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03/25/2006 02:54:47 PM · #1 |
I apologize if this has been asked before, I did search Google and this message board before posting.
Is there a way to tell how many shutter actuations there are on my 300D? I have been shooting only RAW for the last month or so and my file number is at CRW_9078 in folder 190CANON. Does that mean I am at 19078 clicks?
In looking at Google it seems there is debate on how to tell how many actuations...
Thanks,
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03/25/2006 03:02:14 PM · #2 |
I would guess you're at 9078 clicks (maybe 100 less, for some reason I recall my Rebel starting at 100, but I could be wrong).
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03/25/2006 03:03:12 PM · #3 |
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03/25/2006 03:14:05 PM · #4 |
9078 if you set the file numbering to continuos right when you got the camera. otherwise the ones snapped prior to that would not have been included in your continuous numbering sequence.
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03/25/2006 03:20:54 PM · #5 |
continuous file numbering first folder is 100CANON, first click CRW_0001 - iirc. Therefore 9078
Message edited by author 2006-03-25 15:22:13. |
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03/25/2006 03:41:33 PM · #6 |
9078 as the other folks said, assuming you've not been swapping cards with another canon camera...
Contiuous file numbering will pic up the folder name on a formatted/used card and go from there.
Very, very, very annoying if you're shooting with two bodies, as eventually your image file names will overlap... Mutter mumble.
(In later cams I read somewhere that this isn't the case anymore, but certainly the 300D/10D/20D do it, as those are the ones I use...)
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03/25/2006 03:45:44 PM · #7 |
Kiwichris,
nah Canon still have that `feature` even on their newer bodies, I was shooting a wedding a few weeks ago with my 5D and was continuously swapping cards (after dumping contents to Laptop) with Alex Saberi, however I now find my rather new 5D is showing over 5000 images, a number quite similar to Mr Saberi who has had his camera about 4 months longer than me.. Annoying to say the least.. Now I know to create a new fodler on the CF and use that.. Still, makes my 5D look about 5 months older than it really is.
Originally posted by KiwiChris:
9078 as the other folks said, assuming you've not been swapping cards with another canon camera...
Contiuous file numbering will pic up the folder name on a formatted/used card and go from there.
Very, very, very annoying if you're shooting with two bodies, as eventually your image file names will overlap... Mutter mumble.
(In later cams I read somewhere that this isn't the case anymore, but certainly the 300D/10D/20D do it, as those are the ones I use...) |
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03/25/2006 07:55:04 PM · #8 |
| i thought it only picked up the numbering if you pressed the play button after putting the card in the camera? |
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03/26/2006 05:01:58 AM · #9 |
As I understand it, it picks up the number when you take a shot and the dcim/XXXcanon directories are already there.
This even happens to my wee powershot A70 when I shoot with it and a card I've used in one of my EOS bodies, or visa-versa.
By far one of the most annoying 'features' of canon digitals IMHO.
Normally I erase the CD card in my PC after downloading, or format as soon as I put it in the camera... My 20D still has the correct count on it, but the 300D and 10D's got synchronised a while ago, and the A70 caught up to my 20D. Made it awkward to explain when I returned the rebel (it was borrowed) and it had gained 10,000 clicks.
Cheers, Me.
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03/26/2006 05:26:07 AM · #10 |
Mine reads CRW 350_5059
What does that mean then?
thanks
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03/26/2006 02:12:55 PM · #11 |
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03/26/2006 02:30:40 PM · #12 |
To answer Jordan's question: Short of sending the body to Canon and them checking there is no way to be positive how many shutter actuations the camera body has. You can use the filename of the image but as some people have attested to in this thread this is not an accurate measurement; it is a guess and depends wholly on interaction between the camera body and the media you use.
This data is supposedly stored within the images but no one (at least no one I've run across on the internet) has written software to retrieve that number from the images shot with the "consumer" grade Canon dSLR's. For the 1-series bodies a piece of software exists to retrieve this data from the exif.
//www.soens.de/
Click the Software link on the left of the page and you can get an English version of the page with the "English" link at the top of the software page.
If you have another body it might be worth your while to send the camera to an authorized Canon service center for a cleaning and diagnostic.
Kev
Message edited by author 2006-03-26 14:31:01.
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03/28/2006 02:33:29 PM · #13 |
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