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Just read that a 1970s Nikon F2 shutter is rated for 150,000 cycles, which is wild for a mechanical part.
Found that in a service manual PDF from a collector's forum, and it makes me appreciate the engineering on my bench right now even more, anyone else stumble on a cool spec that made you pause?
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matthewwilson6mo ago
Wow, my car's turn signal probably won't last that long.
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valp326mo ago
Forget turn signals, think about the clock in your car. That thing clicks over a million times and nobody even notices. Makes you wonder what other everyday items have crazy endurance specs we just ignore, right? Like a door hinge in a busy office building, how many opens and closes before it gives up? We're surrounded by quiet little engineering wins that never get a shoutout.
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the_emma6mo ago
My old Leica M3 is supposed to hit 300,000 cycles, which is just insane for something that old.
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nancy_king294mo ago
Is 150,000 cycles for a shutter based on testing at a certain temperature or humidity? Always wondered if those numbers change in real world conditions.
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