Shutter actuations for Canon 1Ds Mk III

[moisote]

How can I determine the total number of shutter actuations for my 1Ds Mk III ?  Does it really require getting some specialty software ?

[ebiggs1]

It is reporting my File Index as 342 also.

[Peter]

Thanks, I got the same with the 1D III. Same file nr as shutter count nr. But the 1Ds III had a difference. That´s why I wanted to check here with somebody with another 1D III/1Ds III.

[Aldente]

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@michaelPH46 wrote:

Every where I searched I got incorrect advice from everyone. Seems people like to hear themselves talk when they cannot answer factually and accurately. If you want the shutter count on a canon eos 1ds mark 3, go to this site. I got an accurate count there.  http://shuttercounter.com/

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Regret to inform you, but you're severely misinformed and/or lead others down the wrong path, as the so-called EXIF at mentioned by you website produces a generic info I managed to get from a free picture viewer program I own -- pretty much down to a single letter and word order. At first, yes, it looks impressive, spitting out an endless array of semi-pertinent stuff, but an accurate shutter counter -- not a  chance!

It gave me a number of actuations of 5025 -- exactly the same number as the image number submitted: IMG_5025.

So, basically it's the number of the image since the image counter reached its maximum of 9999 and then reset itself to zero and NOT a number of actuations from the camera's day 1.

To prove my point, my 1D MkIII 2 years ago was checked by Canon and verified as having over 48K actuations. TWO years ago - and that's about 20+K actuations less than today in 2016, so I believe I made my point..

So, with due respect, if I were you, I'd abstain from making unverified /unconfirmable statements, dispensed as an iron-handed veritas of the last hierarchy.

Merry X-mas....

[Hunterphoto]

I donot understand why anyone should be upset.  I have done this check several  times over the last few years years.  My shutter count has not been going up. Instead it has been going down!! LOL

Actually i would think an easy mistake to make as i did it as well, but then could not figure out why the numbers were different, and if my camera had developed a problem or the first local  "Canon repair shop"   gave me a bad count, because dealer repairman  number two, had  said camera had to be sent to New York to get a count from the US Canon distributor. 

Sometime in 2007 to 2012, there was a local area  "Canon repair shop" or so they said, who without sending the camera anywhere, gave me a shutter count of 60,000 or so.* They cleaned the dust, et al, and did a great job for a relatievely small sum of money.* 

* I can not remember their name,  the exact date, the exact shutter count (that they gave me), the exact cost of the service, after the years since the work but they are no longer around. 

Another dealer later cleaned the camera but said there was no way that anybody  could determine the shutter number on a 1DS mk ii or mkiii without sending it to Canon distributor in NY. 

I had acquired a second hand Markiii by then, but still used the mark ii as well. However, as some know, the Ds ii was a big time dust bunny and i was too concerned about damaging the sensor to do anything more than blow the dirt and dust with a manual squeeze blower.  Swabing struck me as a good way to scratch the sensor with my lack of proper training. 

Why does not Canon make the software generally available to everyone, including their dealers?

[ebiggs1]

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