Canon service took 1475 images!?

I took my 10D and lenses to Canon service for adjusting and checking AF. When I left it the counter was at 253 and when I got it back a week later it said 1728!

I'm not sure whether the counter can be upset when they fiddle with the camera, but the AF is still rear focusing...

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Tommy

Nope.

They probably just used a CF card that had image number 17xx on it. They probably only took a few images.

But by using a CF card that had a high-numbered image still on it, your camera jumped past it.

This is perfectly normal.

Bummer about the rear-focusing.

Tommy Wirestam said:

I took my 10D and lenses to Canon service for adjusting and
checking AF. When I left it the counter was at 253 and when I got
it back a week later it said 1728!

I'm not sure whether the counter can be upset when they fiddle with
the camera, but the AF is still rear focusing...

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OK, thanks for the info. I couldn't really believe they had.
And now when you say it, I vaguely remember having read that.

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Tommy

sorry to hear that.

Tommy Wirestam said:

I took my 10D and lenses to Canon service for adjusting and
checking AF. When I left it the counter was at 253 and when I got
it back a week later it said 1728!

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WHY SO MANY SHOTS ON MY 10D ?

If the counter system is set to continous (the default) then the camera simply adds 1 to the number of the last picture on the last card used.

So, if Canon, a repair shop, a store - whoever - inserts a CF card and makes a shot, the number assigned will be the last number on the CF card +1.

If you think about it this is the only way the count could be ontinued from one card to another.

But it often confuses people - who may feel they have been shipped a used camera (when the store or Canon simply made a test shot) - or people may think a large number of shots were made during repair, etc

What function on the camera gives you the photo count?

Tommy Wirestam said:

I took my 10D and lenses to Canon service for adjusting and
checking AF. When I left it the counter was at 253 and when I got
it back a week later it said 1728!

I'm not sure whether the counter can be upset when they fiddle with
the camera, but the AF is still rear focusing...

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Tommy

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WilliamR said:

If the counter system is set to continous (the default) then the
camera simply adds 1 to the number of the last picture on the last
card used.

So, if Canon, a repair shop, a store - whoever - inserts a CF card
and makes a shot, the number assigned will be the last number on
the CF card +1.

If you think about it this is the only way the count could be
ontinued from one card to another.

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From what I see the numbering logic must be a little more complex than that, otherwise you should get identical image numbers if you are using more than one card. And if you format one card in your PC and then put in your camera and starts taking pics. The camera has to store the last number internally so it knows where to continue.

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Tommy

Yep, the camera also keeps track of the highest image number IT has seen.

Then to decide on the next numbered image, it uses the HIGHER of its own memory and the highest numbered image on the CF card.

This avoids the following problem:

Camera's last shot was image #1325

The new CF has image #1350 on it (maybe borrowed CF from a friend).

If you started shooting at #1326, you'd very quickly approach #1350, and then have to either delete that image, or skip over it (making you wonder where the heck it came from).

So, the camera just starts at #1351, instead.

Tommy Wirestam said:

From what I see the numbering logic must be a little more complex
than that, otherwise you should get identical image numbers if you
are using more than one card. And if you format one card in your PC
and then put in your camera and starts taking pics. The camera has
to store the last number internally so it knows where to continue.

Click to expand...

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The Lowest Paid Concert Photographer Around
http://www.neonlightsimaging.com/artshow/final.htm
Photography -- just another word for compromise

'Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax it out of business?' -- Will Rogers