number of clicks???
May 13, 2012 00:02:44 #
As I am shopping for a used camera I often read "this number of clicks....." I know what that means, but how do you find it on your own camera.?? I plan to see cameras in hand before buyiing one and would like to know how to find the number of clicks on it. I would like to know how many clicks my own camera has as well. I have Canon and am looking at Canon. Thanks in advance for the help.
May 13, 2012 00:22:16 #
Hi Canoe,
There are some folks on the forum that know of a website that can tell you the # of cycles a Canon has had. But you need to take a photo and upload it to the site to find out, so you may not be able to do that at your camera shop...or maybe you can! Hopefully one of these people will see your post.
There are some folks on the forum that know of a website that can tell you the # of cycles a Canon has had. But you need to take a photo and upload it to the site to find out, so you may not be able to do that at your camera shop...or maybe you can! Hopefully one of these people will see your post.
May 13, 2012 01:33:36 #
Some of the Canons show the Shutter Count in the Menu usually near the Batter information, otherwise this may help http://digital-photography-school.com/finding-your-cameras-current-shutter-actuations
May 13, 2012 01:57:29 #
May 13, 2012 21:24:58 #
Nik72, thanks for the link. Now having done that, what is considered a high shutter count and for that matter what does the count mean?? I know what it means, but why should I care or be concerned??
May 13, 2012 21:31:25 #
Do a search for EOS Count. It's a quick download program. Plug your camera into a computer and it will give you the count. I think it works on the newer cameras. I used it on my 5D Mark II.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1152012&highlight=eos+count
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1152012&highlight=eos+count
May 13, 2012 21:39:43 #
May 14, 2012 01:19:28 #
The average of a good quality dslr is 150,000. According to the manufacturers. I would try to find the count and bought date to make a decision. I just sold a 5D Mark II I bought new in August of last year. Shutter count 2,753. I would consider that low mileage compared to some.
May 14, 2012 04:48:53 #
Canoe50d wrote:
I only know for Nikon cameras. Since Canon is half as good, figure half the count <Bazinga!>:what is considered a high shutter count?
Maximum Shutter Actuations Life Prediction for Nikon Cameras
Nikon D4:
Kevlar / carbon fiber composite shutter with 400,000 exposure durability
Nikon D3, D3x, D3s:
Kevlar / carbon fiber composite shutter with 300,000 exposure durability
Nikon D800/D800E:
Kevlar / carbon fiber composite shutter with 200,000 exposure durability
Nikon D700:
Kevlar / carbon fiber composite shutter with 150,000 exposure durability *
Nikon D7000, D300s, D300:
Factory tested Shutter life 150,000 actuations
Nikon D5100, D5000, D3100, D3000, D90:
Factory tested Shutter life 100,000 actuations
Nikon Older Models:
Dont have enough Information, Like D80 is to be said up to 50,000 actuations. But Most newest model min have 100,000 actuations tested on the factory.
May 14, 2012 06:44:27 #
As to the importance of the number. I have read articles that said how you use your shutter can affect the durability. Some have reported shutter actuations well over the expected life of the shutter mechanism, but they nearly always used the camera for one shot at-a-time shooting.
Sports photogs and others who use rapid fire mode most of the time usually get fewer shutter actuations before they experience problems with their shutters. With digital cameras, the shutter is almost the only moving part, and moving parts wear out. Back in film days when everyone pinched pennies because of the cost of film and processing, it was more common to be very careful with what you shot, but with digital you can shoot and delete, so shutters are given a work out.
Sports photogs and others who use rapid fire mode most of the time usually get fewer shutter actuations before they experience problems with their shutters. With digital cameras, the shutter is almost the only moving part, and moving parts wear out. Back in film days when everyone pinched pennies because of the cost of film and processing, it was more common to be very careful with what you shot, but with digital you can shoot and delete, so shutters are given a work out.
May 14, 2012 06:56:01 #
And the other thing to remember is that the camera body is the thing that you will grow out of rather than the lens....
Even if you have 60,000 actuations on a body when you get it it will take years and years to come close to the max tested count. By that time you will want the D9500 :)
Even if you have 60,000 actuations on a body when you get it it will take years and years to come close to the max tested count. By that time you will want the D9500 :)
May 14, 2012 07:59:22 #
Canoe50d wrote:
As I am shopping for a used camera I often read "this number of clicks....." I know what that means, but how do you find it on your own camera.?? I plan to see cameras in hand before buyiing one and would like to know how to find the number of clicks on it. I would like to know how many clicks my own camera has as well. I have Canon and am looking at Canon. Thanks in advance for the help.
A good free software is Opanda. Go to opanda.com and download their IXIF 2.3 viewer software. It will give you all info for your pics, including total shutter actuations.
May 14, 2012 08:33:42 #
My canon said it was rated to 50,000. got over 85,000 on it now. One day soon I amagine it will read that dreded error message. But it still keeps going.
May 14, 2012 08:38:46 #
G4
Loc: Metro NYC/Jerseyside
And speaking of clicks, does anyone on this forum know anyone ( non professional shooter) who wore out a shutter? Not dropped, but simply wore out a shutter mechanism on a digital body?
May 14, 2012 08:53:28 #
Don't know anyone personally but have read articles on it and there are older dslr's that have needed shutter repair because of normal use past the shutter's rating. Most people don't use a camera that long these days. We avid photogs these days suffer from 'GAS', that is Gear Acquisition Syndrome, so we sell or trade off our cameras long before they reach the point of wearing out.
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