First of all, congratulations on your new acquisition. Now you have the perfect combination: Two CHDK enabled cameras, one slim you can take everywhere in your pocket and the other with huge zoom, greater F-stop range and swivel screen for dedicated photography treks.
I guess you already checked for dead pixels, scratches on the lens/screen...
As I understand the shoot count, it is possible to reset it but it's not possible to increase it without tacking an actual shot. So that 13815 figure represents the "at least" number of shots. Pretty far from "as good as new" and served as a "sample camera" IMO. I got 1 year with my S3 with around 5,000 shots.But I think the number of shots taken is not a primary factor if you compare it with scratches in the body. If somebody drops the camera it is much worse than to take a thousand photographs. So, if I you don't see dropping scratches you can be happy with your camera. It means the previous owner took a lot of photos but also took good care of it.P.S. Check the arrow pad (is that the correct name?), the button is painted grey, but the plastic is actually black, so if you see black in the edges it is a sign of wear.
Quote from: wontolla on 28 / March / 2008, 14:00:32As I understand the shoot count, it is possible to reset it but it's not possible to increase it without tacking an actual shot. See attached picture (shoot count & camera model). This is REAL screenshot, but CHDK (SetParameterData function) was used
As I understand the shoot count, it is possible to reset it but it's not possible to increase it without tacking an actual shot.
Out of those 16,201 shots, about 14,000 of them were taken for testing CHDK. I have surprisingly used the S3 very little so far for any serious photography. Not because it's not capable for that, it is, or I wouldn't own it. But I've been in a photographer's lull since I got the S3. I usually do my photography in extremely remote regions, of subjects that nobody has ever seen before. I've already photographed anything locally to death. I haven't planned any extensive photo-treks since the purchase of the S3. Last summer I only used it to test its responsiveness on capturing fast birds-in-flight, which it did very well for that. As well as documenting some illegal "sportsman" activities using the video mode, which I then sent a copy of to authorities. And also documenting a burying-beetle burying a snake. Past local photography all done with other cameras consisted of some 8,000 or so insect species (some so rare that nobody has ever seen photos of them before, one whose only evidence of existence disappeared from a NY museum collection 5 decades ago), another 1,000 or so plant and fungi species (3 which I have so far failed to identify), a smattering of indigenous wildlife (gray foxes, raccoons, deer, hawks, eagles, etc.), et.al. As I said, I've photographed things locally to death. So, without a photo-trek planned, and having already photographed most all that was worth photographing locally, the S3 has just been used for testing CHDK mostly.(My present digital photography archive (minus discards) consists of 145 CDs and 45 DVDs, filled, not counting duplicate backups. I do put cameras through their paces. My other cameras have turned over on their image counter many many many many times.)PhyrePhoX, while I understand your concerns over that seemingly high shot count. I personally wouldn't let it worry me. While I doubt that Canon's cameras are anywhere near as rugged as my previous cameras, 13,000 shots on any P&S camera is meager, especially if that is over a 2-year period since it was first purchased. They may have just been burst-photography fanatics. That's how my shot-count got so high when testing the S3.
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