How many pics did you take in first three days of 30d,20 or XT??

hi i was just wondering how many shots people take in the first few days of having their dslr, i am just a lil worried because i have taken over a 100 shots in the first few days, not being serious but i guess just taking it for granted you can delete all the pics you don't like, should i be worried i know the shutter is supposedly for 10000 cyles with my 30d, but am worried that i will wear out the camera early if i take too many shots,what do you think and how many shots did you guys take in the first few days?

billmob wrote:
hi i was just wondering how many shots people take in the first few days of having their dslr, i am just a lil worried because i have taken over a 100 shots in the first few days, not being serious but i guess just taking it for granted you can delete all the pics you don't like, should i be worried i know the shutter is supposedly for 10000 cyles with my 30d, but am worried that i will wear out the camera early if i take too many shots,what do you think and how many shots did you guys take in the first few days?

Expected shutter life is 100,000 actuations, not 10,000.

My use is very sporadic. Some times its hundreds in a day or two, other times (like recently) I only manage to squeeze off a couple dozen a week (life with three young kids).

And from everything I've read, its unlikely you'll have a problem. One guy had Canon refuse to service his camera unless they replaced the shutter. Seems it had over 300,000 actuations and that was "beyond the design life" and required replacment - even though it still worked fine (he had unrelated AF problems).

My advice? Don't worry. Enjoy your new camera.

wow thank you very much that is great, 100,000 not 10000, excellent, so glad i don't need to worry about that, brilliant, i am am definetlly definetly happy that i just need to enjoy the camera, which i soo am regards, bills other forum members don't worry about replying to this thread, my question is answered

I opened up my new 30D on Tuesday and have probably taken over 700 pics in the past 3-4 days. At first I was letting the 5fps go just for the heck of it to show off. It's addictive, I find myself reviewing the pics i've taken it it looks like I was making a short film from all the bursts.

Yeah, the 30D is designed to take it. The 350D is believed to be 50K cycles, and in the first few days, I blasted off a few hundred shots playing with it. Took pictures of everything I could get my hands on.

When I got my XT, I think I'd racked up 1,000 frames at least, in three weeks. It was probably more.

When I got the 1D, within ten days, I was over 5,000 frames, and it's now a bit over three weeks since it was delivered, and I'm knocking on the door of 10,000.

Don't worry about it. The XT is expected to give 50,000+ shutter actuations, the 20D and 30D around 100K, and the 1D close to a quarter-million. Shutter replacement is supposed to be around $200 to $500 depending on model

It's new, you're getting used to it. Play, have fun. There'll be days, if not weeks or even the occasional month, where you won't shoot a single shot. Then there'll come a day where you'll fill a card in one sitting and wish you had another.

Doc.

im going real easy ,ive taken about 30 pics in 4 days since my new camera arrived,but thats because of the crappy UK weather,,,,,,the number will soon rise when the sun shines

awesome thanks guys, so i am not the only one photographing everything that moves or doesn't move, haha, having a blast though, here are one or two pics a self portrait and a baby waterfall shot

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mali0012 wrote:
im going real easy ,ive taken about 30 pics in 4 days since my new camera arrived,but thats because of the crappy UK weather,,,,,,the number will soon rise when the sun shines

UK weather is a Beitch Aint it.

If you want grey grey skies, rain and exposure levels needing a tripod come to England...

Still off to Grenada for a month in July, so its time to get those ND filters....

BillMob........You bought the camera to use it....So use the piss out of it You need to stop worring about using it too much and soforth and just use it til your hearts content. It's not as fragile as you believe.

Keiffer wrote:
BillMob........You bought the camera to use it....So use the piss out of it You need to stop worring about using it too much and soforth and just use it til your hearts content. It's not as fragile as you believe.

I need to tell myself that. I am absolutely babying my 5D and new pair of L lenses, even though I know they are built to take it and the glass is weather sealed and everything, while at the same time, my 350D and EF-S gear roughs it out with me. Maybe it's just 'new camera syndrome'....

Giving you 8 hours a day for sleep, eating, and bathroom duties that means your firing off a shot every two minutes. Quit wasting so much time!

I shot about.... 500 in the first few days.

Eagle wrote:
Giving you 8 hours a day for sleep, eating, and bathroom duties that means your firing off a shot every two minutes. Quit wasting so much time!

-Actually, I shot 4,400 of them over two days during a paintball game weekend. A lot of them were taken at slightly under one-eighth-second intervals

Which is, of course, why I bought the 1D...

Doc.

Mine is already one-month old and am at only 3971 am I too lazy? gues I better get leave the computer and get busy shootin'