Software like EOSInfo (mirror site) for Windows and 40D Shutter Count (mirror site) for MacOSX are able to get the shutter count for 1000D, 40D, 50D, 450D, 500D, 700D och 5D II.
You find the software here and down below you have a tutorial how to find the shutter count. With Magic lantern you can find out the count, not only for the the pictures you have taken but also the Live view.
Software Magic Lantern (free and open source) If you own a Rebel camera, use Wikipedia to get the European/international model name. If you find it hard to find your camera model, use the search tool in your browser and type your Canon model. Uploading an image to a webpage to get the shutter count doesn’t work with Canon cameras post EOS 1Dn II/EOS 1Ds II.ĭo you wonder if the software below will show you the correct shutter count? Well, I have sent my 6D and 7D to Canon and the shutter counts I got from Canon are the same as I got from Magic Lantern, But Magic Lantern also showed me the Live view count.Īnyway, here are some links to different software with the ability to show you the shutter count. That means you either need to send the camera to Canon or use a 3rd part software. Have you ever wondered how to find the shutter count from your Canon? Since the days of Canon EOS 1Dn II and 1Ds II Canon hides the shutter count inside the camera. If you like this artice, then also check the maximum write speed of your Canon, How to get rid of hot pixels on a Canon camera or troubleshooting your Canon. Pictures are taken when the camera is connected directly to a computer (without a flash card inside).The perceived shutter count is 2001, whereas the real shutter count is 9001. The next picture file written by a camera like Canon 5D Mark II will be IMG_2001.JPG. This results in a much lower perceived shutter count than the true shutter count.For example, let's say the filename is edited from IMG_9000.JPG to IMG_2000.JPG. Some cameras, such as the Canon 5D Mark II, will use the card filename to construct the name for the next picture. If a blank flash card is inserted afterwards, some cameras like the Canon 60D will continue previous filename numbering for example, will write file IMG_4102.JPG when shutter count is 3752.The file name is edited to lower the numerical suffix.
The shutter count in this case will be only 3751. If a new flash card is inserted with a file IMG_4100.JPG, then the next picture taken with the camera will be written under IMG_4101.JPG. The numbering then continues with this higher suffix.For example, if the last file written by the camera was IMG_3750.JPG, this indicates that the shutter count is 3750. A new flash card is inserted containing a picture file with higher numerical suffix.Here are examples when the filename does not indicate the true number of pictures taken with the camera. Using numeric suffix of filenames written by the camera on a flash card is not equivalent to camera's shutter count (the suffix resets to 0 after 9999).
For example EOS 300D is expected to fail at 40.000 counts, but there will be some surpass the lifetime expectancy like, my friend has goes beyond 43.000 counts and the camera still works. How ever it is not known when your shutter will fail you.