MY SHUTTERCOUNT FOR MAC

Whereas the mechanical shutter is – you guessed right – a mechanical device that is exposed to wear when used. Electronic shutter doesn’t produce any wear and tear as no mechanical parts are moved. Of course there is the issue of “electronic” and “mechanical” shutter count. But the best I could get was “<10,000” actuations. truncated)Ĭonnecting my Canon R5 camera via USB to my MacBook Air and switching the camera on and off and on again would finally reveal some information. Canon EOS R5 shutter count in the Shuttercount application (serial no. I had tried some online shutter count sites but none worked.

MY SHUTTERCOUNT FOR MAC

One solution was to purchase the ShutterCount application for Mac OS, which I did. Searching the Internet showed that others had similar issues. Canon somehow managed to obfuscate that information and neither Windows nor Linux EXIF utilities could display the shutter count. There is also no simple way to extract that information from EXIF information of photos shot with the camera. Not only is there now way to display the total shutter count via the menu or via the “Info” button. This tiny weeny little detail turned into a major issue. So I was looking for a way to display the shutter count. You don’t usually shoot a burst of photos to capture the perfect instance of a landscape or a street view. In most cases I took it for city and landscape photography. I knew my Canon EOS R5 had a low shutter count. Compare that to the shutter rating of the Nikon D850 with a mere 200,000 shutter actuations. That is a lot even for a professional camera body. My Canon EOS R5 has an impressive shutter life of 500,000 actuations. Mechanical shutters have a maximum life expectancy that is published by the camera manufacturer. So, the first thing I thought a potential buyer of a camera might want to know is the shutter count. I tried everything to make it work but it doesn’t work for me. Yesterday I finally decided to part with my Canon gear.

My shuttercount