what's the first likely thing to go bad on a digital camera?

[draggoon01]

with computers i say monitor or hard drive.

but i'm wondering what problems are likely with digital cameras. i'm thinking flash. but what parts have people had to fix on their cameras? (aside from dropping or scratching the camera)

 

[0roo0roo]

my guess is dropage.

 

[BentValve]

The battery , other than that nothing really breaks on cameras if you do not abuse them, but then again that is a pretty
broad statement so I suppose a certain camera could be more prone to breaking because it was made cheaper or whatever.
One thing is for certain , most of the time they are not worth repairing.


Oh and monitors usually last forever, maybe you had a bad experience or something.

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
my guess is dropage.

That would be, the user.

 

[corkyg]

I am on my 5th digicam - only one thing has ever gone "bad." That was the LCD on the first one - it stopped showing color. The pictures were fine - but not the display. I RMA'd it and Olympus fixed it. Other than that - nothing has ever gone wrong except removable media, and that is no big deal, and also has happened only once. But, Everman hit it on the head when he said that, in actual practice - the thing that usually goes wrong first is the user.

 

[alkemyst]

It's of course the user, the LCD and the lens are the two main screw up points, but both are killed only by user error. I am using a very old Canon digicam and it's still ticking after a few years even in this day of 'planned failure rates', I really wish we'd get back to the days where people strived to make a permanent perfect solution.

 

[BentValve]

You guys need to brush up on your reading and comprehension skills. (not that mine are all that great either)

 

[astroview]

I've seen old school SLR cameras last for years. I bet if you take care of it, it can last a while. I'd be worried about the electronics dying.

If it has an internal battery overtime it prob wouldn't work very well in a few years.