How can I check the shutter count on a Nikon D5300?
Asked 11/14/2014
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I want to find the shutter count (total shutter releases) for my Nikon D5300. I tried Opanda IExif 2.3, but photos from my D5300 do not show the “Total Number of Shutter Releases for Camera” field, while photos from a Nikon D5100 do show it under the Nikon MakerNote section.
Is this a known issue with the D5300, or is Opanda just too old to read the metadata correctly? What tools or methods can I use to check the shutter count from a JPEG or NEF file?
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Photography Stack Exchange contributor
11y ago
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The simplest way would be to upload an image to CameraShutterCount which will do it for you.
Alternatively, using the freeware, cross-platform exiftool you can extract the data either by reading through the whole lot looking for "shutter count"
exiftool DSC_1000.jpg
or with a little filtering
exiftool DSC_1000.jpg | /find /I "Shutter Count"
Which should return something along the lines of
shutter count: 54321
...though I can't get the filter to work on my Mac
On Mac, you can open the image in Preview, then from Tools > Show Inspector, then click the i & there should be a tab with your Camera type. Shutter Count is listed in there.
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It’s most likely a software issue, not a camera setting. Shutter count is usually stored in Nikon’s MakerNote metadata, and older EXIF viewers often can’t read newer Nikon formats correctly. Since Opanda IExif 2.3 is quite old, that’s probably why it works for a D5100 but not your D5300.
Ways to check it:
- Use a current online shutter-count tool by uploading a JPEG or NEF file.
- Use ExifTool and search for “Shutter Count.”
- Some newer viewers such as IrfanView may also display it.
- On Mac, Preview’s Inspector may show shutter count for supported files.
So yes, others can run into this with newer Nikon bodies when using outdated EXIF software. You’re likely not missing any camera setting; you just need a newer metadata reader.
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