gh13 lifespan concern.
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Homunculus
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50 pics a day?
let's take hypothetical 100,000 shutter clicks limit as someone said (it could conceivably be much more)
if you go on taking 50 pics a day it will take you 2000 days to wear out the shutter. 2000 days is almost 6 years. and that is taking 50 pics every SINGLE DAY 365 days a year nonstop. if you miss a single day you must take 100 pics the next day.
so trust me when I tell you you're fine. if you start averaging even 25 pics a day then your lifespan has now bumped up to 10 years and by then the GH1 will be in the smithsonian as a relic
let's take hypothetical 100,000 shutter clicks limit as someone said (it could conceivably be much more)
if you go on taking 50 pics a day it will take you 2000 days to wear out the shutter. 2000 days is almost 6 years. and that is taking 50 pics every SINGLE DAY 365 days a year nonstop. if you miss a single day you must take 100 pics the next day.
so trust me when I tell you you're fine. if you start averaging even 25 pics a day then your lifespan has now bumped up to 10 years and by then the GH1 will be in the smithsonian as a relic
That's awesome you're actually using it to take so many pictures! I'd be less worried about the shutter, and more worried about the camera just falling apart...it's not the most robust piece of gear I've owned.
Shooting that many pictures, I'd think about picking up some wedding jobs or something, to pay for a nice full-frame Nikon DSLR and some good lenses for taking pics...and keep the GH1 for video. Then if Nikon releases some better video options in their DSLR's in the future (I'm crossing my fingers for a 1080/24p D800 with full manual control and a flip-out LCD), you'll already have the lenses...and can sell off the Panny gear to help pay for it.
Homunculus
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mathematically speaking timelapse if anything will wear it out. you can do tens of thousands of shots in a matter of hours.
if a shutter life span is 100,000 clicks as someone said. you can kill its entire life span in literally a day or two long timelapse if it's set on a shot per second or more considering there's 3600 seconds in an hour. that means 3600 stills in one hour. if you were to do a 10 hour timelapse that's already 36,000 shutter clicks which in just one day is 1/3 of your whole life span right there. WOWZA!
if a shutter life span is 100,000 clicks as someone said. you can kill its entire life span in literally a day or two long timelapse if it's set on a shot per second or more considering there's 3600 seconds in an hour. that means 3600 stills in one hour. if you were to do a 10 hour timelapse that's already 36,000 shutter clicks which in just one day is 1/3 of your whole life span right there. WOWZA!
Unless you're shooting heavy duty time lapse, then it's much more likely that in a 2-3 year cycle the camera will become damaged or useless by theft, fire, dropping, sinking, sand etc.
Shutters can be replaced, but I would only worry about that when/if the time comes. It might actually be cheaper to buy a new cam than replace the shutter.
I had to repair an XL1 a few years back. It cost the same amount to repair as a GH1 kit costs new!
Shutters can be replaced, but I would only worry about that when/if the time comes. It might actually be cheaper to buy a new cam than replace the shutter.
I had to repair an XL1 a few years back. It cost the same amount to repair as a GH1 kit costs new!