CCD life span

[kai]

read it somewhere that consumer CCD has a normal life span of 15k to 20k clicks.. then it starts to degrade..

how long would the super-ccd last?

[memobug]

Where'd ya read that?

That mechanical shutter is going to go a lot sooner than the CCD.

I did a search on Camera CCD MTBF and it seems to range in the 5,000 - 20,000 hour MTBF range. That's a lot of shutter clicks at 1/125 sec.

But if you want to burn it out quick, point it at the sun for awhile!
Regards,

Matt

[kai]

read it from a digital camera guide/magazine from taiwan.. but i could not find anything on the net to validate that.. so hopefully someone here might know a thing or two :)