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Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon

09/04/2004 02:22:52 PM · #1

Is there a way to reset the counter on a Rebel (# of pictures taken TOTAL)? I just got mine and it started at 2800. The camera is brand new but the Flash card I used it on my last camera. I tried a few things without success...

Message edited by author 2004-09-04 14:25:17.

garlic

Canon EOS-10D

09/04/2004 02:39:42 PM · #2

The card is counting images written on it. Not total exposures of the camera.

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/04/2004 02:39:56 PM · #3

I regulary switch between two different CF cards, and use both cards interchangeably between two different cameras. Neither camera has ever gotten confused over its "own" counter... that information is stored in the camera, not on the card.

So... to me, it sounds like someone has taken 2800 picures with your brand new camera.

There is a "hack" out there that adds features to the 300D, maybe the guy that does that also has something for reseting the counter....

garlic

Canon EOS-10D

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon

09/04/2004 02:47:30 PM · #4

Originally posted by dwterry:

So... to me, it sounds like someone has taken 2800 picures with your brand new camera.

IÂ´m 99% sure itÂ´s the card. darix said that the card was use for his older camera. There has also been other threads dealing with this.
I also once used a memory card from friend of mine and then the numbers on the images were different from the once I shot on my card.

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/04/2004 02:56:35 PM · #5

Hmm... perhaps we are talking about two different things?

I've never really noticed a "counter" other than the "image number" of the pictures I pull off my card. The image numbers that I get are up in the 8700 range right now for my rebel, but the same card put into my S50 gives me image numbers much lower.

09/04/2004 03:04:34 PM · #6

Originally posted by garlic:

[quote=dwterry]
So... to me, it sounds like someone has taken 2800 picures with your brand new camera.

I'm pretty sure it's the card also. If someone used the camera 2800 times, they did use it with white gloves all the time... Seriously it is new without a doubt. It is probably the card because I have 2 different cards, one giving me 2700 photos, the other ones giving me 2900 photos.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

09/04/2004 03:05:20 PM · #7

It's OK now. Thanks for your replies.

PaulMdx

Canon EOS-1D

09/04/2004 03:08:26 PM · #8

When I got my 300D I used a CF from my A70 with images still on, and it made the numbers jump.