is there an exposure counter on the M8 that countsall the exposures?

[maddav]

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Hi,

 

Is there such a thing as an exposure counter on the M8 that counts all the shots since the birth of the camera? Very much like the display in a car showing the total mileage...

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[Chuck Hatcher]

Hi,

 

Is there such a thing as an exposure counter on the M8 that counts all the shots since the birth of the camera? Very much like the display in a car showing the total mileage...

 

Yes, there does appear to be such a counter. I am not aware of any documented method to display it on the camera, but it is included in the EXIF information of every image. In Photoshop CS2 you can find it under File Info, Advanced, EXIF Properties, exif:ImageUniqueID. It is in hexadecimal format so you may need to convert it to decimal.

[cbretteville]

Chuck is correct. Unique file ID is a goo indicator. It will have a slightly higher number than what you've shot as some shutter actuations were done as part of the QA process at Leica. (mine is high by about 25). To get the number from hexadecimal to decimal notation open google.com and ask google to convert the number for you. Just type - in the search box - "0x00000000000a in decimal" where "0x00000000000a" is the number from the advanced file info page Chuck mentioned, then press [Enter]. Voila: Google comes back with:

 

0x00000000000a = 10

Make sure the hexadecimal number starts with "0x". This is needed to tell google the number is in hexadecimal notation.

 

- C

[cbretteville]

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[Shootist]

Chuck is correct. Unique file ID is a goo indicator. It will have a slightly higher number than what you've shot as some shutter actuations were done as part of the QA process at Leica. (mine is high by about 25). To get the number from hexadecimal to decimal notation open google.com and ask google to convert the number for you. Just type - in the search box - "0x00000000000a in decimal" where "0x00000000000a" is the number from the advanced file info page Chuck mentioned, then press [Enter]. Voila: Google comes back with:

 

Make sure the hexadecimal number starts with "0x". This is needed to tell google the number is in hexadecimal notation.

 

- C

 

No need to use google, if you use Windows. Just open Calc in scientific mode and tick the HEX dot, type in the last 2-3 digits of the IU-ID and then tick the Dec dot.

If your on a Mac then there must be a calculator program included and have a scientific mode.