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Do you know, DSLRs have their own life time? It is based on how many counts of the shutter releases. When you exceeded the shutter count limit, it is time to change your DSLR with a new one or replace with a new shutter.

Almost current DSLR models put the shutter count information inside the pictures. The information is located in the pictures metadata and can only be viewed by using special software like Opanda IExif .

As you can see at the above image, the shutter count for that picture is 1706. But that picture was taken on last two weeks ago. My latest shutter count is 2096. Still young and virgin.

After you have downloaded and installed Opanda IExif, right click on your latest picture taken with your DSLR, then choose “View Iexif\GPS\IPTC with IExif”. Scroll down until you see “Total Number of Shutter Releases for Camera” and you will get your latest DSLR shutter count value.

CypherHackz: Do not know what is my Nikon D90 shutter count limit.

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12 Responses to “Check DSLR Shutter Count with Opanda IExif”

  1. firdee
    February 24th, 2009 | 10:45 pm | Reply

    ada juga dengar pasal ni lepas beli eos 1000d dulu…tapi sampai skrg say tak tau berapa limit kamera saya…skrg dah guna dekat 8000…baru 4 bulan guna…

  2. Wing Loon
    February 26th, 2009 | 2:43 am | Reply

    …unfortunately, I had tried it with my Konica Minolta few months back and it doesn’t work for me

  3. CypherHackz
    February 27th, 2009 | 8:20 am | Reply

    #firdee – Wow! Very fast… Do you have Flickr account?

    #Wing Loon – Maybe only Nikon put the information inside the picture. Not sure buddy.

  4. man
    February 27th, 2009 | 3:22 pm | Reply

    Nikon D90 shutter count limit appr. 100,000

  5. CypherHackz
    March 8th, 2009 | 10:36 am | Reply

    #man – Thanks for the info mate.

  6. DSLR Camera Man
    May 20th, 2009 | 9:14 am | Reply

    Never knew about it before. Nice info CypherHackz. What actually happen if the shutter count limit is up? the camera will be dysfunctional or what? I still have friends that have their aged rebel xt model and their shoots just fine until now. By the way, their use it extensively and for sure their shutter hits limit is up.

  7. ej
    February 10th, 2010 | 5:57 pm | Reply

    Opanda IExif mcm compatible utk Nikon je. Camne kalo nk tahu Shutter Count utk Canon?

  8. ej
    February 10th, 2010 | 5:59 pm | Reply

    Opanda IExif seems compatible with NIKON. How to know Shutter Count for CANON?

  9. Alex
    March 16th, 2010 | 1:52 am | Reply

    Check this out! Check your camera shutter count online
    http://www.myshuttercount.com

  10. Zala Wajik
    March 25th, 2010 | 10:18 pm | Reply

    Many peoples still do not understand what does this shutter count do. huhu~

  11. plzgogankz
    March 30th, 2010 | 12:13 am | Reply

    apa yang saya dengar…kalau satu camera itu telah mencapai shutter count limit ia perlu diformat dan kos untuk format sama dengan kos membeli body camera yang baru…sebab itu, orang yang nak membeli
    2nd hand camera akan tanya berapa shutter count…

  12. mon
    May 25th, 2010 | 3:23 pm | Reply

    i already installed opanda IExif. unfortunately, I can’t see the total Number of Shutter Releases for my Canon 450d. How can I see it? Is that Opanda is for Nikon users only? Tnx for the quick response.

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