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actuations

  • 29-04-2009 2:59pm
    #1
    john1963
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    hi folks, i am thinking of buying a second hand 30 D. i have asked the seller to tell me the number of actuations but he cannot see the figures. i am right in thinking that they should be visable in the viewfinder


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  • #2
    Paulw
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    Nope, you can't see the number of actuations. It is possible that Canon service can, but not a user.


  • #3
    Nforce
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    Can you take a pic and check the exif data....actuations are on this?


  • #4
    GhostInTheRuins
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    Nforce wrote: »
    Can you take a pic and check the exif data....actuations are on this?

    Yep that's the way to do it. Opanda software can tell you how many shots were taken by looking at the exif.


  • #5
    Paulw
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    GhostInTheRuins wrote: »
    Yep that's the way to do it. Opanda software can tell you how many shots were taken by looking at the exif.

    Where is it given?

    I can't see it. I have a 40D, and it doesn't show actuations.

    I have a number of EXIF viewers, including Opanda, and it doesn't show an actuation count.


  • #6
    Stephen
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    Try using Exiftool (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) - its not pretty but it works. It gives the shutter count from my Nikon D90 when I throw a raw (NEF) file at it. Should work with JPEG too.

    Its not very sophisticated - its just a command line utility. You just drag and drop a raw/jpeg onto it and it will spew out a load of text with the results. copy and paste it into a text editor and search for "shutter count". Works on both Windows and Mac OS X.


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  • #7
    steelydan99
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    Paul theres a piece of software that reads the 40D actuations, just run the program and plug in the camera and it tells to the last shot taken.

    I'll have a look for it later and let you know

    Paulw wrote: »
    Where is it given?

    I can't see it. I have a 40D, and it doesn't show actuations.

    I have a number of EXIF viewers, including Opanda, and it doesn't show an actuation count.


  • #8
    steelydan99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭steelydan99


    Its here and works with the EOS utility program that came with Canon

    http://astrojargon.net/40dshuttercount.aspx


  • #9
    Nforce
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    Paulw wrote: »
    Where is it given?

    I can't see it. I have a 40D, and it doesn't show actuations.

    I have a number of EXIF viewers, including Opanda, and it doesn't show an actuation count.


    This is data for a Nikon D200, Canon data should be the same?....

    [IMG][/img]exif.jpg


  • #10
    Paulw
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    Nforce wrote: »
    This is data for a Nikon D200, Canon data should be the same?....

    [IMG][/img]exif.jpg

    Nope, the Canon EXIF doesn't show a shutter count.

    Tried that other app, and I've had 11938 actuations on the 40D.

    Unfortunately, cancount won't read the actuations on my 1D.


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