AndersonSoundRecording
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Is there a way to tell how many hours of use on a GH3?
GH3 How to tell how many hours on GH3?
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Not sure but don't get too caught up in it. The hours meter is a throw back to the tape days. Used to tell you how many hours the heads had done. Wile broadcast cameras also told you the operating hours it was not all that important as long as the camera was in good condition. The drum head hours was most important and drums should have been replace every X hours (can't remember the number).
as the GH3 has no drums it's not all that important.
as the GH3 has no drums it's not all that important.
Bruce Foreman
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Not that I know of, but you can read the shutter activation count using this procedure (be careful not to try to change anything while in "service mode").
For the GH2 but works for the GH3 also:
Reading Shutter Count On GH2
For the GH2 it is a little different:
To enter the TEMPORARY Service mode (there also exists PERMANENT service mode) do the following:
1. Make sure you have a NON-EMPTY (with some images) memory card in the camera.
2. Set the Drive mode lever to Single position
3. On a TURNED OFF camera push DISPLAY and AF/AE LOCK buttons simultaneously. While holding these two buttons turn on the power.
Now the camera should be in the temporary service mode. To make sure it is, enter the Setup menu (the one marked with "wrench" icon) and look at the very last page. In the service mode there will be a new item ROM BACKUP. This item is for saving the user settings to and restoring them from a memory card.
4. Push simultaneously LEFT ARROW and MENU/SET buttons. A menu can pop up or some settings show - don't pay attention to that now. While holding these two buttons push AF/AE LOCK. You can now release all three buttons. The screen will now show a table with the last 16 error codes and their dates. Table navigation is done with the arrow buttons. Error codes are explained in the Service Manual.
5. Repeat the actions from item 4 once more. Now you will see CAMERA INFO screen. There is the most interesting info:
VER: full software revision number
No.: motherboard's serial number
PWRCNT: Number of power on cycles (including exits from the Sleep mode)
SHTCNT: Number of shutter activations
STBCNT: Number of flash activations
6. If you now push DISPLAY button you will see CAMERA INFO 2 screen. There are several more counters there: Total number of clock settings (ClockSet Cnt), and two more (UnderCut Cnt и RTC Read Err).
7. By repeating actions from item 4 return the camera into the initial state. The camera can work as usual despite it is still in the service mode.
Complete exit from the service mode is done when the camera is powered down.
I checked today: the same procedure works for the GH3.
You need to enter the TEMPORARY Service mode (there also exists PERMANENT service mode).
For GH2 do the following:
1. Make sure you have a NON-EMPTY (with some images) memory card in the camera.
2. Set the Drive mode lever to Single position
3. On a TURNED OFF camera push DISPLAY and AF/AE LOCK buttons simultaneously.
While holding these two buttons turn on the power.Now the camera should be in the temporary service mode.
To make sure it is, enter the Setup menu (the one marked with "wrench" icon) and look at the very last page.
In the service mode there will be a new item ROM BACKUP.
This item is for saving the user settings to and restoring them from a memory card.
4. Push simultaneously LEFT ARROW and MENU/SET buttons.
A menu can pop up or some settings show - don't pay attention to that now.
While holding these two buttons push AF/AE LOCK.
You can now release all three buttons.
The screen will now show a table with the last 16 error codes and their dates.
Table navigation is done with the arrow buttons.
Error codes are explained in the Service Manual.
5. Repeat the actions from item 4 once more.
Now you will see CAMERA INFO screen.
There is the most interesting info:VER: full software revision
numberNo.: motherboard's serial number
PWRCNT: Number of power on cycles (including exits from the Sleep mode)
SHTCNT: Number of shutter activations
STBCNT: Number of flash activations
6. If you now push DISPLAY button you will see CAMERA INFO 2 screen. There are several more counters there: Total number of clock settings (ClockSet Cnt), and two more (UnderCut Cnt ? RTC Read Err).
7. By repeating actions from item 4 return the camera into the initial state. The camera can work as usual despite it is still in the service mode.Complete exit from the service mode is done when the camera is powered down.
You need to enter the TEMPORARY Service mode (there also exists PERMANENT service mode).
For GH2 do the following:
1. Make sure you have a NON-EMPTY (with some images) memory card in the camera.
2. Set the Drive mode lever to Single position
3. On a TURNED OFF camera push DISPLAY and AF/AE LOCK buttons simultaneously.
While holding these two buttons turn on the power.Now the camera should be in the temporary service mode.
To make sure it is, enter the Setup menu (the one marked with "wrench" icon) and look at the very last page.
In the service mode there will be a new item ROM BACKUP.
This item is for saving the user settings to and restoring them from a memory card.
4. Push simultaneously LEFT ARROW and MENU/SET buttons.
A menu can pop up or some settings show - don't pay attention to that now.
While holding these two buttons push AF/AE LOCK.
You can now release all three buttons.
The screen will now show a table with the last 16 error codes and their dates.
Table navigation is done with the arrow buttons.
Error codes are explained in the Service Manual.
5. Repeat the actions from item 4 once more.
Now you will see CAMERA INFO screen.
There is the most interesting info:VER: full software revision
numberNo.: motherboard's serial number
PWRCNT: Number of power on cycles (including exits from the Sleep mode)
SHTCNT: Number of shutter activations
STBCNT: Number of flash activations
6. If you now push DISPLAY button you will see CAMERA INFO 2 screen. There are several more counters there: Total number of clock settings (ClockSet Cnt), and two more (UnderCut Cnt ? RTC Read Err).
7. By repeating actions from item 4 return the camera into the initial state. The camera can work as usual despite it is still in the service mode.Complete exit from the service mode is done when the camera is powered down.