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Shutter Activations for MkII program..??
JohnPaul Greco, Photographer, Assistant
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Milwaukee | WI | USA | Posted: 5:40 PM on 03.30.07 |
->> Hi there everyone,.. I have been trying to find the program that shows how many clicks / activations are on the shutters of my MkII bodies...which I am hoping to sell soon..for 2K each..
Oh,..and I have a Mac computer if that makes any difference..
I have done a search for this, but came up with programs that didn't work for some goofy reason..
Any help is appreciated! :-)
JP |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 5:42 PM on 03.30.07 |
->> I'm told Photo Mechanic can do it. I don't know PM so I can't give you a step-by-step but do a search in the threads and it will be there. I saw it about 5 months ago.
Phil |
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Wade Barker, Student/Intern, Photographer
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College Station | TX | USA | Posted: 6:39 PM on 03.30.07 |
->> The program above is PC only. This free program for mac works fine for me:
http://homepage.mac.com/aozer/EV/ |
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Robert Hanashiro, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | | Posted: 6:41 PM on 03.30.07 |
->> Edit menu of PM > Set Info Text > Type in {act} OR {actuations} > Click the "Set" button.
Fini
Mahalo. |
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JohnPaul Greco, Photographer, Assistant
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Milwaukee | WI | USA | Posted: 11:38 PM on 03.30.07 |
->> Thank you Wade!! That was that was exactly what I was looking for! :-) Thanks everyone else for the effort! :-) Too bad I don't have PM.. :-(
Here were the results:
My "K" file body = Camera Actuations: 26580
My "L" file body = Camera Actuations: 36362
Yeppers,...they don't get as much use as I used to put them through..
BTW,.the files on both cameras are different.. one begins with a K, the other begins with an L.. I'm not sure as to why,..but at least I can keep their files separate, and in the same folder without over lapping the same file names.. :-) (all the more reason to buy them both from me..) :-)
Ok.. now tomorrow I am shooting pics of them and they will go on the market.. :-)
JP |
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Marie Hughes, Photographer
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Fremont | CA | USA | Posted: 12:24 AM on 03.31.07 |
->> Speaking of shutter activations, how much does having a high number impact resale value? I'm trying to sell my 1DMarkII in preparation for getting a MarkIII and I'm having trouble figuring out how much to ask given that my activation number is around 300,000.
(I tried to start a separate thread about this but had technical difficulties.) |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 12:27 AM on 03.31.07 |
->> Canon advertises 200,000 activations for the 1D MKII I believe, so you're hitting the ceiling...
Phil |
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Wade Barker, Student/Intern, Photographer
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College Station | TX | USA | Posted: 4:20 AM on 03.31.07 |
| ->> I would think that if you have 300k actuations, it might be worth going ahead and replacing the shutter before selling or you have to realize the buyer will have to have it done when pricing it. At 300k, it could blow at any moment. |
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Nathan Shanahan, Photographer
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Tokyo | Tokyo | Japan | Posted: 5:46 AM on 03.31.07 |
| ->> Is anyone aware if when the shutter on the camera is replaced if the actuations is reset? I had a shutter on my MKII blow out a few months after first purchacing it so think my count of 186,000 might be a little over. |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 11:32 AM on 03.31.07 |
->> Steve,
I loaded both the pro version and free version of Opanda, and I do not see where it gives the actuations.
Phil |
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Brian Westerholt, Photographer
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Kannapolis | NC | USA | Posted: 7:44 AM on 04.01.07 |
| ->> I tried the {act} method described above by the Big Kahuna, but it doesn't work for the Mark II N. |
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Brian Westerholt, Photographer
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Kannapolis | NC | USA | Posted: 7:49 AM on 04.01.07 |
| ->> I take that last post back - the file I opened was a 1D file, and it did not show the accuations. |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 8:29 AM on 04.01.07 |
->> I too tried Roberts {act} method in PM, but it isn't working. I'm running PM 4.3.8 on a Mac. I have both 1D files and Mark IIn files, neither if which are showing the actuations. The word "actuationts" shows up in the file info next to the image, but so does {act}, instead of the value. Any ideas on what is wrong?
-sM |
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Primoz Jeroncic, Photographer
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Kranj | SI | Slovenia | Posted: 9:19 AM on 04.01.07 |
->> PM does work for 1d, 1dmk2 and 1dmk2n. But it might be some information is missing once file is edited in Photoshop for example.
And just for info... {actuations} have to be used with { and "closed" with } This {} defines variable in PM. Personally I have this line in Set Info text:
Actuations #: {actuations}
and this gives following result in image info:
Actuations #: 67034
But as I said... it looks like this info is missing once file is edited in PS. No idea why. |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 9:58 AM on 04.01.07 |
->> Still not working in PM. I added the exact line from Primoz's post above, hit set and then closed PM and reopened. I tried looking at an un-edited photo, but i actually get this in my info box next to my photo "Actuations #: {actuations}"
Any ideas?
-sM |
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Roland Simmons, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 12:45 PM on 04.01.07 |
->> I have the same version of PM as Stew and get the same results on my mac using an unedited image from a 1D. I just downloaded one of the free programs listed above and it's showing less than 55,000 actuations on the 1D.
With my 20D and 30D I am seeing "actuation counter" and "actuation multiplier". How do I read that? The 20D is showing these numbers..........
Actuation Counter: 192
Actuation Multiplier: 43293 |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 12:58 PM on 04.01.07 |
->> Roland,
WHICH free program? I tried Opanda and saw nothing about actuations. I'm assuming you did the Mac program??
Phil |
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Corey Perrine, Photographer
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Roland Simmons, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 1:05 PM on 04.01.07 |
->> Phil,
Yeah, I'm using the Mac program. http://homepage.mac.com/aozer/EV/
I will try the opanda program on my PC later to see if I can find the actuations. |
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Todd Spoth, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 3:21 PM on 04.01.07 |
->> ill echo the above. the freeware mac programs work like a charm. i have had iexif by opanda for a while and have never seen any actuation counter and I was also unsucessful with Robert's method in PM.
if there is a freeware program for use with PC that would be great as i am a multi-platformer.
70K+ on one of my n's :/ |
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Marie Hughes, Photographer
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Fremont | CA | USA | Posted: 7:31 PM on 04.01.07 |
->> Nathan- when Canon replaced my shutter with over 150,000 actuations, the camera came back and the actuations number was around 22,000. Weird. I figured it'd either not be reset or would be reset to 0.
Someone bought my camera within the last hour of the auction so the shutter point is moot. I was thinking I'd have to re-list it at a lower price. I wish there was a "Canon-care" just like Apple Care that you could buy when you are selling old equipment. It would give the buyer peace of mind.
My experience with shutters is that some blow early and some just go on and on. So the only thing the actuations tells you is who will be paying for your new shutter if it blows -- you or Canon. |
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Jack Nevitt, Photographer
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Woodbridge | Va | USA | Posted: 9:46 PM on 08.22.08 |
| ->> Thanks the Mac program works great! |
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Daniel Putz, Photographer
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Jefferson | MD | USA | Posted: 10:55 PM on 08.22.08 |
->> Is having 1.2 million actuations on a 30D (2nd shutter) a problem?
(said in jest, but I have no idea how that number is so high when viewed through PM) |
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