Get a new camera every 150,000 pictures?

[rs]

I take about 78,000 pictures every year with my T3i.

I just have to ask, what are you photographing that you are averaging over 200 pictures every day of the year?

Yikes!

Books six days a week. I think I have over 1.5TB of pics of books.

When I go out taking pictures, I take anywhere from 100 to 1000 pics in one day. It all adds up.

Selling the camera was the smartest move. Now, I have a new camera, warranty, and superior pictures. Now, all Canon has to do is release a super upgraded 1DX so I can sell this T3i and buy the new 1DX.

Hold on a sec - you spend your working day, 6 days a week committing plagiarism? You've previously described these books as being just ordinary books - so what are you doing? Even if its to avoid paying for them, you've got library fees to pay, lighting, all the equipment, plus a camera. Which by my reckoning lasted in your own hands just 300 books. Your flashes must be at the end of their life too. So how much is that costing you per book?

And that's before even taking into account your time (a whole year for 300 books) and the end result - 1.5 TB of pixelated, questionably lit, framed and limited DoF, unorganised, large jpegs. I challenge anyone else to have the patience to read one your illegal copies!

You do know you can buy books in pdf and ebook format, sometimes with great discounts? You could buy your years supply of 300 books for less than your current yearly budget, in just a few minutes online. And then you could spend the rest of the year doing a real job, earning real money, and not breaking the law. Although if you want to carry on stealing creative work, why not download the books from a torrent site, reducing your outgoings to zero.

Also, have you considered the file size of a pdf book or an ebook in comparison? Or how simple it is to pick up on any page? Bookmark it? Or how about how all the text is in focus, shadow free? And how you can keep zooming in and it never pixelates? And also read it on a tablet/ebook reader or even a phone?

Sorry - you're obviously enjoying being a photographer. Get your high MP 1 series body when its released. It'll be so much better than downloading ebooks. And it might even last you 600 books!

 

[Lichtgestalt]

I take about 78,000 pictures every year with my T3i. I read that entry-level DSLRs can take about 150,000 pictures. I have had mine for about two years. So, it may have taken over 150,000 pictures. Should I sell it and get a new one now?

so your buyer gets a camera that probably don´t make it for long?
you can always have the shutter replaced.

Make sure the buyer understands how many shots have been taken with it.

yeah well.... as if that´s the case when someone sells stuff on ebay. ;D

but it would be nice if canon makes it easier to read out the shutter count.

 

[Lichtgestalt]

Canon suggested Shutter counts are total rubbish. I had a 1DS Mk3 that the shutter failed at 47000 actuations (canon checked). Yet canon would have us believe that the 1DS Mk3 is good for 250000 actuations, yea right!!
Yours ain’t broke so don’t fix, mine was broke so I got it fixed it. SIMPLES

boy read a book about statistics. :
your single person experience means nothing.

others have cameras where the shutter holds for more then twice or triple the specified actuations.

 

[thgmuffin]

Canon suggested Shutter counts are total rubbish. I had a 1DS Mk3 that the shutter failed at 47000 actuations (canon checked). Yet canon would have us believe that the 1DS Mk3 is good for 250000 actuations, yea right!!
Yours ain’t broke so don’t fix, mine was broke so I got it fixed it. SIMPLES

boy read a book about statistics. :
your single person experience means nothing.

others have cameras where the shutter holds for more then twice or triple the specified actuations.

I can't wait to take AP statistics in 2 years. :

 

[IMG_0001]

Canon suggested Shutter counts are total rubbish. I had a 1DS Mk3 that the shutter failed at 47000 actuations (canon checked). Yet canon would have us believe that the 1DS Mk3 is good for 250000 actuations, yea right!!
Yours ain’t broke so don’t fix, mine was broke so I got it fixed it. SIMPLES

boy read a book about statistics. :
your single person experience means nothing.

others have cameras where the shutter holds for more then twice or triple the specified actuations.

I can't wait to take AP statistics in 2 years. :

My experience says that 19 times out of 20, 94% of the population aged between 18 and 34 does not care about statistics and that from the remaining 6%, 33% care because they don't understand.

 

[grahamclarkphoto]

I take about 78,000 pictures every year with my T3i. I read that entry-level DSLRs can take about 150,000 pictures. I have had mine for about two years. So, it may have taken over 150,000 pictures. Should I sell it and get a new one now?

My Canon 6D has 250,000 shutter actuations right now, in just over a year of use.

Why so many? Star trail & time-lapse photography. I was also doing in-depth battery testing for an article on battery performance, so I used the 6D to conduct the tests.

In short, the shutter rating is a warranty thing and it also serves as a marketing tactic.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=19066

Graham

 

[Marsu42]

My Canon 6D has 250,000 shutter actuations right now, in just over a year of use. Why so many? Star trail & time-lapse photography.

Good to know the 6d keeps running ...rumor is the shutter speed used (very fast = bad) has an influence on shutter wear, though atm I really wouldn't know about this since there were so diverging opinions on this.

 

[verysimplejason]

Convert it to an IR camera. I love IR photography and I'd get one soon.
Some pictures of my favorite IR pics...

http://versi.myinfrared.com/

You can also use it as a backup. If you're like me, you won't sell a camera which gave you a lot of memories already. At best, if it were me, I'd look for a person who's totally in love with photography but is unable to do so due to lack of funds. That way, your camera will still be cherished till its life's end.

 

[SambalOelek]

I hope your rotating lens hood is serving you well

This. I am very interested to hear how the petal hood turned out.

 

[musket3]

Here is some interesting information about this subject from a Canon repair tech. http://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/aywqq/im_a_canon_dslr_repair_technician_questions/

 

[mackguyver]

Here is some interesting information about this subject from a Canon repair tech. http://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/aywqq/im_a_canon_dslr_repair_technician_questions/

Welcome to CR and thanks for the interesting link.