I'm not disgreeing with any of your scenarios, I just find value in the shutter count report when buying a used camera.

Again no guarantee, just a higher probability of success with the lower shutter count camera. It is a sad thing to save your money to get a good used camera and then have something fail where you can't use it, and you have no money in the budget to get it fixed. The cost of a new shutter is just not in their budget. Unfortunately, for some, they can't afford the cost of a used camera and the extra $300 for a new shutter, Some are stretching their budgets just to get the camera. There are always exceptions, but my experience in buying used cameras with low shutter counts has not failed me yet. Again no gurantee, just a higher probability. The lower the shutter count the less likely I'll need the C&C by Canon done, at least according to the statistics. The shutter count report is no guarantee that I am getting a better camera, however, the probability is more in my favor. For me I only purchase used cameras with under 20k clicks. Either way.Įbiggs1 I agree with your scenarios, and as I said, there are a million different scenarios on both sides of the debate.įor me, I am not using the shutter count to make a decision between two cameras with high shutter counts, my point is I am trying to avoid buying the used camera with a high shutter count. The reverse is, the shutter never fails and you live happily ever after. You get it installed and guess what? You have virtually a new camera. Yeah, a bummer for sure! But is it? A new shutter is about $300. '. you pay fair market value for a camera that was rarely usedt, it fails two weeks later after one photo shoot.' OK lets consider this scenario. Remember a shutter can fail and they do in 100, 1000, 100,000 or one million clicks This makes the C&C by Canon a much more worthwhile thing to get. They both show 100,000 miles so which has the least life taken out of it? Shutter count is the same unless you know the history of the camera it is of little to no value. The other was a police car which sit for hours and hours idling. Both look good which do you pick? Well, one car was normally driven to Denver from KC on I70 at normal speeds. Suppose you had two identical Crown Vics on a car lot. You car analogy is a good one but it requires you know the history of the car/camera to be of any real help. However, you have a false sense of trust in shutter count numbers.

'For me it is a peace of mind and I just like knowing.' For me it is a peace of mind and I just like knowing. Now, the odometer may not be accurate either because it could have been broke for over a year (yes, I had a friend who took over a year to get the odometer fixed, while driving over 100 miles a day to and from work).Īgain a million scenarios both ways. You check the odometer reading, and find out it has 200,000 miles on it. It's like buying a used car that has been parked in a garage everyday and washed weekly and waxed fregquently. For me, it is a peace of mind to know I've the best research I can before purchasing a used camera, and I have strong idea of what I am getting into. I know a million scenarios where this won't hold up, yet there are another million scenarios where it does hold up. You take it in to Canon service center and find out it has 300,000 shutter clicks and needs a new shutter, remember you paid fair market value, now you have to pay to have the shutter replaced, you overpaid for the used camera. However I disagree that the 'shutter count is of little to no value anyway'.Ĭonsider your buying a used camera which appears to be excellent condition and rarely used, you pay fair market value for a camera that was rarely usedt, it fails two weeks later after one photo shoot. Ebiggs1, I agree that the only way to get a true accurate count is via Canon Service.

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