Does power-cycling a ML camera count against your est shutter life?

[chipman]

I would worry more about the MTBF of the electronic components.

And I did that for industrial equipment in a past life.

It's more or less just curiousity I guess. I've generally sold off cameras before they even reached the estimated shutter life so generally it's not going to be a concern (and a shutter failure is not the end of the world obviously, as it may be $300-$400 to replace, but cheaper than a new $2000 camera). I was just curious though because when it powers on on, it does make what appears to be a shutter opening sound, although it's not exactly like the sound it makes when taking an actual shot (perhaps because it's just opening the shutter, not opening and closing the shutter, when powering on).

We always figured if it lasted 30 days it would go a long time. That was for stuff running 24-7, but you get the idea. Components built with tiny flaws die early, good stuff seems to last forever, and everything is engineered to break the day after the warranty ends.

(Just kidding, a little.)

 

[sirhawkeye64]

I would worry more about the MTBF of the electronic components.

And I did that for industrial equipment in a past life.

It's more or less just curiousity I guess. I've generally sold off cameras before they even reached the estimated shutter life so generally it's not going to be a concern (and a shutter failure is not the end of the world obviously, as it may be $300-$400 to replace, but cheaper than a new $2000 camera). I was just curious though because when it powers on on, it does make what appears to be a shutter opening sound, although it's not exactly like the sound it makes when taking an actual shot (perhaps because it's just opening the shutter, not opening and closing the shutter, when powering on).

We always figured if it lasted 30 days it would go a long time. That was for stuff running 24-7, but you get the idea. Components built with tiny flaws die early, good stuff seems to last forever, and everything is engineered to break the day after the warranty ends.

(Just kidding, a little.)

Unfortunately the last part is quite true some times. Had that happen with a car a few years back... AC went out with only about 30,000 miles but about 38 months old. Was told it would be $1200 because it was out of warranty, but after some trips back and forth to the dealer (and calls to Ford), negotiated on splitting it $200 paid by me, and the rest under warranty ($1000). Still it was $200 I shouldn't really have had to but far better than $1200.

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