

Thanks for this info as I am trying to find a way to know what the shutter count is on my 7D for a while.Not familiar with doing stuff with terminal. most of the techniques didn't work except this one. I searched the web to know how to get actual shutter count. I bought brand new camera but my image count started from 8000+. But I was just wondering why after taking several photos again then rerunning the command again, it still gave the same number. Hi, I tried the command for getting shutter count on my 7d which successfully gave 'Current:16'. this doesnt read to me as though it will work for a simple person like me working with windows and just trying to find a way to give out info when selling my camera. Great article - sounds like you are one of the few people have found a way to get this shutter count for a canon eos 7d. If you have Homebrew installed, you can install it easily via the terminal by running

As it is written for Unix-like systems it can be compiled for OS X very easily. gPhoto2 is a free open-source tool which supports more than 1300 cameras. For my Canon EOS 7D this can be done very easily using gPhoto2. If you own a Digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera you might want to read out the shutter count. How To Find Shutter Count On Canon For Mac
