10 D shutter life expectancy numbers?

[Steve_Goldenberg]

Antonio - I don't think there is any number at which "you shouldn't use a camera". If you love taking the pictures - keep taking them!

[JohnRay]

Here's a quote from Canon when this question was asked relating to the D60:

"A general industry-wide specification for consumer level cameras is 75,000 shutter cycles; for professional level cameras it is 150,000 cycles"

Canon has stated the 10D has an improved shutter mechanism over the D30 and D60. What this means is anybodies guess, but I would image shutter reliability and MTBF was a consideration. Let's guess at an average of 75,000 releases, maybe more. Obviously a defective or sub-par shutter mechanism can fail at any time.

[MattRadlinski]

I don't think the method in that thread can be very accurate.

Quoting Hitoshi_Doi:
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Use the following formula.

shutter count = 10000 * (most significant digit of the file number - 1) + last four digits of the file number

for example if your file number is 197-9733, then you're at 9733. if the file number is 497-9733, then you're at 39733, etc..

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I've got a couple of 10D's. I just pulled out the one that I use only at weddings. The last image it took was 737_3740. That would indicate 63740 actuations. I got this 10D last April, and have used it at exactly 17 weddings. I typically take 800 shots at a wedding. Assume instead I take 1,000....that's still only 17,000.

I was scared for a minute. "What! I've taken 60,000 images with this camera?!? The shutter's got to be on its last legs!"

I just hope my 1dmkII gets here soon...it's rated for 200,000 actuations, so I don't think I'll have to worry about it dying for a long, long time... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Hyun_Yu]

Matt,

If you mix-and-use CF cards from different cameras, that can mess up the count.

My 10D is now a year old but the shutter only lasted for 1,000 images. I was not getting a focus lock and sent it to Irvine for repair and came back with a new shutter. I sure hope that is not the norm.
snead