how to determine shutter actuations for Canon MkIV

Just wondering if there is a nice easy way to determine the shutter actuations for a Canon MkIV.

Thanks,
Roberta Olenick
www.neverspook.com

What I have done in the past is to take a photo and view it in Picasa. It tells you on the right of the page the details of the image and shutter count. I haven't done it in a while, but I'll try it again in a while and let you know what you need to do.

Joe

Sorry about the double post, but I'm posting from an iPad.
When viewing the image in Picasa, right click and select "Properties". A pane will appear on the right of the screen. Shutter count will show as either "Shutter Count" or "Image Number". This is assuming a Windows machine. Picasa is, of course, a free download from Google.

Joe

I don't have Picasa. Is there a way to determine actuations in PhotoShop?

http://eoscount.com/ be sure to use IE to run it. It will cost a small fee though. There is also Canon EOS Camera Info v1.2 downloadable but I can no longer find it online. Otherwise Canon are very good at hiding the shutter count info.

Thanks, Neilyb.

Roberta

This works for Nikon cameras, but I am not sure about Canon.

Right click on thumbnail in bridge, select file info, select advanced tab, open schema folder. The shutter count should be there. It will say: aux:ImageNumber____

Tried that, Mark, and it shows 0 for every image I tested.

Roberta

There have been a few threads on this subject before. Here are a couple of links:

http://www.naturescapes.net/forums/view ... &p=2315528


http://www.naturescapes.net/forums/view ... &p=2268897


http://www.naturescapes.net/forums/view ... 7&t=208342

Maybe you can find out something there.

Joe

SantaFeJoe wrote:Sorry about the double post, but I'm posting from an iPad.
When viewing the image in Picasa, right click and select "Properties". A pane will appear on the right of the screen. Shutter count will show as either "Shutter Count" or "Image Number". This is assuming a Windows machine. Picasa is, of course, a free download from Google.

Joe

What version of Picasa are you using Joe?  I'm not seeing the count in Picasa 3 for either the 5DMKIII or 7DMKII.  I tried both the raw files and a jpeg exported from lightroom.  It did work for all my Nikon models.

I don't recall if the 1D4 came out before Canon started hiding the info. If it did it is very easy to figure out the shutter count using Bridge. Simply go to the latest photo taken with the camera then in Bridge right click on the file and select File Info, then click on the Advanced tab and then click on Schema. If the camera is from the pre shutter count secrecy era at Canon, it will show up there under Image Number.

E.J. Peiker wrote:I don't recall if the 1D4 came out before Canon started hiding the info.  If it did it is very easy to figure out the shutter count using Bridge.  Simply go to the latest photo taken with the camera then in Bridge right click on the file and select  File Info, then click on the Advanced tab and then click on Schema. If the camera is from the pre shutter count secrecy era at Canon, it will show up there under Image Number.

If it is a Sony camera, the shutter counts revert to 0 with a firm ware update...same with Canon?

Mike in O wrote:

E.J. Peiker wrote:I don't recall if the 1D4 came out before Canon started hiding the info.  If it did it is very easy to figure out the shutter count using Bridge.  Simply go to the latest photo taken with the camera then in Bridge right click on the file and select  File Info, then click on the Advanced tab and then click on Schema. If the camera is from the pre shutter count secrecy era at Canon, it will show up there under Image Number.

If it is a Sony camera, the shutter counts revert to 0 with a firm ware update...same with Canon?

No and not with Nikon either.  I'll have to check my Sony cameras for that.

Update:  I just checked my ILCE6000 and it doesn't appear to keep track at all, at least not in a place that Adobe reads (like newer Canons?).

Mike in O wrote:

E.J. Peiker wrote:I don't recall if the 1D4 came out before Canon started hiding the info.  If it did it is very easy to figure out the shutter count using Bridge.  Simply go to the latest photo taken with the camera then in Bridge right click on the file and select  File Info, then click on the Advanced tab and then click on Schema. If the camera is from the pre shutter count secrecy era at Canon, it will show up there under Image Number.

If it is a Sony camera, the shutter counts revert to 0 with a firm ware update...same with Canon?

Doesn't work with my 1D IV. I get 0. I wish!

hillrg wrote:
What version of Picasa are you using Joe?  I'm not seeing the count in Picasa 3 for either the 5DMKIII or 7DMKII.  I tried both the raw files and a jpeg exported from lightroom.  It did work for all my Nikon models.

I'm using Picasa 3, as well, but when I recalled the other threads about this, I remembered that many Canon models didn't show the shutter count in Picasa. That's why I posted a link to one of them that mentioned this. Sorry for not making that clear after I recalled hearing about that on the other thread. I use Nikon and forget that Canon is very different in some regards. Here is a link to the specific page where it was mentioned:

http://www.naturescapes.net/forums/view ... 2&start=20

One of the links I posted specifically mentioned this app for Mac users:

https://itunes.apple.com/app/shuttercou ... ls=1&mt=12

The description says it will work for the 1DMK1v and 5DMk ll and lll and many others. It's $2.99.

Joe

http://www.picmeta.com/download.htm
I find this program very useful for extracting all info from the metadata. free

When we had a couple of 1D4's I was able to get shutter count by using FoCal... Or by Canon when they were serviced.

I also get 0 under Schema in Bridge for images taken with the MkIV

Mike O, does your download work for Canon? So many seem to work for Nikon and not Canon.

Roberta Olenick
www.neverspook.com

I don't know but they say they do...actuation, I couldn't find but didn't look very hard, it is amazing how much stuff is in the meta data (that I don't understand)...much more than LR or photoshop give you.