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28-01-2011
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Canon 1000d, Shutter Life
I use a Canon 1000d for work (taking photos of cars all day) think its on its last legs as ive had the image count reset at least 10 times so has done 100,000+ photos in just over a year.
Question is how long realistically will the camera go for, it started playing up a while ago, is it worth sticking with it or replacing it? And any recomendations on a repalcement. Paul
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28-01-2011
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Not sure how many my D70 did but it plays up these days. My current camera is at 147,000 - but its rated for 300,000 so hopefully it'll go a bit longer.
100,000 is already at / past the life expectancy of the 1000D. If you're taking 100,000 photos or more in a year then surely a more professional body would be a good investment? I'd not trust it anyway - not if it's important stuff as you'd not want it to fail mid shoot. If it's something that doesn't matter and you can nip down jessops to get a new body whenever then just run it until it breaks down. Personally I'm getting a 2nd body sometime this year - my camera should have plenty of life in it before it needs repairing but if I was at a big race meeting then I'd cry as I only have the one camera right now. Anyway - I'm not too knowlegable about Canon stuff but the new 60D looks awesome - at least, if you want to do a little video as well.
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28-01-2011
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Canon has recently disclosed the Rated Shutter Life for all EOS models:
Model - Rated Shutter Life Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS / 1000D - 100,000 From - http://photocamel.com/forum/canon-fo...xpectancy.html I agree with Jimmy though, if you can afford it, it's probably worth replacing it, as you don't want it to go when you need the camera most.
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28-01-2011
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Cheers guys, the camera will be doing about 250,000 photos a year from now on as we have recently changed a few things.
Will a professional body last a lot longer and be worth the investment? Trouble is work buy the camera and they dont like spending money, this is the 2nd camera in 2 years, had a Sony one before hand which had the same problem (was rubbish anyway  )
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08-02-2011
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Looks like the 1000D is no more......... 1100D for £400ish anyone,
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1102/11...oneos1100d.asp
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09-02-2011
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Its going to be difficult to justify a full on pro model if you only need small images for a website. But if you need to produce big prints - or work outside if all weather conditions - or need fast accurate focusing on moving subjects... then it may be a different matter. Quote:
I'm surprised that the 1000D shutter is rated at 100,000 shots (Canon always did publish these figures, just never looked at the 1000D before) - but this is a very good life expectancy for a camera in this price range. The fact is the 1000D is designed as a entry level DSLR, for people to take on holiday and use occasionally etc. The 1D MK 4 is designed as a workhorse camera for professionals who need to take hundreds/thousands of shots day in, day out, and who depend upon the camera being 100% reliable to support their job. The 'but' is that the 1D4 costs about 10 times the 1000D - although there are several models which come somewhere in between in terms of both cost and build quality. I suppose the question is: does your job depend on the pictures you take?
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09-02-2011
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Quote:
http://astrojargon.net/40DShutterCou...ookieSupport=1
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