The good news is it is possible to get the shutter actuation count from nearly all Canon cameras. A really good chance. The bad news is that it is both more difficult than this should be and is going to cost you something. Here are the options I tested out here late in Note: For any of these solutions to work, you need to install the drivers for your computer to properly recognize a Canon camera connected to your computer via a USB cable.
When loaded it would attempt to connect via USB to the first Canon camera it could find. The technology the developer used is no longer supported on Windows computers here in EOS Info was free software program that was for Windows only. It used to work on the Canon 40D and earlier models. You connected your computer to your Canon camera using a USB cable and then ran this software and it would read the shutter actuation count directly from the camera. EOS Info appears to be entirely abandoned.
The website the developer used to run to allow photographers to download the free software is no longer online. After doing a very normal installation of eosmsg and running the software, this is what the screen initially looks like:. You connect your Canon camera to your computer via a USB cable, turn on the camera, then hit the Connect Camera button.
The software takes a few seconds to read information from the camera. If your camera has more than 1, shutter actuations the software opens up a page in your default browser showing you a web page that displays all of the information about the camera EXCEPT the shutter count. In place of the shutter count there is a link that you can click on to buy the license for the software.
After making the payment my browser was redirected to a website where the shutter actuation count of my Canon 80D was shown:. It also provided a barcode that could be shared with anyone else you wanted, like say a potential buyer of your camera, that would show this same information as a 3rd party who can validate the shutter count.
Kind of a nice idea. NOTE: This web page was only brought up when I paid my license to unlock the software for use with a specific camera. If you want to use this to send a shutter count to someone who wants to buy your camera as proof from a 3rd party, you should make sure you take a screen shot of that page or save off the URL somewhere. After paying the license to unlock my specific camera, when I went back to the eosmsg software and hit the Connect Camera button , I get the shutter count right in the software.
You can see I took a couple of shots between the first payment to license the camera and getting this count through the software. The idea is that the MirrorUpCount is more accurate for the use of the camera since it is tracked for LiveView and video shooting whereas the ShotCount is just the number of times you have pressed the shutter button.
If you are OK running software from China and making a PayPal payment to a Chinese recipient, the eosmsg software seems to be able to get the shutter actuation count from pretty much every Canon camera. First off, contrary to the name of this software, the software is not free. This application will only provide the shutter count for free if the shutter count is under 1, The software is available for both Windows and Mac.
Perhaps I should add this point to my camera manufacturer whine list? If you shoot Nikon, it is simple to find out how many pictures your camera has taken.
Simply download this little program , tell it to analyze one of your recent photos, and it will look at the EXIF data to determine how many pictures you've taken. If you shoot Canon, there is no easy way to find out how many times your camera has taken a picture on many of their DSLR cameras. If you're a tech junkie and you shoot Canon, you might want to check out this post to see how to hack it with a hex editor.
If you shoot Nikon, your job will be much easier. Simply download an EXIF reader and check the number. If you don't already have a program that reads all the exif data, I recommend this free one for Windows and Mac.
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You bought the camera for photography: use it! You can replace it but…. The camera when it first came out was 1, now it can be found for So is it worth more to replace it vs the to fix it.
More then just the shutter in there to go wrong over time. When buying a Canon DSLR in person, always check the shutter count on your computer before taking it home. Walk or ask for a discount if the shutter count is exceeding high see below for more info. When shopping online, ask the seller to verify the shutter count before buying.
Only Canon repair centers can provide accurate shutter readings for these models. Buyers of older models, in particular, have a need to verify shutter count— so how do you know if a body has plenty of life left at 30, shutters or if it is creaking along at ,? Just as you would check a car for wear and tear, check the body for signs of heavy use.
Check the handgrips for fading or recent replacement. The hot shoe is another area of heavy use. Cameras with very worn hot shoes are very likely to have high shutter counts. The same is true for the tripod mount on the bottom. Check the serial number to determine the manufacturing date.
And of course, ask the seller! Fortunately, shutter mechanisms are built for a fairly large number of actuations. In most cameras, the shutter is rated for at least , to , shots, with top-tier pro models rated even higher. For casual shooters or even many semi-pro photographers, this could be enough to last for many years and longer than you would want to keep the camera. Heavy shooters, though, will start to run into problems much sooner.
If you shoot 2, shots a week not difficult for certain types of photography, such as weddings and events , you might only be looking at a year or two before hitting the shutter lifespan. After all, the last thing you want is to have your shutter fail during the middle of an important shoot.
Luckily, camera manufacturers build a tool into a camera to keep track of the shutter count. Depending on your camera, there are many ways to check your shutter count. For many cameras, such as most Nikons, most Sony Alphas, and some Canons, this includes the shutter count. You can use any program that will show you the complete EXIF data not just an image viewer that only shows the basic information and look for a line that says something like Image Number or Shutter Count.
There are also a large number of websites that will allow you to upload an image and will tell you the shutter count. If you use a Mac computer, the Shuttercheck App will connect to your camera and show your shutter count.
The firmware hack Magic Lantern also adds the option to view shutter counts directly in the camera. Different cameras have different shutter counts ratings from their manufacturers. These ratings are what the camera makers expect the minimum shutter life to be.
Depending on how you use your camera and your general luck , your actual shutter life may be lower or far higher than what the manufacturer states. Canon has released shutter count ratings for most of their cameras above the Rebel line.
Only some of the Rebels have official ratings available. Sony has for the most part avoided giving official shutter count ratings on their cameras. The only models that have been given an official statement for their shutter count lifespan are the a7R II, a7R III, and a9, all of which are rated for , actuations.
Like with mileage, this value is generally a suggestion and not a rule. You can get far more or less life out of your camera than their official rating.
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