 Rachel Larson |
Shutter life expextancy Is there any way of estimating the life expectancy of my shutter in my camera? I currently have two digital camera bodies. The older of the two is a Canon EOS 300 Rebel. I have had this camera for about five years and I bought it used from another photographer. I have never experienced any problems with it (knock on wood). Should I be looking to make an investment in another body in the near future? Thanks in advance for any advice,
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Jerry Frazier |
Canon doesn't publish shutter life, for some reason. I don't know about the rebel, but her sister, the 40D, I think is rated for 50,000 actuations. I could be wrong, but I remember that number from the 20D. The pro cameras, like the 1D series are rated around 100,000 actuations, and many pros squeeze 200,000 out of them before they break. Replacing a shutter is only $200 or so. You can just replace the shutter and keep shooting with the same body. No need to get a new one. That's silly.
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R K Stephenson |
Hi, Rachel, This is from the Canon press release announcing the EOS 40D: "The EOS 40D SLR also retains many of the outstanding features of the EOS 30D model, such as its fast 0.15-second initial start-up, its extremely durable shutter (rated up to 100,000 cycles), its top shutter speed of 1/8000 sec and 1/250 maximum X-sync flash shutter speed setting." Cheers, RK
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R K Stephenson |
Hmmm... misread your 300 for 30D. The 20D is rated for 100,000, like it's younger siblings. Can't find any data for the 300's durability. However ... I would probably compare the 300 to the 10D (same era, I think) which is rated at 50,000 cycles. So Jerry's number looks pretty good. Cheers, RK
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