How many is too many?

How many pictures is too many for a digital SLR? What is considered in your opinion to be way too many? 10,000? 20,000? 100,000? Just wondering what is considered broken in and what is considered worn out. Does anyone have any ideas?

Some manufacturers built some models to 'amatuer' levels of usage whereas other models conform to their 'pro' level of usage. It has been writted (about one manufacturer) that 100,000 shutter actuations is for the no-pro shutter whereas 200,000 shutter actuations is their 'pro' shutter thresholds. (Of course, just because your 'pro' shutter has that rating does not necessarily imply that it will NOT fail before reaching that point!)

I've never heard of having to break in a camera based on the number of actuations. Getting used to your equipment is much different.

I'm not sure how many for sure that I have on my 1DMKII but I've had to reset the counter a few times and it is still ticking along just fine.

32K Clicks still going strong with the noink in a 1 yr old body.... 2OOK Is a lot of clicks for a shutter i suppose.....But we get wrapped up in new technology so much we never/some times find out...

Depends on the camera. The 1D series should be just barely getting started at 10K and should on average last over 100K exposures easily, while a 300D has an average shutter life of 50K exposures.

WOW! Man alive I thought 10k was worn out. Compared to 50k or 100k that is just broken in!

Its very important to know your camera, yes I agree ssim.

10K? thats nothing if your a sports photogs...actually 50k is nothing,thats getting warmed up still...Theres nothing like having a 8.5 fps camera going off in a second capturing the catch/ moment...

My Rebel 300D died at just over 36,000 actuations. The autofocus mirror failed. It still has 3 months on the warranty. Any idea how long it takes Canon to fix this problem?

Wow this is looking to be a VERY good thread for a guy who photographs buildings and landscapes. 36,000 captures from a Rebel? WOW that is impressive.

Yes I would ABSOLUTELY contact Canon about the problem and have them fixed. 3 months or 3 days if its covered its covered. Even if you are considering an upgrade you can always use the 300 for a back up or give it away. Hope you get it working again cause it sucks not having a camera.

another thing I would like to know is about how much would a repair cost if something in my shutter broke on my 300D?

I've heard around $200 to $300. Which is worth it in most cases I think.

Varies with the country,for starters. From what I've seen Canon USA is very fast. The Canadians and Brits seen to have particularly slow service centers based on their postings (of course it's possible we only hear the disgruntled, but I don't recall anyone responding that "mine came back in a week" to the "six weeks and holding" posts).

Consider if you will that with film SLRs the shutters also wore out after awhile and this was not a big deal if you liked your camera you sent it in for repair. There never was a film camera that was worn out until it literally cost more to repair it then fix it. I have two camera's from the 70's that still work fine (not that I use them very much any more). I have absolutely no clue how many pictures they have taken, but one of them I am expecting more then 100,000 actuations before I got it.

The one component of the DSLR that will probably be prohibitive to repair is the sensor itself and this has more of a multi-year lifespan then an actuation lifespan. If the sensor is still good and you don't want an upgrade then the shutter should be a relatively low cost repair.

DSLRs will go from New to used to well used, but unless the sensor goes they like film camera should never reach worn out except from very harsh use (which means worse then I treat mine)

As mentioned the 2 and 3 digit cameras should last between 50,000 and 100,000 actuations and the 1 series shoudl last 100,000 to 2000 actuations before the shutter needs to be replaced. For the cheaper cameras it may be more economical to just get a newer camera, but for the 1 series it will be cheaper to get a new shutter and keep going.

Just my opinion,

Don't forget that digital SLR's tend to have their shutter fired many more times than film as it cost nothing to do so.
Anyway, from an actual Canon brochure the 5D and probably by association the 20d, is rated at 100,000 and the 1d series at 200,000 actuations.

Never really thought about this, but I suppose on day you press and nothing happens or you press and the mirror bounces off of the focusing screen.....