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WHAT DOES SHUTTER COUNT MEAN ANDROID
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Not all shutter mechanisms are created equal. Testing shows on average how long the shutter mechanism lasts and that is the number they give us in the marketing materials when the camera is released. Like nearly everything mechanical this shutter count rating is based on the mean time before failure (MTBF). Some camera manufacturers include in the marketing information the number of shutter actuations the shutter in the camera is rated to support. Like everything mechanical that moves and is put under stress it will fail. Shutters Don’t Last ForeverĪs amazed as I am by the engineering feat of the shutter in our digital cameras, it is still a mechanical thing that moves and is therefore placed under stress every time you press that shutter button. It is incredible to me that we have engineering so competent to make these mechanical pieces move both quickly, precisely, and consistently. I am amazed the mirror and shutter curtains work at all. If you have never seen slow motion capture of a DSLR flipping the mirror up, releasing the shutter, and then flipping the mirror back down, you have to check out this excellent Inside a Camera at 10,000fps video from the Slow Mo Guys on YouTube. When you start shooting that mirror has to flip up and when you stop it flaps back down.

Same goes for shooting video using a DSLR.

Not only does that mirror flap up and back down every time the shutter button is pressed, it flaps up when you press the button to enable Live View and back down when you turn it off. In fact, this can happen even if the mechanical shutter inside your camera wasn’t actuated since digital cameras have supported Live View (when you see the scene on the back LCD) and video recording for quite some time. One shutter press makes one open and close happen.įor DSLRs this also means the mirror flaps up and down once, something that is also important to know. Kind of a funny way to word things, but that is the language used to describe the event of your pressing the shutter button on your camera that leads to the shutter inside your camera opening and closing. Let’s start by defining what we actually mean by a shutter actuation. So maybe some of you won’t find this episode very interesting, but I hope you will hear me out as to why I think shutter count matters. Now this isn’t something that will make you a better photographer. Shutter count, more specifically the shutter actuation count, is something that I think every photographer should know about.

WHAT DOES SHUTTER COUNT MEAN ANDROID

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UPDATE: This method seems to work for Nikons, but not Canons from the feedback I've received here and on another site that I'm on.Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed I read on a couple of sites that the "mean time before failure" (MTBF) for many cameras' shutter is ~150,000 to ~200,000 actuations. NOTE: That number indicates how many shutter actuations you have made on your camera as of THAT photo.

Scroll down to to where you see "Image number.".

Click on the "i" button in the Inspector window.

With that photo as your active photo, click on the "Tools" menu.

Drop/open the LAST photo you took with your camera in the Preview app.

WHAT DOES SHUTTER COUNT MEAN MAC

NOTE: This procedure assumes that the LAST photo that you took with your camera is currently on your Mac somewhere. If you have a mirrorless camera, please try it and let us know if this works for you, too. I'm assuming this may work for any DSLR camera. I was curious about getting a shutter count (i.e., actuations) for my 5-month old D500, so I did a Google search and discovered this simple procedure that Mac users can do using the Preview app.