Can I just add a comment to this thread.I read somewhere that these digi cameras do have a limited no of shots which one can take.Do not know the exact figure,but say,10,000 for the 300d,and 20,00,for the 20D.These are only an example,cannot remember the exact no stated.Also when a camera was advertised for sale(digi),a prospective buyer asked as to how many shots had been taken.This did concern me,I naturally thought that after a while ,ones camera would be defunct.But when I spoke to a company who do clean and service cameras,and I asked if the camera could be re-started from new as it were,and I told them what I had read etc,they very patiently explained it was the shutter which can go amiss eventually ,not the camer itself.They also explained that replacement shutters for digi slr's now only cost £20,whereas as previously the cost of a new shutter was £100.
So if a camera really has been overused ,as it were,it is possible to have the shutter replaced at a very reasonable cost.
Just thought I would mention this,in case anyone else,thought as I did, that the camera would need to be replaced!!!
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