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350D Life Time

Started Mar 25, 2015 | Questions thread
Doug Pardee
Doug Pardee Veteran Member • Posts: 9,920
Re: 350D Life Time

jrkliny wrote:

The shutters on the older Rebel series last in the vicinity of 30k-60k actuations. The shutter on my XSi burned out at the high end of that range.

It depends on the shutter. The XT/350D has a very reliable shutter, perhaps in part due to the slow burst speed of that model. Or perhaps in part due to the camera dying from other problems; one person I know went through two XTs that both experienced circuit-board failures early on. Interestingly, the 20D which came out at almost the same time has one of the least reliable shutters that Canon's ever put into a DSLR; at one point a law firm was trying to put together a class action about it but that never came to fruition.

Of course, regardless of the model and the shutter design/manufacture, the shutter in any camera can fail at any time.

In any event, the XT/350D is an obsolescent piece of equipment. It seems unlikely to me that anyone would be buying one today with the intention of taking tens of thousands of pictures with it. I'd be more concerned about sensor dust (due to the design of the case and the sensor) than shutter failure. While sensor dust is much much cheaper to deal with than a broken shutter, after a while the aggravation of repeated cleanings — and spotted pictures — can take its toll.

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