Emily, Aha! I guess I am at 19,950 or so since folder number is 100 and image number 9950 But ... when I used another card that I came from another camera the first 3 numbers were: 549-something When I formatted the card and shot the numbers were 100-9951 Interesting! TX, Andy ________________________________________ From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Emily L. Ferguson [elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 2:46 PM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: RE: Question re: shutter activations >At 2:18 AM +0000 8/30/13, Andrew Davidhazy wrote: >The numbers seem to repeat after reaching 9999 ... or am I mistaken? The numbers appear to repeat, but if you examine the card by placing it in a reader on your desktop you will see that it contains a folder with a 3-digit number on it. It takes a long time to shoot the first folder full, and if you don't reset the counter every time you replace the card, and instead allow the camera to create filenames incrementally starting at 0001 you will notice that the folder on the card has changed its name from 100 to 200. So actually shot number 9999 is something like 19,999 and the next shot is 20,000. I once understood that my Canon shutters could handle something like 300,000 actuations over their lifetime. I've never been able to beat the salt water I shoot in to get anywhere near that. -- Emily L. Ferguson mailto:elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 508-563-6822 New England landscapes, wooden boats and races http://www.landsedgephoto.com HOT OFF THE PRESS! SAILING SEPIA IMAGES VOL II: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/elfpix Check out my Spring daily photograph project at: http://tinyurl.com/3a6m7g6 And Summer: http://tinyurl.com/22juo5s Autumn now complete here: http://tinyurl.com/26pdgz9 Winter concluded here: http://tinyurl.com/2co5wkg
