stupid question, but I am very curious...

rosselliotrosselliot Registered Users Posts: 702 Major grins
edited July 6, 2006 in Cameras
okay, the review of the Canon D30 said that the shutter is more durable than the 20D and will last for 100,000 cycles...what are cycles? is that like shots?! ONLY 100,000? I know that sounds like a ton...but when considering how much I take photos...I think that'll go really fast. is what I'm thinking right? doubtful, but I'm wonderin'?!

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    Yup, shots.
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  • gtcgtc Registered Users Posts: 916 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    gingers 90,000+
    rosselliot wrote:
    okay, the review of the Canon D30 said that the shutter is more durable than the 20D and will last for 100,000 cycles...what are cycles? is that like shots?! ONLY 100,000? I know that sounds like a ton...but when considering how much I take photos...I think that'll go really fast. is what I'm thinking right? doubtful, but I'm wonderin'?!

    Ginger got 90,000 odd out of her 20d over a couple of years before the shutter gave up the ghost- I think she is trying to shoot less but better now-a shutter rebuild is not a cheap exercise,as the camera has to be almost completely dismantled to get the shutter out.

    I felt that I was shooting too much when I clocked over 10,000 a few weeks back,and then counted keepers and sellers.

    My resolution is to increase my ratio-that is shoot more keepers for less shutter actuations
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  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    My resolution is to increase my ratio-that is shoot more keepers for less shutter actuations[/quote]

    Good idea but hard to do :D
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  • rosselliotrosselliot Registered Users Posts: 702 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    what happens happens after 100,000 shots?!

    does it just blow up or something!? self-destruction?!?!?!

    Can it be fixed or what?!

    - RE

    (P.S. - the second line is a joke, don't take it seriously.)
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    My Equipment:
    Canon EOS 5D w/ battery grip
    Backup Canon EOS 30D | Canon 28 f/1.8 | Canon 24 f/1.4L Canon 50mm f/1.4 | Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX DI Macro | Canon 70-200 F/2.8 L | Canon 580 EX II Flash and Canon 550 EX Flash
    Apple MacBook Pro with dual 24" monitors
    Domke F-802 bag and a Shootsac by Jessica Claire
    Infiniti QX4
  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    the mechanism that triggers the shutter just gets pooped out and quits working i suppose. ne_nau.gif
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  • Red BullRed Bull Registered Users Posts: 719 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2006
    The shutter will just fail. And 100,000 is not an exact number, it's an estimated number, meaning that 100,000 shutter clicks is about what you will get until it breaks. It could go over that number, or it could happen sooner. Just depends on your luck I guess. Everyhting is bound to break eventually!
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  • PezpixPezpix Registered Users Posts: 391 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    FWIW, I've heard that some shutters can last well beyond 200,000 acuations with little or no degredation. The worry for me then, is dead pixels more than anything.

    Personally, it would take me around two years of heavy duty work to get to that many shutter acuations, even with some sessions going well over 1000-1500 pictures!
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  • claudermilkclaudermilk Registered Users Posts: 2,756 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2006
    Personally I don't worry about it. I'm probably already closing in on my 20D's rating in just a year-and-a-half. I'll shoot until it dies, then decide whether to replace the shutter (getting it to Canon Irvine will be a will-call for me :) ) or the whole camera.
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