Using the info button when an image is displayed, I get a number for the last image: 100-0321 (it's a quite new Canon 6D.) The next shot will be numbered 100-0322. Now, if I go back and erase, say 100-0100 through 100-0110, there will be gap in the number sequence, but the last image will still be numbered 100-0322. I think that there have been 322 actual shutter activations. This numbering will continue to 100-9999, or 9,999 actuations The next file number will be 200-0001, so there will then have been 10,000 actuations. I don't see how you can call that 20,000 actuations. That shouldn't happen until you've passed 200-9999. The 19,950 actuation mark should translate to an image number 200-9950. Best, Roger Sent from my iPad On Aug 30, 2013, at 3:28 PM, "Andrew Davidhazy" <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 >
