Shutter Count - Actuations

Anyone know how shooting video affects the shutter count (actuations) on a DSLR? For example, does it register 1 shutter count per start and stop of video? Or does the camera increment the shutter count for each frame captured?

Start video...Shutter opens

Stop video...Shutter closes

One opening+one closing=one actuation.

rrblint wrote in post #15172213
Start video...Shutter opens

Stop video...Shutter closes

One opening+one closing=one actuation.

^^^ bingo.

where in the menu is the shutter count i'v never looked?

tribalstu wrote in post #15172234
where in the menu is the shutter count i'v never looked?

Not in camera menu, you have to use a program such as eoscount.com.

oh ok cool thats prob why i'v never come acoss it thanks

rrblint wrote in post #15172246
Not in camera menu, you have to use a program such as eoscount.com.

Or in a working version (for your device) of MagicLantern.

I'd be more worried about the sensor then the shutter with video due to possible overheating with long video 'takes'

NinetyEight wrote in post #15172322
I'd be more worried about the sensor then the shutter with video due to possible overheating with long video 'takes'

Bingo... The sensor and any other electronic components that heat up with extended use. (Remember the 1D Mk III focus issues the first year or so? I seem to recall that traced back to an overheating component in the AF system.)

It's the hours accumulated on components with video, not the number of actuations.

Still, those are mostly solid state devices, so might not be a huge concern unless shooting feature films with the camera (in which case you probably can afford a $300 sensor replacement).