Canon 450D Shutter count.

[hashcake]

I've used the astrojargon shutter count app and it reports the shutter count is 15221.
The last photo I took is labeled IMG_5231.CR2.
I'd be very surprised if I have taken over 15K shots but I have no idea which is correct.
Any ideas?

 

[StewartR]

Have you ever used the camera with a card which has been in another camera? If you have, then the image filename is totally unreliable as a guide to the shutter count.....

 

[stew1982]

you'd be very surprised how quickly 15,000 can come round!

 

[scrag68]

The 15k shutter count is possible, ive take 2k shots in 2 days which i was supprised about, shots fly when you are having fun.

 

[bellebouche]

My EOS400D very recently ticked over the 10,000 count... something of a minor milestone.

It made me check my 'output' rate.

I got the camera in May 2007, for the next 18 months as I was getting to grips with it I'd taken 300 images/month. I was at 6000 by the end of Jan 2009.

It has taken me quite some time to get to grips with it and only this year have I been able to invest some time and get some proper photography under my belt.

My rate has shot up, 600+ per month now and I'm sat at just over 12,200 count.

I think I'd read somewhere that the rated life was around the 100k mark... so even at a fairly high usage it should have years left in it. Can't see myself getting shut of it though - even when shiny replacements come along it'll still be an old-friend there as a backup.

 

[kennysarmy]

400d is rated at 50,000 actuations
40d is rated at 100,000 actuations

 

[neil_g]

i have no idea how many my 20D has done, and so far none of the suggestions for finding out work.. still im not too worried, i'll keep shooting until the shutter falls apart lol