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I am looking at buying a used M8 and need to determine the shutter count. The seller does not know as he bought it used. The latest picture shot on the camera was assigned L9997077.jpg by the camera. I am having a hard time determining which part of this file name is the folder name and which part is the hexadecimal number that needs to be converted. Any ideas? Thanks.

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Thanks! It's great to be part of this forum! Thanks for the link. I installed the application but when I drag the file onto the open window of the application it says it is not a valid file. I am wondering what might be causing this? Perhaps the memory card was not formatted properly and has some data from before.

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Thanks Jaap! I use a Mac. I used an Exif viewer. The only data that might be relevant is the following: EXIF Version {0x9000} 0220. Is this the image id? I can't find any other field labeled image id. If so, then I presume I need to convert 220 from hexadecimal which would be 544 in decimal.

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You need to use the original file and convert from raw and save.

It is not very relevant, as any shutter problem that might arise (not very likely, but possible) is not related to shutter count. There have counts of over 300.000 reported in this forum. If the camera is clean and not worn it is unlikely to have gone past 10.000 anyway.

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...I installed the application but when I drag the file onto the open window of the application it says it is not a valid file. I am wondering what might be causing this?...

Usually caused by the fact that your jpeg file is not a original one. You need a raw file or a jpeg direct out of the camera. Feel free to send me your file to lctphot at aol dot com an i'll see what i can do.

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Usually caused by the fact that your jpeg file is not a original one. You need a raw file or a jpeg direct out of the camera. Feel free to send me your file to lctphot at aol dot com an i'll see what i can do.

 

Thanks ICT. I will email it to you. Appreciate your looking into it!! Best, Mo

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Usually caused by the fact that your jpeg file is not a original one. You need a raw file or a jpeg direct out of the camera. Feel free to send me your file to lctphot at aol dot com an i'll see what i can do.

 

Tried sending the file to your email but was bounced back by AOL.

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On the m8.2 I have I:

 

Turn the camera on.

Press the right arrow key 4 times.

Press the left arrow key 3 times.

Press the right arrow key 1 more time.

Press the info button.

Scroll down to body debug data.

Press Set.

Scroll down to NUMEXPOSURES.

 

Turn camera off to exit........

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Thank you! :)

To know the lens ID and aperture estimated by the camera:

 

Turn the camera on.

Press the right arrow key 4 times.

Press the left arrow key 3 times.

Press the right arrow key 1 more time.

Press the info button.

Scroll down to "Sensor Test".

Press Set.

Turn camera off to exit.

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Thank you! :)

To know the lens ID and aperture estimated by the camera:

 

Turn the camera on.

Press the right arrow key 4 times.

Press the left arrow key 3 times.

Press the right arrow key 1 more time.

Press the info button.

Scroll down to "Sensor Test".

Press Set.

Turn camera off to exit.

 

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