Sentosa Thread III
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Ashleyy said:
well, if FP is on a budget, then there's no better time to buy 300D than now, actually. this and the D100.
dEthANGeL said:
:thumbsup:
or, he can buy my 10D so dat i can use it as seed money to upgrade... :think: :bsmilie:
dEthANGeL said:
Even if i were to upgrade... it would be the 10D .. won't be touching the 20D anytime soon ... lenses first ... :sweat:
eh, upgrade for u? wat for? u already got a decent setup mah? :think:
Drudkh said:
there are some impt features dat the hack dun provide. WB controls is one of them.
apart from dat, the fps and memory buffer 10D has is better than 300D.DA - u need a 10D, let me know? heehee... i'm going to replace my shutters in either mar or apr. so, it will be a 'new' cam after dat! :bsmilie:
i don't understand. what has the shutter got to do with being a "new cam" when it gets changed? :dunno:nightwolf75 said:there are some impt features dat the hack dun provide. WB controls is one of them.
DA - u need a 10D, let me know? heehee... i'm going to replace my shutters in either mar or apr. so, it will be a 'new' cam after dat! :bsmilie:
Drudkh said:
shutter count = zero. :bsmilie:
nowadays, in DSLRs, the only thing mechanical inside is ur shutters which has a definite life-span. normally, for consumer grade DSLRs like my 10D and ur D7D, IIRC the shutter life-span is ard 100K (give or take 10Ks). pro cams can go as high as 200K. so, some pros like to replace their shutters mid-way thru the life-span to avoid the cam dying on them mid-way thru an assignment. dats why canon pro-body owners join the CPS (canon professional service) and nikon got their own pro service. cost a fair bit for replacement and service charges.
dats why when u see people BnS DSLRs, the first question discerning buyers will ask the seller is the shutter life, not electronics life.
interesting. where did you get the info that shutter has a definite lifespan? :think: ;pnightwolf75 said:shutter count = zero. :bsmilie:
nowadays, in DSLRs, the only thing mechanical inside is ur shutters which has a definite life-span. normally, for consumer grade DSLRs like my 10D and ur D7D, IIRC the shutter life-span is ard 100K (give or take 10Ks). pro cams can go as high as 200K. so, some pros like to replace their shutters mid-way thru the life-span to avoid the cam dying on them mid-way thru an assignment. dats why canon pro-body owners join the CPS (canon professional service) and nikon got their own pro service. cost a fair bit for replacement and service charges.
dats why when u see people BnS DSLRs, the first question discerning buyers will ask the seller is the shutter life, not electronics life.
Drudkh said:
go and read some of the overseas review boards.
just look at BnS here locally. u know why some very good semi-pros CSers got a hard time selling their cams, even tho every one knows their cams are extremely well taken care of? its becos of shutter life. i remember one case where a semi-pro CSer who shoots weddings was trying to sell his DSLR. for better part of half-yr, he couldn't sell the s2pro even tho its a damn good cam. i asked my sifu why. he laughed and :kok: my head and told me, for those who knows, no one will buy becos of the shutter life. a full-time wedding shooter will burn thru the shutter life-span in a shorter time than u and me. so, most of the time, these pro Csers will spend a bit to replace the shutters b4 selling to upgrade their equipment.
eg. EOS1n (a film camera which EOS1Ds, 1DmkII and the new 1DsmkII are based on) has a shutter life of 100,000 cycles, which on average will last a normal shooter for ard 3 yrs. u can easily find this info on places like camerareview.com. i wanted to buy a 1n last yr. but, after reading up on it, i decided not to becos there's no 1n on the mkt then dat is under 3yrs old, including TCW. so, gave up the idea of getting a 1n and waited for a under 3yrs old EOS30 to pop up b4 buying. most probably will have to replace my EOS 30 shutters some time next yr too.
Flyingpig said:
haha... think u change it b4 it dies!
i saw ur question on my fren, meepokman, D100 sale. good! at least u know the rite question to ask. for a 8K count cam, its practically brand-new. i know him. he's a good shooter. but, recently becos of work, he din have time to go shooting. this, i believe, its his back-up. he shoots film most of the time.
the CCD for nikon, as aj23 explained to me, also got a life-span. not sure how many yrs it will last. but, recently when aj23 changed his shutters for his D2h, he also changed the CCD together. if u wanna know more, u might have to post on nikon sub-thread to ask the gurus there. except for the EOS1D, all canon DSLRs use CMOS which last longer than CCD.
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