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Customer (Chris Horn)     05/09/2005 09:32 PM

How do I determine the number of photos that have been taken during the lifetime of my D70? Please assume that the filename numbering has been reset...

P.S. - By "filename numbering has been reset" I mean that the "File No. Seq." reset menu has been selected at some point in the camera's lifetime.

Response (Jonathan A.)     05/11/2005 12:30 AM

Dear Chris,

Thank you very much for contacting Nikon Technical Support.

I nor anyone in the technical support department have the details on where the d70 stores the total number of images that it has taken. Only the service centre has the ability to retrieve the information.

Regards,
Jonathan, Nikon Technical Support.

Customer (Chris Horn)     05/11/2005 01:00 AM

I found out where the information is located: the EXIF tag. Please update your response guide, as the answer you provided was incorrect.

There is a "Shutter Count" field that can be read with most EXIF reading programs. In Linux, this tool is called "exiftool". In Windows, "IExif 1.8" can reportedly show the same information. I'm sure there is an OS X program that can display the same information.

Linux freeware is here: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
Windows freeware is here: http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/index.html

Response (Jonathan A.)     05/11/2005 02:45 AM
Dear Chris,

Thank you very much for the information. I do not have anyway of verifying that information because we are not made aware of the process. So although this might be correct we have no way of verifying the information. But it does sound correct.

Regards,
Jonathan, Nikon Technical Support.