Nikon SLR Cameras

Nikon d5300 kit 18-140 VR shutter life cycle?

Yashar
29.09.2015
Yashar

I want to buy a nikon d5300 but some people told me that Nikon's shutter life cycle are low and will be damaged soon.
Is it right?

BriaR
29.09.2015
BriaR

Shutter life cycle is like the mileage on a car. Some do better than others but they all do VERY high mileages/shutter actuations before they die.
I have 3 DSLRs
A Canon 450D that is just coming up to 50,000 actuations
A Canon 40D converted for Infra Red with 100,000 actuations (bought used with 95,000 actuations)
A Canon 70D with 13,000 actuations.

All 3 still going strong.

SO think. How many shots will you take each year. The D5300 is an amateur camera so I guess you are an enthusiastic amateur like me so will shoot maybe 5-10,000 shots per year. That camera should EASILY be good for 50,000 and will very likely go on to 100,000. So you have a camera good for 5-10 years.

By the time 5yrs are up you will be thinking it is time for a new camera any way as I did with my 450D. I have put my 450D into "semi retirement" where it is used by my grandkids and for work use where I don't want to risk my new 70D getting damaged or stolen. It cost me £500 6yrs ago. If it is worth nothing (but I could probably Ebay it for £100) it has cost me one penny per shot or 23p per day. What else can you buy that will give so much pleasure for 23 pence per day? It owes me nothing! Most dSLRs are rated to around 100,000 shutter actuations. There's no promise that the camera will stop at that number. Many dSLRs fail before even reaching half. Some double it. Just take very good care of your camera to get the most from it. "some people" don't know what they're talking about. As said, you'll be years down the line before you get anywhere near a dead shutter. Last month, I traveled aboard with my photographer friends to India and Vietnam. One uses d5300. The shutter count is already pass the 50,000 milestone. Within that 2 weeks time span, the another 15,000 clicks are added.

Well? What's next?
Believe my words, or those "other people who tell you"? This is not an issue for most people, even professionals, for most cameras. I certainly wouldn't use shutter life as a criteria for buying unless I was a professional who planned to use it all day every day for years to come. Of all the criteria for buying a camera, this would be very, very low on the list.

keerok
29.09.2015
keerok

Most dSLRs are rated to around 100,000 shutter actuations. There's no promise that the camera will stop at that number. Many dSLRs fail before even reaching half. Some double it. Just take very good care of your camera to get the most from it.

flyingtiggeruk
29.09.2015
flyingtiggeruk

"some people" don't know what they're talking about. As said, you'll be years down the line before you get anywhere near a dead shutter.

KhunPapa
29.09.2015
KhunPapa

Last month, I traveled aboard with my photographer friends to India and Vietnam. One uses d5300. The shutter count is already pass the 50,000 milestone. Within that 2 weeks time span, the another 15,000 clicks are added.

Well? What's next?
Believe my words, or those "other people who tell you"?

AlCapone
29.09.2015
AlCapone

This is not an issue for most people, even professionals, for most cameras. I certainly wouldn't use shutter life as a criteria for buying unless I was a professional who planned to use it all day every day for years to come. Of all the criteria for buying a camera, this would be very, very low on the list.