Canon is well known for not allowing easy access to a camera's total shutter click count. Apparently other manufacturers are not so guarded. I use Canon cameras, so what to do?
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A quick search using the Force (google) revealed several methods. • is a for (small) pay website • is free, but can't report some DSLR shutter counts (including the 7D) • + is an Open Source Software solution that might drive some people nuts You can probably guess which approach I took. Yes, it was the Linux + gPhoto2 approach. To be completely honest, I tried EOSInfo first. It gave a correct count when I connected a 5D MkII, but it did nothing for a 7D. This is why I turned to Linux and gPhoto2. My recipe for getting at the 7D's shutter count and confirming the 5D MkII's shutter count is as follows - • Linux • Installed on a 4 gig USB stick using • HP Pavilion dv7 booted to Linux • installed from a terminal command line 'sudo apt-get install gphoto2' • USB connect a camera to the computer • Turn on the camera • Open a terminal to access a command line interface • Type 'gphoto2 --get-config /main/status/shuttercounter' to read the shutter count I experienced two wrinkles, both having to do with being unable to lock the port or finding the port in use by another program.
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