How To Find the Shutter Count on a Canon 5.D Mark II Christopher Swainhart.This is a very relevant question these days as folks interested in upgrading to the Canon EOS 5.D Mark III may be looking to sell their 5.D Mark II on the used market.Other manufacturers make it easy to find out the shutter count, but Canon does not.There is a app for that, software you can install on your Mac or PC that will work.Amazon. com Canon EOS 1D Mark IV 16.MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3Inch LCD and 1080p HD Video Body Only Camera Photo.Windows users use EOSInfo by Astrojargon.Mac users use Astrojargons 4.D Shutter Count, Version 2.Now if you are a Mac user and you start up the 4.D Shutter Count you will see a disclaimer that it does not work with 5.D. Well, actually it does work but does not have all the features it does on other cameras.The software will give you a reliable count, but if you fire your Canon while it is hooked up the count will not increase.So you may be thinking that the number is not reliable. In November Cynthia Rylant Activities Director . All you need to do is power cycle your 5.RJ0GNzVUae4/hqdefault.jpg' alt='5D Mark Ii Shutter Count Software For Nikon' title='5D Mark Ii Shutter Count Software For Nikon' />D and restart the program and you will get the new count.On Windows you have to do the same thing.The shot above shows a side by side comparison for the Windows and Mac software screen shots.You may be saying that the software should work better than this, but heck, it is free and who cares anyway if you have to power cycle your 5.D. BTW did you donate Once you download and use the software you can donate to Astro.Jargon like I did here.THE WORLDS FASTEST Experience sequential shooting speeds that far surpass those of DSLR cameras.Using its advanced silent electronic shutter, the EM1 Mark II.Buy the guy lunch, its the least you can do.I guarantee he spent a lot of time on this software.Now that you know your shutter count you may be asking, What is a high shutter count for Canon 5.D Mark II The Canon factory rates the shutter life to 1.K is a very realistic expectancy, and in some cases way beyond.The factory rep I spoke with suggested that you just keep using the camera until it doesnt work and get all the clicks out of it you can.He did recommend having a backup if you are using it for paid work.Time lapse shooters like myself need to weigh the cost of burning through thousands of shutter clicks.Canon tells me that the cost for a shutter replacement is approximately 4.My Monument Valley video utilized over 2.So the cost for that video was 4.K. You can read about my technique for using Adobe Lightroom to produce time lapses in the Monument Valley video here.Now as to a solution to the extreme shutter usage due to time lapse I will save for a future blog post.Now I have to get back to work.Canon Shutter Count.I clicked the shutter button, but the displayed shutter count did not change.It is necessary to power cycle the connected camera turn off and on in order to see the updated shutter count value.This is due to a technical optimization that minimizes battery power drain when a camera is connected to eosmsg.
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