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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 521245" data-attributes="member: 9240">Actuation count is stored in the firmware and replacement of the shutter does not effect the count.  Nikon could likely update it if they wanted to, but that would allow you to sell the entire camera as "new" on return since there's no way to judge the wear on dials and other things, so I suspect that's why they don't.What I did with D600's was to take a dated screen capture of a shutter count from the EXIF before sending it to Nikon and then again upon return.  I keep printouts of these with the repair record from Nikon so I could relay to the next owner the actual accurate shutter count.</blockquote>