p.2 #2 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
Not trying to blast you Indy but it would appear you have a couple of if not world record then definitely in the running for high shutter count Nikon digitals. I would really in all seriousness thing Nikon would be interested in hearing about this story. My gear is tough but not that tough. The most nuclear hardened thing I own is a Canon F1 that has been through battlefield conditions and still keeps ticking. Never been serviced other than my own cleanings.
p.2 #3 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
Kerry Pierce wrote:
I hate to mention it, but there's a guy on dpr that goes by the name of PerfectPoms who is simply incredible with the amount of photos that he takes of his dogs. Last I recall, he went through a couple d70s, then a couple d2h's and is now working on a couple d2x's or maybe d3's by now......
Here's a post where he stated that he got 637,000 shots from the "original" shutter of his d2hs. I can recall seeing posts from him where he claimed to have shot well over 6k shots of his dogs during a walk in the park.
p.2 #4 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
davenfl wrote:
Not trying to blast you Indy but it would appear you have a couple of if not world record then definitely in the running for high shutter count Nikon digitals. I would really in all seriousness thing Nikon would be interested in hearing about this story.
+1 I agree that you should contact nikon USA and let them know what you've got. They might be interested and send you a Tshirt or something. IIRC, perfectpoms did his 600k+ in less than a year and that nikon Canada was quite impressed when he sent it in for a shutter replacement. I don't recall what he said about the Canadian records.
p.2 #8 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
You should sell it as a low shutter count D2H with under 10,000 actuations like everyone else does .
Also what everyone decides is a keeper is different, for me a keeper doesn't have to be print and sale ready, especially since this is my hobby and not my job. Keep that in mind guys.
p.2 #9 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
davenfl wrote:
That is 682 pictures a day, 365 days per year for the 5 whole years the camera has been available plus the 56 days this year including today. Restated thats over 1200 pictures for every working day a year. That really seems like a bit much, did it every smoke and groan.
1200 a day is not really much. Just ask sports shooters and wedding photographers. 2k+ images for a wedding is not that much. Besides, 1200 a day at 8fps is a mere two and a half minutes shooting. Well, probably about 5-10 minutes with the buffer timeout.
p.2 #10 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
I sold my D2X at 820,000 actuations 6 or 8 months ago and told the guy (a good friend) I would pay for the repairs is it broke in the next 200,000. I bet he's close to racking up an additional 50,000 by now - haven't checked though.
Still 820,000 is a LOT less than: "Camera Actuations: 1,283,240"
p.2 #11 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
It has been refreshing for me to read all these posts about the reliability of Nikon gear. Indeed it is not surprising since I have used Nikon bodies for over 40 years and although I do not consider myself a professional I never had to send a body for adjustments or repairs.
I own a D2H. It is my favorite camera and it is very reliable. I have slightly over 30k shutter actuations in it. Never a problem; always gives me beautiful files with awesome colors. Its AF and firing rate are fast, I do not need to say that. Recently I took a file to be printed 16x20 and all the colors and details were there so, those 4 megapixels are very capable.
Hey, I use my D1X regularly and the camera is already 8 years old! Never a problem with the D1X either.
Noise at high ISO settings? Yes, but controllable using some overexposure and perhaps a noise reduction software. I am not a high ISO shooter anyway.
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida.
p.2 #13 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
Wow, I feel so inferior with my measly 63,280 on my D80... If I hold the shutter button in for the next 111 hours at 3 frames per second I think I can catch up to you.
p.2 #14 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
panos.v wrote:
1200 a day is not really much. Just ask sports shooters and wedding photographers. 2k+ images for a wedding is not that much. Besides, 1200 a day at 8fps is a mere two and a half minutes shooting. Well, probably about 5-10 minutes with the buffer timeout.
I also take a lot of shots but 1200 every single working day 220 days a year for 5 years on the same camera is really working hard period, thats my only point, the man is a working machine.
p.2 #15 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
coracii wrote:
Wow, I feel so inferior with my measly 63,280 on my D80... If I hold the shutter button in for the next 111 hours at 3 frames per second I think I can catch up to you.
HAHA, that is too funny. Somehow I have the feeling that if I tape down the shutter button on one of my Canon's right now it will fail exactly as predicted, planned failure. Not too happy with those boys right now.
p.2 #17 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
are you a sports or news photographer employed full time to shoot? if not i kind of doubt that your shutter count is as impressively high as you think.
p.2 #19 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
That picture sucks, not trying to be an azz but with a claimed >98% keeper rate on over a million shots you would think that anything you fired off would be at the very least "average"
p.2 #20 · What is the World Record D2H shutter count
90 5.0 wrote:
That picture sucks, not trying to be an azz but with a claimed >98% keeper rate on over a million shots you would think that anything you fired off would be at the very least "average"
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Not trying to be azz but did you expect art for a test shot
?? Nahhhh! I want a keychain!
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