How to Count Your Shutter Actuations With IrfanView

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

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