How do you tell how many photos a camera has taken?

[Rooster]

Hi, My Canon 450D which I bought second-hand, has a life expectancy of 100,000 shots. Is there a counter somewhere in the software which keeps track?

 

[Flash In The Pan]

Does it really matter? I've seen cameras with quoted 150K life expectancy die at 3k and there's a D200 (which is also a 150k camera) advertised in a dealers with nearly 500k.

 

[redhed17]

Does it really matter?

Obviously to the original poster or they wouldn't have asked the question. :bonk:

To the OP, I think a free program called Opanda which lets you see all the Exif information embedded in the file. One of the items of information should be total shutter actuations. I think. It's a long time since I used Opanda, and I use a different program to find such information with my Nikon camera.

 

[cambsno]

What does Nikon 'suggest' a d90 will do?

 

[Flash In The Pan]

What does Nikon 'suggest' a d90 will do?

100k iirc

 

[Gofer]

This program is reported to be able to give the total number of shutter actuations of any Canon Digic III camera (450D is a digic III camera) : http://astrojargon.net/(X(1)S(1skl4...uttercount.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

 

[Rooster]

Cheers!

 

[Rooster]

Only 3,580! Yay!

 

[blakester]

Only 3,580! Yay!

Alternatively....get out there and get that actuation count up, its too low