Wooohooo - GOT IT !!! (But there's something odd...)

[CallaWolf]

Here are the instructions I followed:
to check shutter count > power on, open the cf door
1. press "play"+"ok" together
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
press "left" to page 2
page2
R: 00XXXXXX mean shutter release count
S: 00XXXXXX unknown
M: 00XXXXXX pixel map count
U: 00XXXXXX ultrasonic wave count

[timg]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

Welcome to the E1 club!

I too find it highly unlikely that it's only taken 28 photos (mine's taken 13,000) but you never know your luck!

Could it have been repaired recently? If it has had a new shutter unit would that have reset the counter?

Either that or it could have taken 100,000,028 photos!

[Zuiko]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

Maybe it's been clocked!

[jchallen]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

As another recent member of the E1 owners club (thanks to IPWheatley) I thought I would check check the shutter count.

Mine is showing as 2601 and a least 400 of these are mine! It may not be quite as good as 26 but even so......

Let me know how you get on updating the firmware, mine is showing 1.0 but it would not update via Olympus camera update software returning a error message stating that this model was not supported.

Incidentally, for those that are interested, I really can see why E1 users love this camera so much. As a self confessed gadget fan who likes to always have the latest and greatest kit I thought I would be frustrated by the limitations of this. However the build and feel of the E1 coupled with things like a mode wheel (why did Olympus drop this?), a secure card door cover/catch (is it me or have these been getting worse?) & an eyepiece that does not keep falling off in your camera bag have me easily forgiving the size of the LCD screen or how long it takes for a review image to show on it.

[CallaWolf]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

And a shutter noise like a lover's whisper

[theMusicMan]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

I am not sure how one resets the shutter count within the firmware... does anyone know?

[CallaWolf]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

I didn't think a user could do it......
Olympus do it when they service a camera, I believe.

[creigb]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

May I ask where you found it? On here or ebay or elsewhere?

[CallaWolf]

[David M]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

Low shutter counts have recently been discussed in a similar thread which I now can't locate. At that time someone suggested on some models, performing a Firmware Update could re-set the counter. Iv'e no idea if this is correct or not... just threw it in as a point of discussion.

Whatever the count is it looks like you've got yourself a cracking deal there anyway Ceri !

Regards,
John

I've read something similar somewhere about the E-1 but thought it was one of the later updates, 1.3 or 1.4. As this camera's on 1.1 that wouldn't apply.

[CallaWolf]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

It would make sense that it resets with a fw upgrade...I'll know more if I manage to update it to 1.5

[DJMC]

[CallaWolf]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

Oooooook, so the strangeness continues.
Upgraded from firmware version 1.1 to 1.5...it didn't reset the shutter count (now 66 after my test shots).
And another strange thing........I can see me loving my E1 more than my E5. Truly lovely camera to use

[Wreckdiver]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

My E-1 shows a lot less shutter activations than it's actually done. I am fairly certain the shutter counter has been reset with firmware upgrades.

Steve

[peak4]

Re: Wooohooo - GOT IT (But there's something odd...)

I've just had my E-3 serviced and the shutter replaced under warranty (even though it was over 2 years old ).
They didn't re-set the shutter count which seemed odd. It still reads well over 9000.
Either that or they did a whole lot of test shots