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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fork" data-source="post: 172747" data-attributes="member: 10937">What I mean is that the shutter count really means nothing.  It doesn't matter if a shutter has opened 10 times or 100,000 times if your focus motor burns out.  How many times has that motor been used?  How long will it last?Who knows?  But if you really must care - you can get a shutter mechanism replaced for around £250-£350 (US$300-$400), more or less.I sold a D40 a couple of years ago with 120,000 shutter actuations and it was perfectly fine and spritely.  Nikon only test to shutters up to 100,000 actuations.  They don't test them until they break.</blockquote>