250,000 clicks

Woodyg3

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I checked today and my D500 has had 250,000 shutter actuations. It's still going strong, but when I saw a used D500 with only 3,000 clicks on MPB.com for $1019, I jumped on it. Having a pair of D500s I feel like I'll be set for several years to come.

Now, anybody want to buy a D7100 or a 300mm f/4? :)
 

Whiskeyman

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I doubt that I have taken that many with all four of my digital cameras combined. That's a good bit of "pitchure takin'."

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Fred Kingston

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I doubt that I have taken that many with all four of my cameras combined. That's a good bit of "pitchure takin'."

WM

Sounds to me like some folks just lean on that shutter in Ch mode and pull 1 or 2 images out of a burst of 20 or 30... I don't have 40,000 images across 4 cameras, one a D200 going back 15 years... ;)

Maybe it's my old film background that makes me go slower...
 

hark

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I checked today and my D500 has had 250,000 shutter actuations. It's still going strong, but when I saw a used D500 with only 3,000 clicks on MPB.com for $1019, I jumped on it. Having a pair of D500s I feel like I'll be set for several years to come.

Now, anybody want to buy a D7100 or a 300mm f/4? :)

Kudos with the longevity! I already have a D7100 and 300mm f/4 so no interest here. But I'm surprised you'd part with the 300mm even though you have a super zoom. That 300mm is one sharp lens and is lighter than your zoom!
 

Woodyg3

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Sounds to me like some folks just lean on that shutter in Ch mode and pull 1 or 2 images out of a burst of 20 or 30... I don't have 40,000 images across 4 cameras, one a D200 going back 15 years... ;)

Maybe it's my old film background that makes me go slower...

Maybe it's that you haven't shot several birds in flight on several days a week over about a 4 year period of time. I started with a Brownie and 12 exposures to the roll of film, BTW. :) Serious wildlife photography means a lot of shutter clicks. I don't "spray and pray" as the silly expression goes. I catch the action while it's happening. I go out several times a week. It adds up. :)
 

TKC_D500

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Maybe it's that you haven't shot several birds in flight on several days a week over about a 4 year period of time. I started with a Brownie and 12 exposures to the roll of film, BTW. :) Serious wildlife photography means a lot of shutter clicks. I don't "spray and pray" as the silly expression goes. I catch the action while it's happening. I go out several times a week. It adds up. :)

Exactly what I was gonna say. Spend some time photographing birds in flight and see how quickly your count goes up. My other passion is air shows, which also tends to be a lot of clicks.


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hark

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No, this is the SquareTrade replacement I got in August 2018

Ahh, yes, now I remember. Didn't you have a bike accident or something where it got knocked to the ground? That's a lot of actuations, but then you take a whole lot of amazing images! :encouragement:
 

Woodyg3

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Exactly what I was gonna say. Spend some time photographing birds in flight and see how quickly your count goes up. My other passion is air shows, which also tends to be a lot of clicks.


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Yeah, I enjoy air shows, as well, and always heat the shutter up pretty well on those days. :)
 

BackdoorArts

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Maybe it's that you haven't shot several birds in flight on several days a week over about a 4 year period of time. I started with a Brownie and 12 exposures to the roll of film, BTW. :) Serious wildlife photography means a lot of shutter clicks. I don't "spray and pray" as the silly expression goes. I catch the action while it's happening. I go out several times a week. It adds up. :)

Precisely this. I've you've never bothered to look through 5 seconds of a bird flying past you at 1/10s intervals then you have no idea how many of those intervals aren't worth sharing. So "leaning on that shutter" is the reason why we're no longer shooting with a 6 fps body or one that fills its buffer in 2 seconds of raw shooting. This isn't street photography. ;)
 

Vixen

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Maybe it's that you haven't shot several birds in flight on several days a week over about a 4 year period of time. I started with a Brownie and 12 exposures to the roll of film, BTW. :) Serious wildlife photography means a lot of shutter clicks. I don't "spray and pray" as the silly expression goes. I catch the action while it's happening. I go out several times a week. It adds up. :)

Yep! and do a 356 or two and that all adds up to. I took about 50 photos today. I do that every day this year for the 366 and thats 18000 odd clicks. They won't all be kept but that's photography. I don't spray and pray either.

You've done well. I've not kept a record
 

john*thomas

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This is good to know. I felt I take more pics than average but I'm only at 18,000 on my D7100. Should last me the rest of my life at this rate. LOL
 

BackdoorArts

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what was the website for this, Don K send me this the last time i checked?

If you're using Photoshop just go to File -> File Info and then check the Raw Data tab there will be an "ImageNumber" line that has your total number of clicks, no need to upload anything.
 
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