Actuations... how do you know

Just wondering how you can work out how many actuations a body has done, on the "for sale" section people list the actuations. Just interested to see how many I have done on my 350D

What do you do to find out?

R

Read this thread
You got it? It's in your file numbering.

Unfortunately, the information in that thread is not complete.

It does not mention that it takes only 30 seconds to set the file number to any number you would like.

According to some sources, Canon can find out, but so far no method has been illustrated here for the prosumer cameras to really find out how many images were taken with a camera.

On the 1-series, it is possible, but not on the prosumer cameras.

Best regards,
Andy

Thanks for your replys. For the moment mine works with that method as of course I have never reset it. But 'm sure if it has some sort of service mode it should show the trigger numbers.

Just make sure that you don't use a friends CF card (or a card from another Canon camera). Because if you put another Canon CF card in that has a higher number than yours, your camera will continue to count from that number.

Best regards,
Andy

This happens only if you do take a pic before formatting the card in camera. In the beginning I had my CFs "dedicated" for a specific body, then things got messed up, but having the habit of insert the CF and formatting immediately I never had the issue.

From a EOS-5 I played with for a few min last year:

Serial Number Format : Format 2
Shutter Count : 6
Bracket Mode : Off

Done with EXIFTOOL