Shutter count question

[GravelBen]

Was just checking my shutter count out of interest (slash boredom) and its apparently reading 5784.

But I'm quite sure I've taken far more than that - I've had it 5 or 6 years, bought it second hand and just off the top of my head I can think of multiple motorsport events each year that I shoot around 1000 in a day.

So I'm wondering, does the D80 counter go 'around the clock' so to speak and start again from zero after a certain point?

[beancaker]

I had a similar query with my D80. I read somewhere that it resets to zero if you do a firmware upgrade.

[markmullen]

My old 1Ds had done 242,000 before it needed a new shutter, Canon Elstree popped one in and it was off again.

[RobbieKB]

markmullen said:

My old 1Ds had done 242,000 before it needed a new shutter, Canon Elstree popped one in and it was off again.

All yours Mark?

[markmullen]

RobbieKB said:

All yours Mark?

No, I bought it needing a new shutter as an introduction to full frame, which then led to a 1Ds2, a 5D3 and then medium format digital. Oops.

Weirdly the chap I got it from had used it for top flight football photography, an odd choice IMO.

[RobbieKB]

markmullen said:

RobbieKB said:

All yours Mark?

No, I bought it needing a new shutter as an introduction to full frame, which then led to a 1Ds2, a 5D3 and then medium format digital. Oops.

Weirdly the chap I got it from had used it for top flight football photography, an odd choice IMO.

Yeah a bit odd; not very fast FPS.

[GravelBen]

beancaker said:

I had a similar query with my D80. I read somewhere that it resets to zero if you do a firmware upgrade.

Interesting, I don't remember having done a firmware upgrade and I've probably shot more like 50k than 5k!

[GravelBen]

Found a thread on a photog forum where a few people reckon some of the Nikons (including the D80) reset the counter whenever an SD card is reformatted or a different card used, that could explain it.

Another guy reckoned his D70 went back to zero after 65,535, 16 bit counter?

Either way if I sell it once I upgrade I'll have to be honest and tell people I don't believe the shutter count!