which body would you choose??

[Rob L]

re mirror lock up, if you are using something thing APT can't you force a mirror lockup with the pause function between shots?

The APT user guide reads like you can, but I haven't tried it.

[Psychobilly]

For the astro work i do i have never used mirror lookup

My 7D is already over 5k shots... And my D200 has done 4k shot in a day on several events...

[BAZ Senior]

which body would you choose??

I can't believe none has suggested Kelly Brookes yet.

[MG1]

For the astro work i do i have never used mirror lookup

My 7D is already over 5k shots... And my D200 has done 4k shot in a day on several events...

I was getting worried as I'm up to around 22k in two years!

Still, just checked out the spec and it's good for 150k apparently...

The 20,350&400 both rated at 50k, whilst the 30, 40, 50, 60, 450, 500 & 1000 all rated at 100k

The 1Dx tops the list at 400k.

Still, I'm not going to strip my beloved of its filter, so a 1000d is still looking my fav to mod!

Ps-martin, you're showing your age there!

[Psychobilly]

The 7D won't be going under the knife either but it will probably see some astro use on Ha free targets ...

[MG1]

from what I've seeing it's a lovely camera the 7D...if I didn't have my 5, or was minted i'd snap one up! Looking forward to seeing some posts....I'm OOA for the forseeable future whilst I tweak the mount...so thought I might tweak a cam at the same time

[Andy McK]

which body would you choose??

I can't believe none has suggested Kelly Brookes yet.

There has to be one

So guys, starting to get lost again. what is the 100k bit?

is this an internal buffer? it cant be image size, ??

Andy..

[MG1]

Sorry Andy, got distracted into the expected shutter life 100k is 100,000 shutter actuations.

Apologies for the tangent!

Michael

[Andy McK]

Wow!

So does the camera go off to be repaired when the shutter fails ?(I guess it costs the price of a camera) or the bin, (costs the price of a new camera)

bearing that in mind, exposures in the mins instead of 1/sec's, the cam should last a life time (I'm 50 )

Andy..

[MG1]

LOL!

Given the weather we have even if you managed 2000 shots a session I think you'd be fine. 5 sessions a year you'll still get 10years out of it!

[Andy McK]

10 years, good to know, if one buys second hand, i would imagine theres a shutter log in a menu somewhere.

failing that I could always start smoking again, lol

Thanks for all the advice. this is all good stuff to know, as I've seen second hand kit on Eb*y etc. it would be a good quest to ask the seller.