Shutter life: Ive seen arguements from all sides concerning camera shutter life and how the camera should be replaced when it reaches this mark. I own a canon 1200D/T5 (used) and a...

E4Mafia Loc: Knoxville, TN

Ive seen arguements from all sides concerning camera shutter life and how the camera should be replaced when it reaches this mark. I own a canon 1200D/T5 (used) and a nikon 5600 (new). I know canon doesnt offer a means to check this (or do they?) and nikon does. Can anyone help direct me in finding out how to find the shutter count for my canon?

ppkwhat Loc: Gibsonton, FL

E4Mafia wrote:

Ive seen arguements from all sides concerning camera shutter life and how the camera should be replaced when it reaches this mark. I own a canon 1200D/T5 (used) and a nikon 5600 (new). I know canon doesnt offer a means to check this (or do they?) and nikon does. Can anyone help direct me in finding out how to find the shutter count for my canon?

Check this link:
https://www.howtogeek.com/218244/how-to-check-a-dslrs-shutter-count-and-why-you-should-care/

lrn2bgd Loc: Ct.

Shutter Count is software you can download through the Apple App Store. It has worked for me on the Canon T5. Cost was $2.99. They offer some kind of upgrade above the basic shutter count feature but I didn't go for it. It is my understanding the T5 is good for 100,000 clicks.

E4Mafia wrote:

Ive seen arguements from all sides concerning camera shutter life and how the camera should be replaced when it reaches this mark. I own a canon 1200D/T5 (used) and a nikon 5600 (new). I know canon doesnt offer a means to check this (or do they?) and nikon does. Can anyone help direct me in finding out how to find the shutter count for my canon?

E4Mafia Loc: Knoxville, TN

Thanks . just read the article. Good to know that shutter life is approximate (maybe).

DNW

E4Mafia wrote:

Ive seen arguements from all sides concerning camera shutter life and how the camera should be replaced when it reaches this mark. I own a canon 1200D/T5 (used) and a nikon 5600 (new). I know canon doesnt offer a means to check this (or do they?) and nikon does. Can anyone help direct me in finding out how to find the shutter count for my canon?

Go to...: https://www.camerashuttercount.com/

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

E4Mafia wrote:

Ive seen arguements from all sides concerning camera shutter life and how the camera should be replaced when it reaches this mark. I own a canon 1200D/T5 (used) and a nikon 5600 (new). I know canon doesnt offer a means to check this (or do they?) and nikon does. Can anyone help direct me in finding out how to find the shutter count for my canon?

If the shutter breaks, either have it replaced or get a new camera.

Canon -

According to the list on their site, these are the Canon cameras supported for shutter count.
Canon EOS 1DS Mark II, Canon EOS 1DS Mark II, Canon EOS 5D, Canon EOS 60D, Canon EOS-1D, Canon EOS-1D Mark II, Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, Canon EOS-1Ds, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
“Shuttercount” app from Apple for Mac $1.99
http://www.direstudio.com/shuttercount
http://www.shutteractuations.com/canon-eos-camera-shutter-lifetime/
http://eosmsg.software.informer.com/download/
http://swainhart.org/how-to-find-the-shutter-count-on-a-canon-5d-mark-ii/

BebuLamar

You replace the shutter when it fails not after certain number of activation. The fact of replacing the shutter in a perfectly working camera might make it less reliable.

dbjazz Loc: Long Island, NY

E4Mafia wrote:

Ive seen arguements from all sides concerning camera shutter life and how the camera should be replaced when it reaches this mark. I own a canon 1200D/T5 (used) and a nikon 5600 (new). I know canon doesnt offer a means to check this (or do they?) and nikon does. Can anyone help direct me in finding out how to find the shutter count for my canon?

I used this when selling my 70d. It's free, very easy to use, and provides additional information:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/canon-eos-digital-info/

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

Isn't shutter count one of the gazillion pieces of info stored in the EXIF data of virtually every digital image? Not all software will display the number - probably most software won't - but it's there to be had if you can see it. When I was selling my Nikon gear I found a free online site to which you would just submit a jpeg file and they would extract the shutter count from it. AFAIK it worked for any Nikon digital camera, at least all the DSLRs (I checked a D600 and a D7000.) Presumably there's one for other brands of cameras as well.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Determining shutter count is very different on different cameras. Fortunately, it takes just a few seconds for Google to search for and find a YouTube video that will tell you how to find it.

I have a Lumix GH4. There is a "secret handshake" button-pushing sequence that reveals a hidden service menu with the information in it... It reminds me of the weird door slamming process for reprogramming Toyota Prius key fobs...

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

My advice:
Unless you are either buying or selling a camera, don't worry about shutter count. Don't even look at the shutter count. Just use the camera, and treat it well.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

burkphoto wrote:

I have a Lumix GH4. There is a "secret handshake" button-pushing sequence that reveals a hidden service menu with the information in it... It reminds me of the weird door slamming process for reprogramming Toyota Prius key fobs...

Or Mr. Peepers opening his school locker. For those of us of a certain age.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

E4Mafia wrote:

Ive seen arguements from all sides concerning camera shutter life and how the camera should be replaced when it reaches this mark. I own a canon 1200D/T5 (used) and a nikon 5600 (new). I know canon doesnt offer a means to check this (or do they?) and nikon does. Can anyone help direct me in finding out how to find the shutter count for my canon?

Who said a camera should be replaced when its shutter fails or reaches its expected life? Shutters can fail anytime, but they generally exceed their specifications by a very significant margin. And the cost of replacing a shutter box is generally far less than the cost of a camera replacement. If your camera is very long in the tooth a replacement to one with newer features or better quality results may be appropriate, but for many quality cameras replacing the shutter box is often a better, cost effective, solution.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

wrangler5 wrote:

Isn't shutter count one of the gazillion pieces of... (show quote)

With regard to shutter count that is not true for Canon cameras.

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BebuLamar wrote:

You replace the shutter when it fails not after
certain number of activation. The fact of
replacing the shutter in a perfectly working
camera might make it less reliable.

Yup, and yup. If it aint fix, don't broke it !

The shutter will not necessarily be the first
expensive part that fails. You could replace
it at considerable expense BEFORE failure
only to be faced with failure of some other
expensive component and have "bought
your camera twice" when you should have
just kept it until its first expensive failure
at which point you'd have the option to fix
it or junk it depending on obsolescence etc.

The two bodies you mention were never
intended to see any extensive repair. They
are in the junk it and replace it price range.
That is no reflection on their ability. It's a
labor cost differential between the low cost
of production workers and the high cost of
precision repair persons.

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