![]() ![]() ![]() No manufacturer of items can assure how long an item will last and to do so would be a bad idea on their behalf incase your particular unit didn’t match those expectations. But life expectancy isn’t something you’ll find on the specs of a camera you’re looking at buying, much like mileage expectancy isn’t on the price sticker of a new Ford Focus. Canon says that their 5D mkII is good for about 150k and the 1D, 200k. The inner workings of a camera are delicate and fragile and made to withstand around 100,000 shutter releases. Although it makes perfect sense that your camera, like anything, will only last so long. ![]() This is a troubling thing for an avid photo taker to learn for the first time because it’s not something we know until we are told. Yes, I did say that: Your camera has a life expectancy. And this is an important number because your camera has a life expectancy, just like your car. Prospective buyers will often write and ask you how many actuations your camera has on it’s meter and you may think “what on earth?!” Actuations (or shutter count) is the amount of photos your camera has taken. If you’ve ever sold a camera on Ebay before, you’ll be familiar with the term “actuations”. ![]()
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