Comments on: Shutter Bummed.. http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/ Incoherent rambling, film, food, photos, F1 and views from the mind of an unusual boy. Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ScottyB http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-569 ScottyB Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:03:40 +0000 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-569 Repair the unit requires a new shutter assembly/fixture (can't remember what the guy called it exactly now) at about $800 including labour etc.. Not sure its worth it tbh.. though I would like a backup! Repair the unit requires a new shutter assembly/fixture (can’t remember what the guy called it exactly now) at about $800 including labour etc..

Not sure its worth it tbh.. though I would like a backup!

]]> By: smurfn http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-568 smurfn Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:19:56 +0000 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-568 Sorry to read that Scotty, but it is a good time for the 40D for you then. How much will the repair be? Sorry to read that Scotty, but it is a good time for the 40D for you then.

How much will the repair be?

]]> By: Photoshop MINI photo on a notice board - MINI2 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-542 Photoshop MINI photo on a notice board - MINI2 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:49:07 +0000 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-542 [...] with a monochromatic Gaussian blur to get the photo paper coming through. Basically deceased.. The collected works of ScottyB » Shutter Bummed.. Nice.. love the creases/folds.. Might have to try something like this with some older photos [...] [...] with a monochromatic Gaussian blur to get the photo paper coming through. Basically deceased.. The collected works of ScottyB » Shutter Bummed.. Nice.. love the creases/folds.. Might have to try something like this with some older photos [...]

]]> By: ScottyB http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-504 ScottyB Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:21:10 +0000 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-504 Not had any complaints about mine.. this one has certainly had a good life! :P Not had any complaints about mine.. this one has certainly had a good life! :P

]]> By: MickyD http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-503 MickyD Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:20:06 +0000 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-503 oh, and 67,000 frames out of a 300D is pretty amazing. The shutter generally starts to go around 25-30,000 oh, and 67,000 frames out of a 300D is pretty amazing. The shutter generally starts to go around 25-30,000

]]> By: MickyD http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-502 MickyD Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:19:34 +0000 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-502 Scotty, To be perfectly frank, I don't know that I'd bother getting it fixed.... the cost of getting it fixed would most likely be more than the camera is worth. You can get a 30D body for Scotty,

To be perfectly frank, I don’t know that I’d bother getting it fixed…. the cost of getting it fixed would most likely be more than the camera is worth. You can get a 30D body for

]]> By: Vanwall http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-501 Vanwall Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:51:24 +0000 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-501 I've still got my old AE-1 from donkeys years ago, and when my son used it on a film project at the University, it was still working like a champ. I gotta say, Canon knows how to build a mean camera. I’ve still got my old AE-1 from donkeys years ago, and when my son used it on a film project at the University, it was still working like a champ. I gotta say, Canon knows how to build a mean camera.

]]> By: ScottyB http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-497 ScottyB Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:56:04 +0000 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-497 Think the next step will be a new 400D, V! Send the 300D away, have it fixed and keep that as my backup cammy! :) Think the next step will be a new 400D, V!

Send the 300D away, have it fixed and keep that as my backup cammy! :)

]]> By: Vanwall http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-496 Vanwall Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:15:13 +0000 http://scottyb.themotorcade.com/2007/07/22/shutter-bummed/#comment-496 You've reached the point for a back-up camera at all times, it seems. I like the Panasonic Lumix ones - Leica lenses and good stabilization. You’ve reached the point for a back-up camera at all times, it seems. I like the Panasonic Lumix ones - Leica lenses and good stabilization.

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