That is what I meant ... off by a folder?
And the reason was not that I wanted to know but that someone out in cyberspace wanted to know and asked me and I did not know and so decided to ask the experts here so when I resent the info to her I would be perceived as an expert (giving credit to the source of course)
cheerio,
Andy
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Subject: Re: Question re: shutter activations
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
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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
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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.
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