12 ms·
Yeah, but that’s like saying your mechanic shouldn’t take test drives because every mile driven shortens the life of the car. The shutter, which is replaceable
by dghlsakjg 3y ago
Yeah, but that’s like saying your mechanic shouldn’t take test drives because every mile driven shortens the life of the car.
The shutter, which is replaceable, is normally rated, for 200k-1mm actuations MTBF.
Even taking a reference photo every day won’t truly impact shutter life.
Anecdotally: I have a 20 year old Canon 1D that is 50% over it’s rated shutter life, and that camera was used for photojournalism (used HARD) for most of its life.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- caseyohara 3y agoMost (all?) mirrorless cameras these days have an electronic shutter too, so it's not like it would put any extra miles on the mechanical shutter.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoYou need to have perfect dark to take the reference image, so even on the mirrorless ones you end up having to close the mechanical shutter to get it done.