Broken Shutter Repairss

Hey everyone i'm buying a fairly old dslr (heavily used 10d) w/ lens for $200. now the seller told me that it has been used A LOT but taken care of well.

my rebel xt is gone and i'm just buying it for back up body until i can mass together more funds for a 40d or something.

so back to the main point, if the shutter goes out on me after i make the purchase, how much would it cost to fix? if the price is low enough i'll hop on the 10d.

also is there anyway to tell if the shutter is starting to go out?

please and thanks!

I'd just save up for the 40D; but that's just me. Save the $200 you're considering dropping on the 10D -you're almost halfway to a used 40D

i was thinking of that too but i wont have something to shoot until xmas then haha not employed and have to use all money i get on books. i'm willing to lose the $200 to hold me over.

FYI: If the shutter goes, it's probably going to be more economical just to buy a new camera then getting it repaired.

really? i didnt realize it would cost that much. hmmm what should i do? i NEED something to shoot with, i can't wait until xmas. yes yes i'm making up excuses but yeah.

This type of body would be good for a backup but don't know about an only camera. There are several decent Canon P&S cameras you can get for $100 or less. Save the other $100 towards a 40D and you will have a backup camera as well.

okay perhaps i'll look into a used g series camera or something. thanks everyone.

shutter for 10D is about US$45 depending on where you get it, ( see here ) and it takes a couple of hours labour to change so you'd probably not get much change out of $250

In reality, the shutter might last you 5 years or 5 months, so unless it's showing signs of failing (near horizontal dark/light bands across the image) then I wouldn't worry about it. For a camera & lens to cost $200, if it fails then you can probably recover at least some of that by selling it as "faulty"

Due to the cost of parts, there is a thriving business in broken cameras...

p.s. is the lens a 300mm F/2.8 IS?

With the latest camera you don't even have to aim that high for something to get you by. For a pocket camera I have a three year old 7 MP HP and it takes very good images with flash or outdoors. Not much of a low light camera but even the Canon A490/495 cameras of today are much better with ISO.

joeseph wrote in post #11186048
shutter for 10D is about US$45 depending on where you get it, ( see here ) and it takes a couple of hours labour to change so you'd probably not get much change out of $250

In reality, the shutter might last you 5 years or 5 months, so unless it's showing signs of failing (near horizontal dark/light bands across the image) then I wouldn't worry about it. For a camera & lens to cost $200, if it fails then you can probably recover at least some of that by selling it as "faulty"

Due to the cost of parts, there is a thriving business in broken cameras...

p.s. is the lens a 300mm F/2.8 IS?

thanks for the info! and i wish it was

K6AZ wrote in post #11186052
With the latest camera you don't even have to aim that high for something to get you by. For a pocket camera I have a three year old 7 MP HP and it takes very good images with flash or outdoors. Not much of a low light camera but even the Canon A490/495 cameras of today are much better with ISO.

i actually have a sigma dp1 which takes high enough quality images for me but i didnt know how slow it really was until i purchased it. so i don't like to use that (i shoot a lot under low light too).

If you shoot a lot in low light I'm not sure how happy you would be with a 10D. Might want to hang on to your cash and aim a little higher like a 30D.

K6AZ wrote in post #11186133
If you shoot a lot in low light I'm not sure how happy you would be with a 10D. Might want to hang on to your cash and aim a little higher like a 30D.

yeah i gave it some thought and i think i might try to hold out as long as possible. pressing the shutter is like a drug sometimes though. it feels like its been a trillion years since ive looked through a viewfinder!!

thanks for all the info everyone!