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How many shutter cycles have YOU shot?
Richard Ritari, Photographer
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Gainesville | FL | USA | Posted: 4:20 PM on 11.19.03 |
->> A recent F5 article reports that at least one Nikon F5 has crossed the million shutter cycle mark:
http://nikon.virtualpresscentre.co.uk/pressreleases/84.shtml
That made me wonder just how many shutter cycles have YOU depressed? I know I have about 15,000 or so in the past 18 months, but would have a hard time guessing how many in my photography career. |
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Nick Doan, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Scottsdale | AZ | USA | Posted: 5:09 PM on 11.19.03 |
->> Hmm, I have only been able to keep accurate count since this past summer when I started shootin gdigital. So, since July 1st, I have shot over 10000 images. Not couting the 20-30 rolls of filmI have shot with my Eos3.
I consider myself a light shooter, since I only work 3-4 days a week. |
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Rick Burnham, Photographer
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Enfield | CT | USA | Posted: 5:42 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> about 6,000 frames in the last 5 weeks, how many in the last 14 years is a crap shoot. |
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Mike McLaughlin, Photographer
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Neptune City | NJ | USA | Posted: 6:27 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> I'm approaching 70,000 after 15 months with my 1D. Boy does my finger hurt! ;) |
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Mike Isler, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | US | Posted: 6:32 PM on 11.19.03 |
->> Total?
I'd say probably 150,000 on my F5, and 70,000 on my D1x. Haven't blown a shutter yet...it'll probably go soon tho! |
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Delane Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philadelphia | PA | US | Posted: 6:38 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> I shot 5900 with my D2H since last Thursday... |
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David Lane, Photographer
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Harrison | TN | USA | Posted: 6:45 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> Delane, how does the battery hold up? Is the % meter accurate? My D2h will be here friday! and I am just curious if I should also preorder an extra battery now. |
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Michael McNamara, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 7:25 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> My 620 is up to about 140,000. |
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Delane Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philadelphia | PA | US | Posted: 7:32 PM on 11.19.03 |
->> The 1 (and only battery I have) has 2105 frames anit;s at 52% remaining. Plus, I've previewed approximately 1500 of those shots.
However, you definitely need another battery..but 2 batteries should be more than enough for even the most demanding shooters out there! |
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Jan Langsner, Photographer
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Lloyd | AB | Canada | Posted: 7:52 PM on 11.19.03 |
->> Well I know my F4 shutter crapped out shortly after 200,000 frames. I've shot about the same on my F5 and about half that on my F3. With the D1X, I'd say probably 25,000 frames. Maybe a little less. So I'm over half a million.
However I used to work with a guy whose F4 went over a million frames. I saw the documentation from Nikon on that. So I don't know why the F5 hitting a million is such a big deal. |
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Sean Gallagher, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 9:07 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> wow. so why can't Nikon make its shutters on its digital cameras last as long as the f4 and f5, i wonder? and btw i've got a dcs520 with like 140,000 on it, still kicking... but also have another DCS520 with just over 40,000 thats got a dead shutter... go figure! |
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George Olivar, Photographer
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New Brunswick | NJ | USA | Posted: 9:16 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> I have about 12,000 on my D1H from the past 14 months. Doesn't seem like a lot, does it? Need to take more pictures of my mom's cats and my baby nieces! :P |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 9:43 PM on 11.19.03 |
->> My D1 Classic is at around 294,000 (bought Sept 2000). I have logged how many times the frame counter has rolled over, so this is how I have come to this number.
EOS 1D #1 (bought in April 2003) is at around 38,000
EOS 1D #2 (bought in April 2003) is at around 43,000
EOS 10D (bought early Oct 2003) is at around 5,000
Again, I am basing this info on how many times my frame counter has rolled over.
My DCS520 had 196,000 when I sold it.
I can't even fathom how many cycles any of mu FA bodies have, or muy F3hp
I know an event photographer who has to shoot around 5,000 cycles a week, if not more. At least he gets paid a boat load more than I do, so he can afford to keep getting new cameras :0) |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 9:44 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> (My D1 might have 296,000 cycles......I need to go recount) |
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Robert Caplin, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Athens | OH | USA | Posted: 10:05 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> I know people are guessing but, can one check an actual figure on their digital camera? does the camera actually keep track? if so, how? I shoot a D1H. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 10:08 PM on 11.19.03 |
->> Robert:
The DCS5xx/6xx/7xx series bodies have a full counter built in, which tells you exactly how many cycles the shutter has been fired.
With my D1/D1x I just kept track of how many times my counter went back to 0000 for my own maintenance records. This way when something happens, I know about how many cycles the camera went through. |
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Delane Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philadelphia | PA | US | Posted: 10:10 PM on 11.19.03 |
| ->> Robert-When nikon services a camera they can tell how many frames (actuations??) you've shot...but it's not something they actually tell you. |
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Robert Caplin, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Athens | OH | USA | Posted: 1:08 AM on 11.20.03 |
->> Delane-gotcha.
Steve-where is the counter that you are talking about?
Thanks,
Bob |
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JC Ridley, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Davie | FL | USA | Posted: 1:12 AM on 11.20.03 |
| ->> 25,000 frames on my latest 1D since purchased in late September |
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Vance Green, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Fayetteville | AR | USA | Posted: 3:25 PM on 11.20.03 |
| ->> about 14,000 frames since June when I got my 10D. I have no idea on my EOS-3 but I am not worried about blowing a shutter on that, I harldy use it, and i believe they are tested to like 300,000 or something like that. |
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Conor O'Healy, Photographer
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Beaverton | OR | USA | Posted: 4:18 PM on 11.20.03 |
->> My first D-1H had well over 100,000 shutter cycles through it in about 15 months. I sent it in for a repair after an impact damage, and Nikon kept sending it back to me broken, so they finally replaced the camera with a refurb. Since then I haven't really kept track of it, and I haven't kept track of how many I have shot on my D-100.
Prior to switching to digital? I have no idea. Alot.
Conor |
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Nathan Pier, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Madison | WI | USA | Posted: 11:27 AM on 11.21.03 |
->> I am going to call and ask them if there was a significant difference in how many it took to blow the shutter in my D1H the first time and how many it took this time.
Conor, were there some magic words you used to get a refurb?
N |
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Conor O'Healy, Photographer
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Beaverton | OR | USA | Posted: 12:15 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> Nathan,
The trick for me was to be very, very polite and understanding, even after almost 3 months of my camera going back and forth to Nikon. The nicer you are to them, the better they will treat you.
After my 2nd repair in 2 1/2 months (and the camera was gone for almost all of that time), Nikon informed me that their policy is to replace any camera that has been sent back to service three times for the same problem. They told me that was their policy, but I know other people who haven't had the same luck as myself and haven't had their cameras replaced. So my recommendation is to be very polite and friendly, even when things look bad, and they will take care of you.
Conor |
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Thomas Oed, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 5:49 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> I shot 11 or 12,000 frames on my D1 over the past weekend. (Thu-Mon), plus almost 30 rolls of film.
How many TOTAL... who knows! I'm probably up in the several hundred thousand frames range by now... I bought my D1 in April of '00.
Recently had it in to Torrance for an 'overhaul', and I'm guessing the shutter is one of the things they replaced. Never had it just stop shooting on me, though... the only types of problems I got off and on are more electronic in nature. Camera would lock up after saving files, and I'd need to shut it off, remove and replace the battery, and turn it back on again. Then it always came right back. Didn't happen too often, though, but that was one of the rrasons I took it in for the overhaul. |
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Gil Batzri, Photographer
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Oakland | CA | USA | Posted: 9:38 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> wow I feel like my index finger is almost virginal....
I have about 7000 on my 1D since mid-September, and I think about 35k on my D30 over about a year.
I better get cracking...
gil |
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Kurt Jones, Photographer
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Sherman Oaks | CA | USA | Posted: 9:53 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> Well, I had an original Eos 1 (from like '91 or when ever they first came out) that I had 3 shutters in.
I had about 200,000 on one, 170,000 on the next and the 3rd one was in it when I sold it a few months ago, but I'd guess about 50,000 on that one........
I bought my 1D in April and I've only got about 12,000 on it so far, but stills are not my full time profession anymore.......
I shot alot of sports on that original Eos1 and the PJ stuff made it take a beatin.....
Kurt |
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Jan Langsner, Photographer
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Lloyd | AB | Canada | Posted: 12:56 AM on 11.22.03 |
| ->> Delane, Nikon will tell you how many times the shutter has gone click, if you ask them. They will put a little note at the bottom of your invoice. |
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David A. Cantor, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Toledo | OH | USA | Posted: 1:54 AM on 11.22.03 |
| ->> Just flipped over my Fuji G617....990 on a three digit counter..soon to flip to 0...better than rolling back an odometer on a Ford Maverick.... |
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Collin Erie, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Carlsbad | CA | United States | Posted: 5:50 PM on 11.25.03 |
| ->> not enough! |
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Paul W Gillespie, Photographer
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Annapolis | MD | USA | Posted: 5:56 PM on 11.25.03 |
| ->> I shot about 90,000 on my kodak dcs 520 in three years and I stopped using it in may when I got my 10D. I am not sure about the 10d it does not keep track like the kodak did. |
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Delane Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philadelphia | PA | US | Posted: 6:09 PM on 11.25.03 |
->> Jan...I jsut sent my D1H in to them for a clean and check...I'll ask them when I get the estimate. Thanks for the tip!
dbr |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 9:54 AM on 11.26.03 |
| ->> Gil- In that case my finger is a freakin' slut. During football season I spike to around 5000 frames a week. |
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Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 1:54 PM on 11.26.03 |
->> I have 2 D1X's and a D100..can anyone please tell me where to find the counters?
Thanks
Debbie |
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Andrew Malana, Photographer
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Tokyo | JP | Japan | Posted: 5:51 PM on 11.26.03 |
| ->> Deborah...there is no 'counter' per se, but you can tell how many images you captured by reading the file number, e.g. DSC_1833. After DSC_9999, it will go revert back to DSC_0001. 10,000 captures. Hope this helps. |
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Ernie Rice, Photographer
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Paragould | AR | USA | Posted: 6:26 PM on 11.27.03 |
| ->> My D100 has 13,368 cycles on it and I got it in May of this year, and The D1H I use at work has about 25,000 on it and it's about a year and a half old. The folder had changed for the second time just before I got my D100. |
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Mark Watkins, Photographer
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Acworth | GA | USA | Posted: 7:00 PM on 11.27.03 |
| ->> Over the past week I shot 6,335 basketball images with my DCS720x. Year to date my DCS620 is at just shy of 50,000 and the 720x is at 26,560. |
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