Shutter count discrepancy on used camera purchased - what would you do?

3 years 11 months ago #683920 by Pete Franko
I just bought a used camera for my wife from someone off of Craigslist last week.  It was a Nikon D850 which had been advertised as having 2618 shutter actuations.  Over the weekend, as I downloaded my wifes photos, I decided to upload one to a shutter count site, and it turns out this camera has 11,789 shutter actuations!  

That's a 9,171 difference.  I've left the guy a message already.  How would you approach this?


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3 years 11 months ago #683945 by Nikon Shooter
9,171 shot? of your wife?!?!?!?!? … just joking!

Considering the potential longevity of the D850 mirror mechanics,
12,000 is still a new camera… if the price was right.

OTH, a false declaration is unforgivable, but given what I said befo-
re — I am not asking the price you paid — it is your decision.

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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3 years 11 months ago #683962 by Screamin Scott
As Nikon Shooter has said... It's still almost new... They have a shutter life expectancy of around 150,000 to 200,000 actuations IIRC.

Scott Ditzel Photography

www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/

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3 years 11 months ago #683988 by garyrhook
That is a negligible difference, and would not affect the sales price one iota.

Perhaps the seller didn't know how to upload a photo to camerashuttercount.com to get the real number?

You could have verified the shutter count at the time of sale. Meet at a starbucks, take your laptop and a memory card, and check the goods out. Except that we can't meet at a Starbucks any longer...

I would have asked the seller to email me a photo taken right then. One could verify EXIF data and check the count.

That said, whether intentional or not, whether the guy is a jerk or not, if you're happy with the camera, let it go.


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3 years 11 months ago #684019 by TedReichner
Well that doesn't make it right that he must have pulled a number from his a$$ to give to you.  I'd be ticked off, hopefully you got a good price?


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3 years 11 months ago #684027 by Nikon Shooter
A camera is somehow similar to a car in many ways. A car with
12,000 on the odometer is used for sure but is still a very good
investment… if the price and condition are right.

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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3 years 11 months ago #684035 by Joslyn
I'm rather outspoken, I'd definitely say something.  Off by a few hundred is one thing, off by nearly 10,000 is a night and day error or mislead.  


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3 years 11 months ago #684199 by Scott Klubeck
+1 that number came from somewhere.  If he didn’t know how to do, then don’t give a number pulled from the air.  


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