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p.1 #1 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

With my 1Ds II shutter.

This is actuation # 200,000. Shutter appears to still be perfect. (that stuff on the bottom is her coloring book way out of focus, not a shutter bounce.) Let's hope for another 200,000.

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Nov 13, 2009 at 10:26 AM

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p.1 #2 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

dont jinx yourself......

Nov 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM

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p.1 #3 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

Some of them are still going strong after 1,000,000 actuations ...

http://www.olegkikin.com/shutterlife/canon_eos1dsmkii.htm

Nov 13, 2009 at 10:47 AM

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p.1 #4 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

I think it's mad not to change the shutter when it's due. I blew my first 5D shutter and it took the sensor with it as it exploded. That is a far far more expensive repair. Get the shutter fixed BEFORE you have to.

Nov 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM

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p.1 #5 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

BTW is replacing a shutter on a 1D series cam an expensive repair job?

Nov 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM

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Nov 13, 2009 at 10:57 AM

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p.1 #7 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

Daan B wrote:
BTW is replacing a shutter on a 1D series cam an expensive repair job?

I have read about $200-250 USD.

Nov 13, 2009 at 04:29 PM

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jerrykur wrote:
Daan B wrote:
BTW is replacing a shutter on a 1D series cam an expensive repair job?

I have read about $200-250 USD.

That's not too bad... if it will give you another 200K

Nov 13, 2009 at 04:38 PM

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p.1 #9 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

hahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha I hate you.

Nov 13, 2009 at 04:43 PM

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p.1 #10 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

Those Canons are fairly rugged. I have a 4 year old Rebel XT body that is used for construction progress photos. Last night I shot the re-opening of a mall shot about 1500 exps. Minimum 250 exp/week - well over 100,000 exposures in total, which creates havoc in the file library with duplicate file names- years apart. Sensor fried about 2 years ago -replaced by Canon. Mirror and shutter still going strong.

Nov 13, 2009 at 05:03 PM

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brainiac wrote:
I think it's mad not to change the shutter when it's due. I blew my first 5D shutter and it took the sensor with it as it exploded. That is a far far more expensive repair. Get the shutter fixed BEFORE you have to.

Can you elaborate on your shutter exploding experience?
Was there any signs of it going out before this happened?
What was the shooting setting when it happend? (If you remember)

Thanks

Nov 13, 2009 at 05:36 PM

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p.1 #12 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

I thrashed a DR for about 80K clicks until the shutter died. Despite being out of warranty, Canon only charged me $180 to replace it, the shutter box, a printed circuit board or two, and cleaned it up when they were done.

Money well worth it.

Nov 13, 2009 at 06:38 PM

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OceanView wrote:
Was there any signs of it going out before this happened?

No.

>What was the shooting setting when it happend? (If you remember)

I had accidentally set it to explode mode.

Seriously, I was using it and suddenly the shutter sound changed a little. I didn't think much of it and shot a few more shots. I noticed that they didn't look right. I took off the lens to look inside and saw the blades all tangled and bent. Luckily it happened on the last day of my 5 week honeymoon in Asia. When I sent the camera to Canon UK they explained that the shutter replacement was about 200 GBP, but that fixing the scratched filter entailed sensor replacement, which was 800 GBP. I argued a lot, and eventually they took pity on me and charged a lot less, but they needn't have.

So the moral is, replace your shutter before it makes your camera worthless.

Nov 13, 2009 at 06:41 PM

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p.1 #14 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

Since one of our family cars has exceeded the warranty period we should rebuild the engine when it is still working fine? I don't think so.

EBH

Nov 13, 2009 at 06:41 PM

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p.1 #15 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

And you posted on Friday the 13th?

Nov 13, 2009 at 06:51 PM

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p.1 #16 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

It's my birthday....today's a lucky day (and 13 is my lucky number, naturally).

Nov 13, 2009 at 06:56 PM

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EB-1 wrote:
Since one of our family cars has exceeded the warranty period we should rebuild the engine when it is still working fine? I don't think so.

EBH

Not the warranty but if it's the time to replace the timing belt, you have to do it unless you want it to go and take the valves with it.

Nov 13, 2009 at 07:34 PM

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brainiac wrote:
... Luckily it happened on the last day of my 5 week honeymoon in Asia. ...

5 weeks? Damn!!! Mine is only planned for 15 days!

5 WEEKS?

Were all your plants dead when you came back?

Nov 14, 2009 at 04:08 AM

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jerrykur wrote:
Daan B wrote:
BTW is replacing a shutter on a 1D series cam an expensive repair job?

I have read about $200-250 USD.

hmm, my friend spent $750 on replacing the shutter with CPS.

Nov 14, 2009 at 04:15 AM

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EB-1 wrote:
Since one of our family cars has exceeded the warranty period we should rebuild the engine when it is still working fine? I don't think so.

EBH

That what we have to do on helicopters. It's called 'preventive maintenance'.

Nov 14, 2009 at 05:35 AM

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p.1 #21 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

Since when is replacing the shutter part of PM?

EBH

Nov 14, 2009 at 05:43 AM

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p.1 #22 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

EB-1 wrote:
Since when is replacing the shutter part of PM?

EBH

When doing so can prevent damage to other parts of the camera, as brainiac suggested. He wasn't talking out of his ass.

Nov 14, 2009 at 06:00 AM

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p.1 #23 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

Jman13 wrote:
It's my birthday....today's a lucky day (and 13 is my lucky number, naturally).
Was mine too ... 29 and 'some months'

Nov 14, 2009 at 08:47 AM

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p.1 #24 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

What does Canon owe everyone who's shutter broke at 75k then?

Nov 14, 2009 at 09:27 AM

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p.1 #25 · I'm officially on borrowed time now.

EB-1 wrote:
Since one of our family cars has exceeded the warranty period we should rebuild the engine when it is still working fine? I don't think so.

If the US is like the UK, for your warranty to be honoured by the manufacturer, you'd need to be able to prove that you'd had the car (preventative) serviced at the appropriate designated intervals...

Nov 14, 2009 at 10:55 AM


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