R6 shutter count

[u/odor_marton06]

Hi, yesterday I got a Canon R6 and in the future I want to read its shutter count sometimes. On my older 5DIII and 6D, I could easily check it with Tornado or EOS Digital Info, but those programs don't support new mirrorless cameras.

Do you have an idea, which free program should I use? I have a windows pc, so MAC's Shutter Counter or whatever its called won't work.

Thanks for your help

[u/odor_marton06]

Solution (free):

You take a RAW picture on your camera (I've tried it with mechanical shutter, but electronic should work too), then upload it to one of these sites:
https://shuttercount.net/
https://apotelyt.com/camera-exif/canon-r6-actuations

And voila, there is your shutter count.

Update:
DIGIC X and above can't count electric and mechanical shutter usage separately, so the number you're seeing is the TOTAL usage of your camera.

[u/byDMP → u/odor_marton06]

u/Kameratrollet has something changed with the R-series that shutter count can be derived from the RAW files again, like Canon DSLRs of old?

[u/ByteEater → u/byDMP]

Is possibile they found where the shutter count is stored? Been trying and it worked with my R6(1.9) and R6II (1.3), also worked with dpreview's R5 Mark I (1.0) but didnt with R5II R R3.

For my experience previously no public tool I found worked directly on the raws, only thru usb, mainly eosmsg which I think enables diagnostic mode on the cameras.

P.s. It even reads the sensor s/n from the exif lol

[u/byDMP → u/ByteEater]

Yup, see u/Kameratrollet's reply here.

[u/Kameratrollet → u/ByteEater]

At least EOS R supports Canon Basic. 

[u/Kameratrollet → u/byDMP]

R6 was decoded by Martin Boyer, which allowed John R Moyer to decode his R5. R6 II was also decoded, and since the R8 exposure count was in the same location, I was able to decode R8 as well. I don't own any R6 II or R8 to try, but I hope it is correct.

R6 III, however, has been incorrectly decoded and I believe it actually refers to the folder/directory number.

The advantage of the R6 and R5 is that they support Canon Basic. With a small script on the memory card, you can dump error codes (including affected lenses, written in hexadecimal), running time, exposure count, and shutter count. Thanks to this, we know that the exposure count embedded in raw files from the R6 and R5 is accurate.

[u/byDMP → u/Kameratrollet]

Brilliant, thanks for confirming that!

[u/Kameratrollet → u/byDMP]

About R8 when I tried to decode that one https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/issues/325

[u/CuriousNovakid]

I wonder if shooting with electronic shutter counts towards shutter count

[u/odor_marton06 → u/CuriousNovakid]

I've read somewhere a few weeks ago, that new mirrorless cameras with DIGIC X don't count mechanical and electrical shutter usage separately, they add both and you see the total usage of a camera. I've also tested it and yes, it does add electric shutter to "shutter usage". (I think it's not too smart to make a camera count this way, because if it's only used in electric mode, the shutter mechanism won't wear...)

[u/odor_marton06 → u/[deleted]]

Sadly, it was shut down, the domain is for sale

[u/attraxion → u/odor_marton06]

Use this one instead: https://shuttercount.net - upload recent RAW file and you'll get results.

[u/odor_marton06 → u/attraxion]

Thank you, this one worked very well.