Shutter Rating Accurate?

[MBasile]

But that is how a MTF chart works. Mean Time to Failure, not average time.

Actually 50% of data above and 50% of data below would be median.

I wouldn't put too much thought towards the exact number though, as I wouldn't put it passed the camera company to skew the stats to make their cameras look like they have a higher failure point.

 

[tsaraleksi]

Actually 50% of data above and 50% of data below would be median.

I wouldn't put too much thought towards the exact number though, as I wouldn't put it passed the camera company to skew the stats to make their cameras look like they have a higher failure point.

The big thing to remember is that the ratings are not guaranteed... as in, if your camera fails within a year of purchase you can get it repaired for free but it has nothing to do with the number. Just like how weather sealing is promised, but water damage ain't warranted.

 

[MBasile]

The big thing to remember is that the ratings are not guaranteed... as in, if your camera fails within a year of purchase you can get it repaired for free but it has nothing to do with the number. Just like how weather sealing is promised, but water damage ain't warranted.

which is why I think its more of a selling point rather than a true number to focus on.

 

[Josh66]

Oops. I think you were right MBasile - I was seeing "mean" but thinking "median".
(Mean is average)
Sorry for any confusion I might have caused.


Anyway, back on topic-
If you wear your shutter out, I'd say that the camera has been very useful to you and fixing the shutter will still be cheaper than buying a new camera. You'll probably upgrade to a new camera before the one you have now dies anyway (at least that what most people do - replace something before it's actually broken).

 

[davebmck]

Maybe a little off topic, but is there an easy way to determine how may shutter releases your camera has had?

 

[feRRari4756]

Thanks everyone!

the file name is where u can find how many pics you have taken.

 

[MBasile]

Oops. I think you were right MBasile - I was seeing "mean" but thinking "median".
(Mean is average)
Sorry for any confusion I might have caused.


Anyway, back on topic-
If you wear your shutter out, I'd say that the camera has been very useful to you and fixing the shutter will still be cheaper than buying a new camera. You'll probably upgrade to a new camera before the one you have now dies anyway (at least that what most people do - replace something before it's actually broken).

Yeah, I think the technology would "wear out" before the shutter

 

[Josh66]

Maybe a little off topic, but is there an easy way to determine how may shutter releases your camera has had?

the file name is where u can find how many pics you have taken.

Some cameras have a setting somewhere in the menus that tell you how many actuations it has had (won't always match up with the file number), but my camera doesn't have that function, so I go by the file number. Going by the file number, I'm a little over 6000 on my 350D (that's over 3 (?) years).

 

[tsaraleksi]

The problem is that the file number rolls over ever 9999 shots, so it could be 6,000, or 16,000 or 26,000 etc.

 

[feRRari4756]

hmm

right now im on my 10, 124 shot.

the CAMERA displays the file name as "101-0124"

SO if i was on my 20,124 shot the camera would porlly display the file name as "102-0124"

KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ONLY IN CAMERA. ONCE YOU IMPORT THE FILE TO YOUR COMPUTER, IT TAKES OUT THE "101" PART AND LEAVES U JUST WITH "0124"

 

[rufus5150]

I do find it amusing that we have threads where we frequently tell people practice makes perfect and go out and shoot as that's the most important part.

That is until someone does, and then we tell them they're shooting too much and making assumptions about how well they're shooting.

Why are we so concerned with how often someone clicks their shutter, exactly?

 

[tsaraleksi]

hmm

right now im on my 10, 124 shot.

the CAMERA displays the file name as "101-0124"

SO if i was on my 20,124 shot the camera would porlly display the file name as "102-0124"

KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ONLY IN CAMERA. ONCE YOU IMPORT THE FILE TO YOUR COMPUTER, IT TAKES OUT THE "101" PART AND LEAVES U JUST WITH "0124"

Because of a lot of different factors, chances are this is just not an accurate way to gauge the number of shots you've taken. The best way is to be organized in the way that you store your files so you can go back and just look at how many there are.

 

[Josh66]

hmm

right now im on my 10, 124 shot.

the CAMERA displays the file name as "101-0124"

SO if i was on my 20,124 shot the camera would porlly display the file name as "102-0124"

That's how I would assume it works. My files are in the IMG_0000 format, I'm not sure what will happen when it rolls over 9999... (I think it will probably just start over, which would suck because I would have duplicate file numbers.)

KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ONLY IN CAMERA. ONCE YOU IMPORT THE FILE TO YOUR COMPUTER, IT TAKES OUT THE "101" PART AND LEAVES U JUST WITH "0124"

That seems odd. Is the software you're using changing it, or is it the camera doing it?

 

[davebmck]

Because of a lot of different factors, chances are this is just not an accurate way to gauge the number of shots you've taken. The best way is to be organized in the way that you store your files so you can go back and just look at how many there are.

That wouldn't work for me as I throw away a good number of the pictures I take. Well over half of them, maybe as much as 3/4ths of them.

 

[feRRari4756]

That wouldn't work for me as I throw away a good number of the pictures I take. Well over half of them, maybe as much as 3/4ths of them.

yup same here. no reason to keep complete JUNK photos