LeeinNC Loc: Morganton, NC

What would be an acceptable shutter count when considering to buy a used Nikon D7500?

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

That's hard to answer, it's like asking what's the acceptable mileage when buying a used car. Depending how old I'd say around 20-40K.

Quixdraw Loc: x

The D 7500 is rated at 150,000 - that doesn't mean the shutter will fail at that point. The key is what share of that remaining is an acceptable percentage to you.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

It's what's called "Mean Time Between Failures", as predicted by some engineer familiar with the design and materials being used in the device.

Plus it's an "average" number.... some cameras fail much lower count, some survive much longer.

Usually there's a small number of cameras that fail early.... got through quality control but are faulty right out of the box or fail within one or two months. After that the great majority will have a very long, happy life... often far more "clicks" than they were rated. I've seen reports of some cameras that were rated for 150K actually exceeding 1 million clicks!

Think of shutter clicks like mileage on a car... suggestive of the overall use of the camera, wear and tear on all it's components, not just the shutter.

And like car mileage, not all miles are the same. Supposedly it's a lot harder on cards driving around town in stop and go traffic, than it is cruising at moderate speed on the highway.

It's similar with today's digital.... A camera that's only been used for photographs might have a lot of clicks, but only a little "on time" with all it's other electronic components. For example, if one used an average shutter speed of 1/100 and took 100,000 shots, some of the camera's internal electronics used to make images would only have functioned a total 1000 seconds... or about 16 and a half minuted. Conversely, a camera primarily used for 50 second videos that has 20,000 "clicks" on the shutter, but might have accrued 1 million seconds... over 275 hours... of "on time" with some of it's components!

Still, besides just looking it over and trying to judge from the external appearance, "clicks" are all we've got to try to determine how much "use" a camera has seen.

PhotoNat Loc: Santa Maria, CA

How do you find out what the shutter count is on a camera?

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

PhotoNat Loc: Santa Maria, CA

Thank you. Unfortunately it did not work, I guess because my Canon model(SL2) is not among the "tested models" in the list below the box. Thanks anyway though.
PhotoNat

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

The web sites that want an uploaded picture to return a shutter count ONLY work when the camera adds shutter count to the EXIF data of the image. Canon cameras do not write the shutter count to the EXIF data of each image, you will need to connect your Canon to your computer and read the shutter count with software, I use shutter count from Dire Studio to read mine on my iMac

https://www.direstudio.com/shuttercount/

There are software programs for Windows PC’s as well.

Collhar Loc: New York City.

Same results for D610.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

It depends on how well it was treated. I know some camera's with less than 5000 but I would not touch them because the body's been abused.
That said, I only buy MINT IN THE BOX with under 5000 verified clicks.

eadler

I for one can't figure out how one knows the shutter count. Neither of my cameras has a menu selection for shutter count

PhotoNat Loc: Santa Maria, CA

Thank you. I'll check that out.
PhotoNat

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Depending on the camera, look at the EXIF for an image, shutter count may be included, or you read the shutter count using a program on your computer to read the shuttercount from the camera electronics.

Normally there is no menu selection, unless you have modified the camera software.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

The value of the camera is related to shutter count but it would also depend on the price you are looking at. If the count goes up I would expect the price to go down so it is a combination that is important.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Assuming the camera was given reasonable care, I would like the count to be under 10,000. Not only does 10k indicate the number of shutter actuations, it also indicates the amount of handling and moving around the camera has done. I have bought refurbs with between 5 and 942 clicks.