Shutter count/Actuations

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Looking at replacing my D70S, bought impulsively and found out shutter count was ~23'000 and the shutter had developed some faults.

I liked the D70S as a camera, and I'm looking to buy a new one, well a used one. There's a few in the for sale section with shutter actuations around 10-13k.

At what count do Nikons usually start developing faults?
 
I use my D70/D80 for timelapse photography, the D80 has 154,000-ish actuation's the D70 has 230,000-ish last time I checked.

They are retired from a hard life now but still working fine.

Had a small repair done to the electrical contacts on the bayonet fitting on the D70 and replaced batteries in both but that is all.

Your camera is only just run in, get it fixed. :)
 
Flash In The Pan said:
:suspect:

Says who?

The shutter may be rated to 150,000 but that doesn't mean that come that mileage a Nikon will start falling to bits. I've seen them going to 450k and seen them fail at 45, it means absolutely nothing...
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That's a fair point but I was simply stating the rated value as you pointed out. Suppose my choice word of generally was incorrect. I have cameras that have surpassed this number by a long shot. A (now dead) D200 of mine went passed 230k but I did drop it from a huge height.
 
King_Boru said:
That's a fair point but I was simply stating the rated value as you pointed out. Suppose my choice word of generally was incorrect. I have cameras that have surpassed this number by a long shot. A (now dead) D200 of mine went passed 230k but I did drop it from a huge height.
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Probably don't buy a camera that's in more than one piece :D
 
King_Boru said:
Generally 150,000.
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Eh? Are you making this up as you go along?

The camera is rated for a minimum of 150,000 MTBF - its not set to self-destruct at 150,001. In fact, many D70s / D80s will happily go up to 1,000,000+.
 
King_Boru said:
That's a fair point but I was simply stating the rated value as you pointed out. Suppose my choice word of generally was incorrect. I have cameras that have surpassed this number by a long shot. A (now dead) D200 of mine went passed 230k but I did drop it from a huge height.
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puddleduck said:
Eh? Are you making this up as you go along?

The camera is rated for a minimum of 150,000 MTBF - its not set to self-destruct at 150,001. In fact, many D70s / D80s will happily go up to 1,000,000+.
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No I'm not making it up as I go along, perhaps you couldn't be bothered to read the thread.
 
puddleduck said:
Eh? Are you making this up as you go along?

The camera is rated for a minimum of 150,000 MTBF - its not set to self-destruct at 150,001. In fact, many D70s / D80s will happily go up to 1,000,000+.
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That's a bit harsh don't you think.

I knew exactly what he meant by it, there's no need to be mean about it.
 
Besides MTBF stands for MEAN Time Before Failure, that is the average, not a minimum number as Puddleduck seems to think.
 
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