How long has yours lasted

I see so many posts about what went wrong with canon dslrs that I thought it might not hurt to post the good stuff if you have it. How many years of use, how many shots, etc.

20d 3 years 76582 no problems
30D 2 years 31261 ditto
400D 1 year 12560 ditto....... belongs to my wife
40D 3 months 1546 ditto

28-105 11 years perfect
10-300 11 years perfect
55 f1.8 11 years perfect
70-300IS 3 years perfect
28-135IS 3 years perfect
2X 18-55 kit lenses both are sharper than they should be and focus tack on
35mm A2 15 years Good
540EZ flash 15years perfect

When I first saw your title I thought it referred to the function of a bodily part. Anyway...

Don't have much 'good' to add to this thread because I've had all my gear for a fairly short time. I bought a second-hand 1Ds Classic that busted the shutter after just 42K shots, bought over a 24-105mm second-hand from somebody else who had to fix a 'clicking' sound that occurred during focusing.

Had a 18-55mm kit lens with a 350D that worked well till the day I sold it and much later the buyer still told me he was very happy with it.

Used a 1D Classic mated to a 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II that didn't fail even in adverse wet weather conditions in New Zealand.

Used a bundle of lenses from Canon's stable including the 28-300mmL, 100-400mmL, 300mm f/4L and all of them seemed to perform up to expectations. Oh, and I had a EF-S 17-85mm IS that I was happy with, especially with the performance at the longer end.

So I've had a pretty mixed experience so far.

Hmm.. Judging by the activity here it doesn’t sound like many folks have had a flawless Canon experience. I know I have not. Of 4 Canon bodies, 1 spent a total of 6 weeks with Canon on three separate occasions, all ERR99 work. The other three have been flawless. Of the many lenses I have had, three have been problematic and required trips of their own and the rest have been fine though I’m beginning to believe my 100-400 has become possessed.

I just don't want to jinx myself

I have a perfectly functioning 10D that I bought new -- can't remember how many years, but it was in the first 6 months of its release. I did replace a shutter about 4 years ago, but no other problems. Mostly my son shoots it now.

I have a perfectly functioning 1DmkII that is 3 1/2 years old.

Life is good.

Yeah; I'm not going to jinx myself either.

Although I will say my AE1 was bulletproof!

I'll tempt fate. My AE-1 still is bulletproof.
Even my EOS A2E is still a great camera.

I bought a 10D that had a front focus problem right out of the box. I sent it back to Canon twice, and they were unable to repair the issue. The store gave me full credit for it, and I swapped it for a 20D.
So far, my 20D has been a good camera (knocks on wood) other than the time someone drowned it. I was on my boat, and a jet ski came up to us, and put a wall of water into the boat soaking me, my family, my camera, bag full of lenses, etc. Imagine a mini tsunami.
I sent it back to Canon, and they reworked a circuit board, and sent it back. That was last July.
As for my lenses, no issues.

ChrisKraftPhoto wrote in post #5340487
...I will say my AE1 was bulletproof!

Killjoy wrote in post #5340543
... My AE-1 still is bulletproof....

Hmm.. I still have my old A1 and it's still working as well. Maybe Canon did better years ago.

gjl711 wrote in post #5340671
Hmm.. I still have my old A1 and it's still working as well. Maybe Canon did better years ago.

Often times I reminisce about the F-1N I had not long ago. Should never have sold it. It was a beauty. Not solid as a 1-series, but I loved the feeling of a relatively small, well-built camera.

I have had my DSLR equipment since September and have had no problems. The kit lens is pretty loose, it rattles and makes noise when focusing, and suffers from lens creep, but for a relative cheap lens it works acceptably. The 40D, 10-22, & 100-400 have given no problems at all.

One thing that surprises me is that I have very little dust on the sensor. I don't do anything special when I change lenses so I guess the 40D does a pretty good job of cleaning itself.

I bought my AE-1 in 1976 and used it until about 2003. The AE-1 was put in the closet when I started using the company's digital P&S. My daughter took a photography class last semester so we dug the AE-1 out of the closet and it worked flawlessly. I expect the 40D to give me equal or better service.

Sparky98 wrote in post #5354616
I bought my AE-1 in 1976 and used it until about 2003. The AE-1 was put in the closet when I started using the company's digital P&S. My daughter took a photography class last semester so we dug the AE-1 out of the closet and it worked flawlessly. I expect the 40D to give me equal or better service.

I don't want to rain on your parade, but the AE-1 is about as simple of a camera as they come (I have one). The electronics in the 40D are so much more sophisitcated than the AE-1 that it is BOUND to have more problems than your old camera.

It's like comparing a hang glider to the Concorde. They both fly, and they both take passengers, but one is so much more than the other.

I certainly hope that you DO get as long a life out of your 40D that you did out of your AE-1 (and I out of my 20D as MY AE-1) but don't hold your breath.

yea, my AE1 rocked too. I certainly do not agree with you Killjoy. I am confident the impact the AE1 had on the photography world is going to be greater then the impact of the 40D. The relative shelf life is the OP's question here.
My digital cameras all get more use then the film cameras ever did. I have likely shot more on my 30D then i did on my AE1 and almost as much as my Hassey. It is difficult to compare. With out the cost of processing I tend to over use my shutter.

zagiace wrote in post #5355211
... The relative shelf life is the OP's question here.
My digital cameras all get more use then the film cameras ever did. I have likely shot more on my 30D then i did on my AE1 and almost as much as my Hassey. It is difficult to compare. With out the cost of processing I tend to over use my shutter.

My A1 took a beating for 30 years and still functions fine today. I used it about as much as my digital camera until a few years ago when I switched to digital. However, I believe that the lifespan of a digital camera is significantly shorter than in the days of film cameras. The A1 was basically a dark box that held film. It's feature set was sparse but nothing more was really needed. As technology improved it did so in the film and lenses and the difference between the A1 and AE1 was just not worth the cost to upgrade.

With digital, every 18 months you have a significant improvement in not only features, but in image quality and performance as well. Skip one upgrade and your equipment really starts to show it's age. So I have found that I upgrade my digital hardware way before the hardware reaches end of life because the new stuff performs so much better.

Well, I guess its how you measure lifespan.
How many shots?
How many years?

I have a 50mm Mk I lens coming up on 21 years old, still looks new, works great