D90 how many actuations

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Weekly Challenge! Hi from Calgary, Canada Latest: Jeff15 26 minutes ago. Welcomes and Introductions. The Mountains Were Calling Latest: smoke 53 minutes ago. Nikon embeds information on the number of actuations that the shutter of a D90 has undertaken in EXIF data.

These metadata are saved alongside each and every image file. EXIF-readers, such as the App below , can read this information and, thus, convey how many shots a camera has taken so far. The shutter count is particularly useful as an indicator of how intensively a Nikon D90 has been used and what remains in terms of the lifespan of the camera shutter.

In order to find out how many shots your camera has taken, just upload a new, unedited JPG image using the dialog box below. Smaller files will upload faster.

Your image will be deleted from the server once the exif-information has been obtained. The shutter count corresponds to the number of images your Nikon D90 has captured with its mechanical shutter. Mechanical focal-plane shutters consist of a pair of light-tight curtains that move to uncover the sensor during the exposure time. Every actuation, that is every shutter opening and closing, will cause some minimal wear and tear that will eventually result in malfunction and the need for repair or replacement.

A shutter can fail completely on one incident, but more likely it will deteriorate gradually. It becomes unreliable when shooting at high shutter speeds or the first and second curtains get out of sync, so that the shutter speed becomes inaccurate.

If these warning signs appear, it is time to take action and get your camera shutter replaced. So depending on use will dictate life. Those that do a lot more burst or continuous shooting will wear out the shutter a lot faster than single clickers. There is no way to determine if a particular body will crap out at 50k or 80k or k. A pick of the draw and luck. And conditions and care in use will affect the final number. Mine is approaching 53k and since it is past the 1yr warranty if it goes then the only options is to replace with a used D As shutter replacement usually cost about as much as a used D90 goes for.

And then there is the rest of wear and tear on buttons and controls. So wouldn't take the chance of just replacing the shutter. A low mileage under 25k clicks in primo shape used. Would be the route I would go with. Otherwise starting out wouldn't fixate or worry about shutter life.