lesv Loc: warren pa

can someone help a newbie? i found a nikon d7000 in great shape for a price i can afford, it has 45,000 shutter activations. how many are safe for a used nikon?? thanks!!

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Do a search for actuations been pretty well discussed pages an pages.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Look at bottom half this page:
FAQ: What is my "Shutter Actuation" count?
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-26506-1.html

C.Ashbeck1 Loc: Wisconsin

So what happens when it reaches the count for life on a camera?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I'd look for one with fewer clicks. Although it was probably tested for 100,000 clicks, that's not a guarantee. I've bought several cameras on eBay with 350 - 2,000 clicks. You can look for a refurb from a dealer - on eBay, too.

If you bid on eBay, make sure you get a shutter count first. I always ask, and if they don't know how to find it, I give them some of this info. If they don't give me a count, I don't bid. If a dealer has cameras packed away, he's not going to go and check the shutter count, but private individuals will. If you buy a camera from eBay, check the count when you get it a make sure it is close to what the seller said.

Shutter Count
http://www.camerashuttercount.com/
http://kentweakley.com/blog/photo-tip-photos-camera/
http://regex.info/exif.cgi
Get Irfanview (free) and also get the plug-ins for it. Start the program, open a photo, click on Image > Information > Exif info.
Get ExifInfo - also free. Unzip and get the icon onto the Desktop. Find a photo and drag it onto the icon. A window will open with loads of info. Look down the list for Shutter Count (or whatever they call it).
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com):For Canon users, try this: http://www.astrojargon.net
For Nikon users check this: http://drchung.new21.net/previewextractor/
http://www.astrojargon.net/EOSInfo.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
http://www.nikonshuttercount.com/
http://myshuttercount.com/

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Who knows. It is like buying a used car: Will the transmission fail in 1-year, or 10-years, or never?

Most photographers upgrade their cameras about every three or four years. If this camera shutter lasts that long may depend on how much you use it, or it could outlive you.

lesv Loc: warren pa

Thank you all very much!

nikon_jon Loc: Northeast Arkansas

It could fail or it could keep going. Shutter life also depends on how the shutter is used. I have read that if you do a lot of rapid-fire as in sports photography, it tends to shorten shutter life. I don't know that that's ever been confirmed. I do know that when I worked on the photography staff of our local paper, the cameras used for sports shooting were the ones that took the real beatings and the ones most likely to experience shutter failure, and that was in the film days.

PhotoGator Loc: Florida

Valuable information, thanks for sharing it.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Not being familiar with Nikon's model progression and not knowing where the D7000 ranks relative to "newer" models, I'd say it's probably good for up to 100,000 before even needing a tune up.

However, you may want to check with Nikon before making this buy.

Good Luck