Found around the web:
Nikon F 5 has a lot to offer. The world's first self-diagnostic
double-bladed shutter that is tested to 150 000 cycles is featuring
Nikon's exclusive Shutter Monitor Nikon's exclusive mirror balancer and
floating-type design is for motors and gears.
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http://pub103.ezboard.com/
fthedigitaldinguscommunityfrm4.showMessage?topicID=235.topic
F90x cameras have been known to die well before the rated 50,000
shutter cycles
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http://www.canon.com.hk/english/products/camera/slr_camera/eos_1v/
product_feature.htm
Designed to provide accurate, consistent and trouble free operation
even after prolonged usage, the electronically controlled rotary
magnet shutter has been tested in severe shooting conditions. In
tests, Canon recorded more than 150,000 shutter cycles with the
EOS-1V's shutter still performing accurately at its maximum speed of
1/8,000 second and maximum flash sync speed of 1/250 second.
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Many of the older camera such as those produced by Nikon,
Canon, Pentax, Minolta, Leica or Contax have always been
synonymous with durability and reliability which we often think we
missed those elements in today's modern cameras; So we used
some of their camera models as a reference (doesn't mean
cameras of other makes are not that durable). In this case, I
would select Nikon and use their much published official "media"
reference for comparison. In most of these claims, Nikon said 150,000
cycles can be achieved for all their F-series professional
models (F, F2, F3, F4 and F5). While conceded a level down to
serious amateurs SLR cameras (such the FM series; FE series
should also provide a comfortable figure of 50,000 or so in terms of
exposure cycles.
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http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/fototech/help/howlong.html
I just happened to read the E-10 FAQ PDF file out of curiousity, and
found that it said the shutter was built to "withstand" 20,000 shutter
cycles, which means it can go beyond this life.
In order to even validate this "problem" or I should say, vaporized
possibility, is that we will need to wait another year, maybe longer,
until E-10 and E-20 cameras rack up their 20K cycles.
But, I'm not worried. Hey, I don't even have an E-10 anymore.
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All quotes above. I guess it is variable. It does confirm my suspicion
that for all their costliness digital cameras are manufactured to a
much lower standard. Cheapness also explains the color aberrations.
Everyone says no one is making money on digital cameras, but you wonder
whether everyone would be engaged in a unprofitable product.
The other side is that your take your $1000 film camera. Take out the
costly machined gears, film motors, mirror mechanism, costly prism, and
long life focal plane shutter, lens mount and so on to replace them
with a smaller cheaper body with lousy ergonomics, a couple of small
LCDs, a chip, button switches, cheap lens, a cheap combined
aperture/shutter and sell it for the same price. Hmmm.
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
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