Utterly by chance, I just read the following in the instruction manual for
an OT film camera:
"Under normal circumstances, the shutter can be released 100,000 times or
more [wait for it, the best bit is yet to come]
..................................................................... with a
single battery"
Puts things in perspective?
The manufacturer of the OT camera has recently disposed of its camera lines,
digital as well as analogue.
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Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chuck Norcutt
Sent: 17 July 2006 15:09
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: took too many pictures
A used 10D body is only worth about $400-500. Like I said, at 108,000
cycles the shutter has already gone well beyond its expected life.
Never stated by Canon for the 10D but was probably in the range of 30-50,000
cycles. I think the shutter assembly is $200. The mirror box must be an
equivalent price if available. So, I think a $400 parts bill on a $400-500
camera is rationally considered not repairable.
I'd be very surprised if the E-1 shutter goes much beyond 100,000 cycles but
I wouldn't expect the mirror box to break.
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> That's an EOS 10D. Also featured in some canon's are plastic cams
> with heavy metal followers. "Camera is beyond repair because you used
> it too much". Unbelieveable!
> I'd be interested in seeing how Olympus digitals hold up as time goes by.
>
> ___________________________________
> John Hermanson
> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
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> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>>Stripped gears in the mirror mechanism makes me guess they were plastic.
>> Got any model info? The shutter life of even the recently announced
>>30D and 5D (and improved over previous models) is 100,000 cycles. If
>>you sent a 5D for service on other than the shutter, and it displayed
>>that kind of mileage, if they fixed it they would undoubtedly want to
>>replace the shutter assembly as well. I think the shutter assembly
>>for a 20D is about $200. If this was a 10D, 300D or even some later
>>model I can see where it would be considered uneconomical to repair.
>>
>>I don't have any hard data but memory tells me that film cameras have
>>a typical shutter life of about 30,000 cycles. That's a lot of film
>>but not a lot for digital so Canon (and I presume the others) have
>>been forced to improve shutters.
>>
>>What's the shutter life of an OM-4Ti? Would Oly have given a
>>different story on the E-1? What's the life of the shutter on an E-1?
>>Has Oly ever said?
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>>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<<<
>>>
>>>___________________________________
>>>John Hermanson
>>>Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>>>21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
>>>631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977 http://www.zuiko.com |
>>>omtech1 AT verizon.net
>>>
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