What's the greatest number of shots you've taken in one day?

over 2k at sports events easily. (between both cameras)

The most I have don in one day was just over 1500...all day 3x3 tournaments...

I'm kind of surprised at the numbers. I would think a lot has changed since people have moved from film to digital. I remember in the film days, I thought taking 48 pictures a day was a lot.

Since the 5D and 1D bodies are only spec'd with MTBF of 100K and 200K shutter releases respectively, I'm wondering if this resonates in your head while you're clicking away.

SunTsu wrote in post #2670102
I'm kind of surprised at the numbers. I would think a lot has changed since people have moved from film to digital. I remember in the film days, I thought taking 48 pictures a day was a lot.

Since the 5D and 1D bodies are only spec'd with MTBF of 100K and 200K shutter releases respectively, I'm wondering if this resonates in your head while you're clicking away.

I'd shoot a couple hundred a day with film at air shows. And since a replacement shutter's under $400 (even for the 1-series) that's 2 cents per 10 shots or thereabouts. OK, 2 cents per 5 on a 350D. Raw film costs more.

672 (plus any I deleted in camera during the day's shooting) at a friend's wedding from 07:00 at the bride's house till around 21:30 at the reception. I was nominated "official" photographer as there was no pro hired and I was the only person owning up to having a DSLR. It was my first and only wedding and the PP took a lot longer than shooting them in the first place.

I ended up with about 300 keepers. I wanted to reduce the number to about 100 but the bride wanted them all, not for their photographic excellence, but for memories of the day.

SunTsu wrote in post #2670102
I'm kind of surprised at the numbers. I would think a lot has changed since people have moved from film to digital. I remember in the film days, I thought taking 48 pictures a day was a lot.

Since the 5D and 1D bodies are only spec'd with MTBF of 100K and 200K shutter releases respectively, I'm wondering if this resonates in your head while you're clicking away.

I don't ever recall a time that 48 shots in a day qualified as a lot...I used the 250 shot magazines on my F1 and often filled two or three on race day. Even weddings used 180-200 shots.

Why would you worry about shutter count? If it breaks, it breaks....and you simply get it repaired. If you are shooting for pay, that is just part of the cost of doing business.

I'm sure I could figure out the number if I did the math, but let's just say I filled 10gb worth of cards shooting RAW. Hold on...

EDIT: Okay, well I guess an average of 180 8.2mp RAW shots per 1gb for a total of about 1800 shots total in a single day.

BTW, this is not the norm for me, so I consider this count very extreme for what I normally shoot.

700+ couple of times, usually 300-500..

I can't actually verify until I get home, but I think I've busted through 1500 images on a few occasions.

First wedding I shot around 1,800

Now I'd be killing myself if I shot half that much!

I'm in the 201-300 range. I hit this when I go on photo outings, but usually less. I setup the shots on the tripod, then bracket exposure. For the first little while I had trouble taking taking that many. I am fairly new to digital, and try to make every shot count as I did with film.

-Ryan

Well given the type of stuff I do (model shoots) I have talked with film photographers (a few years back) and they would shoot something close to 30 or more 36 exposure rolls in a day or two to get 4-5 images in a magazine of an event. So I don't feel so bad after I found that out.

SunTsu wrote in post #2670102
I'm kind of surprised at the numbers. I would think a lot has changed since people have moved from film to digital. I remember in the film days, I thought taking 48 pictures a day was a lot.

Since the 5D and 1D bodies are only spec'd with MTBF of 100K and 200K shutter releases respectively, I'm wondering if this resonates in your head while you're clicking away.

It depends on what you are shooting! I broke the 400 shot barrier when covering a wedding for 12-14 hours shooting medium format film, when the bride had a very long shot list that was requested, and very large bridal party. And that did not include a large number of table group shots at the reception! (But purely shooting on my own in comparison, 50-100 could be a big day...I even have some ONE shot days on large format!)

a Little over 700. Filled 6 gig of cards on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Copied them to a notebook while driving to the South Rim where I filled them again.

About 1700 shooting 19 bands at the Big Day Out a few weeks ago. Often around the 800 mark for 4 bands and around 1000 for a wedding.