Determining Shutter Clicks
Jan 28, 2014 19:29:33 #
LFingar wrote:
If you are like me and have never changed the camera's photo numbering system then you should be able to look at the number of your last photo and have your answer. That's how it works on my Canons anyway. The first photo out of the box is 0001 the numbers just go up from there.
If you delete any photos in camera, does that affect the numbering?
Jan 28, 2014 21:51:02 #
Whuff wrote:
If you delete any photos in camera, does that affect the numbering?
No, I don't think so. It stores the 'next number' somewhere inside, and that is used for the filename. Or maybe stores the 'last number', and adds 1 for the new filename.
Someone else already pointed out, though, once it rolls over, back to 0 after 9999. I should think any 'older' camera is going to have enough use that you wouldn't be able to be sure it was on its first run round the block.
Jan 29, 2014 00:25:49 #
Great tip ! I too have a D90 and opened a recent shot in preview and followed your steps. Mine was at 9,516. iMac 27 with mavericks. :thumbup:
Jan 29, 2014 03:45:08 #
When reading these posts I cannot help but think that sometimes people seem to get paranoid over shutter life.
It is useful to know how much use a second user camera has had before purchasing it but otherwise...
After several posts I did some research and found shutter life varies tremendously - for instance;
Although 100,000 is a typical figure quoted, Canon quote between 50,000 and 300,000 depending on model.
Real life experiences on various brands of cameras show shutter failures at anything between 740 and over 1,000,000!
So I have decided to continue to just enjoy taking photographs and when the shutter finally fails it will be time for a new camera.
It is useful to know how much use a second user camera has had before purchasing it but otherwise...
After several posts I did some research and found shutter life varies tremendously - for instance;
Although 100,000 is a typical figure quoted, Canon quote between 50,000 and 300,000 depending on model.
Real life experiences on various brands of cameras show shutter failures at anything between 740 and over 1,000,000!
So I have decided to continue to just enjoy taking photographs and when the shutter finally fails it will be time for a new camera.
Jan 29, 2014 08:05:30 #
Whuff wrote:
If you delete any photos in camera, does that affect the numbering?
No, as I recall. Never specifically checked but it seems to me that when I have downloaded later the deleted number was missing.
Jan 29, 2014 08:16:43 #
Whuff wrote:
If you delete any photos in camera, does that affect the numbering?
If you click the shutter button, that counts. Even if there is no memory card in the camera, it still counts as a shutter actuation.
Jan 29, 2014 08:58:30 #
jerryc41 wrote:
If you click the shutter button, that counts. Even if there is no memory card in the camera, it still counts as a shutter actuation.
I just noticed the other day that my Canon won't even turn on if there is no card in it. That can be changed in the menu, of course, but the default is to not allow shutter release without card. Apparently it doesn't even let it turn on. Not in the 70D anyway.
Jan 29, 2014 09:44:37 #
LFingar wrote:
I just noticed the other day that my Canon won't even turn on if there is no card in it. That can be changed in the menu, of course, but the default is to not allow shutter release without card. Apparently it doesn't even let it turn on. Not in the 70D anyway.
I suppose the click-without-a-card is good for in-store use, but I can't see much sense in it. It would be too easy to take a dozen shots that never got recorded.
Jan 29, 2014 11:13:11 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I suppose the click-without-a-card is good for in-store use, but I can't see much sense in it. It would be too easy to take a dozen shots that never got recorded.
I tried that in 1969 in Hawaii. Shot a half roll of Ektachrome before my wife (ver 1.0) asked me why I didn't take the lens cap off. Yashica Electro 35. I believe it was referred to as a Dual Lens Reflex because it had a separate viewfinder. My first decent camera.
Jan 29, 2014 12:22:33 #
LFingar wrote:
I tried that in 1969 in Hawaii. Shot a half roll of Ektachrome before my wife (ver 1.0) asked me why I didn't take the lens cap off. Yashica Electro 35. I believe it was referred to as a Dual Lens Reflex because it had a separate viewfinder. My first decent camera.
I remember that camera.
Jan 30, 2014 07:35:41 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I remember that camera.
It was said to be the world's first electronic camera. For the consumer market, anyway. The electronics consisted of a red and a green light. If I remember correctly you set your exposure then turned the aperture ring while sighting until the red light went off and the green came on. It worked quite well. I carried it all over Viet Nam for about a year then sold it and bought a Yashica TL Super. It had interchangable lenses, which the Electro didn't, and was aTTL Reflex, so no more shooting with the lens cap on. I had that camera till a year or so ago, plus a 135mm lens. Hadn't used it in 30 yrs or more. Gave it and the extra lens to a Yashica collector in Port Crane, NY.
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