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How long do digital slrs last?
will kirk, Photographer
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Baltimore | MD | usa | Posted: 5:30 PM on 05.31.05 |
->> Are there any studies on the durabilty of various Nikon SLRs in terms of number of frames? I've been using two d100s daily for the past few years. I shoot about 1000 frames per week. The cameras have been acting a bit funky lately, and I'm just wondering if there is some measurable life on these things.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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Jonathan Castner, Photographer
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Longmont | CO | USA | Posted: 7:15 PM on 05.31.05 |
| ->> I think that DSLR's will have a shorter service life than film SLR's due to the fact that they are essentially computers and have far more impact sensitive parts than the clockworks of a film camera. But no, I haven't seen any tests. Let us just say that about the time that our cameras wear out we will have to replace them because the new "super widget" model will be out forcing us to buy rather than repair. So that means about 3 years tops. Gad, that sounds awful considering that you could use your old F3's for 10+ years. |
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Oscar Sosa, Photographer
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Jacksonville | FL | USA | Posted: 7:33 PM on 05.31.05 |
| ->> I just sold two Nikon D1 bodies that have been in daily use since 2000. Neither of them had anything done to them other than some minor work and regular maintenance. I can see a regular-use DSLR lasting much longer than 5 years. A good DSLR, like my old D1, should become obsolite long before it stops working from old age. Impact damage and abuse...well, that's another thing entirely. |
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Thomas Oed, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 8:50 PM on 05.31.05 |
->> Oscar's right, but you also have to keep in mind that a D1-series (or any pro series) body is going to be a lot more durable than a D100.
My D70 is a little over a year old, and in that year I've put well over 50,000 actuations on it, which I think might be all it's rated for. Now that it's more or less doing backup duty to my D2X, hopefully it'll still hang in there awhile.
I also just sold my D1 that I bought in 2000, and, while it was still working, it would occasionally act kind of flaky, and I DID have to bring it in for a major overhaul about a year and a half ago. |
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Kurtis Kunoth, Photographer
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Oceanside | CA | United States | Posted: 10:52 PM on 05.31.05 |
| ->> All I have to say is, less moving parts. Digital bodies have much less digital parts than film bodies. The only thing that really goes south from alot of actuations, is the shutter on a digital SLR. And has anyone wondered why their are shutters on digital cameras? Your really just turning off and on the sensor, charging it and uncharging it. |
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Thomas Oed, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 11:01 PM on 05.31.05 |
->> "Digital bodies have much less digital parts than film bodies."
Come again??
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Kurtis Kunoth, Photographer
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Oceanside | CA | United States | Posted: 11:17 PM on 05.31.05 |
| ->> Sorry, I meant moving parts, slip of the keyboard. |
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Vern Verna, Photographer
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Greenville | SC | United States | Posted: 11:21 PM on 05.31.05 |
| ->> canon's mark ii is rated for 5,555 rolls of film (200000 clicks) i dont know anybody that shot that much film in a couple of years. by the time u wear em out the new one is out. the d100 is nikon prosumer camera, it is not a durable. i have a friend in the portrait business go thru 2 canon d60 now, but canon has since come out with the 10d to replace it and now the 20d so it is time for him to move up. digitals r disposable now. in 3 years they r obsolete. we had 10 $10000 dcs3c 9 years ago. then they were kickass, now they go for about $500 if u can find a buyer. by the way that nikon f3 would cost u $22,000 for that many clicks and i doubt u have shot that many frames thru it. by the way if i remember correctly the f3 shutter was suppose to be good for 100000 frames. |
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Randy Janoski, Photographer
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Chapel Hill | TN | USA | Posted: 11:48 PM on 05.31.05 |
->> Longer than you would want them to before you would want the next model!
Both Canon and Nikon have similar R&D procedures. Canon rates the life of the current MKII at 200,000 cycles when in actuality most of the test bodies "tested out" at well over twice that number. |
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Tony Donaldson, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 1:56 AM on 06.01.05 |
| ->> I've had my D1x for just shy of 4 years, and still use it. Also use my other DSLRs I've bought since. The shutters are rated about the same, I think it's 150-200k, and I know several Canon and Nikon users who have had to replace their shutters and are still happily using the same bodies today. The batteries wear out eventually, as might other parts. The things you don't want to have to deal with are hot pixels and other sensor problems, that would likely be costly. But with the rapid changing of technology, having a body in service for 10 years isn't reasonable. |
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