I don't think you are a slacker. Probably a more patient, planful shooter.
I tend to get frenetic when I am out for a day shooting, trying different combinations,
lighting, etc.
I don't pay attention to clicks, but have put in about 20k clicks on my 20D over a year and half. Now to be fair, I did quit a few sporting events, air shows too!
I am currently looking for a 5D, still saving for it.
I would prefer less than 10k clicks.
Dan
Jul 21, 2007 at 02:28 PM
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JaneG wrote:
bit of a red herring but 9600 seems a lot for me ..
is that professional use?
I think I go out quite a lot and I have ony done 1200 clicks since dec05. I must be a bit of a slacker,
How many can one expect to get out of a 5d for example?
Jane
To be honest Jane, I don't think that I ever heard or talked with anybody shooting as little as you 1200 clicks in 20 months. You can use it the rest of your life without changing the shutter
I shoot more than that every two weeks.....
Russ Isabella wrote:
I'm sure plenty of people would be happy to save $250 over a refurb or $470 over new for a lightly used camera body.
There may be some, but it sure seems a lot more intelligent to buy the refurb with the 3 yr. Mack warranty from a shop that accepts returns. I've looked at an awful lot of Canon refurbs, and in only one instance with a 1D MKII body a couple of months ago (at which point it was years old) could I tell I was looking at a camera that wasn't brand new. If in the first two weeks of buying a refurb the buyer discovers an issue, it can be dealt with by returning and swapping out instead of having the seller post a "what should I do buyer says camera has such and such issue it didn't have when I shipped" thread. If a later problem develops the Mack warranty will cover it, unlike the private sale scenario.
