![]() ![]() (Hopefully “mij” won’t mind?!?)Īt first I was hesitant to download a random. zip file in a public Google Drive folder for posterity sake. zip file here, and I’ve also placed the same downloadable. USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK! You can download the original. More than five years ago user “mij” published a very straight-forward free-to-use piece of software he called Shutter Counter and posted it for free download on the photography-on-the-net digital photography forums. ![]() The simplest FREE option I’ve found for getting an accurate count of shutter actuations for a Canon EOS DSLR on a Mac computer was buried deep in a photography forum posted in 2013. That’s right - 90,500 shutter actuations on my Canon 7D! I told you it was war-torn, but still captures images like the day it was unboxed (or close to it, at least). It took a solid three hours to find what I was looking for, but here we are victorious! I remembered in years past facing this same dilemma, and I also remembered that a free solution did in fact exist somewhere on the bowels of the internet. I haven’t tested it, so I’m not linking to either option here. Shutter Counter cost $3.99 in the App Store. Note that Free Shutter Counter claims to be free, but requires you to purchase a license after downloading to view an accurate shutter count - not cool. There are many ways to find the shutter count for Canon EOS cameras on an Apple computer…īased on my initial online searches, it seemed the easiest options were paid programs downloadable from Apple’s app store or online, such as Shutter Count and Free Shutter Counter, along with some others. I recently came across this issue (once again) when trying to unearth a free and easy way to get the shutter count for my war-torn Canon 7D, which has been battle tested on the front lines of wild fires, rowdy concerts, and breaking news scenes since I purchased it new in 2010. Canon does not include shutter count information in. Unlike Nikon cameras that include shutter count info in an image’s EXIF data, it’s hard if not (nearly!) impossible to easily find shutter actuations on Canon DSLR models such as 5D, 7D, 6D, and just about every other “D” model in existence. I know I bought it early, but not that early.This has nothing to do with traveling except that my 7D has long been a travel companion. It displayed the serial number for my Canon 5d Mark iii as 5. They now want a $1.59 to read your camera and tell you the number of shutter actuations. It only works with Internet Explorer on a Windows Machine. installs an ActiveX control on your computer.This also didn’t work for my Canon 7d or Canon 5d Mark iii. There is a more recent version of this program called EOSInfo from that is available for Windows only.That didn’t work for my Canon 5d Mark iii or 7d. I downloaded a Mac program called 40DShutterCount.I started my search for software and websites that could read the shutter actuations off of the camera. Your Canon DSLR should have come with USB to mini USB cable to connect to your computer. In order to get the shutter count on Canon DSLRs, the camera needs to be connected to your computer through the computer’s USB port.Uploading an image file to websites such as also doesn’t work. The File Info selection in the File Menu in Photoshop has a lot of good information, but not the shutter actuations. So, using Show Inspector (Control I) in Mac preview does no good. Unlike Nikon, Canon does not expose the number of shutter actuations in the camera EXIF data.First, here are some of the truths that I found out So, did I really find out how to check the number of shutter actuations / counts on my Canon 7d and Canon 5d Mark iii? Did I do it on a Mac? Yep, I sure did. It is also important to know the number of shutter actuations when buying or selling a used DSLR. The Canon 7d and 5d Mark III are both rated for 150,000 actuations. Each camera is rated for a certain number of shutter actuations. Knowing the number of shutter actuations on your can be important. I searched dozens of message boards, read blogs, downloaded software, uploaded photos to websites, and played in the Mac terminal program. After spending ½ a day researching and trying to find the shutter actuations for my Canon 7d and Canon 5d Mark iii DSLRs, I decided to write a blog post about what I learned. ![]()
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