Or you are planning to buy a second hand camera. You can match and check the serial Number For the corresponding file so you dont get cheated. Here is a link where a professional photographer get it's shutter broken during an assignment. Check Your Nikon, SONY or PENTAX Camera's Shutter Count. I've used this site to check shutter count on e-mount cameras before, but it doesn't appear to work for a7ii's. (No output when I upload a file, and it doesn't list support for it) Is there any way to check shutter count? Sony A7iii and 24-70 Sigma - Torontohenge. Posted by 6 days ago. How can I find the shutter count on my Sony A850? I don't know the shutter count program works but that's the only way to find out shutter count on a Sony. Silent shooting does not have effect on shutter wear anyway The other day used the tool to check shutter count. Afterwards took some silent shots and the count stayed the same. Took a mechanical shot and counter went up by one. SONY Alpha shutter/image counter This tool will provide the number of shutter actuations that the camera has made up to the file in question. ONLY ORIGINAL JPG or ARW files STRAIGHT from the camera will work.
A simple tool to check Sony A7iii shutter life
The easiest way to find the shutter count on the Sony A7iii camera is by using the free tool Exiftool. This command line utility works on both Windows and MacOS computers. First, download either the Windows executable or MacOS package from Phil Harvey's website. Then follow the instruction on the site to setup the tool. Next, take a photo with your A7iii and copy it to your computer. On a Windows command prompt or a Mac terminal window, run the exiftool command and pass the name of your image to it. For example, on a windows command prompt, it will look like this:
As you can see, the tool extracts information from an image file taken with the Sony A7iii. About two third of the way down, you will see a line with the keyword 'Image Count', as seen on the following screen shot:
The camera used to take this example image has a shutter count of 1392. You may have notice that there are 2 other rows with the 'Image Count' keyword, and they all display the same shutter count value. To my knowledge they always show identical values.
Any alternative and free tools?
Check Sony A7iii Shutter Count
A7iii Shutter Count
A simple tool to check Sony A7iii shutter life
The easiest way to find the shutter count on the Sony A7iii camera is by using the free tool Exiftool. This command line utility works on both Windows and MacOS computers. First, download either the Windows executable or MacOS package from Phil Harvey's website. Then follow the instruction on the site to setup the tool. Next, take a photo with your A7iii and copy it to your computer. On a Windows command prompt or a Mac terminal window, run the exiftool command and pass the name of your image to it. For example, on a windows command prompt, it will look like this:
As you can see, the tool extracts information from an image file taken with the Sony A7iii. About two third of the way down, you will see a line with the keyword 'Image Count', as seen on the following screen shot:
The camera used to take this example image has a shutter count of 1392. You may have notice that there are 2 other rows with the 'Image Count' keyword, and they all display the same shutter count value. To my knowledge they always show identical values.
Any alternative and free tools?
Check Sony A7iii Shutter Count
A7iii Shutter Count
Another free tool for checking Sony camera shutter count is picmeta. I have have seen it working on previous Sony cameras such as the A7ii and A6300. It is a Windows based visual tool and it is even easier to use than exiftool. Unfortunately it does not report shutter count for the A7iii - it displays zeros all the time.
