Whilst using Exiftool to inspect some metadata on my raw files form my Canon EOS1DsII I discovered what I hoped is a curiosity in the shutter count data.
Between two shoots the shutter accutation count jumps by about 200,000.
The only explanation I can think of is that friend borrowed the camera and loaded his own personal settings onto the camera from a SD card. I don't think there's the slightest chance he shot 200,000 frames in the two days he borrowed the camera, but I know his normal camera may well have shot that many frames in it's lifetime.
Is it possible that the shutter count from his camera has been transferred to my camera ?
Anyone heard of this before ?
Maybe more importantly, given some dealers quote the shutter count when selling used cameras and adjust the price accordingly, is there any chance of re-establishing the correct shutter count ?
One then has to ask how much you can trust this data ?
Thanks for any insights
Paul Holman