7000 shots in 3 days... hmmm?

I bought a brand new 5d a few months back and i forgot to check the file numbering when i got the unit, but at around day 3 i looked at the file number and it had roughly around 7400 shots taken. (I know I must've taken around 300-400 shots within those 3 days.)

I had used an old CF card from my old G3 camera on the 5d (still using it), Do you guys think thats what caused the numbering to go to seven thousand (plus or minus)?

Was I sold used 5d? The unit looks Mint. Not a scratch or wear even on the strap mounts.... Its making me think that my less than perfectly focused or poorly exposed shots are not user error but camera wear.

( I'm hoping to hear the answer I want.... which is the camera is new and I should just move on and take more photos. )

DO you know what the last file # was on the G3? Canon will pick up the number from the card if present and start from there.

The camera is new and you should just move on and take more photos.

Seriously though, using a CF card from another Canon camera could very well have skewed the counter from the start; unless one is extremely obsessive about it, the counter cannot be thought of or used as a "camera odometer" with any reliability.

Dementiak wrote in post #3903815
I had used an old CF card from my old G3 camera on the 5d (still using it), Do you guys think thats what caused the numbering to go to seven thousand (plus or minus)?

Yes. Absolutely. Unless you format the card in your computer first, then your camera will pick up the last file number used on the the CF card when you insert it into your new camera.

Mark

Thats odd.. i never thought of that

As far as formatting cards go...If you format a card in an old camera with say 3000 clicks on it, and then transfer to it without shooting on it to a new camera with zero clicks on it, will the new camera start at 3001 or 0001. In other words, when a camera re-formats a CF card, is the shot number input to the card before any shots are taken?.

Tom

Mark_Cohran wrote in post #3903844
Yes. Absolutely. Unless you format the card in your computer first, then your camera will pick up the last file number used on the the CF card when you insert it into your new camera.

Mark

Would formatting in camera do the same or does the camera pick up the last numbered folder and go from there.

roqdawg wrote in post #3903929
As far as formatting cards go...If you format a card in an old camera with say 3000 clicks on it, and then transfer to it without shooting on it to a new camera with zero clicks on it, will the new camera start at 3001 or 0001. In other words, when a camera re-formats a CF card, is the shot number input to the card before any shots are taken?.

Tom

I'd like to know the clarification on this as well. I am planning to buy the 40D soon and would like to know if I am going to have to keep CF cards separated for each camera. It is possible to have CF cards used in both cameras right?

that's happened to me before. my friend's CF carried over onto my 30d and i was surprised to see 39xx while i handed my camera over to him earlier that night at 12xx

Format in your computer; if formating in the camera reset the counter, people who format to delete the images on their cards would never show more than a couple hundred shots.

You'll need to format the card in your pc to drop it back down to zero

My friend's card carried over to my camera. It said I have 9000+ shots when I know I have less than 3700.

3Turner wrote in post #3903984
Would formatting in camera do the same or does the camera pick up the last numbered folder and go from there.

As soon as you put the card in, the camera picks up the numbering (ie before you get to the menus)

3Turner wrote in post #3903984
I'd like to know the clarification on this as well. I am planning to buy the 40D soon and would like to know if I am going to have to keep CF cards separated for each camera. It is possible to have CF cards used in both cameras right?

Keep separate cards for each camera. I use different brands of cards for my cameras to tell them apart.

BTW, it's not wise to format the cards from a computer - it can mess up the file system. It's better to just delete the folders on the card from the computer (using a card reader, of course), then format the card in the camera, if you feel the need to. The camera will recreate the folder structure regardless of whether you format or not.

BigAl-SA wrote in post #3904033
As soon as you put the card in, the camera picks up the numbering (ie before you get to the menus)

Keep separate cards for each camera. I use different brands of cards for my cameras to tell them apart.

BTW, it's not wise to format the cards from a computer - it can mess up the file system. It's better to just delete the folders on the card from the computer (using a card reader, of course), then format the card in the camera, if you feel the need to. The camera will recreate the folder structure regardless of whether you format or not.

Formatting in the computer was what I was afraid of...I have four 4GB cards so I don't need any more, but If I get a second camera, I don't want to transfer the image count over to the new body.

BigAl-SA wrote in post #3904033
BTW, it's not wise to format the cards from a computer - it can mess up the file system.

Really? I've never noticed that and I've been shooting Canon Digital SLR's for about 7 years now. Never had a problem. If I format in my computer and then put it in my camera, the camera immediately prompts me to format the card restoring the camera's file structure.

Mark

7,000 shots in three days?

Rookie...