Sony a65: I bought this camera used is there any way to see how many shutter counts are on the camera. Also is this a good camera for action shots of dog's in play. the one thing I did...

boneezz54

I bought this camera used is there any way to see how many shutter counts are on the camera. Also is this a good camera for action shots of dog's in play. the one thing I did not like is that Sony did not add a way to use a battery grip.

RGreenway Loc: Morristown, New Jersey

You should be able to see the shutter count in the exif data on any image. There are a couple of web sites that will decode that if you upload an image. It doesn't matter what the image is!

One site I have used is http://www.exifviewer.org

lehighjack Loc: somewhere in FL

I own and use one. It is a great camera for action pictures. Your lens will play a major role in satisfactory results. you can start out in SCENE and chose the "running figure". David Busch has two books on this camera that will help you to take pictures to your liking.

boneezz54

Which line or what am I looking for in this software

RGreenway Loc: Morristown, New Jersey

Just upload a recent image. Can be of anything or really nothing.

The site will process it and display the exif data which will include the number of images taken to date with the camera. They may call it image count, number of images taken, shutter count or something else, but you should be able to see it. Local programs like Light Room display partial exif data that do not include shutter count. Neither does iPhoto or Apple Photos.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

boneezz54 wrote:

I bought this camera used is there any way to see how many shutter counts are on the camera. Also is this a good camera for action shots of dog's in play. the one thing I did not like is that Sony did not add a way to use a battery grip.

Ok. You have an EXCELLENT camera for action. It has one of the highest frame per second rates of any camera available and the image quality is excellent.

But you really need to learn all the in's and out's of that excellent camera.

Before you buy a David Busch book, take a long, hard, serious look at Gary Friedman book:

http://friedmanarchives.com/alpha77/index.htm

I have this book and it is EXCELLENT!

Gary Friedman is THE BEST 3rd party Owners Manuel writer in the business. He covers each and every single feature of your camera in great detail using plain, easy to understand English (or Spanish) logically presented.

He will not only explain what the capabilities of each feature and function on your camera are, but when to use them. He also gives recommendations for settings based on the photographic situation.

Best of all, he gives you a 2 week satisfaction or your money back guarantee. But you will agree that the ebook is worth twice the asking price.

Check it out. :thumbup:

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

boneezz54 wrote:

I bought this camera used is there any way to see how many shutter counts are on the camera. Also is this a good camera for action shots of dog's in play. the one thing I did not like is that Sony did not add a way to use a battery grip.

I found these. Give them a try, and let us know if anything works.

http://tools.science.si/index.php
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/51636824
http://community.sony.ro/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/how-to-find-the-shutter-count/td-p/701469

Richard Spencer Loc: Evansville, Indiana

Have used the Sony SLT-A65 with a Sigma 18-250 lens for over a year now and have shot over 10,000 images. Totally satisfied. I almost never need to use any other lens.

Floyd Loc: Misplaced Texan in Florence, Alabama

RGreenway wrote:

Just upload a recent image. Can be of anything or really nothing.

The site will process it and display the exif data which will include the number of images taken to date with the camera. They may call it image count, number of images taken, shutter count or something else, but you should be able to see it. Local programs like Light Room display partial exif data that do not include shutter count. Neither does iPhoto or Apple Photos.

Using iPhoto or Photo, what is the difference in shutter count
and the increasing file number assigned to each picture? I would think they are the same...if not please correct me.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

You can reset the image file numbers at any time, and the camera itself resets them at 9999 +1 anyhow. So that may not be a good way to estimate the shutter count.

keithmac Loc: Nanaimo, B.C. Canada

boneezz54 wrote:

I bought this camera used is there any way to see how many shutter counts are on the camera. Also is this a good camera for action shots of dog's in play. the one thing I did not like is that Sony did not add a way to use a battery grip.

I shoot both a A77 and an A77ii and I find this site works very well to get a shutter count on Sony cameras http://tools.science.si/index.php

Floyd Loc: Misplaced Texan in Florence, Alabama

CHOLLY wrote:

You can reset the image file numbers at any time, and the camera itself resets them at 9999 +1 anyhow. So that may not be a good way to estimate the shutter count.

Thanks for the information. I did not know that...learn something new every time I listen to concise, non-judgemental answers.
Thank You.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

No problem!

zigipha Loc: north nj

I bought the sone 65. image quality is very good, especially at low light level. focus is off sometimes..not sure why (using single center focus point). fps is amazing (10 fps wooo); auto focus while in movie mode was a big selling point for me but turned out not to be so great at time (focus changes too fast). proprietary hot shoe (arghh). no tethering. no pc sync output (need a hot shoe adaptor). have not figured out how to do off-camera ttl. old minolta lenses fit (yeah!). no battery grip as someone mentioned.