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From: NameHere on 29 May 2010 11:34
On Sat, 29 May 2010 07:27:48 -0700, jj(a)unspameljefe.net wrote:

>On Sat, 29 May 2010 15:15:41 +0200, "Lucas" <cauwels(a)xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>
>>At least the OP now knows that there IS an answer to the question, so "keep
>>on looking" may not entirely be a quest for the holy grail....
>>...maybe kidnap or blackmail a CPS-employee? Sorry, that is illegal, forget
>>the suggestion....
>
>I e-mailed a person I know at Canon. I just had the camera in to have
>the mirror re-glued. (Yeah, that again.) Here's what he wrote:
>
>"The Factory Service Center is the only group that can advise you of
>the shutter count. If you had mentioned you wanted to know, I would
>have asked while they had your camera. I can't confirm the internet
>sites and companies offering software."
>
>If I'd known I couldn't get the actuation number myself, I would have
>asked Canon to do it. Oh well.
>
>But you're right. If Canon has the means to check this, why don't they
>share it with people buying their $3000 cameras?
>
>JJ

Try putting a blank file in the root directory of your flash-memory card,
with the filename of "vers.req" or "ver.req". A simple ASCII text file with
no characters in it will suffice, renamed to either of those filenames.
That's a Q, not a G, by the way. For ver.REQ, not ver.REG. REQ for
"version.request". Then hold down a "function/set" button (or whatever
might be equivalent on your camera, then while still holding that down
press the "display" button one or more times. This works on all of Canon's
Powershot cameras to reveal firmware version, total number of shutter
releases since manufacture, and even the latest error that might have
occurred along with other information about the camera.

Then again, total number of shutter-releases is also stored in an EXIF
field of every photograph. Learn to use EXIFTool.


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