{"id":61,"date":"2014-10-08T12:35:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T12:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tech.shinynewthings.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2014-10-08T12:35:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T12:35:15","slug":"get-shutter-actuations-from-a-dslr-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech.shinynewthings.com\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Get Shutter Actuations from a DSLR Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found it very frustrating that Canon did not provide a free app or in camera feature to handle this simple task. In comes an open source project called gPHoto2.<\/p>\n

“gPhoto2 is a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital camera software applications for Unix-like systems, written by a whole team of dedicated volunteers around the world. It supports more than 1800 cameras.”<\/p>\n

The installation process is fairly simple if HomeBrew is installed, so make sure you have that installed. HomeBrew will take care of installing gPhoto2’s required dependencies.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/brew.sh\/<\/p>\n

Open Terminal and run the following command.<\/p>\n

ruby -e \"$(curl -fsSL https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/Homebrew\/install\/master\/install)\"<\/code><\/p>\n

Once HomeBrew is installed, plug in your camera via USB and turn it on.<\/p>\n

In Terminal, run the following command. This will take a few minutes.<\/p>\n

brew install gphoto2; killall PTPCamera; gphoto2 --get-config \/main\/status\/shuttercounter;<\/code><\/p>\n

When the process completes, you should see something like the following.<\/p>\n

Label: Shutter Counter
\nType: TEXT
\nCurrent: 874<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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