Location of 40D body serial number?

[NeilL]

Canon ME has agreed to exchange my 40D copy because of persistent IQ problems which I was able to demonstrate in RAW + EXIF images I sent them on CD.

I am to go to the local Canon store to pick up another body, which will be a bare body only without box. I must confess to feeling somewhat paranoid about the provenance of the replacement and how "new" it is. If I remember correctly the serial number of my original 40D copy now with Canon was printed on a sticker on the base of the body. It seems to me no hard job to swap such a sticker.

Does anyone know if the serial number can be found elsewhere on the body in a more permanent form?

I will be checking the replacement very carefully as you can imagine before accepting it. If anyone has any tips which might reveal the bona fides or otherwise of this copy I'd be grateful for them.

Thanks.

Neil

[OsirisPhoto]

It should identify the camera in the image EXIF I think.

[NeilL]

It should identify the camera in the image EXIF I think.

Thanks, OsirisPhoto. I wondered about that, but don't recall having ever noticed the body serial number in any EXIF data I have seen.

Neil

[Cuong]

Neil,

If I'm not mistaken, you can use the Canon supplied viewer utility, DPP, or Zoombrowser to check the s/n in the EXIF.

Cuong

[NeilL]

Neil,

If I'm not mistaken, you can use the Canon supplied viewer utility, DPP, or Zoombrowser to check the s/n in the EXIF.

Cuong

Oh, that would be good, Cuong! Thanks!

Neil