Is 25,000 frames on a 10D a lot?

[dtrayers]

I'm looking at buying a used 10D and though I'm not sure when it was first purchased it's had 25,000 exposures so far. Is that a lot for this camera? The price of $1300 including a BG-ED and 2 batteries seems fair. Any thoughts?

[randyk]

I don't think its excessive. I am just over 20K and it will be a year in July. It sure doesn't seem like I have taken this many and I think the count is off since I have changed memory card many times and the count seems to stay with the card.

No one really knows how long the shutter will last, could be 50-100K. I think that is a fair price. By the way I am in Henn. co.

[CyberDyneSystems]

... I don't know if it is a lot.. all I can say is that my 10D's shutter died just over 18,000....

[c0ntr0lz]

man i've taken 8300 with my a80 in 6 months and i thought i took alot of pix

[martcol]

have a look here

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=31007&highlight=shutter

Martin

[NILOLIGIST]

My shutter died around 20,000. So unless the previous owner had the shutter replaced you might have to do it real soon.

If the price is $1300, it might serve you to add $200 and get a new one.

NiL,

[Wickedfn4u]

OK so how do you find how many shots are on a body?

[vvizard]

You don't find out actually, unless you're a Canon service-center. If the camera's counter haven't been tampered with (used CF's in a way that reset it) you can see how many times the shutter have been in use my looking at the filenames on the memory-card. Though, you have no guarantee that this counter is still real.

I have a question too. If my shutter "wears out", is that a small cheap reparation, and then back in business? Or does it simply mean I have to spend a lot of money to replace it? What happened to you guys who got their shutters worn out?

[SnJPhoto]

I can't imagine the lifecycle of the shutter mechanisim being 20-25K asa a norm. Not that they are the same, but the 1Ds and MKII shutters are 150K and 200K devices respectively from what I've read. I would hope the average 10D would go for more around 75K actuations before any type of mechanicals are noticed. But hey...... weirder things have been known to occur.....

Scott

[vvizard]

N*KON claims they got an F5 in to service once, which had successfully fired over 1 million shots with the same shutter :)

Anyway, when I bought the 10D the "word" I heard around the net was that the 10D shutter was guaranteed for 100.000, and the Drebel was for 50.000. That was one of many reasons I choose the 10D.. Apparently that was not true :/ 20.000 is a lot anyhow. I've just passed 5.000 myself, having my cam for over half a year. 2-3 years are probably the amount of time I will keep this camera, so if the shutter could wait dying till then I will be happy :)

[Ikinaa]

OK so how do you find how many shots are on a body?

I only can speak for the IXUS 300, where I've reached about 13000 shots in two years : The picture counter is again at about 3000, but the directories on the CF-Card are numbered at about 230.
Under 10000 shots, the directories were between 100 and 199
So even while the counter begins again at 0 after 10000, the directory counter keep memory of the 10000s.
This only works of course if you set continous numbering. On the Ixus you can also set that every new card (formatting) resets the counter

[WebErika]

The shutters die? 0_0

*WebErika gasps. Thinks about the 14,000+ pics she's taken so far ...

Um ... what is the typical shutter life of a D60?

[Pekka]

D60 expected shutter life is 45000, D30 is 25000. They can do lot more or little less, the figure is average.

First symptom of "tired" shutter is flash/shutter action getting out of sync. In other words flash fires and shutter opens but you still do not get the flash light into the shot.

[msvadi]

You can get a new 10D for about $1500. It really does not make sense to buy a used one for that price.

[PetPhotoGuy]

Not that this has any basis in reality, but I was just speaking with a Canon Technical Rep (out of the Irvine office) who assured me that the D60 was "good for 200,000." I was curious as well, having had the camera for one year and passing the 10,000 mark. I guess if I (or rather, the camera) makes it past 50,000, I would be happy. Perhaps we D60 owners should start socking two or three cents away for each shutter activation so that when the camera does we can either fix same or buy the newest latest.

[KennyG]

I was with someone a couple of weekends ago who was using a 10D that had over 60,000 shutter actuations and it was just over a year old. My remaining 10D has almost 20,000. I don't think you can say that because someone has had a shutter fail at 18,000 that all shutters will fail at the same point. I have even heard of one going after 20 actuations, so it is the luck of the draw I'm afraid.

[jcsorensen]

Canon replaced my shutter assembly after less than two months and less than 1,000 shots. Came back with almost the same problem--bad flash synch and lots of Err 99s. Sent it back a second time and they replaced the entire head assembly. Since then, perfect flash synch and only a single Err 99 in over 5,000 shots. Not sure what this means--just my 2 cents, and I haven't replied to a Forum entry in sometime.

[ron chappel]

I've heard of a D30 with about 60000 but the flash sync was way out.
having one die at 20000 does sound abit dodgey-i hope mine goes way past that :shock:

[tony723]

It seems that the shutter life varies a lot.

I have a 300D that shots over 10000 (actually I don't know the exact count but the continuous sequent of image name indicate that) within 6 months and it may die within 2004 if the shutter life is just limit to 20000.

Will it be too costly to replace the shutter or just buy another new camera is more cost effective?

[saikidesign]

I think it is too pricy foa a very used Digital camera. If you can, save for an other month of two and get a brand new. Film cameras are one thing but digital you wanto get a new one, just my oppinion. good luck in your decision.[/i]