Margar Loc: Mass

Would anyone be able to tell, how to identify the shutter count on an
Olympus OM-D E-Ml. Mark lll

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Shutter counts apply the SLR-style cameras. S - Single, L - Lens, R - Reflex. Shutter count is more relevant for DSLR - Digital SLR.

Why?

For DSLR / SLR cameras, the digital versions have a computer that can keep count of every flip (reflex) of the mirror and every opening / closing of the shutter covering the film or digital sensor. The flapping mirror and the shutter curtain need to move extremely fast and with every exposure the camera captures. These mechanical parts are decades old (advanced) in their designs, but still prone to eventually wear out.

Being a mirrorless camera, the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III does not have a flapping mirror. The camera does have a mechanical shutter, but also an electronic option, where the shutter curtains can be opened and remain open regardless of how many image frames are captured. Counting the physical openings of the shutter curtains may be interesting, but are less relevant than the count on D/SLR style cameras.

This site seems to indicate how to obtain the shutter count within the camera:

https://www.apotelyt.com/camera-find/olympus-e-m1-iii-actuation-count

Margar Loc: Mass

Thank you for the information

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camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Good advice from CHG-Canon. Mirrorless have electronic shutters and I do not believe the camera will be able to record them. The OM-1 Mk III has a shutter life of 400, 000 shutter actuations for the mechanical shutter. You could spend the rest of your life shooting with it and the shutter will continue to do its job. Even 100,000 shutter actuations are only 1/4 the life of the shutter.

If shutter actuations is your main concern with this camera you can rest assure you will be shooting with it a lifetime.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

On several mirrorless camera's using an electronic shutter, you will not be able to get a shutter count. If however, your mirrorless camera has a mechanical shutter, then a shutter count may be found.
I shoot with the electronic shutter on my Sony because I want to shoot at 30 frames per second because I shoot birds in flight. And a electronic shutter should last for a very very long time so I don't concern myself with knowing what the shutter count is.
Some folks, if they are buying a used mirrorless camera, may want to know what the shutter count is, but they will only be able to get the shutter count on the mechanical shutter, if the camera even has one.
The new Nikon Z9 only has a electronic shutter, I believe you will find newer camera's will be dropping the mechanical shutter in favor of the electronic shutter as better software eliminate the problems with an all electronic shutter, as Nikon has done with the Z9.
Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.

Margar Loc: Mass

Thank you

BebuLamar

Any way would this help?
https://blog.martinbelan.com/2013/12/26/how-to-find-the-shutter-actuation-count-on-the-olympus-om-d/

JohnR Loc: The Gates of Hell

Shutter count is an indication of how much work a camera may have done. It does not tell you if the camera has been treated well or badly, been dropped, been caught in the rain, covered in the sand on the beach or been in myriad other bad places.
Buying a 2nd hand camera solely on shutter count is very risky. Hands on testing is the only way IMO