• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

DSLR life span

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I was wondering what is the shutter life on the the DSLR camera. I have a D70 and and was reading around and was getting mixed messages that the camera has a shutter life around 100,000 shots. Anyone have one go and what about the other cameras?
 
On my Canon 10D I'm at around 75000 clicks. My shutter button has given out and it will be on it's way to the shop in about amonth to get fixed. The shutter though works fine.

As far as any DSLR, take a look at the body they are based upon. All DSLR's are based on a certain camera bosy style. For the most part, with minor variations here and there (most notably Olympus E Series cameras) the design is based on proven film bodies. Only the media has changed with electronics stuffed in to utilize the CCD rather than film. This has been very successful for most of the cameras out there.All the Canon series DSLRs are based on on type of film body or another. The Rebel Series are based on the Rebel series of bodies, the Higher end 1D are based on the Pro series bodies and so on.

So take a look at the film bodies and their idiosyncarcies as far as mechanics go and you will get a good sense of what you will find with the DSLR.
 
I have used a 10D that a friend loaned me in 04' and it was up to 150,000 shots taken. When I researched the 20D I believed the Canons were rated for at least 250,000 clicks on the shutter before they needed servicing.
 
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