I think it all depends on the manufacturing process and we cannot draw a
rule for all cameras. Sure (most if not all) digital cameras count actual
shutter actuations, irrespectively of the number shown in file name.
However, it is possble the shutter was fired repeatedly on a bench before
being combined with camera electronics, so I wouldn't be surprised if a
certain camera shows say 500 actuations when new (and featuring IMGP0001 at
first 'public' shot) while another camera model shows 1 actuations for
IMGP0001 file.
Dario
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From: Bipin Gupta
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 7:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: This is stupefying.
Thanks Dario for your explanation which is: "When you buy a new
camera, whose files are numbered starting from IMGP0001 or the like,
you buy a shutter who has already fired a few hundred times.
That's part of the manufacturing/testing process. So in case your K20D wrote
files starting from IMGP0001 but a dedicated software revealed 600 shutter
cycles, that perfectly normal. On the contrary if your K20D was already
showing IMGP0600 from the start, that's odd".
The K20D read 625 actuations from the very first photo numbered
IMGP0001 - bought from B&H in April 2009. Your logic for a new camera
registering a shutter count of IMGP0625 as odd, which my K20D did not,
may explain things quite clearly now.
But the K-5 bought from Henrys of Toronto in January 2013 had a
shutter count of just (1) from the very first photo - IMGP0001. As per
the same logic it means a) the camera was not tested by Pentax-Ricoh
QC or b) the shutter was fired in the QC test, but reset to (0) -
Zero.
And yes a K-5 II or IIs can only be manufactured by Pentax-Ricoh and
not Pentax-Hoya. I stand corrected. Thanks. Brain fag Dario, I think I
must start eating almonds.
Regards.
Bipin.
PS: PDMLer Friends - do be cautious of Amazon Re-sellers or evilbay
purchases. My friend got fake Gillette Mach-3 shaving blades. I got a
fake Hoya UV Filter. Many folks complained of fake San Disk SDHC
cards.
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