New D200 - Delivery Mileage?

[george_paulides]

I am just curious to find know - obviously when a DSLR is being assembled and

tested on the production line they must do some form of shutter actuations to

see if all is working. What would be an acceptable level of "delivery mileage"

for new DSLR. Would the factory zero the "odometer" prior (via firmware

update) prior to delivery or could one tell via a "initial" exif data file

read? Thanks.

[tonybeach]

IIRC, my first D200 had single digit actuations (less than 10), and I was the second owner.

[ShunCheung]

The D300 I bought less than 2 months ago had about 20 actuations when I got it. Apparently my local store had just received it earlier that day because I had called the day before, and they didn't have any in stock.

[Matthew Brennan]

My new D200 (new in feb 2007) had 11 shutter actuations before I used it. I thought that number was acceptable as a quick Q.C. measure.

[pcnilssen]

I took a 3 test shots with a brand new D300 at my local camera shop a few days ago. The exif showed actuation 1 2 and 3, which IMHO indicates that either Nikon does not test the cameras before shipping or, that they reset the counter before shipping. The latter is most likely, I guess......

[kpataky]

After I took my first shot with my new D300, and looked at the Exif info, it said there were 0 actuations. After I took my second shot and looked at its Exif info, it said there was 1 actuation...