pjmeade Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Hello, Although it's received wisdom that there is no shutter count on a 20D, when I looked at the exif data on an image I'd just posted on flickr, I discovered a shutter count field. The image was processed from the RAW file using Bridge/Camera RAW on Vista. There was no similar data if processed using Zoombrowser. Just one thought, that data says 49886 actuations. Is the 20D rated at 100000 or 50000? Pete<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bueh Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Peter, I just tried this myself. Flickr is indeed giving me a value for shutter count, but it is unrealistically low (it says 14088 when I know that I have taken at least 30-40000 photos with my 20D). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bueh Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Interestingly, I got the same number when I used the <b><a href="http://zecoj.com/2007/01/31/canon-eos-20d-shutter-count/">method to actually find the shutter count</a></b> using a hex editor and a RAW file. Maybe the shutter counts resets after 100,000 pictures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loren_cain Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Interesting. Maybe a firmware update resets the count? Or removing all the batteries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjmeade Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Well the figure is lower than I'd thought for mine and I did replaced the date time battery and have updated the firmware. Could there be somthing in Loren's question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinsouthern Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 If you look at 2 consecutive shots, does the number increment by one? I recall a post many months ago where someone throught they'd cracked - the number is definately there, but it had been encoded somehow. Personally, I'm not sure why Canon doesn't make the data accessable - just imagine a car manufacturer not letting you access mileage information - all rather strange if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamindbloom Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 I followed the instructions on this page: http://zecoj.com/2007/01/31/canon-eos-20d-shutter-count/ and compared 2 consecutive shots. The number incremented by one. I haven't tested on more images to confirm 100%, but the # of actuations seems in the ballpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjmeade Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 Does that shutter count number show up on systems other than Bridge/Vista, has anyone found it with lightroom or capture 1, or Mac systems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_bright1 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I'm not saying that it isn't a shutter count, but I'm dubious - I went back to the first handful of images that I shot with my brand new 20D (in 2005) and the shutter count using the zecoj.com method above was about 17000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 <p>Adobe Bridge CS3 in the Mac version does not seem to show anything like "Shutter Count" and I checked the preferences and couldn't find anything like that there to be turned on or off. Nothing for either the 20D or my XTi CR2 files. So regardless....</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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