I should think *ist part of the name should say it all. It is a low end
modern camea, I would guess that 20,000 cycles would be about the MTBF.
Heavy duty pro cameras are supposedly designed for 150,000 cycles, and
something like the K-1000 and most Pentax of that era would probably be
about 50,000 cycles. 20,000 cycles seems low but very few snapshooters
would approach that in they entire lifetimes, and that is manifestly the
market the camera was designed for.
MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) usually expressed in hours or cycles is
the design life of equipment. It is an average, some may fail
immediately some may go 10 times that long, but it does give some idea
of how long something is intended to keep on working.
graywolf
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Kevin Waterson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How are you using them? I have two bodies that I work hard nearly every
day. With about 2 1/2 years of combined use and 15,000 frames or so, no
problems. Do you get them wet, drop them, subject them to a lot of RFI?
When shooting dance most of the performances are of 2 minutes approx.
In that time I will fire off about 15-20 shots. I do this for 15-18 hours.
Is there a use-by on amount of images shot using a digital, like a
2 year/50,000 shot warranty? I was sort of hoping that less moving
parts meant better longevity. I used the MZ-S's in the same way and
they have stood the test quite well. I even dropped one onto concrete
when I knocked over a tripod.
Kind regards
Kevin
