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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
89,736 shutter actuations in just under 2 years (1 year warranty) and I
apparently wore my D200 shutter out. Here's the description of the problem I'm sending with it to Nikon for repair: 'Blinking "Err" message every other shot. Attempting to click makes a partial shutter release sound and clears the Err message, second attempt takes a photo then the Err message returns. In manual mode, shutter speed adjustments between 1/650 & 1/500 make a huge difference, either over or underexposed.' I have used it extensively for time lapse movies, hence the high shutter count. Hopefully I'll only pay a couple hundred bucks and that'll be worth not buying another P&S for time lapse plus I've been able to use all my lenses & stuff this way. Here's someone else describing the same problem: http://www.nikonians.org/forums/dcbo...topic_id=25249 - they say it was fixed as a "B2" class repair which the guy on the phone said was medium high damage. I would guess "medium high" is more than a couple hundred but he guessed less... we'll see. Nikon, oddly, won't say what they actually repair, at least under warranty as I read elsewhere, just give it a classification based on number & cost of parts involved. |
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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
Paul Furman wrote:
I'm sending with it to Nikon for repair Since it's out of warranty, there should be no problem with the Katz Eye focusing screen, right? |
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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
"Paul Furman" wrote: 89,736 shutter actuations in just under 2 years (1 year warranty) and I apparently wore my D200 shutter out. Here's the description of the problem I'm sending with it to Nikon for repair: I'd love to see what a Leica or Nikon FM3 looks like after 89,000 exposures. I'd guess that rolling 2400 rolls of film up and back would pretty much destroy the mechanism. To say nothing of one's wallet: film + processing costs about US$10 a roll here, but even at US$5.00, that's US$120,000. I have used it extensively for time lapse movies, hence the high shutter count. Hopefully I'll only pay a couple hundred bucks and that'll be worth not buying another P&S for time lapse plus I've been able to use all my lenses & stuff this way. I'll be interested in hearing what happens. The expectation in the Canonista camp is that shutters can be replaced for around US$240 or so. (It's only of academic interest he I'm only at about 7,000 actuations on my 5D in three years.) David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
"David J. Littleboy" wrote:
I'd love to see what a Leica or Nikon FM3 looks like after 89,000 exposures. I'd guess that rolling 2400 rolls of film up and back would pretty much destroy the mechanism. To say nothing of one's wallet: film + processing costs about US$10 a roll here, but even at US$5.00, that's US$120,000. Oops. The math's a tad off thereg. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
"David J. Littleboy" wrote in message ... "Paul Furman" wrote: 89,736 shutter actuations in just under 2 years (1 year warranty) and I apparently wore my D200 shutter out. Here's the description of the problem I'm sending with it to Nikon for repair: I'd love to see what a Leica or Nikon FM3 looks like after 89,000 exposures. I'd guess that rolling 2400 rolls of film up and back would pretty much destroy the mechanism. To say nothing of one's wallet: film + processing costs about US$10 a roll here, but even at US$5.00, that's US$120,000. If you look at it that way, it's still very cheap per click.. I have used it extensively for time lapse movies, hence the high shutter count. Hopefully I'll only pay a couple hundred bucks and that'll be worth not buying another P&S for time lapse plus I've been able to use all my lenses & stuff this way. I'll be interested in hearing what happens. The expectation in the Canonista camp is that shutters can be replaced for around US$240 or so. (It's only of academic interest he I'm only at about 7,000 actuations on my 5D in three years.) OK that rules you out as a serious photographer; you hardly had time to know your camera ;-) On my D300 after 3.5 months I'm at 6,750 (exactly) and that includes a few weeks of problems with my shoulder, so less shooting. Only yesterday I shot over 350 pics and that was when I didn't have a lot of time... And yet I feel I'm only scratching the surface as far as I should know the camera ;-) -- Focus |
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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
In article ,
"David J. Littleboy" wrote: "David J. Littleboy" wrote: I'd love to see what a Leica or Nikon FM3 looks like after 89,000 exposures. I'd guess that rolling 2400 rolls of film up and back would pretty much destroy the mechanism. To say nothing of one's wallet: film + processing costs about US$10 a roll here, but even at US$5.00, that's US$120,000. Oops. The math's a tad off thereg. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan $12,000 plus the cost of film. $24,000 at $10 a roll. Not to speak of the reality of how long Leica shutters have lasted and the pro Nikons were good for 100,000+ exposures, if I'm remembering correctly. Leaf shutters are even more robust if maintained -- some people still shoot with pre-war Rolleiflexes. |
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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
Rebecca Ore wrote:
In article , "David J. Littleboy" wrote: "David J. Littleboy" wrote: I'd love to see what a Leica or Nikon FM3 looks like after 89,000 exposures. I'd guess that rolling 2400 rolls of film up and back would pretty much destroy the mechanism. To say nothing of one's wallet: film + processing costs about US$10 a roll here, but even at US$5.00, that's US$120,000. Oops. The math's a tad off thereg. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan $12,000 plus the cost of film. $24,000 at $10 a roll. Not to speak of the reality of how long Leica shutters have lasted and the pro Nikons were good for 100,000+ exposures, if I'm remembering correctly. Leaf shutters are even more robust if maintained -- some people still shoot with pre-war Rolleiflexes. Yes it's supposed to be 100K and with normal still photography: 90K is still plenty. It's the time lapse movies that did this, plus considerable abuse, bouncing around in the pack, hiking, sliding off the bench in a sailboat to the floor, death valley dust storms, etc. |
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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
"Paul Furman" wrote in message ... Rebecca Ore wrote: In article , "David J. Littleboy" wrote: "David J. Littleboy" wrote: I'd love to see what a Leica or Nikon FM3 looks like after 89,000 exposures. I'd guess that rolling 2400 rolls of film up and back would pretty much destroy the mechanism. To say nothing of one's wallet: film + processing costs about US$10 a roll here, but even at US$5.00, that's US$120,000. Oops. The math's a tad off thereg. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan $12,000 plus the cost of film. $24,000 at $10 a roll. Not to speak of the reality of how long Leica shutters have lasted and the pro Nikons were good for 100,000+ exposures, if I'm remembering correctly. Leaf shutters are even more robust if maintained -- some people still shoot with pre-war Rolleiflexes. Yes it's supposed to be 100K and with normal still photography: 90K is still plenty. It's the time lapse movies that did this, plus considerable abuse, bouncing around in the pack, hiking, sliding off the bench in a sailboat to the floor, death valley dust storms, etc. You should just sit on the dock and take pretty pictures... :O) Have fun, Dave |
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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
DaveS wrote:
"Paul Furman" wrote in message ... Rebecca Ore wrote: In article , "David J. Littleboy" wrote: "David J. Littleboy" wrote: I'd love to see what a Leica or Nikon FM3 looks like after 89,000 exposures. I'd guess that rolling 2400 rolls of film up and back would pretty much destroy the mechanism. To say nothing of one's wallet: film + processing costs about US$10 a roll here, but even at US$5.00, that's US$120,000. Oops. The math's a tad off thereg. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan $12,000 plus the cost of film. $24,000 at $10 a roll. Not to speak of the reality of how long Leica shutters have lasted and the pro Nikons were good for 100,000+ exposures, if I'm remembering correctly. Leaf shutters are even more robust if maintained -- some people still shoot with pre-war Rolleiflexes. Yes it's supposed to be 100K and with normal still photography: 90K is still plenty. It's the time lapse movies that did this, plus considerable abuse, bouncing around in the pack, hiking, sliding off the bench in a sailboat to the floor, death valley dust storms, etc. You should just sit on the dock and take pretty pictures... :O) I'll be doing that with my cell phone for a while till it gets repaired. :-) |
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Wore out my D200 shutter, apparently
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:02:58 -0700, Paul Furman wrote: DaveS wrote: "Paul Furman" wrote in message ... Rebecca Ore wrote: In article , "David J. Littleboy" wrote: "David J. Littleboy" wrote: I'd love to see what a Leica or Nikon FM3 looks like after 89,000 exposures. I'd guess that rolling 2400 rolls of film up and back would pretty much destroy the mechanism. To say nothing of one's wallet: film + processing costs about US$10 a roll here, but even at US$5.00, that's US$120,000. Oops. The math's a tad off thereg. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan $12,000 plus the cost of film. $24,000 at $10 a roll. Not to speak of the reality of how long Leica shutters have lasted and the pro Nikons were good for 100,000+ exposures, if I'm remembering correctly. Leaf shutters are even more robust if maintained -- some people still shoot with pre-war Rolleiflexes. Yes it's supposed to be 100K and with normal still photography: 90K is still plenty. It's the time lapse movies that did this, plus considerable abuse, bouncing around in the pack, hiking, sliding off the bench in a sailboat to the floor, death valley dust storms, etc. You should just sit on the dock and take pretty pictures... :O) I'll be doing that with my cell phone for a while till it gets repaired. :-) Why not just get another one? I recently sent my D200 in to Nikon for some repair. While I didn't have it, I was looking around for another and found one that a wedding photographer was getting rid of because they were upgrading to the D300. It's in great shape but has 50k actuations. Because of that, I got it for only $400. Now that I got mine back and don't need 2, I'm thinking of selling one on ebay. I just can't decide which. Steve |
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