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Hi, I am about to buy a Ricoh GXR with a12 50mm, I am looking at a used one, the only thing I am worried about is that the camera I am looking at has made about 12000 shutter actions, how much is that?

My question is: how many shutter actions does this camera stand for, and what part of the camera is suffering from these shutter actions, the lens module or the camera itself?

Thanks!
 
Others may correct me but as far as I know most of the non-rangefinder, non-DSLR digital cameras have no real mechanical shutter; the capture is all electronic. Most have a shutter "sound" that can be turned on or off--when turned off the camera makes no sound at all. If yours makes no noise then there are no mechanical parts moving when you take a shot.

In any case 12,000 "actuations" is pretty low. Establishing a "hard" number would be difficult but I would think most digitals have an "average" life expectancy of somewhere around 100,000 actuations so there should still be lots of life left in the one you're looking at. For most electronic gear; be it a camera, a DVD player or a clock, my rule of thumb has always been that if it works out of the box and lasts the first month with no trouble it's likely to have a pretty normal life span...
 
LKeithR said:
Others may correct me but as far as I know most of the non-rangefinder, non-DSLR digital cameras have no real mechanical shutter; the capture is all electronic.
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All digital compacts I am aware of have a mechanical shutter, but in many of them the shutter effectively is half a regular one, with either a defined opening or closing action, the other half being electronic. Usual CMOS sensors only really need to be capped on one side or the other of the exposure sequence. True shutters reduce highlight bloom and smear, and some other issues, so a couple of quality compacts do time with a shutter nonetheless.
 
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