It does not surprise me. I was surprised when I had Canon how quickly
support was dropped for older models. This sounds like a lesser model
though. I think 150,000 is the usual lifetime for one of the better
DSLRs. This is not across brands though. Some high usage shooters on
the dpreview Nikon forums have had to replace worn out shutters and
it is no problem with the rest of the camera. As for lifetime, even
though the Nikon shutter life is stated to be 150,000, few I have
read about had well over 200,000, one over 400,000. So I think that
lifetime figure is probably very conservative to avoid warranty repair.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Jul 17, 2006, at 5:22 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>
> Here's a note I got from another tech who sent a 'broken down under
> normal use' Canon to Canon for service.
>
>>>> Stripped gears in mirror up mechanism. Ordered complete mirror box
> ass,y because they do not sell individual parts. Parts on
> backorder for
> 3 months with no ETA so I cancelled the parts order and sent the
> camera
> to canon.They returned camera not repaired because their computer
> hookup
> to camera said it had taken 108,000 pictures and the Life of the
> camera
> has expired. Beyond economical repair. I just wanted to vent a little
> and share this with you folks. Mike<<<
>
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