Nikon D7000 Shutter

<p>Ok as some of you may know i own the Nikon D7000. I was reading about how the shutter in the camera is

tested for 150k actuations, i was wondering what happens after 150k "actuations" and what you would have to do to

fix any problems?</p>

<p>It'll do something between beginning to wear out and actually failing. What you would do is get the shutter replaced if it gives you trouble.</p>

<p>It is similar to something like" the life expectancy is 78 years." Not everybody just immediately dies the day they turn 78. Some never live that long and some live much longer.</p>

<p>Some shutters fail much earlier and some fail much later. Unfortunately, some babies do not make it past the first few days.</p>

<p>But the life expectancy is an average of millions of people. Do they actually "kill" enough shutters to be able to draw a meaningful conclusion about the average life expectancy of the shutter?</p>

<p>Oliver,<br>

Are you claiming that Nikon, who has been making cameras now for 94 years, lacks the experience and expertise to arrive at the rated shutter life through any means other than building giant warehouses devoted to firing shutters until they fail?</p>

<p>Companies have all sorts of ways to accelerate the aging of products. Some printer ink and paper are supposed to last some 100 years, but clearly it has not been 100 years since their introduction, not even 10 years.</p>

<p>As far as shutter goes, if you fire it once a second, it merely takes two days to reach 150K actuations. Therefore, it isn't all that hard to come up with estimates.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/ece546.spring02/readings/mtbf.description">http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/ece546.spring02/readings/mtbf.description</a><br>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures</a><br>

<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/105781/MTBF">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/105781/MTBF</a><br>

MTBF is a 4 letter word !<br>

Jim M</p>

<p>It is just like Al Bundy's old Dodge car. It hits the number, then starts all over again.</p>

<p>I could not find anything in writing from Nikon about the 150,000 shautters for D7000.<br>

They mention this for higher end cameras.</p>

<p>For lower end cameras, e.g. D70, D50, the Nikon testing was mentioned as <strong>50,000 </strong>shutter actuations test.</p>

<p>If someone has Nikon's description of the 150,000 shutter tests for D7000, this would be great!.</p>

 

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<p>I could not find anything in writing from Nikon about the 150,000 shautters for D7000.</p>

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<p>Frank, it does here ( I know this is the Dutch Nikon site, but you can still understand the 150.000 mentioned behind "<strong>Duurzame sluiter" </strong>.. :-) )<br /><a href="http://www.nikon.nl/nl_NL/product/digital-cameras/slr/consumer/d7000">http://www.nikon.nl/nl_NL/product/digital-cameras/slr/consumer/d7000</a></p>

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<p>I could not find anything in writing from Nikon about the 150,000 shutters for D7000.</p>

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<p>Nikon has the 150,000 cycles specification in English also, <a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Products/Product/Digital-SLR-Cameras/25468/D7000.html"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /> As Frank points out, Nikon's lower end DSLRs are only rated for 50,000 shutter actuations, so that it's surprising that the D7000 is rated for three times as many. Most of us who own this camera, long before we even approach 150,000 actuations, will be seduced by the brilliant new Nikon D7000000 (pronounced "D-seven million") whose capabilities will render our once proud D7000 bodies hopelessly obsolete and decrepit.</p>

<p>I believe the camera will lock up when you try to take your 150,001st shot so you have to send it it to Nikon for service. </p>

<p>If you search about 1/3 the way down the link below, you will find Nikon's rating 'in writing':</p>

<p><a href="http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d7000/features03.htm">http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d7000/features03.htm</a></p>

<p>Time wise , it would take less than 18 days of continuous shooting at 6 fps (24/7) to accumulate 150,000 actuations (360/hr, 8640/day, 17.5 days = 151,200 ).</p>

<p>It is more likely that most photographers would move on to their next body prior to needing a shutter replaced unless it fails prematurely. </p>

<p><em>"What you would do is get the shutter replaced if it gives you trouble.</em>" While technically correct, I believe a high shutter count on a body or shutter failure gives a photographer with NAS a great excuse to upgrade to Nikon's latest and greatest without feeling guilty about it!</p>

<p>Oppsss... correction to above (no coffee yet this morning):</p>

<p>6/second<br /> 360/minute<br /> 21,600/hour<br /> At 21,600 actuations per hour, it would only take 7 hours to reach 150,000 actuations. I assume the person holding down the shutter button would need a couple of bathroom breaks and food breaks so it may take an extra hour or two.</p>

<p>(Hope I got it right this time!)</p>

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<p>As Frank points out, Nikon's lower end DSLRs are only rated for 50,000 shutter actuations</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.europe-nikon.com/en_GB/product/digital-cameras/slr/consumer/d3100">Not anymore.</a><br>

Click specifications and scroll right to the bottom: 100,000 cycles.</p>

 

<p>Some will fail @ less than 150k; Others will make it well past 150k. It's called the law of averages. </p>

<p>I had a D300 shutter (rated to 150k) fail at 120k. Sent it off under extended warranty - got a new shutter with 6 clicks on it. Camera is now my #1 backup. </p>

<p>Dave</p>

 

<p>Update this thread when you hit exposure number 150,000... unless by then we all have the interwebz directly wired to our brains via a USB-infinity connection.</p>

<p>Seriously... unless you are a pro shooting sports and action a LOT, I bet you won't get anywhere near that in the life of your camera. We amateurs can be perfectly content with 50K actuations.</p>

<p>They rate the camera based on shutter actuations because replacing the shutter is (generally) the most expensive service that could be done. If you do hit that number, I recommend <em>not</em> replacing the shutter, if you can afford a replacement. You could fix it up and keep shooting, but at that point in its life the camera will have probably developed other issues, or will soon.</p>

<p>It's sort of like putting a new engine in a Toyota with 300,000 miles. You could do it, but with that amount of use it's only so long until other stuff starts falling off too.</p>

<p>mtbf is simply a useful estimation of how much usage one could get out of a tested item before it conks out, but as others have explained, it has no direct bearing on the useful life of any particular example of said item.<br>

i think it's helpful to keep in mind just how much shooting one has to do to reach 150,000 actuations. for example, the D700 i got in july, 2008 now has about 104,000 actuations -- and i use it a lot, practically every day. my D300, purchased in march, 2008 had about 80,000 actuations. i'm an enthusiast, not a pro, and i know there are others who shoot both more and less. still, 150,000 is a heck of a lot of photos -- as has been pointed out several times above, it's likely that you'll have cast the D7000 aside for a newer model long before you've reached the MTBF life of the shutter.<br>

so good luck, and i hope you get your 150,000 clicks!</p>

<p>Shutter replacement on D70's is about $250, D1h, it was more like $450. D7000 will probably last as long as a d1h shutter did, and cost less to repair. So say it's a $300 repair, $0.002 / click, compare that to the cost of film, oh and those shutters wear out too.</p>

<p>In my experience, your about as likely to have and AF-S motor, or an aperture blade get stuck, as you are to have a shutter fail.</p>

<p>To me, MTBF means the disk I just purchased for my photo archive will die just before it is backed up. My experience with electro-mechanical stuff is it will die during the first days of use, or years later - typically the day after the warranty expires which is the manufacturer's calculation of expected lifespan vs cost of warranty service. Anticipate the end of life for your gear and budget for replacement. If it lasts longer, you win.</p>

<p>I'm really surprised that no one has really tried to put this into perspective yet - 150,000 clicks on the shutter is like 4,167 rolls of film (36-exp). Looking at it like that, it should last several years.</p>

<p>Frank, it's something like $30,000 dollars worth of film, assuming you buy it at $6 a roll (for 36 exposures) and never pay to develop it. If that was all colour, double it for developing costs.</p>

<p>But the big difference is that we no longer have that $30,000 worth of film plus processing to worry about. I have captured over 1000 sports images on my D7000 in one particular day; I would never have shot that much if I had to pay for film and processing. Of course that day was somewhat an exception. Moreover, during a 3-week trip to the Antacrtic, I captured about 9000 images although that was split mainly between two bodies. But the fact of the matter is that if you use it to shoot a lot of sports or wildlife action, it is possible to reach 150K images on a DSLR in couple of years without abusing it. That is why cameras for sports pros such as the D3 are rated to 300K actuations instead.</p>

<p>I'm on my way hitting 150K of D7000. For high school sports I shot these days, there were about 1000 photos a game, 2 games a day, 5 days a week. So my D7000 gets 10K in one week. Theoretically, I will come back in 10-15 weeks to tell you guys the cost and the actual counts on it. B-)<br>

*The website hired me to shoot 1000 photos a game. If it's for personal portfolio, that might just stop at 300 to 500 shots. </p>

Cameron ,

Can you please update us with your D7000 last status after reaching 150k shots?

Also, what's your feedback?