Nikon D50 - shot counter?

MeefZahMeefZah Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
edited July 5, 2009 in Cameras
Greetings, excuse the noobiness of my post please...

I just bought a used Nikon D50 as my first digital SLR, finally made the step up after putting a million miles on an old Yashica 35mm.

I see a lot of stuff on sale here with "25,000 shots", etc., and I know there must be a way to review the shot count / number of shutter firings / whatever you want to call it. I just don't have a clue how to, and neither the manual nor the aftermarket guide book explain.

Anyone care to enlighten me how I can review the shot count for my new camera?

Thanks... I'm enjoying this site quite a bit. Found out about it through ADVrider.com. :thumb

-Mark

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  • Cygnus StudiosCygnus Studios Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited July 1, 2009
    Download a tool like Opanda and open an image with this tool and it will tell you exactly how many images were taken.

    Looks like this:

    579703942_LuAfx-M.jpg
    Steve

    Website
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,080 moderator
    edited July 1, 2009
    MeefZah wrote:
    Greetings, excuse the noobiness of my post please...

    I just bought a used Nikon D50 as my first digital SLR, finally made the step up after putting a million miles on an old Yashica 35mm.

    I see a lot of stuff on sale here with "25,000 shots", etc., and I know there must me a way to review the shot count / number of shutter firings / whatever you want to call it. I just don't have a clue how to, and neither the manual nor the aftermarket guide book explain.

    Anyone care to enlighten me how I can review the shot count for my new camera?

    Thanks... I'm enjoying this site quite a bit. Found out about it through ADVrider.com. thumb.gif

    -Mark

    Mark, welcome to the Digital Grin. clap.gif

    Cygnus Studios is giving you good information.
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
  • MeefZahMeefZah Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited July 2, 2009
    Thanks fellas. I guess I figured the camera body would have an "odometer".
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,080 moderator
    edited July 2, 2009
    MeefZah wrote:
    Thanks fellas. I guess I figured the camera body would have an "odometer".

    In the Nikon line, this capability did not exist in the D1 series or the D100, xo I don't believe you can use EXIF readers against those models.

    Nikon service can reset the counter after a major service operation, which I believe they do after a shutter box "and" mirror box replacement. If those operations have not been performed then I believe you can trust the EXIF actuations counter. (Of course if the shutter and mirror assemblies have been replaced, it's almost like a new machine anyway.)
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
  • time2smiletime2smile Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2009
    Welcome Mark

    I'm partial to the D50, great little camera. I'm at 54k and all is well.
    Ted....
    It's not what you look at that matters: Its what you see!
    Nikon
    http://www.time2smile.smugmug.com
  • time2smiletime2smile Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited July 2, 2009
    Cygnus Studios wrote:
    Download a tool like Opanda and open an image with this tool and it will tell you exactly how many images were taken.

    Looks like this:

    579703942_LuAfx-M.jpg

    Thanks this works well
    Ted....
    It's not what you look at that matters: Its what you see!
    Nikon
    http://www.time2smile.smugmug.com
  • rookieshooterrookieshooter Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2009
    Hmm, according to that tool my camera has 27K actuations and I just bought it in May.
  • rookieshooterrookieshooter Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 3, 2009
    I bought it new from Amazon. This same tool says the first pics were 44, 45, etc.

    I'm thinking maybe the number is 8,000 instead of 28,000.

    The last file name from today is 9819.jpg

    but that software says 27,906.

    There's no way i have taken that many shots in just two months. :(
  • rookieshooterrookieshooter Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2009
    Seymore wrote:
    Can you show us the full version of a late image? Someone else viewing the data on their end can confirm the true count.
    I took this today

    582098297_n7NVW-L.jpg
  • time2smiletime2smile Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2009
    No Data on this image....
    Please post the original.

    Nice shot, by the way.
    Ted....
    It's not what you look at that matters: Its what you see!
    Nikon
    http://www.time2smile.smugmug.com
  • rookieshooterrookieshooter Registered Users Posts: 539 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2009
    Well, I do shoot pretty much all the time, so I guess it's not that too far out to think I have shot that many pics. Still seems like a lot though.

    Looking at the old pics I guess I bought this camera in April.
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