Shutter count: Just got myself a Nikon D5300 and would like a shutter count but I've tried all the programmes and none of them would work.I went on Flickr but could not see how to get...

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

Just got myself a Nikon D5300 and would like a shutter count but I've tried all the programmes and none of them would work.I went on Flickr but could not see how to get the Exif.
I don't take it straight from the camera, would that make any difference?
Grateful for ideas.

Leitz Loc: Solms

viscountdriver wrote:

Just got myself a Nikon D5300 and would like a shutter count but I've tried all the programmes and none of them would work.I went on Flickr but could not see how to get the Exif.
I don't take it straight from the camera, would that make any difference?
Grateful for ideas.

http://www.camerashuttercount.com/

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

viscountdriver wrote:

Just got myself a Nikon D5300 and would like a shutter count but I've tried all the programmes and none of them would work.I went on Flickr but could not see how to get the Exif.
I don't take it straight from the camera, would that make any difference?
Grateful for ideas.

Lots of ways. I use the free processing program Irfanview. If you get it, also get the plugins. With the image on the screen, press either I or E to get more info.

http://www.camerashuttercount.com/
http://kentweakley.com/blog/photo-tip-photos-camera/
http://regex.info/exif.cgi
Get Irfanview (free) and also get the plug-ins for it. Start the program, open a photo, click on Image > Information > Exif info. Or just press I or E or both.
Get ExifInfo - also free. Unzip and get the icon onto the Desktop. Find a photo and drag it onto the icon. A window will open with loads of info. Look down the list for Shutter Count (or whatever they call it).
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com
http://drchung.new21.net/previewextractor/
http://www.astrojargon.net/EOSInfo.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
http://www.nikonshuttercount.com/
http://myshuttercount.com/
http://www.picmeta.com/products/picture-information-extractor.htm

Millismote Loc: Massachusetts

I tried raw and jpeg from my Canon 6D and the message said "Your camera doesn't add shutter count information to images".

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

Thanks Jerry it did the trick

marki3rd Loc: Columbus, Indiana

Millismote wrote:

I tried raw and jpeg from my Canon 6D and the message said "Your camera doesn't add shutter count information to images".

Some cameras (like Nikon for instance) add shutter count to the exif info, but no Canon Camera does. The best way to get Canon shutter count is with a utility called (oddly enough) "Shutter Count" from direstudio.com. It costs about $3 but once you have it you can use it as often as you like with any canon camera you like, forever.

Another option is to use "Magic Lantern" which is a free canon camera firmware hack, but because of it's many complex features I do not recommend it's use just to get shutter count info.

ronichas Loc: Long Island

You can access the shutter count using photoshop.

Open raw file>file Menu>File Info>Advanced Tab>Schema (ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/aux) >toggle on and read "aux:ImageNumber

marki3rd Loc: Columbus, Indiana

ronichas wrote:

You can access the shutter count using photoshop.

Open raw file>file Menu>File Info>Advanced Tab>Schema (ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/aux) >toggle on and read "aux:ImageNumber

Image Number is not Shutter Count. "Image Number" is included in exif data but true "Shutter Count" is not and can be significantly different.

ronichas Loc: Long Island

marki3rd wrote:

Image Number is not Shutter Count. "Image Number" is included in exif data but true "Shutter Count" is not and can be significantly different.

I believe your information is not correct.
This is what I found when seeking the difference..

**Nikon DSLR: exiftool source_jpeg_file.jpg | find "Shutter Count"
Canon DSLR: exiftool source_jpeg_file.jpg | find "Image Number"

The program should return something like this: Shutter Count: 19889 or Image Number: 19889 the number to the right of the string is the total shutter count on the camera.

Manufacturer Search String
Canon Shutter Count or Image Count
Nikon Shutter Count or Image Number
Pentax Shutter Count or Image Number
Sony Shutter Count or Image Count

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

ronichas wrote:

I believe your information is not correct.
This is what I found when seeking the difference..

**Nikon DSLR: exiftool source_jpeg_file.jpg | find "Shutter Count"
Canon DSLR: exiftool source_jpeg_file.jpg | find "Image Number"

The program should return something like this: Shutter Count: 19889 or Image Number: 19889 the number to the right of the string is the total shutter count on the camera.

Irfanview calls it Total Pictures.

marki3rd Loc: Columbus, Indiana

ronichas wrote:

I believe your information is not correct. br This... (show quote)

No "exif Tool" can provide Shutter Count on a Canon as Canon does not include Shutter Count in its exif data and as I said, there can be a difference, sometimes quite large between shutter count and the image number which Canon does include in exif. I won't argue about it further. Do some deep research on google or something.

ronichas Loc: Long Island

marki3rd wrote:

No "exif Tool" can provide Shutter Count on a Canon as Canon does not include Shutter Count in its exif data and as I said, there can be a difference, sometimes quite large between shutter count and the image number which Canon does include in exif. I won't argue about it further. Do some deep research on google or something.

I did the research and documented my findings. Your turn to document the difference.

If you have a copy of Photoshop, then this is very straight forward indeed. Simply open a recent picture in Photoshop and go File>File Info

This will open the main metadata viewer for the image. To find the shutter count number simply head to the Advanced section. (this screenshot is from CS3, but later version will have the information tabs along the top of the window) Once there select the http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/aux line and expand by clicking on the + (plus) symbol. The Image Number should now present itself.

Toggle it to open the folder and show the enclosed items and look for aux:ImageNumber: - this is the number of shutter actuations for your camera and this number gets incremented by 1 every time to take a new photo.

http://www.nikonblog.net/shutter-actuations-photoshop
http://www.techfleece.com/2013/09/03/how-to-find-your-cameras-current-shutter-actuation-count/

marki3rd Loc: Columbus, Indiana

ronichas wrote:

I did the research and documented my findings. You... (show quote)

Just one of many reliable sources.
http://konstantinpavlikhin.com/blog/canon-eos-shutter-actuations-count/

Quote from above linked article.

Allegation 3: I can look into image EXIF metadata to read shutter count

Wrong! There is nothing in Canon images' EXIF that resembles a shutter count. While some other DSLR vendors like Nikon do really embed shutter actuations count information into the images, Canon does not (AFAIK, the only exception is the top-level 1D* cameras).

It may now sound like a statement by the Captain Obvious, but you really need a special software to retrieve shutter count from a Canon EOS camera.

If this isn't good enough for you, you could always ask Canon.

ronichas Loc: Long Island

That was written 2 years ago, it is Canon specific.

I am not a Canon user, I use Nikon and in Nikon shutter count and image number are the same.

marki3rd Loc: Columbus, Indiana

ronichas wrote:

That was written 2 years ago, it is Canon specific.

I am not a Canon user, I use Nikon and in Nikon shutter count and image number are the same.

Duhh. I was talking Canon specific all along and you were trying to show how Photoshop and exiftool DID give Canon Shutter count. Now if you choose to believe FALSE information from software vendors that admittedly has propagated through the photography society then probably nothing I say will change it.