How many pics on my canon ??

CookieS · December 20, 2006

I know there was a thread an d I cannot dind it. i thought Breeze browser gave thi info but this is all i got

File: IMG_0874.JPG
File size: 3,650KB
Image Serial Number: 208-0874
Camera Model: Canon EOS 20D
Camera serial number: 0520313167
Firmware: Firmware 2.0.3
Owner: unknown
Date/Time: 2006:12:04 04:27:34
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
Drive mode: Continuous: frame 1
ISO: 800
Lens: 70 to 200mm
Focal length: 200mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Image size: 3504 x 2336
Rotation: none
Image quality: Fine
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: High
Sharpness: High
Contrast: High
Picture Effect: Normal
Sharpness level: 0
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 3: Flash sync speed in Av mode: 1/250 (fixed)
CFn 5: AF-assist beam/Flash firing: Does not emit/Fires
CFn 13: AF point selection: Multi-controller direct
CFn 15: Shutter curtain sync: 2nd-curtain sync

Can anyone help me find out how many shutter accuations.

Richard · December 20, 2006

Sorry, but AFAIK there is no way for us mere mortals to know the total actuations of a 20D.

Andy · December 20, 2006

Yeah only on the pro bodies, sorry.

asylumxl · December 20, 2006

off an old photo.net topic

The 20D, 350D, Digital rebel XT use a different rule: 10000*INT(X1/6400-1)+X1 and $3F)*256+X2

it isn't pro body only, but i dont have a clue how to work it out since theres no reference to what each statement is..

i think your looking for a piece of EXIF named Unknown (0093). X1 will be the first number, X2 the second, but i don't know what 3F is...

CookieS · December 20, 2006

OK, I guess its a guess then , Thanks againfor the help

Scott_Quier · December 21, 2006

asylumxl wrote:

off an old photo.net topic

it isn't pro body only, but i dont have a clue how to work it out since theres no reference to what each statement is..

i think your looking for a piece of EXIF named Unknown (0093). X1 will be the first number, X2 the second, but i don't know what 3F is...

3F might be a hexidecimal notiation, in which case 3F = 63.

Just a very uneducated guess.

ian408 · December 21, 2006

Scott_Quier wrote:

3F might be a hexidecimal notiation, in which case 3F = 63.

Just a very uneducated guess.

Yeah but...it's $3F.

asylumxl · December 21, 2006

sometime later i'll check my exif (as i havent reset my count) so i will be able to confirm the value of $3F

Scott_Quier · December 21, 2006

ian408 wrote:

Yeah but...it's $3F.

Yes it is and in some nomenclatures, hexidecimal notation is so noted. My 9-5 is software engineering and has been for 25 years. I've seen hex prefixed with '$', '#', '0x', '0X', and suffixed with 'X' and 'x'. It all depends on the language being used and the corporate culture in which it is being used.

Further, the 'and' in the "equation" can easily lead one to believe that the function is referring to a bit-wise anding function, in which case the hexidecimal value would make lots of sense.

All of the above is offered in a the complete absense of information about the equation/function under discussion. YMMV

sirsloop · December 21, 2006

If you store your photos in a particular folder, you can simply see how many backup imags you have. That will give you a ballpark on how many shots the body has taken... figure add another 10% on top of that value for shots that were deleted on the body. As long as you take care of the camera it should last a long time! Both of my bodies, XT and XTi are over their "rated" shutter values.

Mickey57 · December 21, 2006

There is a website called Opanda. Download their software called Opanda Iexif and open an original jpeg from your camera. It will give you the number of actuations. The online support on the website answers lts of questions.
Hope this helps

Dan

CookieS · December 21, 2006

Ebay Sucks
Thanks all , I had it up ( my 20D on Ebay) and someone asked. I sent them to my galleries so they could see images that were just taken last week. since i did not know, I sent it in for cleaning and service before the one year warrantee was up. Now i had bids upwards of 450.00 and I was hoping to climb to my reserve, , Now ther are 6 Bid retractions...WHATS up with that, I thought you were only supposed to bid if you were serious. why pay a fee for acution when all the bidders can drop out at any time, now the bid is at 300.00 ....PLeeease. Ill use it for a stay in the car camera before i sell it for that. What a JOKE. sorry for the rant.

Red Bull · December 21, 2006

Mickey, I tried that Opanda and I don't see any number of shutter actuations on my 20D. I looked in the support and it says the program only works for Nikon models.

kdog · December 21, 2006

It may be right there in your Image Number field according to this document.

"Image Number Unsigned Long 1 Normally reported as FFF-XXXX.
FFF is this value divided by 10000, XXXX is this value mod 10000. "

If we apply that interpretation to your image number, it comes out to 2,080,874.

No wonder the Ebay folks got scared off.

Regards,
-joel

CookieS · December 22, 2006

well I never gave them that calculation. i told him i was on 975 since cleaning, and had no software to determine actual acuaations. turned out someone got into my ebay password and unautorized REMOVED/retracted 7 bids. What a bunch of DOO DOO, I was close to my $700.00 reserve, Now ( after password changes and Ebay support) it has to be relisted for another day. I should have just sent it in on trade for the new camera. Ebay has been notifiied of circimstances.

ziggy53 · December 22, 2006

CookieS wrote:

well I never gave them that calculation. i told him i was on 975 since cleaning, and had no software to determine actual acuaations. turned out someone got into my ebay password and unautorized REMOVED/retracted 7 bids. What a bunch of DOO DOO, I was close to my $700.00 reserve, Now ( after password changes and Ebay support) it has to be relisted for another day. I should have just sent it in on trade for the new camera. Ebay has been notifiied of circimstances.

This happened to my father. Make sure you run a good virus scanner against your machine, as you may have some malicious code onboard spreading your passwords.

ziggy53

Jeffro · December 22, 2006

sirsloop wrote:

Both of my bodies, XT and XTi are over their "rated" shutter values.

I didn't even know the XT and XTi had a "rating" for shutter actuations.

jimf · December 29, 2006

Jeffro wrote:

I didn't even know the XT and XTi had a "rating" for shutter actuations.

Yes, 50,000. The original Rebel had no official rating but tends to see failure in the 20-30,000 actuations range. One of the motivations for buying my 30D was that the 300D was at 22,000+ actuations and it would kind of suck to have it fail when I really needed it.

Red Bull · December 29, 2006

Anybody know the shutter rating for a 20D?

jimf · December 29, 2006

Red Bull wrote:

Anybody know the shutter rating for a 20D?

100,000.

ziggy53 · December 30, 2006

Red Bull wrote:

Anybody know the shutter rating for a 20D?

While I see the 100K figure quoted a lot, I also see 70K actuations quoted a lot. I have never found an "official" statement from Canon for the shutter durability of the 20D (or many of the other Canon dSLRs).

Our own Ginger was told that her 20D was over the rated actuations at 90K:

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=381171&postcount=19

If there is a definitive answer posted by Canon or a Canon representative, I'd surely appreciate a link.

ziggy53

gus · February 23, 2007

ian408 wrote:

Yeah but...it's $3F.

Soooo with the $ sign being the 5th key from the left...$ is a 5 then :jose

ivar · February 23, 2007

ziggy53 wrote:

While I see the 100K figure quoted a lot, I also see 70K actuations quoted a lot. I have never found an "official" statement from Canon for the shutter durability of the 20D (or many of the other Canon dSLRs).

Our own Ginger was told that her 20D was over the rated actuations at 90K:

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=381171&postcount=19

If there is a definitive answer posted by Canon or a Canon representative, I'd surely appreciate a link.

ziggy53

The page with the 20d says about twice as much as the 10d, so if we can figure out what the 10d is.....
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200409/200409.html

1D, 150.000 : http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200112/200112.html

1DII, 200.000 : http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200403/report.html

5d: 100.000 : http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200509/report.html

30d: 100.000 : http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200603/200603.html

ziggy53 · February 23, 2007

ivar wrote:

The page with the 20d says about twice as much as the 10d, so if we can figure out what the 10d is.....
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200409/200409.html

1D, 150.000 : http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200112/200112.html

1DII, 200.000 : http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200403/report.html

5d: 100.000 : http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200509/report.html

30d: 100.000 : http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/report/200603/200603.html

1D MKIII: 300,000 cycles (woo hoo):
http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/20070221_1dmark3.html

Terrence · February 23, 2007

While I may be shot for this, it looks like Flickr may be of help. I just shot a JPG with my 350D and uploaded to Flickr. Looking at the EXIF there it shows this was my 10,778th shot. I am sure there is some software out there that properly reads Canon EXIF data, but I have not found it...yet. I plan to visit my Canon service center and confirm or deny this finding.

How many pics on my canon ??

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