it apart. So unless it's definitely need repair I wouldn't want anybody taking it apart.

Randyfrieder Loc: Long Island, New York

I also come from the:
“If it ain’t broke,
Don’t fix it”
school.

The shutter, to the best of my knowledge, doesn’t need any preventive maintenance.
And the number of listed shots before failure is just an average.
Yours could die today, or literally go on for an additional 100k, 200k or even more shots, before failure.
It is generally considered to be an “only replace it when it fails”, item.
Unless you are experiencing an issue, use your camera, enjoy and don’t worry about the shutter, until it doesn’t “shutter” anymore!!!

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

CHG_CANON wrote:

There's no logic in 'preventive maintenance' of replacing a shutter. A shutter may never / is likely never to fail during your ownership of the camera, and if it ever should, only at that point should one consider the options of buy another used, buy something new, or repair options.

So true.

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

CHG_CANON wrote:

Would you replace your heart, lungs, or liver simply because you think you're getting old? Or, the similar core functions of your car, like the engine? Or, would you wait for it to fail and decide what makes the most economic sense if / when the failure event does ever occur? Or, would / could you take another simply option and sell before the failure event occurs?

I was thinking ahead. Just doing some research if I needed to replace or buy another camera.

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

ClarkJohnson wrote:

So, could you share the name? You have us all in suspense!

The camera store that fixed my Nikon 80-400 4.5-5.6 vr was Authorized Photo Service in Il.
They did a great job and much less expensive than Nikon.