half black pictures

Pat wrote:
On Nov 1, 1:42 am, msvadi wrote:
Hi all,

I have an old digital rebel slr. It worked fine until today, but now
each picture comes out half-black (the bottom part). It appears that
the smaller mirror (autofocus part?) is hanging down blocking the
censor. I wonder how expensive the repair would be and if it's worth
repairing.

Your comments are appreciated.

I just had the same thing happen on the same model of camera. D**n.
It only had 60,000 or 70,000 images on it. Seems like they could make
some that would last longer than that.

That's not too bad. What would the price of film be for 60,000 exposures?

As a rule of thumb, somewhere around 50,000 seems to be typical for
consumer dslrs. 100,000 or more for higher end models (IIRC Nikon
specify the D700 at 100k actuations, D300 at 150k, D3 at 200k)
That said, under some conditions, much more is possible. IIRC there was
an article posted where Nikon D80s were being used in an enclosed box,
shooting images automatically triggered - of people on a fun ride. IIRC
one had lasted 800,000 clicks and was still working.