How Many actuations do you have?

[zebulus]

Of course many of you have more than one camera, so use your main camera.

How many actuations do you have? About how many do you average in maybe a year? On my last camera I had it for a year and I put maybe 4,000 on it. But my new camera ive only had it for a little over a month and its already got over 1,300 actuations on it. So it seems like im shooting more I guess.

What do you average?

[RaceImages]

I'm at about 11k on my 40d that I got in January. By the time the season is done I'll probably be in the neighborhood of 17-18k.

[bondarnes]

Hmmm, Let's see...300 sessions X 35 images, plus 30 weddings X 250 images, X 35 years. Looks like over 15,000 a year. 35 year total would be over a half million.

[swanny338]

In the past 10 days I have shot 12724 frames. Given... I am shooting 6 hours of sports every single day.

[groovyone]

Each camera has had more for me. A100 was just short of 7K over a year, A700 was just short of 10K after a year, and I think my A900 is approaching 8K since Dec.

[MicWayWal]

Professionally
I have averaged 67,500 exposures over 27 years. I say exposed because for the first twenty years it was film. That is a lot of money for film and processing, about $1 per exposure. My largest year with film was 1999 and that year I exposed just over 80,000 exposures.
Digitally I have averaged 71,200 actuations for the last 8 years.

Personally
For the last 8 years I have taken about 12,000 actuations a year for my own enjoyment and pleasure.

I should reach 2 million in the next year or so. I will have to keep track to know the date.

[zebulus]

Originally Posted by groovyone

Each camera has had more for me. A100 was just short of 7K over a year, A700 was just short of 10K after a year, and I think my A900 is approaching 8K since Dec.

Did any of your sony's die of shutter failure? Im just concerned of losing my investment. I mean, if the shutter is only rated for 100K actuations, and ive had for a month and already have over 1000 actuations on it, I guess that means that its good for maybe roughly 100 months? Okay, nevermind I guess I really have nothing to worry about, huh.

I guess if I have the camera for 7-8 years then im doing pretty good huh.

[MicWayWal]

Originally Posted by swanny338

In the past 10 days I have shot 12724 frames. Given... I am shooting 6 hours of sports every single day.

I know you are loving it. I would except for the editing.

[groovyone]

Originally Posted by zebulus

Did any of your sony's die of shutter failure? Im just concerned of losing my investment. I mean, if the shutter is only rated for 100K actuations, and ive had for a month and already have over 1000 actuations on it, I guess that means that its good for maybe roughly 100 months? Okay, nevermind I guess I really have nothing to worry about, huh.

I guess if I have the camera for 7-8 years then im doing pretty good huh.

I wouldn't worry.

[Imagebuffet]

I think I shot 28k photos or so each year for the last 2 or 3 years. I'm going to be down this year, I think. I don't have that much interesting to shoot every day, as I used to have when I worked in Hall Office Park.

[janikphoto]

Sorry, but I don't know where to find that info on my 5DmkII. Anyone know how to do it? I looked through the menu, but only saw that I had 1100 shots on the current battery with 59% power left on the charge. No overall shutter count.

[photonewb]

I think I'm at something like 15k since January on my D300.

I've shot a few roller derby events, as well as many regular shoots, and even family stuff on vacation etc.

[groovyone]

Originally Posted by photonewb

I think I'm at something like 15k since January on my D300.

I've shot a few roller derby events, as well as many regular shoots, and even family stuff on vacation etc.

A bunch of my wife's coworkers want to go to the roller derby. Could be fun!

[toverman]

So far I've had really good luck buying used camera bodies and not worrying too much about how many shutter actuations they have. No matter how durable a shutter is rated, issues can happen at any time. That's why I've got backup(s) on all my professional jobs. Bonus: I've saved a ton of money by buying used and putting money into lenses and accessories.

[Tom]

I easily shoot 100k a year.

I'm sure someone like Bob Levy would kill us all on this thread.