Canon 5d4 Shutter Count software - found at last

[Mystery57]

Finally I have been able to get a shutter count from my 5d4.

The software I used which was free (I have no connection with the software company) was

Tornado Shutter Counter - Shutter, Mirror, Errors Counter Viewer for Canon and Nikon Cameras

tornadosw.com

 

[drounding]

Thanks for posting - I was also looking for something that could read counts as well.

 

[CavGez]

Looks like Russian company. Make of that what you will.

 

[drounding]

Looks like. Russian company. Make of that what you will.

True - there is a risk. Are there any other options for the 5D4 though?

 

[Mystery57]

Exactly I have tried numerous and they refused to work with the camera. Once you have done your check you can zap the software and run your virus checker if you wish

 

[Dave Canon]

This triggered me to check mine out of interest but easy as I only need to look a the original image number set by the camera. It was around 6,400 and the 5D4 is just under 5 years old. It ceased to be my main camera about 12 months ago so not used much now. In order to check this number, I decided to look at the files in my Raw back up on my NAS. It was then I noticed that there were no back-ups after the end of November 2021. I then discovered that in LR the tick box for backing up was no longer ticked. I suspect that this happened during an update and was unknown to me so I am glad to have spotted this and corrected.

Dave

 

[Mystery57]

From memory the camera resets after 9999 images, so this software confirmation is quite useful once over that figure of shots

 

[Dave Canon]

From memory the camera resets after 9999 images, so this software confirmation is quite useful once over that figure of shots

This is true but I had not taken that many frames. My earlier 5D2 went back to zero but was traded in for the 5D4. I still have my old EOS 20D which had gone round the clock but it was converted to IR many years ago and I still use it occasionally.

Dave

 

[Mystery57]

This is true but I had not taken that many frames. My earlier 5D2 went back to zero but was traded in for the 5D4. I still have my old EOS 20D which had gone round the clock but it was converted to IR many years ago and I still use it occasionally.

Dave

Its funny I tend to use my other camera mainly keeping my 5d4 for the special occasions when I want something of higher quality - I was expecting my count to be about 35,000 but it wasnt half of that which when I think of it is realistic. Now I'm moving to a R6, I might get rid of the 5d4, not totally sure yet. I love the camera and its so easy to use I just dont know

 

[ST1]

True - there is a risk. Are there any other options for the 5D4 though?

There's this

Release Notes — ShutterCount Mobile

 

[bovey9]

With the DSLR the shutter count was so helpful in working out how much use a camera had . Now with mirrorless things have changed. My A9 has a shutter count of 19k but if I was to guess I would say I have taken around 250k photos with it.