A professional level camera should get 150,000 shutter actuations.
Lesser cameras perhaps 30-50,000. 30,000 was good for a film camera but
digital has proven to have tougher requirements.
But before sending this E-30 off the the Olympus doctor make sure this
is not a flash synchronization problem. If the camera is fired at a
shutter speed higher then the flash sync speed you will get exactly the
appearance some of your test photos showed. At high speed the flash can
fire (near instantaneously) and before the first curtain has cleared the
sensor. Result is a shadow on the sensor cast by the shutter curtain.
You said it only appeared at high speed so that made me suspicious.
If you're sure the flash wasn't in use then send it off to the camera
doc. But if the flash was possibly in use test again without the flash.
Dr. Flash
Candace Lemarr wrote:
> I agree, Moose, especially when you consider that I first noticed in
> December of 09. However, I treated it as many of us treat the whole
> doctor thing... "Doc, it hurts when I do this" ... Doc: "well, don't do
> that". So I didn't "do that".
> It didn't impact me much. However, yesterday's was so extreme and I
> finally have time to do something about it, so I will act on it now.
>
> Candace
>
>
> On 8/23/2010 1:21 PM, Moose wrote:
>> On 8/23/2010 12:16 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>
>>>> If I did it right, 12634.
>>>>
>>> Candice, that sounds about right given how much you shoot and how long
>>> you've had it. I personally run an average of 20000 per year spread
>>> out over all the cameras, with the E-1 getting over half.
>>>
>> Seems like an awfully early failure, though.
>>
>> Moose
>>
>
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