When the camera reaches 10,000 it starts over. So I'd guess this one
has 12,300. I don't think that's a huge amount. One of my Ds is close
to that number and still going strong. I would expect at least 100,000.
Paul
On Feb 5, 2006, at 10:05 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I was offered a used istDS today, and the camera has 10,000+ exposures
on
it. Seems to me about average for a 1yo camera - yes, no? What
percentage
of the camera's useful life may gone. Is there some number that Pentax
uses for the camera's life expectancy? Is the istDS one of those
50,000
exposure wonders, or can one reasonably expect 100,000 or more
exposures?
Does anyone have close to 100,000 exposures on their Pentax DSLR?
The other thing is that the owner says it only shows 2300 or so
exposures.
How can that be? Is there a way to reset the exposure counter, such
as
when the camera is being repaired (perhaps if something was replaced or
damaged) , or by the user when fooling around with things?
Shel
