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Fiddling and spamming

Randall Nguyen

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Hi! This is just a general question that I was just wondering if this would be a problem.

So as of lately, with the purchases of my Minolta XG-1 and along with it's flash I find myself fiddling and "spamming" (constantly shooting the camera) during a period of time for like 30 seconds straight (shutter after shutter) and then I find myself using my flash constantly using the flash like 10 times at a time in a span of 2 mins or more (refresh every 8 secs) because just simply enjoy hearing and feeling the motion of the camera. I was wondering if this could cause an issue sooner or later because obviously this would drain my battery but can this cause things like jamming and other problems? Thanks!
 
The Minolta XG 1 is a low end amateur camera aimed at the casual user. As such it will likely run a few hundred rolls of 36 exposure film before dying. The shutter is likely designed for 10000 to 15000 cycles.
You will have to spend a lot of time and several sets of batteries to wear the camera out.