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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 584894" data-attributes="member: 4923">Nikon can reset the shutter count. This answer pops up on the Nikon knowledge base on occasion:<a href="https://help.nikon.ca/app/answers/detail/a_id/14490/~/how-many-times-has-my-nikon-camera-released-the-shutter%3F" target="_blank">https://help.nikon.ca/app/answers/detail/a_id/14490/~/how-many-times-has-my-nikon-camera-released-the-shutter?</a>My d7200 refurb from Adorama came with 6 actuations (maybe, see below). I can't image something as complicated as a camera makes it through final test and adjustment with only 6 trials, new or refurb. I think customers customers would drive Nikon crazy if their new cameras came with all kinds of shutter counts from factory testing. 50 on one, 200 on another, etc. It would be a customer service nightmare. I gotta think they reset them before they go out the door. After having 4 Nikon digital cameras all with shutter counts under 10, something dawned on me. Merely entering and exiting live view without taking a photo increments the shutter count. So its quite possible my cameras came with no shutter count and in powering it up and exploring the buttons after unboxing, I ran up the shutter count up a few clicks by entering live view before actually taking my first picture.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 584894, member: 4923"] Nikon can reset the shutter count. This answer pops up on the Nikon knowledge base on occasion: [URL]https://help.nikon.ca/app/answers/detail/a_id/14490/~/how-many-times-has-my-nikon-camera-released-the-shutter%3F[/URL] My d7200 refurb from Adorama came with 6 actuations (maybe, see below). I can't image something as complicated as a camera makes it through final test and adjustment with only 6 trials, new or refurb. I think customers customers would drive Nikon crazy if their new cameras came with all kinds of shutter counts from factory testing. 50 on one, 200 on another, etc. It would be a customer service nightmare. I gotta think they reset them before they go out the door. After having 4 Nikon digital cameras all with shutter counts under 10, something dawned on me. Merely entering and exiting live view without taking a photo increments the shutter count. So its quite possible my cameras came with no shutter count and in powering it up and exploring the buttons after unboxing, I ran up the shutter count up a few clicks by entering live view before actually taking my first picture. [/QUOTE]

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