PHP-Photography wrote:
Depends what camera you have but you could start with ExifTool from Phil Harvey.

https://exiftool.org/

Thanks for your input.  The "tool" works great but did not show actuations.

JQuest wrote:
Try this website if it doesn't show in your exif data;
https://www.camerashuttercount.com/

Thanks for your assistance.  I tried it and it notified me that actuation data was not available for the photo I submitted.

JQuest wrote:
Interesting, I just tried it and it cam e up at 123,564 which I figure is about right for my 2012 Pentax K5. Make sure the image you upload is in JPG format and is unedited. I snapped a pic of a chair.

I tried again with an unedited image and got this message:

"It looks like your camera doesn't supply the necessary information."

Studio NSFW wrote:
I THINK I read somewhere that some Canon models do not track shutter actuations, or at least it is not in a EXIF compatible format if they did.

I think I read that...if you are shooting Canon that may be the issue

Thanks for your input.  It is Canon.  And a Google search came up with similar info.  Evidently a program has to be downloaded from the Internet from an unknown source (which could be malware).

I probably will never be able to get the number of actuations without going to an authorized Canon repair dealer.

Nor-Cal Photography wrote:
Thanks for your input.  It is Canon.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/canon- … ital-info/

does not work with newer Canon models. (v1.2)   50D and 5D mark II worked fine, on My 80D I could not get the count.

Bob Helm Photography wrote:
Prior to digital there was no way fo telling shutter count and IMO it is a relatively meaningless number as when they did provide a way of tracking it the shutter "life" was really Mean Time before Failure, kinda like human life expectancy--it may be 73 but some live to 103 and some don't make it to 3.
Expect failure at some time and have a back up of some type or have a plan periodic replacement

It would have meaning to me if I were buying a used camera body. I'd rather buy one with only 1000 shots rather than one with 50,000.  I agree there is no certainty that any given camera will last a certain number of shutter releases, but I would tend to go with the odds that a lower count might well last longer than one with a very high one.

Studio NSFW wrote:
In the film days, you would never “Spray and Pray” like some do in the digital era. I recently was shooting some architectural in Golden Gate park (digital View camera and 10 minutes of setup minimum per exposure), and another photographer was doing a corporate group shoot. After he got them arranged, he squatted and down and I’d say conservatively shot 70 exposures of the same group pose...without directing anyone to do anything, changing focal length , or anything. Just a large number of fundamentally identical images. I get that you take a few in case someone blinks and looks weird, but this was just silly.  Then on 5o 5he individual shots....same thing. No direction, no change in pose, 50 exposures...NEXT!

I can’t imagine sitting down in post and plowing through that many images trying to find the gold image . Still...not my problem...I sat up for 10 minutes, made the exposure...move to next spot, setup.....the whole day yielded about 20 exposures.

I have read that the pro level Canon shutters and mirror boxes are good for about 150,000 cycles, the consumer stuff something like 25000.  I’d say if he is getting a lot of those jobs he probably burns through a body every couple of years.

Totally true! What baffles me, even photographers from the film era, when totally wild when shooting digital. They say: options. Where is the art of looking, directing, reaching a goal?

Studio NSFW wrote:
In the film days, you would never “Spray and Pray” like some do in the digital era. I recently was shooting some architectural in Golden Gate park (digital View camera and 10 minutes of setup minimum per exposure), and another photographer was doing a corporate group shoot. After he got them arranged, he squatted and down and I’d say conservatively shot 70 exposures of the same group pose...without directing anyone to do anything, changing focal length , or anything. Just a large number of fundamentally identical images. I get that you take a few in case someone blinks and looks weird, but this was just silly.  Then on 5o 5he individual shots....same thing. No direction, no change in pose, 50 exposures...NEXT!

I can’t imagine sitting down in post and plowing through that many images trying to find the gold image . Still...not my problem...I sat up for 10 minutes, made the exposure...move to next spot, setup.....the whole day yielded about 20 exposures.

I have read that the pro level Canon shutters and mirror boxes are good for about 150,000 cycles, the consumer stuff something like 25000.  I’d say if he is getting a lot of those jobs he probably burns through a body every couple of years.

I don’t know where you heard those numbers, but they are not accurate. The latest 1 series body is rated at 500 000 actuations. I thought 100 000 to 150 000 was for the lower end models, like the xxD series. Shutter check says the latest xxxD and xxxxD models are rated at 100 000. 25 000 sounds way too low.