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Just found out how much shutter actuations really matter on older bodies
Was digging through a repair log from a Nikon D3 I had sitting on my shelf for months, finally checked the shutter count through a free software tool online. Turns out it had 480,000 clicks and the factory rating is only 300,000, so that thing is living on borrowed time lol. I always figured those ratings were just a guideline, but seeing that number made me rethink how I estimate repairs for customers coming in with beat up DSLRs. Has anyone else run into a camera that lasted way past its rated life, or am I just lucky with this one?
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fionaw546d ago
Jumping in to push back a bit... I actually think those shutter ratings are way more important than people give them credit for @logan648. Yeah some cameras go past it, but those are the lucky exceptions not the rule. I've seen way more bodies fail right around the rated mark than ones that keep going... and when they do fail past warranty it is a whole lot more expensive to fix than catching it early. That D3 at 480k is probably skipping or getting oil on the sensor already even if you don't notice it yet. The car analogy falls apart really fast because a car has way more parts that can wear out on different schedules, but a shutter is just one delicate mechanism that gets hammered every single time you press the button.
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Man that's insane. I had a Canon 5D Mark II hit 350k before it finally gave up. Thing just kept chugging along like it was nothing.
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