Discrepancy In MPB Shutter Count

[Hike Pics]

Just wondering if anyone has had a different shutter count after they received their camera than what MPB listed for it. I'm thinking that MPB doesn't recheck shutter counts if they send out a camera and then the camera comes back for some reason.

My recent purchase...





My first shot....





That's 691 shots more. Maybe someone got it before me, shot a vacation, then returned it. I guess this sort of thing happens from time to time. Probably hard for MPB to keep up with rechecking/relisting.

 

[ishwanu]

Probably hard for MPB to keep up with rechecking/relisting.

The two times I ordered from MPB I first received the wrong product, and then a defective one. I'm certainly not implying that's typical of MPB, but you're doing better than I did.

 

[Dick Dastardly]

Like you said, that camera has a problem and someone returned it.

Or....MBP has a whole bunch of these and you received another one.

 

[Rene Gr]

Does not matter. Rechecking the shutter count is time consuming.

 

[Dick Dastardly]

Does not matter. Rechecking the shutter count is time consuming.

Also worth pointing out, if the camera fails it will be because of its age or user damage, not the shutter wear.

 

[Satyaa]

Does not matter. Rechecking the shutter count is time consuming.

For a variation of 600 shots, over 4600, sure not a problem.

If the camera received has 60K instead, I would return it. Everyone may have their threshold of whether 10K is acceptable for the price, or 50K.

 

[FrancoD]

Does not matter. Rechecking the shutter count is time consuming.

Also worth pointing out, if the camera fails it will be because of its age or user damage, not the shutter wear.

What ???

With use at some point the shutter will fail. Most never get to that point but having a good idea of where you are with it's count can help making the choice between one camera and another.

 

[Hike Pics]

Does not matter. Rechecking the shutter count is time consuming.

Also worth pointing out, if the camera fails it will be because of its age or user damage, not the shutter wear.

Age and damage do cause camera fails, sometimes.

Both Nikon and Canon (maybe Sony?) list shutter life span numbers, so that is important for them.

I bet dollars to donuts that many people looking at used cameras are swayed by the shutter count. Otherwise, MPB and other sites would not bother to list them.

 

[Hike Pics]

Does not matter. Rechecking the shutter count is time consuming.

For a variation of 600 shots, over 4600, sure not a problem.

I agree, and it isn't a deal breaker for me.

If the camera received has 60K instead, I would return it. Everyone may have their threshold of whether 10K is acceptable for the price, or 50K.

I'm wondering if people bother to confim the count on their own.

Does MPB take new photos of cameras they have sold and then were returned? Do they bother with getting shutter counts on those returned as well? Some same model listings have shutter counts while others don't. Of course, this is all things MPB would have to answer.

Just wondering, that's all.

 

[AWG_Pics]

Low shutter count: variation by a few hundred or a thousand is lost in the decimal dust. Not important.

Medium shutter count: It had better be the advertised 9,543 clicks or darn close because I picked that body for its shutter count and I want to use it for a long while.

High shutter count: I bought a used D4S with 125,000 clicks. I knew it was 'broken in'. I have no idea what it came to me with. Did not bother to check. It was a known risk. I now have it up around 200,000 clicks and it looks brand new. If it died tomorrow, then I sure got my value out of it.