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Finding The Shutter Actuations Count for Canon EOS Cameras

Are you curious how many pictures you have taken? Are you thinking of selling or buying one used and you want to know how much life the shutter has left? You would think Canon would give you an easy way to figure this out. But it doesn’t. You would think you could open the EOS software and it would tell you, or some other method right on the back of the camera, but no. I don’t know about you but if I knew that I was getting close to the 250,000 rated limit (just a guess from what I have heard) on my camera I might be thinking it would be a good excuse to get a new camera. Don’t want that shutter to die on you on an important shoot, right? Some of you might be think, “Wait can’t I just look at the last number of my pictures to tell?” Yes and no, if you have taken less than 10,000 then yes, if over that – no. For some reason all cameras that I have owned always reset to zero after 10k pictures. Well I have found out that I have 23,046 pics 35,868 Live Views = Shutter count 58,914. Taking pictures while in LiveView increments the shutter count. Entering and exiting live view mode does not. With Magic Lantern to find your count, press MENU->DISP.

GoPro Unveils Its Latest Line-Up

The top model, the HERO3 Black Edition, is 30 percent smaller and 25 percent lighter than the HERO2 with a $399.99 price tag. Its image processor is twice as fast, and the camera can capture 4k video at 15 frames per second, 2.7k video at 30 frames per second.

HERO3 Black Edition

RED SCARLET Promotion just for 7,100 $

SCARLET-X W/ SIDE SSD AND LENS MOUNT (BATTLE-TESTED) camera package is the latest addition to the DSMC line, capable of capturing 5K stills and 4K motion footage. With advanced capabilities such as HDRx alongside a native 13.5 stops of dynamic range, SCARLET-X is the perfect hybrid camera for cinematographers and photographers alike. Upgrade your sensor, add modules, and embrace a system defined by Obsolescence Obsolete. Made in the USA.

$7100 instead of the regular $11,900. Scarlet Brain, Side SSD and Canon Mount.

Sneakily-Designed Camera Lens Lets You Capture Subjects Unawares

Remember that very first time you went out with your shiny new SLR, determined to shoot some Pulitzer-worthy people shots? You know, real stuff. Candid shots of people just living their lives and doing real things completely unaware that they were on camera.

GoPro Camera Survives Accidental 12,500 Foot Freefall

Are you kidding me? "Not one scratch on the body or lens," he writes. "A buddy the same day who is one of our camera flyers had the same thing happen but with his SLR... not the same result." While the skydiver admits the results would be different had the GoPro landed on concrete rather than grass, anything electronic and containing glass that survives a vertical drop in excess of two miles is pretty damn impressive. And how crazy is it that the camera fortuitously landed at such an angle as to still capture the skydivers landing?

This Gorgeous Minimal Camera Is The Camera Apple Would Make

If Apple made an iCamera, it would look like this. The Iris, a concept design by Mimi Zou, is so pared down that it doesn’t even have one button. And like Apple’s designs, this minimal approach brings some compromises. The Iris is controlled by your iris (surprise!). When you pick it up and hold it to your eye, it scans your iris and recognizes you, changing its settings to match your favorites.