I figured i would take a gamble on it since I have heard of so many of these going well above 300K actuations and it is going to be a backup body. It turns out that I really have fallen in love with this camera and hope my gamble pays off and that i can get a couple of years out of it. If it lasts me through my European vacation next September i will not complain. I never thought I would find such performance in a 10 year old body.