Thread: A Question for those who have suffered the SABs

I'm curious about when it happened for you. So I'd like to know a) how many shots before SAB and b) how much time had elapsed between purchase and SAB?

Asking because I haven't had it yet, I've not shot much (not a quantity shooter, me) and am now well outside the warranty period and rather think I'll be screwed if I get it. OTOH I may escape it.

Sab?

Sticky Aperture Blades.

Mine was preowned and a fairly early serial number.
I figure it would have happened by now.
(eternal optimist)

Originally Posted by Luckypenguin

Sticky Aperture Blades.

Of course...I should have realized that when I saw it was the X100 forum...okay got it.

Originally Posted by CapoDave

Mine was preowned and a fairly early serial number.
I figure it would have happened by now.
(eternal optimist)

I was just wondering if it was numbers of shots OR time OR a combination. Those who got it seemed to have done a LOT of shooting in the early days of owning. I don't think I have even shot 1000 yet. I'm hoping that whatever causes it is somehow related to shooting like a maniac when you get a new camera. I never do.

Hasn't happened to me yet. And I was/am an early adopter.

Originally Posted by Armanius

Hasn't happened to me yet. And I was/am an early adopter.

How many shots?

I was an early adopter and it happened after a couple of months and a few hundred shots.

Check your serial number which will give you the date of manufacture. I think those from second quarter 2012 are ok.

The number format is e.g. 13 third quarter 2011 and 21 first quarter 2012 etc. the letter in the serial is the region.

Originally Posted by kyteflyer

I was just wondering if it was numbers of shots OR time OR a combination. Those who got it seemed to have done a LOT of shooting in the early days of owning. I don't think I have even shot 1000 yet. I'm hoping that whatever causes it is somehow related to shooting like a maniac when you get a new camera. I never do.

No, it was related to when the camera was manufactured. If you have one with it, it'll show up at some point. If you don't, you can shoot like five maniacs and it won't happen. It seems to have affected a lot of those manufactured in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake a couple of years ago. The very early ones didn't seem to have it, then a whole bunch did, then Fuji discovered and eventually fixed the problem, and I don't think anything made after late 2011 had it. There are corresponding serial numbers but I don't recall what they were. I had one of the first batch to hit North America (via Canada) and I shot like a maniac for the first aeveral months and never had a problem.

-Ray