Shutter life expectancy

jwilliams wrote:

shutter life expectancy as specified by the manufacturer is how problematic a certain model has been. Some models will have shutter problems more frequently. 2 cameras might be rated for 100,00 clicks, but one may see the repair shop for shutter issues much more frequently.

I have never worn out a shutter, but I don't shoot as much as a pro might. However I have never heard of shutter life really being a problem with most cameras. Generally something else will break first.

FWIW, I recently had to send in my E-m1 mark I because of shutter problems. I bought it in 2016, and it was covered under the extended warranty I bought. I noticed it mostly when shooting telephoto shots, where the camera tried to keep the shutter speed at 1/(2*focal-length) to minimize issues with hand-shake. Most of the pictures came out as over-exposed. Originally I thought it was just metering, and dialed in exposure compensation. I noticed it when I was on vacation in Florida, and shooting birds. Fortunately, I did come on the vacation with multiple cameras, so the G85 became the main camera instead of the E-m1.

In the list of what they did, Olympus stated that they checked the shoulder strap lug rings and the mode dial, both of which are common things people have complained about in the E-m1 mark I. I don't recall if they explicitly mentioned the EVF, but mine didn't have the green blobs from sun burnout if you use high diopter setting on the EVF (which I don't)

This is the only camera I've owned that developed shutter problems. I did have an E-3 that I had to send in for auto-focusing not working. The day the E-3 stopped focusing happened to be the day I pre-paid for the micro 4/3rds Olympus E-P2, so I joked that the E-3 was just pouting. Several of the cameras when I sent them in for the cleaning service that is part of the extended warranty did have to re-glue the leatherette cover on the camera.