Total number of photos?

[krzkrzkrz]

Ok,

I was told that there no way to count how many photos a DSLR has taken, unless you keep a manual track somehow.

When I plugged my Canon Rebel XTi 400D onto my pc, and used the EOS Utility (bundled software that came with the kit) to download the pictures from my camera, it named the files using the following convention:

IMG_7013.JPG, IMG_7014.JPG, IMG_7015.JPG, so forth ..

Does this mean that my camera has already taken 7013 shots? Or have I misunderstood?

I just bought this camera and specifically told the retailer to give me one thats brand new / out of the box. :confused:

Krz

[Merlin]

It seem as if the camera has already taken 7013 shots, yes.

When you were told that you would have to keep track of how many photo's you had taken, I think the person meant that after 9999 shots the camera resets to 0 shots, so unless you keep a record of how many times you've gone over the '9999' mark, you wont know how many shots you've actually taken. ;)

[krzkrzkrz]

It seem as if the camera has already taken 7013 shots, yes.

When you were told that you would have to keep track of how many photo's you had taken, I think the person meant that after 9999 shots the camera resets to 0 shots, so unless you keep a record of how many times you've gone over the '9999' mark, you wont know how many shots you've actually taken. ;)

That bast!@$d. You think I should go back to the shop and open a can-o-whop-a$$, i mean argue about this. Possibly, exchange the camera and get something free with it?

[TenD]

I am not sure when they first shipped but even if your dealer had the camera since August it would at most only be 42 days old or so. So if 7000 shots is correct that would be over 166 shots a day. Is your card brand new? That will affect the counter, the card will carry a hard memory of previous use and the camera picks up where the last camera left off. If the card was used for another device, who knows what the camera software will show. A Canon service center can actually use special software to check the actual camera shutter count.

[krzkrzkrz]

I am not sure when they first shipped but even if your dealer had the camera since August it would at most only be 42 days old or so. So if 7000 shots is correct that would be over 166 shots a day. Is your card brand new? That will affect the counter, the card will carry a hard memory of previous use and the camera picks up where the last camera left off. If the card was used for another device, who knows what the camera software will show. A Canon service center can actually use special software to check the actual camera shutter count.

Well I hope the card is also new, otherwise I'm gonna have to whop that a$$ twice as much

[krzkrzkrz]

Feeling concerned about the situation, I approached a few camera dealers.

Some of them have told me that in some cases, especially with SD memory cards, this is normal. A few have pointed out that it depends on the "serial badge" (whatever this is) on the SD card.

In summary, its normal for an SD card to start its counter at 2000, 3000, and sometimes 6000. Music to my ears!

Guess the only way to REALLY find out, is to approach a Canon service center and request them to use special software to check the actual camera shutter count. As suggested by TenD

[Norm in Fujino]

Olympus E-system cameras have a firmware feature that allows you access data regarding how many shutter actuations the camera has had; it helps when judging whether or not to buy a used camera.

[babaman]

Hi Krz

Go download Opanda IExif and you can view your shutter count from there.

Scroll down in that program under 'Entry' column until you see 'Total number of shutter releases for camera'. This will tell you the shutter count.

Hope this helps.

[krzkrzkrz]

Hi Krz

Go download Opanda IExif and you can view your shutter count from there.

Scroll down in that program under 'Entry' column until you see 'Total number of shutter releases for camera'. This will tell you the shutter count.

Hope this helps.

I dont see anything like that anywhere :confused: Could you be a bit more specific?

[babaman]

Hi Krz

I hope the screenshot helps

[krzkrzkrz]

I opened up the software, nothing is loaded. Do I have to load a photo from the camera first? Which "Tab" are you viewing?

What camera are you using? Perhaps this is a camera specific feature

[babaman]

Yep, load a photo taken with your camera into that program and it should tell you the shutter count.

I'm using D50 and the software is not limited to D50 only.

[coldrain]

It does not matter if it is not D50 only, Nikon puts that in the EXIf and Canon does not.

I had my EOS 350D jump to 8000something very early when I had it. Why this happens is not clear, it just happened. So, do not worry. There is no chance your camera made that many photos already.

[krzkrzkrz]

I had my EOS 350D jump to 8000something very early when I had it. Why this happens is not clear, it just happened.

You mean the minute you started loading / uploading, from your camera to your PC, the first few batches of photos, you saw that the counter was up to 8000?