For the EOS Canon users. You can see how many times the shutter actuated using a hex editor and a RAW file.
Tools needed:
- Hex Editor (XVI32 Preferred You can download it
here FOR FREE!)
- RAW Image file from your camera
Baiscly what your doing is getting the number located at 95D and 95E and converting it from HEX to DECIMAL. If you do not know exactly how to do this. I will show you below
Step By Step Documentation using Xvi32.
1.) Load Xvi32
2.) Go to Tools>Options>Data Inspector (it's a TAB)
3.) Click "big-endian (MOTOROLA)"
4.) Click "OK" Button to exit out of the options
5.) Go to File>Open>"CHOOSE YOUR RAW IMAGE FILE" then click open
6.) Go to Address>Goto (Or CTRL+G)
7.) Click "Hexadecimal" then TYPE "95D" into the box below
8.) Click "OK"
9.) Then go to TOOLS>
DECODE NUMBER
10.) LOOK at "XX XX As Word" (XX Being your numbers located in 95D,E).
11.) The number next to it is your Actuation number.
Here is an example of one of my images
So this is telling me that I took 6149 Pictures.
Note: If you see two sets of Numbers @ 95D+95E don't assume it's that the actuations has it's in HEXADECIMAL and has to be converted to DECIMAL!! CONVERT!
Also I do not know how to do this on other cameras besides the 20D, 30D.
I assume it's on the EOS Series cameras. Not sure about any other.