When you feel a talent for photography, and you don't have enough money for a serious expensive camera, it becomes annoying. But you can start doing what you love with a used camera. Having decided to buy a pre-owned camera, you need to find out as much as possible about it, and most importantly, how many shutter releases have already been made during operation.
It is necessary
Computer with Internet access, PhotoME or Opanda IExif
Instructions
Step 1
The shutter of a digital SLR camera is not eternal, since it has only a certain resource of actuations. For example, in Nikon D70 it ranges from 30 to 50 thousand. Moreover, for each specific copy, this number may vary, because it directly depends on the operating conditions of the camera, but the order remains the same. This information is interesting not because of simple curiosity, but from a practical point of view. Manufacturers, as a rule, guarantee that cameras are capable of making at least 100 thousand shutter operations without the slightest deterioration in performance. That is why information about its mileage is important when buying. The easiest way is to ask your more experienced friends for help.
Step 2
If you don't have friends who understand this, try to find out the number of positives yourself. In Pentax SLR cameras, information about the number of photos taken is recorded in the EXIF data of the image. Therefore, you can know the number of times the shutter has been released without even touching the camera. Windows Explorer works great with EXIF. Take the last frame and view the EXIF data. If they are not displayed enough, use third-party software.
Step 3
To do this, download and install the free PhotoME program. It runs fine on Windows 7 as well, even though its last version was released in 2009. Next, take a photo in.
Step 4
Opanda IExif software can also help you find out the number of triggers for Nikon cameras. It's free. You need to work with the program in the same way as PhotoME.
