When buying second hand:shots taken?

Tadhg · 22nd of September 2005 (Thu)

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 · 22nd of September 2005 (Thu)

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 · 22nd of September 2005 (Thu)

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 · 22nd of September 2005 (Thu)

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 · 22nd of September 2005 (Thu)

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Originally Posted by ©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

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 · 22nd of September 2005 (Thu)

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Originally Posted by Jon

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

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Tadhg Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Dublin Ireland Posts: 95 IMAGE EDITING OK	When buying second hand:shots taken? 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

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cdesperado Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 566	Re: When buying second hand:shots taken? 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.