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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 5:10 PM on 07.27.09 |
->> While editing this weekend's games I crossed the line. My original D3 has now exceeded 500,000 frames and not made a single trip to service. I've had to clean the sensor ONCE in the 15 or 16 months that I've had it.
I love this thing..... I can only hope that it's new twin brother has the same work ethic ;) |
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Dave Rossman, Photographer
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 5:26 PM on 07.27.09 |
| ->> Jinx. |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 6:45 PM on 07.27.09 |
| ->> You are SO doomed. |
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Yamil Sued, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Peoria | AZ | USA | Posted: 7:00 PM on 07.27.09 |
->> Eric,
You should see the Pissing contest at DPR, some guy whinning because his shutter on his D3 died after 80K actuations and his Warranty Expired 6 months ago, he was expecting Nikon to fix it for free because an "Implied"Warranty of 300K Actuations!! I had to laugh!! I told him about you!!
FWIW, you are soooo screwed!! You had to open you mouth!!
I just picked up a third D3 from an FM member, with 3700 Actuations for $3175 ;)
I'm happy!!
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Patrick Meredith, Photographer, Assistant
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Austin | TX | USA | Posted: 7:43 PM on 07.27.09 |
->> 500,000 clicks!? I would just send that baby in before it crashes on you in the middle of an assignment! I am curious to know how many times you press the shutter every day...Care to do the math?
Yamil, I paid just about that for my original D1H...Oh how times change... |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 8:17 PM on 07.27.09 |
->> Patrick, just once....... then I lift off the shutter at quitting time..... Or at least that's what some people will think.
I just picked up another D3 from Jeff. Came in with 8907 clicks so between it and the D2Xs and D200 I'm covered in a pinch. I'm just SUPER impressed with the quality of the body. NONE of the rubber has fallen off. The batteries are all still in super condition. This is SO the Nikon qualities that I was accustomed to in the days of film.
A few years ago I wrote a lengthy letter to the service manager when a D2X was going in to NPS for the 4th time that year and how the quality of equipment had taken a hard slide. They replaced that body n/c with a D2Xs that went the distance. It had it's trips to service for repairs and a new shutter so I expected the same with this body. To say the least I am impressed beyond words with how far Nikon has pushed the bar up. |
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Darren Whitley, Photographer
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Maryville | MO | USA | Posted: 9:56 PM on 07.27.09 |
| ->> His camera works, but the counter must be broken. JK! |
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Greg Francis, Photographer
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Rochester | NY | USA | Posted: 12:20 AM on 07.28.09 |
->> Eric,
I did a portrait shoot tonight and I was just saying to myself, wow, this (D3) is the sharpest, nicest camera I've ever owned, you beat me to it today! |
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Peter Madia, Photographer, Assistant
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Pittsburgh | PA | USA | Posted: 2:41 PM on 08.26.09 |
| ->> How do you figure out how many actuations you have one a Nikon camera? |
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Mike Braca, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 5:33 PM on 08.26.09 |
->> Peter, it's in the EXIF data of each image produced by the camera. The tag is located in the section called "Maker Note" and is called "Total Number of Shutter Releases for Camera". You have to find a program that will show you all of the EXIF data and point it at a JPEG file made by the D3.
On a PC, I use IExif, a freeware EXIF viewer from Opanda. To download it, go to http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/download.htm and click on one of the three Download_N links. |
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Jeff Stanton, Photographer
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Princeton | IN | USA | Posted: 11:44 PM on 08.26.09 |
| ->> Wow, a half-million releases in 16 months. Eric, you must have stood on that button — a lot! |
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Tony Donaldson, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 1:11 PM on 08.29.09 |
| ->> I love my Nikons (because they're so dependable). And Nikon's service. Had the glass over one of my cameras' LCD screens cracked at the X Games. NPS/Nikon repair handled that "while I waited", and turned around my 80-200 with major issues (AF, mostly) in a couple of days. The crew in El Segundo ROCKS. |
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Dave Prelosky, Photographer
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Lower Burrell | Pa | US | Posted: 2:49 PM on 08.29.09 |
| ->> On a whim, I just tried opening a file in Photo Mechanic and looking at the Info window. There is an unlabeled number at the bottom that changes with each frame that I would suspect is a cumulative frame count. My D3 seems to be showing 118000 +/- after a year which I'd think is a reasonable total. |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 7:30 PM on 08.29.09 |
->> Jeff it wasn't that hard to do. One of the things that I seem to be selling many of are action sequence posters. Six or 10 images to a poster. Some coaches have had parents approach us for sequences of pitching or batting so that they can find flaws in mechanics. I even got a call from a scout in FL scheduling me to get several pitching series of a prospect that he was scouting. So in some cases I'm using the D3 as a slow motion 'video' camera.
Tony NPS had an event at Fenway and replaced the lcd cover on a D200 for me on the spot too. All I did was let Annie know in advance and they made sure to have the part on hand.
I can only hope that my other D3 will last as long. |
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Yamil Sued, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Peoria | AZ | USA | Posted: 8:43 PM on 08.29.09 |
->> Eric, stop saying that!!
You're going to jinx yourself!!
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 11:29 AM on 12.31.09 |
| ->> 646,126...... I may not know how many licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop but I know that it took 646,126 clicks to kill the shutter on my D3..... Fittingly on the last day of the year during the last game of the day :0 |
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Michael Troutman, Photographer
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Carmel | CA | USA | Posted: 12:57 PM on 12.31.09 |
| ->> Impressive! Nice timing... |
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Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 2:09 PM on 12.31.09 |
| ->> I went through 80,000 photos this past year just on my D700. |
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Geoffrey Bolte, Photographer, Assistant
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Spencer/Worcester | MA | USA | Posted: 2:38 PM on 12.31.09 |
->> Nick 125,000+ on my D700 purchased on 1/14!! In service now for non shutter related issues.
Congrats Eric! Hope you get a loaner/replaced shutter soon I know you like to rack up the miles!! |
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Michael Troutman, Photographer
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Carmel | CA | USA | Posted: 3:25 PM on 12.31.09 |
| ->> That's 885 frames every single day on just the one body if you've owned it for exactly two years, Eric... |
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Yamil Sued, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Peoria | AZ | USA | Posted: 7:02 PM on 12.31.09 |
->> Congrats Eric, you finally killed that shutter!!
I bet the guys in Melville will have it by early Tuesday AM!! And I bet you will have it back by next Friday.
Now, to kill that second body!!
Happy New Year!! |
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Louis Lopez, Photographer
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Fontana | CA | USA | Posted: 8:59 PM on 12.31.09 |
| ->> How do you see the click info in PM? I see the Frame #, but I am sure that is the actual frame # of the image before I rename them. Do I need to adjust something in PM to be able to see the actual click count? |
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Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | US | Posted: 9:22 PM on 12.31.09 |
| ->> eric...don't they have laws against D3 abuse in your part of the country? |
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