Counting your shutter actuations can tell you if your camera has 'been through the wringer' or if it was 'only 'driven' on Sundays'.

Steps

  1. 1
    Open up your image in IrfanView.
  2. 2
    Click on Image >> Information (or I)
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  3. 3
    Look at the image properties.
  4. 4
    Click on Exif Info. This will bring up all of the exif information saved in the camera.
  5. 5
    Scroll down to the bottom of all of the Exif data.
  6. 6
    Notice that in IrfanView it is called 'Total Pictures'.
  7. 7
    Be aware that the image may not have the data required to get the count.
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