Shutter count per photo trip

Just curious how many actuations do you typically shoot when out with your D500 when using for BIF or Wildlife?
I am already finding that with 10FPS in Continuous High , that I am already clocking up several hundred shots everytime I am out with the D500.
I know this camera is rated for 200k actuations, but have many people surpassed this or had a failed shutter before this amount?

My D500 shutter failed at 300,000 actuations, but Nikon replaced it for a reasonable price and it's still going strong. I am almost always well into the hundreds when shooting wildlife, and I've been known to shoot over 3,000 at a good location and the right time of year.

Woodyg3 said:

My D500 shutter failed at 300,000 actuations, but Nikon replaced it for a reasonable price and it's still going strong. I am almost always well into the hundreds when shooting wildlife, and I've been known to shoot over 3,000 at a good location and the right time of year.

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Good to know they can reach 300,000 and I’m not the only one firing off hundreds at a time.

Average around 500 a day, ranging from 100+ to 1500+

SC is 410,125 as of this morning.

wev said:

Average around 500 a day, ranging from 100+ to 1500+

SC is 410,125 as of this morning.

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You have a good excuse, unlike me as you shoot an average of 500 a day then post about 400 great shots each day

I have been culling hundreds upon hundreds of garbage from my files. My card is full, and it is mostly junk.

Peter7100 said:

You have a good excuse, unlike me as you shoot an average of 500 a day then post about 400 great shots each day

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Thanks, but in my dreams. I just did a quick look and over the last three years I've average 32 keepers per day, so a whopping 6.4%. Still enough to clog up the pipes here, I guess.

wev said:

Thanks, but in my dreams. I just did a quick look and over the last three years I've average 32 keepers per day, so a whopping 6.4%. Still enough to clog up the pipes here, I guess.

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6.4% keepers is a pretty good rate. Also, you can't clog the pipes up here. We actually need more posts, not less, if you ask me.

Woodyg3 said:

6.4% keepers is a pretty good rate. Also, you can't clog the pipes up here. We actually need more posts, not less, if you ask me.

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Given the fairly large membership numbers, why is the forum so quiet and when did this start to happen?

Peter7100 said:

Just curious how many actuations do you typically shoot when out with your D500 when using for BIF or Wildlife?
I am already finding that with 10FPS in Continuous High , that I am already clocking up several hundred shots everytime I am out with the D500.
I know this camera is rated for 200k actuations, but have many people surpassed this or had a failed shutter before this amount?

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I wouldn't worry about hurting the shutter on a D500 by using it as you enjoy. If it stops working, you get it replaced by Nikon and keep using it or sell it and buy a newer camera. My shooting numbers typically range from the 50-300 on a slow day to up to 2500-3000 on a good day at a good location. But I don't shoot every day, and when I do, I'm usually using at least two cameras.

Peter7100 said:

Given the fairly large membership numbers, why is the forum so quiet and when did this start to happen?

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My opinion is that it's slow due to multiple reasons, the one with the biggest impact is restricted travel and activity due to COVID, both mandatory and voluntary. We've also got a changing demographic, and while it may be slower now, it's likely to pick up in the future. Members come and go, and it only takes a small number of active photographers to increase the activity significantly. Maybe you're the one that's going to do this!

WM

I always shot CL with my D7100. I was shocked the first time I hit the shutter on the D500 with the CL setting. I thought I had a machine gun in my hands. Ha! Even at 5fps it really seemed to fly. Anyway, the first day out I fired about 100 shots without breaking a sweat in a very short time. Only a few to call half way keepers. I would hate to see how many shots I would take on a good bird/wildlife day.

cwgrizz said:

I always shot CL with my D7100. I was shocked the first time I hit the shutter on the D500 with the CL setting. I thought I had a machine gun in my hands. Ha! Even at 5fps it really seemed to fly. Anyway, the first day out I fired about 100 shots without breaking a sweat in a very short time. Only a few to call half way keepers. I would hate to see how many shots I would take on a good bird/wildlife day.

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Walt, you will get an even bigger shock when you put it into CH