cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

I have had many cameras over my 50+ year career, but not one that died. I have replaced a couple of shutters, which is absolutely no issue. We'll see how my current mirrorless do, but, so far so good, @ 50k images from each of my two Nikon Z9s so far. Best of luck.

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

Not dead; just in need of a visit to the doctor.

cdayton

Only once. In the early 2000s, I had a Casio EX-S2 (2mp) that I carried everywhere - it fit in a shirt pocket. I have a couple of fine 12x16 prints from that camera on our walls. It came up with some kind of error message that I couldn’t rectify so I abandoned it for my less convenient “serious” camera = Nikon D50.

Peteso Loc: Blacks Hills

My photography goes back to the 60s and my first pro-grade camera was a Nikon F. Physical life is not the determinant of replacement; technology advancements are.

pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA

Had one die. Nikon F had to have its shutter replaced. Now the second shutter won’t release unless I push the release a second time. Now, can’t find the right parts, so it sits. But it served me well for decades and still functions, after a fashion. Have to use a hand held meter with it though because of lack of available batteries that are worth buying. All the lenses I purchased for it work fine and do so on a Df body.

dbrugger25 Loc: Raleigh, NC

These days, when mechanical shutters can operate at 12 frames per second, shutter life has become more important.
I have photographed soccer games and basketball games where the shutter count has ranged from 500 to 1,000.

I must admit that I only got a few great images at those games. Considering that I have nine grandchildren, that could be a lot of games and very high shutter counts.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Maybe my situation is a lot different, but I've worn out a Nikon FM body and a Nikon F3 shutter in my day. The FM was thrown in the recycling bin for electronics, while the F3 shutter was replaced, the mirror replaced and realigned, and it kept going until my employer sold it to a coworker.

I worked for a school portrait company. We used Canon EOS 5D, 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, and 5D II bodies with Tamron 28-75mm zooms. We started with 320 EOS 20D bodies. Five years later, we were beginning to see shutter failures at around 65,000 clicks. Those bodies were unofficially rated at 50,000 clicks, while the 30D, 40D, and 50D bodies were rated at 100,000. In our business, the average camera saw 1200 clicks a week for 8 weeks in the fall, and about 1000 clicks a week for four weeks in the spring. We saw a handful of 20D failures in year four, and a larger handful each year after, until we were sold to a larger company. Some of the 20D bodies logged well over 100,000 clicks.

My philosophy of camera replacement is to replace when I need, want, and can afford to do so. I've bought as I needed, what I wanted, when I could justify the expense. It's not what I have, it's how I use it that counts!

I know a guy with 22 lenses and three bodies, and last I checked, he never goes out with more than two bodies and three lenses, because they're too big and heavy! He mostly covers high school sports for his grandson's yearbook advisor. So he doesn't NEED more than two bodies and three lenses most of the time. Some of his lenses are still in the original boxes...

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

I’ve only bought new cameras because I want a new camera. I did have one die though, my Panasonic G9 that took a swim from a flipped kayak. Luckily I’d bought the drop/spill warranty because I bought the camera for kayaking. They replaced it with a brand new G9 which I immediately sold because in the meantime I switched to Olympus for the better AF.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Some shoot, some collect ...

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

That's pretty much what I'm alluding to.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Yep. My "collection" is OLD stuff I really should get rid of, as it is of no value to me.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

To me, high shutter count on a premium camera is a badge of honor, pretty much like a high mileage reading on a premium automobile. You expect the good ones to be used and to last forever.

grcolts

I have had two Pentax K50 cameras that developed the aperture block problem which severely crippled their usage.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

I have cameras from WWII....still working....never had this happen to even my newer ones,either.....?

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

Since 1971 I’ve had multiple film SLR’s, digital point and shoots, and multiple mirrorless cameras, and never had a technical issue on any of them.