I think it comes down to cosmetic condition and trust. You should probably pay less than the Canon refurb price of somewhere around $1200, but then again who knows when they will be available from Canon again. Even if you knew the exact actuations, it's still a crap shoot. It could go out on you the first time you click the shutter.
If it's any comfort, I don't recall reading any threads of premature 7D shutter failure. I've had mine over 18 months and am approaching 40,000 clicks. Still going strong (knock on wood). I did have a 40D shutter fail at around 30K.
msalvetti wrote:
I think it comes down to cosmetic condition and trust. You should probably pay less than the Canon refurb price of somewhere around $1200, but then again who knows when they will be available from Canon again. Even if you knew the exact actuations, it's still a crap shoot. It could go out on you the first time you click the shutter.
If it's any comfort, I don't recall reading any threads of premature 7D shutter failure. I've had mine over 18 months and am approaching 40,000 clicks. Still going strong (knock on wood). I did have a 40D shutter fail at around 30K.
These 7Ds are going for whatever asking price, these days. They're going anywhere from $1300 to $1600! Just this morning, I saw one 7D sold for $1300, in 2minutes! 2000ish clicks and over a year old. I don't think refurbs are coming back at least for a while.
Steve Park wrote:
These 7Ds are going for whatever asking price, these days. They're going anywhere from $1300 to $1600! Just this morning, I saw one 7D sold for $1300, in 2minutes! 2000ish clicks and over a year old. I don't think refurbs are coming back at least for a while.
Steve Park wrote: So, no one here has solution for the 7D shutter count?
No. Even if the shutter counter is set at continuous, the 7D reverts back to IMG_0001 after IMG_9999 and you format the card.
What I mean is if you hit IMG_9999 in the middle of a shoot, it will create a new folder and then populate that folder with IMG_0001 etc. But once you download and then format the card, the camera doesn't remember the new folder number. Only reason I know I'm approaching 40K is that my images are numbered around IMG_8000, and I know I'm on my third time around.
(If I'm missing a setting and doing something stupid, please someone let me know. Short of manually creating a new folder on the card after each format, I haven't been able to figure this out).
It's very odd someone hasn't done a Window's compatible version. I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't be as simple. If this utility is actually doing what it claims, it's just a matter of getting that same info out of the camera...
dwweiche wrote:
It's very odd someone hasn't done a Window's compatible version. I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't be as simple. If this utility is actually doing what it claims, it's just a matter of getting that same info out of the camera...
I doubt this will work. I may look the code and see what it looks like, perhaps copy it over into a little windows program and give it a shot. I'll see.
skibum5 wrote:
I doubt this will work. I may look the code and see what it looks like, perhaps copy it over into a little windows program and give it a shot. I'll see.
If successful, are you prepared for the ensuing popularity?
Look up gPhoto. You will need a unix system such as a Mac or Ubuntu Linux. You can download linux and create a bootable CD so you won't have to mess with anything on your hard drive or anything, but it will work.
DavidG. wrote:
Look up gPhoto. You will need a unix system such as a Mac or Ubuntu Linux. You can download linux and create a bootable CD so you won't have to mess with anything on your hard drive or anything, but it will work.
dwweiche wrote:
If successful, are you prepared for the ensuing popularity?
This software is gphoto2. It's not Mac software but Unix so you can run it on a Mac from the terminal Window. It's a bit of a hassle but if you really needed to use it you could create a Unix partion on a Windows box and use it there.
I've used it successfully (on a Mac) to read the shutter count on a 5D II, a 7D and a 1D IV.
