What's the average life span of an Xti shutter?

[Idnas71]

I'm looking at some classifieds for used Xti's (just looking, still not sure if it's exactly what I would like to get), and when they say how many actuations are on the camera, for example, 5-6,000, what can a person reasonably expect to be remaining?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Sandi

[Rhys]

I'm looking at some classifieds for used Xti's (just looking, still not sure if it's exactly what I would like to get), and when they say how many actuations are on the camera, for example, 5-6,000, what can a person reasonably expect to be remaining?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Sandi

Supposedly 50,000 cycles but it can be anywhere between 1 and 99999999999999

[Idnas71]

Thank you... that's more than I would have thought.

[AdamW]

Don't forget that the only way to be sure about the number of actuations on an XTi is to send it in to Canon, so take all claims in classifieds with a large grain of salt.

[faisal]

And however less the actuations are will mean nothing if the camera has been handled like shit!!!

[Idnas71]

Thanks for the further comments. My "used" search has taken me to the classified section of P.O.T.N. Hoping to find a more trustworthy deal there as opposed to ebay or craigslist. I realize it's still a gamble.

Sorry for all the annoying Q's lately.

Sandi

[nqjudo]

If it is any comfort, I have bought tons of stuff from POTN and have never had any problems. Same for Fred Miranda.