When buying second hand:shots taken?

[Tadhg]

Well, just considering buying a 300d second hand locally. Have been told the camera has taken around 4500 shots,with the camera been bought in september.Would this be counted as a lot or a little? Also, say the shutter was to mess up, what would be the cost to replace (out of warrenty?)

Thanks

[cdesperado]

Im not sure what the figures are for the 300, but... 4500 isn't very many pictures in the overall life of a camera. (There are many people here who would shoot that in a weekend.)

My guess is, the shutter can be triggered at least 75,000-100,000 times before you would need the "routine" replacement. I believe that costs around $300 or so, but Im not sure.

[Jon]

Shutter life for the 300D is generally assumed to be on the order of 50,000 shots, so you've probably got about 90% of the shutter's life left. Currently it's only about a $200 repair, even then.

[©andergraph]

how do you tell how many its done (i must have asked this ten times on about five different forums but still dont know how to do it) im using a 20d

[Jon]

how do you tell how many its done (i must have asked this ten times on about five different forums but still dont know how to do it) im using a 20d
I must have answered this around 10 times, or more, right here alone, most recently today. Sorry - it really needs to be a Canon FAQ. Ifyou use (and always did) continuous numbering, and if you nevermixed in a CF card from another camera, and if it wasn't a demo at the store, and if you aren't counting "dry firings" (with no card in), it's the (folder number -100) concatenated with the last 2 digits of the file name. So \DCIM\123CANON\IMG_2373.JPG would be picture #2373, while \DCIM\223CANON\IMG_2373.JPG would be picture #12373.

[©andergraph]

I must have answered this around 10 times, or more, right here alone, most recently today. Sorry - it really needs to be a Canon FAQ. Ifyou use (and always did) continuous numbering, and if you nevermixed in a CF card from another camera, and if it wasn't a demo at the store, and if you aren't counting "dry firings" (with no card in), it's the (folder number -100) concatenated with the last 2 digits of the file name. So \DCIM\123CANON\IMG_2373.JPG would be picture #2373, while \DCIM\223CANON\IMG_2373.JPG would be picture #12373.

sorry bud, you actually answered me on another thread :P

i figured that this was the way, i just wondered if there was some kind of key combo (like mobile photo serial numbers) the would tell you

oh well, thanks bud