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... (
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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.