I've never heard of a non-digital, mechanical camera that kept track of its shutter count. If you take around 25 exposures every day, every day of the year, then your camera should last you at least 10 years, by which time sensor technology will have changed so much that you will probably want a new camera body anyway. That much said, you have to use a DSLR pretty hard to wear out the shutter. The difference is in usage, where there is no obvious additional cost to taking 20 exposures when just one will do. With DSLRs the main mechanical component subject to wear and tear is the shutter mechansim, and even entry level DSLRs typically have a design spec of 100,000 actuations, so equivalent to old school top of the line professional models. The typical professional grade 35mm film cameras such as the Nikon F or Canon F1 had a shutter design spec of around 100,000 actuations, but many would exceed that given the rugged build quality. First there was the mechanical process of advancing the film which provided more components subject to wear and tear, and every frame exposed had a measurable cost of materials for film and processing. The big difference is that with film there was a certain amount of inertia built into the usage model. With electronic cameras, even motor driven film cameras, the same logic works except that a count becomes possible. The difference is that with non electronic cameras there was no reasonable way to count the number of shutter actuations. It makes sense on all cameras, just as mileage makes a difference to cars, mechanical things eventual wear out. Probably just jinxed myself.OK, I have seen various posts on shutter counts and finding out how to check your count and I just assumed this held true for all cameras, but now i'm told that it's only important for digital cameras. Can't recall another failure of any shutter on any camera back from the Leica film, Nikon film, Canon film, Canon digital. That was more or less "infant mortality" failure, and got fixed up in NJ under warranty. Must have been my 60mm or 80mm, but I don't recall. The rivet/pivot for one of the shutter blades left the leaf hanging inside. one of my Hasselblad CF lenses took a dump at just under a years use. Things like increeping corrosion, than the shutter. Things like the card slot, or cable interface, than the shutter. I'd be more concerned about things like - the sensor, than the shutter. I don't think any of them had more than 20-25,000 on the clock when they got traded in/up. Keep 'em a few years as primary, then switch them to backup use.
10,000 shutter activations, more like 5,000 total between the two. In other words, on the best of the "big" gigs, twice a year, maybe. Didn't have considerable shutter counts when considering the "expected life" of a shutter.
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