HOWTO check 5D shutter release count?

James Kei · May 31, 2007

I am new to Canon world.

I got opanda EXIF, which version show shutter release count?
HOWTO set auto ISO ?
HOWTO turn on RAW ?

Thanks

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Bludnok · May 31, 2007

James Kei said:
I am new to Canon world.

I got opanda EXIF, which version show shutter release count?

You can't, only Canon can

James Kei said:
HOWTO set auto ISO ?
HOWTO turn on RAW ?

There is no auto ISO except on the green zone

Why not READ THE MANUAL

alfieri · May 31, 2007

i've never tried this, but here's something i stumbled upon once:

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download ExifReader. take a jpg. run the program. on line "unkown 93" the third number (after the second comma) is your shutter count assuming it has not been reset by Canon during servicing.

http://www.takenet.or.jp/~ryuuji/minisoft/exifread/english/download.html

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James Kei · May 31, 2007

I came from Nikon world.

Opanda EXIF read shutter release count easliy from JPG output.

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Keitht134106 · May 31, 2007

alfieri said:
i've never tried this, but here's something i stumbled upon once:

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download ExifReader. take a jpg. run the program. on line "unkown
93" the third number (after the second comma) is your shutter count
assuming it has not been reset by Canon during servicing.

http://www.takenet.or.jp/~ryuuji/minisoft/exifread/english/download.html

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It doesn't work on the 5D. Mine has never been back to Canon and the "Unknown 93" line reads 32,0,1. I've taken a lot more than 1 shot!.

What that figure actually give you is the frame number since the card was formatted.
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Spotts · May 31, 2007

I used Opanda today and checked my 5D count. It worked... I'm over 65,000 (yikes!)

Shoot a JPEG (IN CAMERA! - don't use a converted JPEG from RAW.) Then drag your freshly shot JPEG into Opanda. Look at tag 093... it'll be the number after the 1's or 0's.
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Gary Jean · May 31, 2007

Well, I thought I'd give it a try. Shot jpeg, downloaded to ZoomBrowser, dragged to Opanda.....and whaddaya know!!!....you and I have the same 65,000+ shots!

Except I really have less than 20,000. How do I know? Because I don't delete files in camera and my file renaming has given consecutive numbered files since day 1.

Here's the "0093" string:

32,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,65535,65535

There are no numbers in the EXIF that are anywhere in the ballpark.

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Keitht134106 · May 31, 2007

Spotts said:
I used Opanda today and checked my 5D count. It worked... I'm over
65,000 (yikes!)

I hate to be the one to disillusion you but that number is actually 64k if you divide by 1024 so simply indicates the maximum value of the field. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the number of shutter actuations.
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lenny_shp · May 31, 2007

So is there is any trusted way to figure this counts? I tried both software above, nothing found so far.

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Gary Jean · May 31, 2007

So...who really cares?
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Spotts · May 31, 2007

I think I'm at about 20,000. Whew, thought I was crazy.
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James Kei · May 31, 2007

I think it depend on which model of 5D.

My is new just out of box, may be old 5D working with tag 093.

But nikon are not tag 093, it has "Shutter release count" shown.

Spotts said:
I used Opanda today and checked my 5D count. It worked... I'm over
65,000 (yikes!)

Shoot a JPEG (IN CAMERA! - don't use a converted JPEG from RAW.)
Then drag your freshly shot JPEG into Opanda. Look at tag 093...
it'll be the number after the 1's or 0's.
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http://www.michaelspotts.com [My Pro site]

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Keitht134106 · Jun 1, 2007

Gary Jean said:
So...who really cares?
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For many, myself included, the number of actuations isn't very important. I'm unlikely to get up to the sort of numbers that start to indicate a likelihood of shutter repairs being needed. For somebody using the camera all day, every day it can definitely be something to care about.

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Barugon · Jun 1, 2007

James Kei said:
I am new to Canon world.

I got opanda EXIF, which version show shutter release count?
HOWTO set auto ISO ?
HOWTO turn on RAW ?

Unfortunately, auto-ISO and RAW are mutually exclusive.

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Markuson · Jun 1, 2007

Me too... 65,000 and some odd number. So... Methinks this is something entirely unrelated, as I'm fairly certain I've shot wel below that number.
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James Kei · Jun 1, 2007

dotborg,

you are wrong.

I play nikon D2x, the highest end of Nikon body, still can get AUTO ISO & RAW.

I manage to get RAW. Only need to set AUTO ISO.

dotborg said:
James Kei said:

I am new to Canon world.

I got opanda EXIF, which version show shutter release count?
HOWTO set auto ISO ?
HOWTO turn on RAW ?

Click to expand...

Unfortunately, auto-ISO and RAW are mutually exclusive.

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Hans Kruse · Jun 1, 2007

As it was said before. On the Canon 5D there is no auto ISO and it has nothing to do with raw. As soon as you leave the green all automatic mode, then you do NOT have auto ISO. But why don't you read the manual? There are many features you will not discover unless you read the manual.

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James Kei · Jun 1, 2007

A good toy should be leading user to find it without reading manual.

It seems 5D is not a good toy.

AUTO ISO are very useful.

Since 5D flag up as low noise, so who care about noise, the mean shot photo can has less care with ISO come up & down. It can be freely.

Also you can set it with condition say less than 1/30, turn on AUTO ISO etc.

Nikon D2x does it.

Hans Kruse said:
As it was said before. On the Canon 5D there is no auto ISO and it
has nothing to do with raw. As soon as you leave the green all
automatic mode, then you do NOT have auto ISO. But why don't you
read the manual? There are many features you will not discover
unless you read the manual.

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Barugon · Jun 1, 2007

James Kei said:
dotborg,

you are wrong.

I play nikon D2x, the highest end of Nikon body, still can get AUTO
ISO & RAW.

I manage to get RAW. Only need to set AUTO ISO.

The OP's post was concerning the 5D, which last time I checked wasn't made by Nikon.

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James Kei · Jun 1, 2007

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