There is also a minimum shutter count for each camera model. In simple english, shutter count is the amount of times you have taken a photo on a specific camera using it’s mechanical shutter. What is shutter count? John Torcasio, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Additionally, if you’re planning to use the electronic shutter on a mirrorless camera, shutter count doesn’t matter at all. So unless the shutter count is extremely high, don’t worry about it. Most cameras far outlive the minimum shutter release number set by their manufacturer. As I understand, this can not easily be reset."Īnd: "The shutter count is also affected by Live View activations.When buying a used or refurbished camera, shutter count doesn’t matter as much as you’d think. It keeps track of shutter releases, not saved pictures. Well, it does trigger the shutter." From here:Īnd this here: "Yup. I think this was it: "Also, I just knew awhile ago (while tinkering with video/live view) that Lv activation is included in shutter count. Could even have been a link here to a dpreview thread, think I´ve seen this at least twice, so maybe even a search here in the Nikon D90 forum might show the results. Sorry, can´t remember exactly now which link it was, my search term for google was "D90 shutter count" or "shutter count D 90" it was one of the links on the first or max. And turning on Live View might also count as shutter actuation. Might even make a difference if you check a jpg or a NEF file, depending on the program used. Not that I don't believe you have seen this information but was that a post on a forum like this? I am just trying to make sure it's credible.ĭid a quick google search for shutter count D90, seems there really is no other way to check shutter actuations with the D90 than by looking into the EXIF, so different to the Oly cams. Is there anyway you can send me the link for this information? Now, if turning on Live View count really counts as shutter actuation that's a different story. I don't know all the other brands out there but that's why I used two different Exif reader program and I downloaded the latest version just yesterday. Yes, you can not read the shutter count right of the camera on D90. That didn't do it either! I have took another test shot without using the Live View at all and this time it jumped from 1270 to 1275! This is driving me nuts! So could it simply be you are looking for the right info in the wrong place? I don´t think it takes any program to check the shutter count of a camera at least with Oly cams all you have to know is in which order to press which buttons on the camera to see the shutter count info on the camera´s monitor. I´ve just learned yesterday from an Oly 510 owner that the EXIF also contains the serial number of the body and the lens used, but so far I haven´t heard that it can also give you info on the shutter count of the body. My first idea after reading your post, could it be that the programs you use to check this are not the latest versions? So maybe written before the D90 was introduced, thus giving you wrong information?īut then I read your post again and started thinking, is it the correct approach at all to try to find out about shutter count by checking this via an EXIF reader program (that´s how I understood your post)?ĭoesn´t it only take certain clicks in a certain order on certain buttons of the camera to check something like shutter count? At least that is how it works with Oly DSLRs. I thought shutter count is supposed to show the number of times the shutter is clicked? Apparently not! Would anyone be willing to explain this to me? When I checked the Exif Info on the last two shots (I used both Opanda and PhotoME just to make sure), I have noticed it jumped from 1258 to 1261 in one shot. After a few more test shots I have noticed the shutter count increased more than the number of shots I had taken. As I was testing the refurbished camera I just received yesterday, I have noticed the shutter count for the first test shot I took was 1244.
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