shutterlife of 300D

I own a 300D and I took approximately 15.000 pics the past 3 year.
Can annyone explain to me how long my shutter will last ?

I think a 300D is good for 50,000+. Not that it couldn't last for more, or somehow fail before hand, but I hear 50k tossed around a lot.

I think they are pretty cheap to get fixed as well...

I know someone who uses his for club photography, the counter has maxed out twice. Which I think means he's done over 200,000.

More to the point, if the shutter fails after xx,xxx number of uses, can it be fixed or is it time for a new camera body?

Canon will fix it. Though is gonna cost you if the camera is out of warranty.

The counter maxes out at 10,000 clicks not 100,000.
Mine got to 10,000 and the next photos have gone back to single figures.
30,000 actuations is what's been bandied around but remember that's only a guide and the shutters are cheap enough to replace.

Nikolas wrote in post #2263096
The counter maxes out at 10,000 clicks not 100,000.
Mine got to 10,000 and the next photos have gone back to single figures.
30,000 actuations is what's been bandied around but remember that's only a guide and the shutters are cheap enough to replace.

But your folder numbers have continued to rise. You're now shooting folders in the 200CANON range.

Average 300D shutter life's reported around 25K; replacement cost's a reasonable $200 (when compared to replacing the whole camera).

MIne did about 30,000 since jan this year, still going well.

On my screen I read 306-0654. How many photo's did I take ?

About 2600, give or take firing the shutter with no card, and assuming you didn't reset it by putting in a card from another camera or doing a reset of some kind.

Jon wrote in post #2267679
About 2600, give or take firing the shutter with no card, and assuming you didn't reset it by putting in a card from another camera or doing a reset of some kind.

Do you mean 26.000 ?

Sorry, yes. 126-2654 would be 2600; first 3 are the folder number.

Jon wrote in post #2267714
Sorry, yes. 126-2654 would be 2600; first 3 are the folder number.

Thanks for reply!. So given the average shutterlife of 25K I can expect the shutter to collaps ?

That's an average. Just keep shooting uyntil it fails. Couple of possible failure modes are that the bottom of your pictures will be black (secondary mirror fails) or you'll see white/overexposed arcs running from top to bottom of your photos.