Anyone know how to get the shutter count for the Nikon D5300?

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WayneF

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cwgrizz said:
I have not had any luck with Irfanview vs 4.38 for Windows. I have looked on various occasions and there is not a listing in the Exif data for Total Pictures when I check my 5300.
Everything else is there, but not the Total Pictures. Not sure why, but it's not there.
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Again, most likely, you will need an Exif viewer that has been updated since your camera was introduced.

That will be ExifTool.
 
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cwgrizz

cwgrizz

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WayneF said:
Again, most likely, you will need an Exif viewer that has been updated since your camera was introduced.

That will ExifTool.
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Thanks @WayneF. I am aware of that, I was just setting the record straight for others benefit. LOL. See where I posted in my next post the previous discussion, you, I and many others had that went the same direction this one is going. Ha!!
 
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WayneF

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Right, it does have to be an image file straight out of the camera. Photo editors omit most of the Exif (at least Adobe does).
 
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risingstar67

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gqtuazon said:
The file that you sent is in a "PNG" file which is why the website is not showing you the shutter count. The file needs to be a unedited jpg.
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The file type reads JPG on my PC. When I post the pic on Jeffrey's exif viewer, it reads as a jpg not png. I get lots of info on Jeffrey's page just not shutter count. However, when I upload a pic from my D5100, I get much more info including shutter count. Bizarre
 
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gqtuazon

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risingstar67 said:
The file type reads JPG on my PC. When I post the pic on Jeffrey's exif viewer, it reads as a jpg not png. I get lots of info on Jeffrey's page just not shutter count. However, when I upload a pic from my D5100, I get much more info including shutter count. Bizarre
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Well, you are correct. The file that you sent to me were indeed jpg and not PNG. The culprit was the govt computer that I was using and it was saving the file as png. (Blame it on the restrictions with softwares).

Anyway, the exif data that we are looking for (shutter count) are not included in the exif file by using Adobe CS6. They are normally included in the Aux file number which is the shutter count. I believe that this is not being attached and should be configured on your user settings including the comments for the exif file.
 
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J-see

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If you upload a NEF somewhere (or send me one), I'll open it in RT and tell you the count of that one. A JPG straight out of the cam will do too.
 
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risingstar67

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The sad reality is that someone just tried to scam me in a sale.

An online local seller posted a Nikon D5300 camera with an 18-140m lens and claimed he only used it 10 times. As I was looking to upgrade from my D5100, I answered the ad. Just to be on the safe side, I asked him to send me an unmodified picture, which I assumed he did. I then attempted to upload the pic on the various shutter count and Exif sites. While the sites recognized that the pic came from a Nikon D5300, I was unable to get the shutter count from the pic he sent me. What's bizarre is that I was able to get all sorts of other info about the image from those sites too but the shutter count entry was strangely missing. I couldn't explain the "why" of that. To make a long story short, it seems the seller tinkered with the image file just enough where we could still see all sorts of info on Opanda and other exif programs but with the exception of the shutter count. Apparently, there is a way.

When I first googled "difficulty getting shutter count with D5300" issue, it seemed like a number of other people were experiencing the same problem. Was this legit, I wondered?

Stll, I couldn't shake my tingling spidey sense. Why would Nikon overlook something as important as this? They wouldn't right? lf there truly was a rampant problem with this, we'd see more complaints. So, prompted further by the puzzled reactions of members here who weren't experiencing this problem, I asked the seller again to send me another JPG and NEF and insisted that it be completely unmodified, i.e., don't even rename the file (I began to suspect he wasn't being forthcoming). All this to say, I quickly discovered that Mr. "I only used this camera 10 times" was actually selling a camera with shutter count of over 7000. While this isn't necessarily a huge number, I didn't appreciate being lied to. I didn't bother with this seller after that.

While I never would have purchased the camera without knowing the shutter count anyway, it was nonetheless reassuring to see all of you also suspecting that something was off here.
 
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Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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Blacktop said:
So how did you figure it out? It would be nice to share it, in case someone else has the same problem and does a forum search then they can get help.
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While I've never had need for one I know tools that allow you to modify EXIF data do exist. A search on Google turns up a few options at least...
 
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DSA44

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risingstar67 said:
Does anyone have the D5300? If so, what do you use to find your shutter count?

:)
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Hello, I just rec'd a refurb D5300 and had the same question. Easily solved! Picasa 3 shows it under properties for the jpg pic. That is if you like to use Picasa, I find it helpful, and now I know that the first shot I took on my refurb from Nikon was a shutter count of 1799, so I think that is ok.
Cheers, DSA
 
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MarkCollins

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I think you can view the shutter count in Preview on a Mac. Load a jpg, and click on Tools -> Show Inspector.

In the Inspector click on the info tab -> EXIF. I believe Image Number in the EXIF is the shutter count. It certainly seems to align with the amount of pictures I'm taking!
 
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