New Member Question - Shutter Count on Canon 1100D

[SimesWales]

Have I missed something here? Was there a click limit to film cameras?

[Black Pearl]

This is a thread from September 2012.
The last time the OP posted was in September 2012

A new thread with up to date and relevant info might be a better idea....

[SimesWales]

Doesn't matter how old the thread is! My question stands. Especially since people have been posting this month before me. So my question stands and is valid

[doomed forever]

Have I missed something here? Was there a click limit to film cameras?

I don't know any kind of....but with a Roll of Film, you usually shot only 36 to 38 shots per Roll....so into other words: much less.

[doomed forever]

This is a thread from September 2012.
The last time the OP posted was in September 2012

A new thread with up to date and relevant info might be a better idea....

Yes we'd all know that. And no, many ppl are still using their EOS 1100D DSLR yet, and also into the upcoming years...
those who have it and use it occasionally.

[Manfred M]

Have I missed something here? Was there a click limit to film cameras?

If you are asking, do shutters wear out in film cameras? Yes, of course they do, but for cost reasons, people shot far fewer images with film due because of film and processing costs, so the issue rarely came up because shutters had far fewer actuations than on a digital camera.

I did have a shutter fail on an SLR and it was replaced (under warranty).

[jcuknz]

I bought my DSLR from a professional who had two subsequent versions and didn't need it as a back-up. I found my first shot with it numbered IMG7594 and when I gave it away after IMG8399 so both I got a good working camera and the people I donated to complete with the extras I had bought for it Maybe the camera had been reset for me but I doubt it.

to #26 ... My Rollieflex T bought in 1960 by the turn of the century needed me to 'pretend ' to shoot a roll of film to free up the compur shutter before actually loading film else I lost a lot of shots with the shutter sticking
Early Pentax SLR had a reputation for the cloth blind to wear out but how true in practice? as I used Pentax SLRs from around 1963 or so ... my wife kicked one into a gutter full of running water as she returned from visiting family with it in the UK .... another was 'drowned' by seawater when I was shipwrecked but no malfunctions ever.
I have lens/shutters from folding cameras from 'way back' still working reasonably accurately

[William W]

Have I missed something here? Was there a click limit to film cameras?

Yes there was: not a "limit" but an expectation of life for the shutter mechanism, measured in shutter releases.

As Manfred wrote, with film fewer shots were generally taken;so generally it was not an issue, though on the other hand cameras were typically kept and used for a much longer period of time, and in that case more shots were taken.

I suppose I wore-out one shutter one of my 135 SLR's (as opposed to the shutter failing prematurely) - that happened on my the main working B&W SRL which I used with a motor drive: it was probably about seven years old when the Shutter failed and I've no idea even how I could reckon the number shutter releases were made.

CPN is just the tip of the iceberg: Canon (and Nikon) work very hard at every level to repeat and reinforce their Brand and their associated Marketing messages.

But Brand Labeling and Market Messages dribble from the top down and that's where Canon is winning, hands down.

WW

[PhotoAmateur]

Really sorry for resurrecting this old topic, but recently I was confronted with exactly the same problem, when I wanted to sell my good old Canon EOS 1100D and was curious about the shutter count. The only reliable way to read the amount of shutter actuation was to do it using the Magic Lantern firmware hack. It went really pretty well as I already had some experience with the Magic Lantern tool before. After checking the counter (ML shows the shutter count for both standard and live view modes!) I was able to completely remove the Magic Lantern from the camera and update it to the latest official firmware version 1.0.6 from the Canon support site. I documented the whole process in this blog post that also includes a video walk-through: How to Check Shutter Count on Canon EOS 1100D (Rebel T3). Sharing it here just in case if someone thinking about purchasing this old little dude and wants to check the shutter count

[DanK]

No harm—just that the original audience is gone


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