Talk about durable!

Watcher · 13th November 2003

Now, this is what I call pro-level durability!

AJ23 · 13th November 2003

That's amazing!

It almost extended 8 times it's rated life.

sulhan · 13th November 2003

Hiee...

I read in the practical photography mag that there is actually a "military issue" nikon which is speciafically of militatry specs. It was used in one of the expedition to Everest i think.

And one more thing..... NIkon actually made a left handed body and it was tested by kenrockwell...... go to his website and you can see he is using a left handed nikon body....

www.kenrockwell.com

rgds,
me

dbcs · 13th November 2003

Unbelievable. It's crazy even to think about the amount of shots that were taken on film. It almost 30,000 rolls of 36 film...

Astin · 13th November 2003

I only hope that my D100 (and Watcher's and AJ's) can last at least half of the life of F5. Ok I know you guys would tell me to dream on.....

Larry · 13th November 2003

Originally Posted by Watcher

Now, this is what I call pro-level durability!

and that's why the Nikon F5 is legendary...

chucks · 13th November 2003

Originally Posted by Larry

and that's why the Nikon F5 is legendary...

Remember it's "imported from the future"....hehe

Zerstorer · 13th November 2003

Maximum lifespan isn't that useful IMO, how about asking around to see if anyone's F5 has had shutter failure before and at how many cycles? Is the 150 000 cycle rating a MTBF or minimum value?

ckiang · 13th November 2003

Originally Posted by sulhan

Hiee...

I read in the practical photography mag that there is actually a "military issue" nikon which is speciafically of militatry specs. It was used in one of the expedition to Everest i think.

And one more thing..... NIkon actually made a left handed body and it was tested by kenrockwell...... go to his website and you can see he is using a left handed nikon body....

www.kenrockwell.com

rgds,
me

That photo might be flipped.

Regards
CK

ST1100 · 13th November 2003

That's about 27000 rolls of film. The film and dev cost is enough to buy any top end dSLR many times over.

Note also that his camera was serviced regularly. Most of us only send ours in when something goes wrong, so our cameras are unlike to hit those figures. (Heck - do you have enough money to buy and develop 27000 rolls of film?)

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Watcher Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The heart of the Abyss Posts: 2,319	Talk about durable! Now, this is what I call pro-level durability!

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AJ23 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Town of Queens doing PORT-9YOU Posts: 6,711	That's amazing! It almost extended 8 times it's rated life. Last edited by AJ23; 13th November 2003 at 05:21 PM.

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sulhan Advertiser Join Date: May 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4,051	Talking about reliability... Hiee... I read in the practical photography mag that there is actually a "military issue" nikon which is speciafically of militatry specs. It was used in one of the expedition to Everest i think. And one more thing..... NIkon actually made a left handed body and it was tested by kenrockwell...... go to his website and you can see he is using a left handed nikon body.... www.kenrockwell.com rgds, me

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dbcs Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: West Posts: 263	Unbelievable. It's crazy even to think about the amount of shots that were taken on film. It almost 30,000 rolls of 36 film...

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Astin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Astin Studio Posts: 4,724	I only hope that my D100 (and Watcher's and AJ's) can last at least half of the life of F5. Ok I know you guys would tell me to dream on.....

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Zerstorer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,610	Maximum lifespan isn't that useful IMO, how about asking around to see if anyone's F5 has had shutter failure before and at how many cycles? Is the 150 000 cycle rating a MTBF or minimum value?

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ST1100 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Singapore, Bedok Posts: 1,801	That's about 27000 rolls of film. The film and dev cost is enough to buy any top end dSLR many times over. Note also that his camera was serviced regularly. Most of us only send ours in when something goes wrong, so our cameras are unlike to hit those figures. (Heck - do you have enough money to buy and develop 27000 rolls of film?)