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rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 09/25/2012 11:15 am How do I determine how many shutter actuations a Canon camera has? Where is it on the menu, or is there a trick to finding it? Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff

LaureateBust Valued Member Canada 331 Posts	Posted 09/25/2012 12:24 pm Most manufacturers store the absolute number of shutter actuations in a common EXIF metadata tag. I use a cross-platform EXIF parser like: http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ To be honest, even though I use a 7D, I haven't gone looking for a shutter count yet. When I do, I'll check the EXIF data of the most recent photo. In linux (exiftool v8.48) this value is returned as "Shutter Count". This technique should work across all makes and models of digital camera. Exiftool also handles maker-specific EXIF tags that general image processing software sometimes don't have access to. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 09/25/2012 2:20 pm Magic Lantern will do it. It's not possible to get an accurate actuation count from a stock 550D. Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 09/25/2012 4:09 pm Thanks guys...I will look into Magic Lantern or Exiftool, though I'm not running Linux...Ray Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
LaureateBust Valued Member Canada 331 Posts	Posted 09/25/2012 6:22 pm Ray, I didn't mean to scare you off by mentioning linux - Exiftool is multi-platform with pre-compiled installations for both windows and mac. Report this Post to the Staff
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