how to see counter shutter on Olympus E500

[claymore]

Hi ! i'm newbie
i buy a DSLR Olympus E500 and how to see counter shutter on that camera
view it on menu or by special software
thanks for view this topic

[Cicak]

Originally Posted by claymore Hi ! i'm newbie i buy a DSLR Olympus E500 and how to see counter shutter on that camera view it on menu or by special software thanks for view this topic

try this

1. press "Play+Ok" for E-500 or press "Menu+Ok" for E-510

2. press the following button in order "up" "down" "left" "right" on the dial

3. fully press the shutter release button

4. press "up" on the dial

5. press "right" to page 2

page2
R: 00XXXXXX mean shutter release count
S: 00XXXXXX flash
M: 00XXXXXX pixel map count
U: 00XXXXXX ultrasonic wave count

works on 410 and 510.. but different display

[holidaydom]

Exact sequence is as detailed below:

> Turn camera on
> Open memory card door
> Press Play and OK together
> Press up down left and right
> Press shutter button
> Press up
> Press right

> R = Shutter Count

[Cicak]

Originally Posted by holidaydom Exact sequence is as detailed below: > Turn camera on > Open memory card door > Press Play and OK together > Press up down left and right > Press shutter button > Press up > Press right > R = Shutter Count

sorry forgot about
> Turn camera on
> Open memory card door

[holidaydom]

Originally Posted by Cicak sorry forgot about > Turn camera on > Open memory card door

No worries man, I wasn't actually correcting you, just filling in the key point of having to open the memory card door.

[Orange13]

Thank you very much for that key point about opening the card door.
It wasn't working right at all for me without that... :-)

[crustacea]

Anyone knows that's the max shutter count that the E-500 can take???

[Mikefellh]

Of course your millage may vary, but it's rumoured to supposed to last 50,000 activations (there's nothing official, but that's the number that's been thrown about). In reality some people have been starting to see problems at 30,000 (a black frame once in a while).

The maximum count the "odometer" can read though is 899*9999 images, or 8,989,101 images.

[drakon09]

I thought the official number was 30,000 actuations?

That was the lifespan specced for the E-300.

[crustacea]

uh oh.....i hitting the 13,000 mark already...die...

[Kid Shotter]

I am almost 20k on E300 now but still going strong

[Num3ga]

Useful to check how many shutter counts and inbuilt flash fires etc.

Thanks to Andrzej Wrotniak of wrotniak.net

How to display the info pages of your Olympus 4/3rds camera

Open the CF card door. (This can be done with the camera on.) If the camera is off, turn it on with the On/Off switch. The "Card-Cover Open" message will appear on the camera's LCD monitor.

Simultaneously press the following two buttons:

- E-1, E-300, E-500: Press the [>] (play) and "OK" buttons.
- E-330: Simultaneously press the "Menu" and "OK" buttons.

On the E-1, the firmware version of the camera and attached lens and flash will be displayed on the camera's LCD monitor.


If you're using an E-300, E-500 E-510 or E-330, the camera model name will be displayed.

Press: Up, Down, Left, Right, Shutter.

Use the navigation buttons to display the desired info page:

- Up – display Page 1
- Right – display Page 2
- Down – display Page 3
- Left – diagnostic display

To return to normal camera operation shut the CF card door.

Here is what each info page contains:

E-1 Page 1 (up)
MU – unknown
MB – unknown
M3 – unknown
SL – unknown
L – lens code
1000 = ZD 11-22mm and Sigma 18-50mm
1002 = ZD 14-45mm
1003 = ZD 7-14mm
1004 = Sigma 55-200mm
1007 = ZD 150mm
1008 = ZD 50mm and 300mm
1100 = ZD 14-54mm, 50-200mm and EC-14 (by itself)
1101 = ZD 40-150mm
F – flash code
1003 = FL-36
1005 = FL-50

E-500 Page 1 (up)
B – unknown
U – unknown
C – unknown
A – unknown
L – lens code
F – flash code

Page 2 (right)

R – number of shutter activations, but the total is not correct for some cameras which may indicate that something can reset it)
S – number of times a flash was fired
M (C in the E-330) – number of times the mirror has been locked up (cleaning mode)
U – number of times the camera has been turned on (and the ultrasonic wave cleaner activated)
L (E-500) – unknown
V (E-330) – unknown

Page 3 (down)
CS – camera serial number
MCS – unknown
CAMID (E-1) – unknown

no title (left)
D _: – unsure (may report the last diagnostic error code if there was a problem)
**************

Note the line
"Press: Up, Down, Left, Right, Shutter."
Skipping this step will prevent page navigation!

Useful i.e. when buying used, for checking total number of exposures etc.

[marky]

Thread moved to 4/3 section..

[OMlegacy]

Originally Posted by holidaydom Exact sequence is as detailed below: > Turn camera on > Open memory card door > Press Play and OK together > Press up down left and right > Press shutter button > Press up > Press right > R = Shutter Count

Thanks, used this to check my E-500, R=5701, 24299 shots to go before EOL.
Like paying for film upfront these days when buying dSLR, my 30 years old OM-1 on cloth shutter still working, no prize guessing where the E-500 hi-tech wonder would be 30 years later.

[aryanto]

Originally Posted by OMlegacy Thanks, used this to check my E-500, R=5701, 24299 shots to go before EOL. Like paying for film upfront these days when buying dSLR, my 30 years old OM-1 on cloth shutter still working, no prize guessing where the E-500 hi-tech wonder would be 30 years later.

Normally people with old film camera tend to be more conservative with the snapping because it will cost them lots of $$$ if they go machine-gunning. Digital camera on the other hand... snap-snap-snap-snap like nobody's business.

[DigitalHygro]

can the procedure works for E520? I've tried the sequences but failed.

[Mikefellh]

Originally Posted by DigitalHygro can the procedure works for E520? I've tried the sequences but failed.

Use Menu & OK together instead of Play & OK.

[baolong]

How about E3? Is there a way to know the shutter count?

[egnaro]

Originally Posted by baolong How about E3? Is there a way to know the shutter count?

E3 is Menu OK at 1st. other the same.

[OlyFlyer]

This thread should be merged into this one because it is a repeat basically.