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    Well ... I don't know about Cannon, but with my Nikon D70, if I
use "exiftool" (a unix based program) to look at the exif data in the
last image downloaded from the CF cards, I find the following line:

    Shutter Count                   : 5495

and the shot just before it show up with the appropriate value of
"5494", so it seems to be counting shutter cycles.

    There may or may not be a similar bit of data stored in the
Cannon's EXIF data -- but you may need some tool other than whatever
came with the camera to see it.

    "exiftool" happens to be a perl program, and there is a (free)
perl interpreter for Windows boxen, so you have a chance of being able
to run it.  "exiftool" is also free software, as is common in the unix
world.  And it certainly shows me more information than the "Picture
Project" package shipped with the D70 does.

    I would expect a certain number of shutter operations even in a
brand new camera, as it certainly was tested in the factory before it
was shipped.  But if it gets into three digits, that is a different
problem.

    Good Luck,
        DoN.

   

I thought about that, however, it picked up the numbering off the CF Card
last used in my 300D.

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Rob