On 5 Feb 2006 at 19:05, 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?
I'm with Bill, I can't see a reason that the shutter shouldn't be good for 100000+ operations, it's under a lot less strain than a 35mm shutter. I personally wouldn't be worried about shutter actuations at all. Just check the basics ie that it's not got so many hot pixels that it will annoy you (long exposures at about 1/6 second are the tell tale), that the finder is straight and that it focuses correctly. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
