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I found canon, but D2H shutter actuations?
Howie McCormick, Photographer
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Proctorville | OH | USA | Posted: 12:53 PM on 02.17.05 |
| ->> I found this thread on Canon's actuations counter, but I'm looking to buy a used D2H and was wondering how to find the mileage. Thanks in advance. |
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John Riddell, Photographer
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Howie McCormick, Photographer
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Proctorville | OH | USA | Posted: 3:18 PM on 02.17.05 |
->> John,
Which field tells me the actuation? All I'm finding is anything I could find in Photoshop's EXIF tag.
Thanks,
Howie |
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John Riddell, Photographer
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Toronto | ON | Canada | Posted: 3:23 PM on 02.17.05 |
->> Howie,
When you run the program on a photo, scroll down near the bottom. The line title is 'total actuations on camera' I believe.
Took a me few minutes til' I finally found it.
John |
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Howie McCormick, Photographer
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Proctorville | OH | USA | Posted: 3:32 PM on 02.17.05 |
| ->> Does it have to be a raw image? I have one that I've edited and renamed, but still don't see that line. |
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John Riddell, Photographer
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Toronto | ON | Canada | Posted: 3:47 PM on 02.17.05 |
->> It has to be straight out of the camera either in raw or jpeg. Definately unedited and not renamed. That overwrites a lot of the original info from the source.
Sorry, I shoulda been more clear on that detail.
John |
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Howie McCormick, Photographer
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Proctorville | OH | USA | Posted: 4:03 PM on 02.17.05 |
| ->> That's alright... I figured that's what it was... just have to wait until my wife leaves my computer... I'm using hers right now. |
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Thomas Oed, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 5:31 PM on 02.17.05 |
->> John, will this work on the older Nikon DSLR's as well?
I've often wondered how many times I've rolled the odometer on my old D1! ; )
-Thomas- |
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Wes Hope, Photographer
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Maryville | TN | USA | Posted: 6:07 PM on 02.17.05 |
->> Wow. I had no idea I had shot that much.
What's the shutter life expectancy on a D2h?
The box you're looking for is the 3rd from the bottom "Total Number of Shutter Releases for Camera". Oh, and the program doesn't support .nef files. |
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Vasha Hunt, Photographer
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Opelika | AL | USA | Posted: 7:13 PM on 02.17.05 |
->> It does not appear to work with the D1H -
I tried just now. Does anyone know of a program that will give the acuations on a D1H?
Vasha |
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Shaun Stewart, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Austin | TX | USA | Posted: 8:43 PM on 02.17.05 |
->> Any ideas for a Mac solution? I used EXIF-o-Matic but it doesnt show me that. I get a bunch of Unknown Tags, though.
~s |
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Thomas Oed, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 2:07 AM on 02.28.05 |
->> Yeah, didn't work on the D1, but my D70 has 51,431!! Not bad for about 10 months...
It must be getting pretty tired... lol |
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Gary Jones, Photographer
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Rocklin | CA | United States | Posted: 2:20 AM on 02.28.05 |
| ->> I just checked my D2H - 147076. My one year warranty is about to expire. Should I be nervous? |
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Thomas Oed, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 3:34 AM on 02.28.05 |
| ->> Hehe, I dunno... I bet 147,00 on a D2H is a LOT less than 51K on a D70! : D |
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Nic Hume, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Victoria | BC | Canada | Posted: 5:27 AM on 02.28.05 |
->> On a similar thread, does anyone know how to get the total shutter actuations for a D100 ?? Mine must be getting up there now (hell, it's 3 1/2 years old ! ) and I'd love to know exactly how badly it's been abused...
--Nic |
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Robert O'Rourk, Photographer
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Setauket | NY | USA | Posted: 9:06 AM on 02.28.05 |
| ->> On the EXIF program I use to read actuations, you must take a jpeg directly from the camera, not a converted one from NEF |
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Craig Glover, Photographer
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London | ON | Canada | Posted: 10:17 AM on 02.28.05 |
->> Well ... thank you Gary!!!
I just checked mine ... and it was at almost 74,000 and my warranty is up at the end of next month! Was starting to get a little nervous ... but you've calmed my nerves a little! I think I'm gonna send mine in for a once-over before then though ... just to be sure :-) |
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Jason K. Powers, Photographer, Assistant
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Lakewood | CO | USA | Posted: 10:01 AM on 07.01.06 |
| ->> I downloaded this proggie above, stuck to the guidelines given for a jpg straight out of the camera unaltered, and still can't find actuations for my D1h. Can anyone help find another program that may show for d1h or is it the camera itself? |
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John Harrington, Photographer
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Washington | DC | USA | Posted: 1:56 PM on 07.01.06 |
->> This issue -- shutter actuations, is one of the lesser known issues confronting photographers -- the devaluing of equipment, and the increase in risk of equipment failure.
On this thread:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=19380
I make the point:
The Nikon D2x has a shutter life rated at 200,000 frames. The Nikon D70 and Canon 20D, just about 100,000. 150,000 cycles on the Canon 1Ds, and 200,000 cycles on the 1Ds mark II.
Using the anticpated number of images at 3,000 per race (as shot by a race-specialty photo business), your D70 or 20D will last about 30 races. For the 20D, at $2000 for the body, that's a proven cost to you of $67 a race. For the D2x, while the body is $4500, to replace the shutter alone runs about $750, and you will be without your camera for 1-2 weeks. That's either $150 a race, or $25 a race if you're comfortable shooting with just a replacement shutter on your now worn-out body.
Races are typically a 4-5 hour deal, and yes, you're being paid $250 for that. Now, let's minus out $50 for the now proven wear and tear on your camera, $10 for mileage or so, and the on-site meal you'll need to buy at around $10. That leaves $180. Out of that you need to cover insurance (car, health, gear, etc), the amortization of your lenses, laptop, etc. Let's be REALLY conservative and only attribute $20 to this overhead. That leaves $160 in profit. The government takes 50% of your profit, leaving you with $80 at the end of the day. You probably had to wake up at 5am, be on site at 6am, start shooting at 7am, and are home by noon or so -- 7 hours later, and you're beat for the rest of the day.
How does this sound for being a photo-machine shooting every runner you can?
If you're the cautious photographer, who would not want to shoot on a 200,000+ frame count D2x with a new shutter, not knowing what will fail when you are doing the higher paying job(s) in the future (you do have a 2nd body to shoot with, just in case, and to use during the 1-2 week downtime during a shutter repair replacement, right?) you're attributing $150, and not $50 to the cost of shooting the race by replacing the camera when the shutter dies, so that profit of $160 drops another $100, so you are at $60 a job in profit, less the government's 50%, and you are at $30 to you 7 hours later, or about $4+ an hour after taxes...
So as you use the program outlined above, look back at when you bought the camera, and with a few minutes research how many assignments you've done since then, and then divide the number of images per assignment and you'll then know what "you rented to yourself" the equipment for.
John |
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Chris Williams, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Rancho Cucamonga | CA | USA | Posted: 2:22 PM on 07.01.06 |
->> I think at last check my D200 was at over 21k and my D2H was in th 92k+ range.
Chris |
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PJ Heller, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | USA | Posted: 3:28 PM on 07.01.06 |
->> Here's another program (Mac) for finding shutter actuations:
http://homepage.mac.com/aozer/EV/index.html
There is also a way to determine actuations in Photoshop using File Info>Advanced. (Sorry, don't have details at hand but launch a photo and then scroll through the advanced settings and you should see it). |
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