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> For car enthusiasts , you will find some car magazine or websites
> showing the performance of a car after it was driven 1, 2 or 3 years
> or more.
> Is there a website for camera or photography readers where test shots
> were taken and compared for cameras after they are used for a while?
> Example: when it is brand new, after 10,000 shots, 30,000 shots,
> 50,000 shots, etc.
> I like to see whether some cameras (perhaps the pro cameras and
> expensive ones) perform better than others and do not degrade the
> picture quality with time after being used for a while. Or, is it
> because of the modern electronics that some elements of the cameras
> breakdown suddenly (therefore there is no degradation of picture
> quality... ie. only good picture and then no picture at all if they
> break down). I am not talking about exposed mechanical parts, like the
> battery hinges, or the LCD monitor, but more for the elements that
> produce and process the pictures (shutter, sensor, processing engine,
> inside mechanical parts that making the auto focusing, etc.).
> My Lumix's 3 MP camera has over 60,000 shots over 4 year period and
> still going strong. But I am not very sure if it produces the same
> picture quality pictures as when I just bought it. The other day, I
> went to the attic and found an old photo taken by my Nikon One Touch
> P&S pocket film camera (1980s) and I could not believe how excellent
> and sharp the picture quality of that photo is. The camera is still
> working now (after 20 years), but again I don't think it produces the
> same picture quality.
> Thanks for info.
>
Humidity and Dust are the main killers of cameras and lenses. If you keep
your equipment dry and clean it will last almost indefinitely.
Humidity can get inside the camera and allow corrosion and growth of
bacteria.
Dust eventually gets inside even the best cameras and lenses as seals dry
and wear out.
Complete disassembly and refurbi****ng is possible but very expensive.
NM
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