~$ gphoto2 -get-config=/main/status/shuttercounterĬapture an image and download it to the computer This command is only a fragment of capabilities offered by gphoto2 which has nice tethered shooting capabilities.
Once the black command-line window opens, type the following commands: Once you're in Fedora, click on "Applications" in the upper-left corner-choose to "Search" for TERMINAL.
Restart your computer and choose to boot from USB or CD/DVD drive (whichever install method you chose)-Fedora15 will load. When complete, put the CD/DVD back in your optical drive, and restart your computer.Ĥ.
Choose the FedoraXX.ISO file from the location it was saved to. Install and run IMGburn-choose the icon for burning an image to disc. If you don't already have an application to burn image files, download the freeware program IMGburn. You'll need to burn the FedoraXX.ISO file to a CD or DVD. Skip this step if you created a "LiveCD" with an external drive. Choose the drive Persistent Storage size available to use within Linux (100mb-200mb is more than sufficient), and click Create Live USB-prepare to wait 5-10 minutes.ģ. Browse for the downloaded Fedora15.ISO file, then choose the Target Device (usb/pen/flash/hard-drive) to write the Linux OS to. Run the Liveusb-creator executable file, install, navigate to the "LiveUSB" folder in your applications (Start->All Programs->LiveUSB creator), right click on the "LiveUSB creator" app, and choose "Run as administrator". Plug an external drive (Hard Drive or USB stick) into your USB port. If you want to create a bootable USB "LiveCD", download Liveusb-creator, otherwise skip to next step. In this example, the file has been renamed Fedora15.ISO.Ģ.
Download Fedora (current version: 17) desktop edition environment (64-bit or 32-bit) ISO file: rg/en/get-fedora-options In this example, I'll be referencing Fedora, but other versions of Linux will work as well-install procedures will vary.ġ. This is my no-frills attempt at a walkthrough-anyone running Windows XP or later can do this.
So, lots of people asking how to get the shuttercount of a 7D, T2i, or 60D body. The confirmed working Canon bodies are as follows: 7D, 5D2, 1D2, T2i, 50Dīodies that fail to provide a reading include: none found so far *NOTE: this is a tutorial for WINDOWS users only* Reported compatibility with the 5D2, but it is confirmed not to be accurate with this model
EDIT: EOSinfo (astrojargon) is a free utility that has been updated to read a number of Digic3/4 bodies (excluding the 7D, all 1D series), and is free. Pictures are taken when the camera is connected directly to a computer (without a flash card inside).EDIT: now charges $1.50 per shutter reading, and does not work for reading my 7d, so it appears that this method is the ONLY guaranteed way to pull the shutter count off a 7D body (and possibly others).The perceived shutter count is 2001, whereas the real shutter count is 9001. The next picture file written by a camera like Canon 5D Mark II will be IMG_2001.JPG. This results in a much lower perceived shutter count than the true shutter count.įor example, let's say the filename is edited from IMG_9000.JPG to IMG_2000.JPG. Some cameras, such as the Canon 5D Mark II, will use the card filename to construct the name for the next picture. The file name is edited to lower the numerical suffix. If a blank flash card is inserted afterwards, some cameras like the Canon 60D will continue previous filename numbering for example, will write file IMG_4102.JPG when shutter count is 3752.
The shutter count in this case will be only 3751. If a new flash card is inserted with a file IMG_4100.JPG, then the next picture taken with the camera will be written under IMG_4101.JPG. The numbering then continues with this higher suffix.įor example, if the last file written by the camera was IMG_3750.JPG, this indicates that the shutter count is 3750.