Shutter Count Checker
Read how many shots a camera has taken from one of its photos: Nikon, Sony, Pentax and a few Canon bodies write the count into the file. Nothing is uploaded.
or browse filesdrop a photo or RAW here or paste
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Read how many shots a camera has taken from one of its photos: Nikon, Sony, Pentax and a few Canon bodies write the count into the file. Nothing is uploaded.
or browse filesdrop a photo or RAW here or paste
Drop a JPG or RAW file straight from the camera and the shutter count checker reads the actuation counter the camera wrote into it. The number sits in the maker's own data block, not in the standard EXIF fields, so it survives only in files the camera itself saved. Nikon DSLRs and Z bodies, Sony Alpha bodies from the SLT and NEX generations to the current ILCE line, Pentax DSLRs from the K10D on, and a handful of Canon bodies (EOS-1D Mark III, R5, R6, R6 Mark II, R8, R50) all store it. The page shows the count big, the camera model under it, and - where the maker publishes a shutter rating - how much of that rated life is used. Tap the i button on the picture for the lens, exposure and the exact tag the count came from. Some people write it as one word, shuttercount, or call it the camera's click counter or shot count - it is the same number, and this shuttercount checker reads it the same way.
The shutter count is the mileage of a camera body. A seller who claims "barely used" can prove it by sending one unedited photo; a buyer can check it on the spot from the card. Ask for the original JPG, not a screenshot or a file forwarded through WhatsApp or Messenger - those apps rewrite the image and drop the camera data, and the page will tell you when that has happened. The rated-life bar puts the number in context: Nikon rates the D3500 at 100,000 actuations and the D850 at 200,000, Sony the A7R IV at 500,000, so 60,000 shots means something very different on each.
Most Canon bodies do not write the count into the photo at all - only the EOS-1D Mark III and the R5, R6, R6 Mark II, R8 and R50 do. For any other Canon the count has to be read over USB with a shutter-count app, or by Canon service. Fujifilm keeps no user-readable counter. Olympus, OM System and Panasonic bodies show it in a hidden service menu on the camera. Phones have no mechanical shutter to count. In every one of those cases the checker says so plainly instead of showing a number that is not there.
A shutter count check normally means uploading the file to someone's server. Here the file never leaves the browser: the page walks the JPEG or TIFF structure, finds the maker note and decodes the count on your device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored, and the photo you use to prove a camera's mileage stays with you.
Nikon DSLRs and Z-series bodies, Sony Alpha bodies (SLT, NEX and the ILCE line, including the A7 III, A7 IV, A7R IV, A7R V, A1 and A7C II), Pentax DSLRs from the K10D on, and the Canon EOS-1D Mark III, R5, R6, R6 Mark II, R8 and R50. Other Canon bodies, Fujifilm, Olympus, OM System and Panasonic do not write it into the file.
The camera's own data block was dropped when the file was re-saved. Editors, phone galleries, messaging apps and some cloud services rewrite the image and keep only the standard EXIF fields. Use the JPG straight from the camera or the memory card, or the RAW file.
It depends on the body. Nikon's counter includes electronic shutter releases on models that have them, and the Z bodies also report a separate mechanical-only count, which the page shows. On the newest Sony bodies the stored count is mechanical shutter releases only. Sony's older SLT and NEX bodies wrap the counter at 65,536.
Yes. NEF, ARW, PEF, CR2 and DNG files carry the same maker note, and the page reads it through the same TIFF structure. The picture shown is the JPEG preview embedded in the RAW; CR3 and HEIF containers are not read yet.
No. The file is read in the browser on your own device. Nothing is sent anywhere, which also means the check works offline once the page has loaded.