On 18/3/05, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: >That site refers to the number of cycles "before the >electronics and mechanisms...wear out beyond repair." >I don't think that is correct. The reliability of >devices such as cameras is usually scored as "mean >time between failures" (MTBF), without regard for >whether or not the failure is repairable. > >IIRC, most "amateur" and "prosumer" cameras have >mechanisms rated at 50,000 cycles MTBF; the F-series >Nikons have been rated 150,000 cycles since at least >the F3 (maybe before), and the Canon EOS-1 was 100,000 >cycles (though the 1N went to 150,000).
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