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Shutter life expectancy

Started Sep 7, 2018 | Discussions thread
Box Brownie Veteran Member • Posts: 4,366
Re: Shutter life expectancy

I am still trying to get my head round the fact that my EM1 ii has both a mechanical shutter and and electronic one.

The electronic I can 'get' but just where are the shutter curtains when the say 'mechanical'....?

But back to the point re shutter life!  Please bear in mind that AFAIK and relating back to dSLR they life stated is a MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure), as a shutter can fail at any shutter count i.e. from out of the box to, say, 500,000!!!

I have noted that manufacturers seem to have dropped the MTBF reference but users talking of failure often, if the failure is less than the "life figure", complain bitterly when they get quoted a price to replace it once outside warranty.

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