ananda Posted April 19, 2013 Share #1 Posted April 19, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) For the M 9 there is a little software here M9Info E to which one can drag a DNG file and it will tell you the no of actuations for camera file represents and other data. Does this work with the M?? Anyone have a clue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 Hi ananda, Take a look here Checking # of Actuations on M. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Jeff S Posted April 19, 2013 Share #2 Posted April 19, 2013 Better yet, maybe jdlaing, or someone, has the equivalent of this useful procedure. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted April 19, 2013 Share #3 Posted April 19, 2013 You can't They have been very crafty. The exif unique image no. is a semi-random figure produced by an algorithm that to date remains a Leica secret ..... see: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/275209-leica-m-240-image-unique-id.html#post2340890 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted April 19, 2013 Share #4 Posted April 19, 2013 Better yet, maybe jdlaing, or someone, has the equivalent of this useful procedure. Jeff Not yet. When I stumble across it I will relay the info for sure. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted April 19, 2013 Share #5 Posted April 19, 2013 Does this work with the M?? No, it does not. The MakerNotes of the M are quite different from those of the M9 or M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tanks Posted April 20, 2013 Share #6 Posted April 20, 2013 Better yet, maybe jdlaing, or someone, has the equivalent of this useful procedure. Jeff Does this procedure also work for the Monochrome? There is a store display model waiting for me at home. I'd be interested in finding out when I get back home n open the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted April 20, 2013 Share #7 Posted April 20, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Does this procedure also work for the Monochrome? There is a store display model waiting for me at home. I'd be interested in finding out when I get back home n open the box. Don't !!! It may well depress you...... it will be at the very least in the hundreds .... and probably in the thousands. My 'ex-demo as new fully refurbished' M9 had 5000 shots on the clock. There is a grey line where 'ex -display' becomes 'ex-demo' and then 'second hand'....... If you got a reasonable discount and it looks ok, I would just use it and stay ignorant of how many punters have pressed the shutter whilst dreaming of owning one .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted April 20, 2013 Share #8 Posted April 20, 2013 Staying ignorant - seems like bad advice to me. For how many actuations is the shutter rated anyway? Isn't it in the hundred thousand range? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted April 20, 2013 Share #9 Posted April 20, 2013 I would only buy from a reputable Leica dealer, with warranty, and any such dealer should be ready, willing and able to determine the number of actuations, regardless whether the camera is used, demo or whatever. I'd be wary if one couldn't. Number of actuations is not necessarily the best indicator of past use, nor the best predictor of future break-down. How one can determine the actuations on his/her own is another question. I think someone posted at one point that jdlaing's M8 procedure, linked above, worked similarly on the M9 (I could be wrong). But if so, I suspect the MM, which is basically a reworked M9, would be no different. Jeff 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 20, 2013 Share #10 Posted April 20, 2013 For the M8 and 9, the number of shutter actuations is shown in Adobe Bridge as a hexadecimal number on the file information/advanced/exif properties/image unique ID. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted April 20, 2013 Share #11 Posted April 20, 2013 The rudimentary method with a Mac computer is as follows: open image file in Preview.app open inspector mark unique image id value (double click on it) copy unique image id value (cmd + c) open calculator.app (just type "1+1" or any other mathematical formula in spotlight and hit "enter") switch view to "programmer" (cmd + 3) paste hexadecimal value from unique image id into the calculator (cmd + p) switch to decimal system (click the "10 button" on the calculator) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted April 20, 2013 Share #12 Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) Here is an example for hexadecimal 5a2 converted to decimal 5*16*16+10*16+2=1442. In webbrowser search type 0x5a2 in decimal That should show 1442 Edited April 20, 2013 by k-hawinkler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 20, 2013 Share #13 Posted April 20, 2013 Are you sure the unique image id value is still that of the number of actuations on the M240? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted April 20, 2013 Share #14 Posted April 20, 2013 Are you sure the unique image id value is still that of the number of actuations on the M240? It is not - according to some posts on this forum IIRC. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tanks Posted April 22, 2013 Share #15 Posted April 22, 2013 Don't !!! It may well depress you...... it will be at the very least in the hundreds .... and probably in the thousands. My 'ex-demo as new fully refurbished' M9 had 5000 shots on the clock. There is a grey line where 'ex -display' becomes 'ex-demo' and then 'second hand'....... If you got a reasonable discount and it looks ok, I would just use it and stay ignorant of how many punters have pressed the shutter whilst dreaming of owning one .... Well, not going to get depressed. Once I got the Monochrome set up, and took a snap, looked at the unique image id in Bridge. 0xBA, which translates to 186 actuations. Well worth the $1K discount I got from the store with full Passport, and Leica warranty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted April 22, 2013 Share #16 Posted April 22, 2013 That is delivery mileage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tanks Posted April 22, 2013 Share #17 Posted April 22, 2013 That is delivery mileage Yeah, he said that they had more than one demo/display MM, and this one was not fondled much at all. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted April 22, 2013 Share #18 Posted April 22, 2013 Well, not going to get depressed. Once I got the Monochrome set up, and took a snap, looked at the unique image id in Bridge. 0xBA, which translates to 186 actuations. Well worth the $1K discount I got from the store with full Passport, and Leica warranty. Bargain. Well done. Enjoy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 23, 2013 Share #19 Posted April 23, 2013 So no way to check # of actuations on M240? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted April 23, 2013 Share #20 Posted April 23, 2013 So no way to check # of actuations on M240? Not yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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