Can I check the shutter count on a Canon EOS 350D / Digital Rebel XT?
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I want to find the total shutter actuations on my Canon EOS 350D (Digital Rebel XT). ExifTool does not show a ShutterCount field for my files, but it does show a file number like 425-2556. Is there any reliable way to get the shutter count on this model, and does that file number mean the camera has taken millions of photos?
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I am not aware of any available software that would give you the shutter count for Canon 350D.
I have used before EOSInfo Utility but I am afraid it only supports 40D, 50D, 450D, 500D, 1000D and 5DmkII. I tested it on 40D and 450D and it worked fine. Based on the notes on the EOSInfo website it seems that this information is not available for other models
The shutter count information is available only on Canon DIGIC III/IV DSLRs except the 1D* series. This means that EOSInfo will display the shutter counter for the 40D, the 50D, the 450D, 500D, and the 1000D. It will also show the shutter counter for the 5DMkII, but the camera must be power-cycled before the value is updated. The shutter counter will not be displayed (or will be displayed as "0") on the 1D*, 5D, 10D, 20D, 30D, 300D, 350D, and 400D. It's not that I have anything against the owners of those cameras, but simply that the Canon SDK does not support retrieving the shutter count for them. UPDATE (08/06/2009): Apparently, Canon has removed the facility for checking the shutter count on the 500D. More news when I learn something.
I am not sure if this refers to the EOSInfo software or the availability of that information in general
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On the EOS 350D, there does not appear to be a standard, directly readable shutter-count field like on some later Canon bodies. Utilities such as EOSInfo generally do not support the 350D, so they may show nothing or 0.
The file number 425-2556 does not mean 4 million shots. On Canon cameras of this era, the first part is tied to the folder number and the second part is the image number within that sequence. It represents a much smaller total count, roughly in the tens of thousands, not millions.
One community answer suggests the 350D may store a shot sequence in EXIF in a non-obvious way, viewable with Opanda IEXIF Viewer (reported at line 0093). In that interpretation, one value increments every shot up to 256, then another value increments and the counter rolls over. That may let you estimate total shots, but it is not a simple official shutter-count readout.
So: no easy built-in/public shutter-count tool is known for the 350D, and your displayed file number is not evidence of millions of actuations.
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