Number of Rolls of Film Through Canon Eos 1N

[coneected]

Is there a way to determine the number of rolls of film that have been run through a Canon EOS 1N?

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Hi, welcome!

There might be a way, but only a Canon service/repairer will know it.

Is that important to you?
For over a hundred years nobody cared "how many rolls" a camera had or, for that matter, how many shots were taken.
More important is how the camera has been treated, what is its condition externally and internally and how it feels to you.
I've had an EOS-1N some 12 years ago. It is a very nice SLR, but it weights a lot, especially with the 8-battery PB-E1.
It was the best SLR I had for vertical shots.

 

[coneected]

Buying a used camera is sort of like buying a used car. You look at the mileage and see it has been driven over 300,000 miles.. The next question is will it soon need some serious repair work or can I expect another 100,000 miles? Same thing with a camera , if it has over 800 rolls of film run through it will it soon need some serious repair work? A camera can never leave a studio yet have a lot of mileage on the shutter and other major moving parts is just one of the reasons I am asking this question. On some film bodies like the Canon Eos 1V you can find out that info by checking the settings. On digital cameras you may have to send it back to the manufacturer to find out that info. The reason for my question was is there a way to check the settings on a Canon Eos 1N to see how many rolls of film have been through the camera? Kind of like checking the mileage on a used car. Its a way for me to see how the camera has been cared for. Also for me I look at the outer body of the camera because if it is all beat up then it probably has a lot of use on it, not to say it will not continue to work. I have a Nikon F5 and I use it without hesitation. I send it in for servicing once a year and just expect it to work. I am now seeking a Canon body I can put that type of trust in.

 

[MattKrull]

If you are expecting to service this camera once a year (same as your F5), why not just get one in good condition and send it for service right away?Mileage is actually a crumby way to measure the expected life span of a car, because you don't know the circumstances of those miles. 100,000 highway miles in moderate temperature, where the car was driven in a smooth manner is nothing on a modern (1990s or later) vehicle. 50,000 miles of city driving by an impatient driver (hard gas, hard stop, swerve to change lanes, repeat) is brutal on a car.Similarly, 50,000 shutter acutations on any of the 'pro' shutters is either nothing at all (maitained, oiled, used in a clean environment) or well past the expected life (journalist using it outside in dusty and/or wet conditions, often jumping from freezing temperatures outside to warm temperatures inside, or from warm inside to stinking hot and humid outside).Check that everything looks good, operates smoothly, doesn't make any unsual sounds, and then trust the workmanship of your technician. It makes more sense than putting faith in a number that only tells a small part of the camera's life.Like all advice on the internet, this one was free, and you got what you paid for.

 

[EdSawyer]

As mentioned, the 1V can give a readout but not the 1N I don't think.

 

[Sirius Glass]

More important than the number of rolls through a camera, are how often the camera was used [a plus], how it was handled and how it was stored.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

With the 1N series, via a device attached to the hot shoe on service tech bench. Frame count, shutter actuation, roll service and baseline system faults/resets can all be extracted like this. No need to know about it all with such a sturdy workhorse as the 1N. Mine has been in continuous service since 1994.

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[Rook]

More important than the number of rolls through a camera, are how often the camera was used [a plus], how it was handled and how it was stored.

I absolutely agree. And some owners can be downright careless or abusive with their cameras. They drop the camera often, use excessive force on the knobs, buttons and levers, allow sand or dirt to get into the camera, etc. With such abuse, of course the camera will wear out and begin to malfunction much sooner. On the other hand, when someone treats their camera with utmost care and respect, the camera may still be in near perfect condition even after a thousand rolls have run through it.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

More important than the number of rolls through a camera, are how often the camera was used [a plus], how it was handled and how it was stored.

I don't agree. The 1N is not a sissy. Many specimens have been dropped, banged, crunched, scraped, burnt (!), belted and bruised and even stored in the backyard shed, and are still trooping along. But I draw the line at: cracks in the pentaprism, rust embedded in the attachment lugs, scratched or abraded lens mount, obvious interference in the mirror box, any anomaly in the LCD display (internal and external) and if any terminals in the base have been broken or scratched. All this would be examined by a reputable second hand dealer, not so much amateurs trading a body off on forms or eBay.