Here's a handy tip... Ever want to find out how many photos you've taken with your camera? I've always been asked about the total shutter count (shutter actuations) whenever I've tried to sell a digital camera, and also wanted to know the answer whenever I look to buy a used camera. In general, knowing how many times the shutter has fired on your camera is a pretty handy piece of information to know since it tells you a lot about how much usage the camera has actually had.
The number of shutter actuations can be easily be determined if you shoot in the RAW format (which for Nikon cameras means files with a .NEF extension). The shutter actuation count is incremented and stored in each NEF file and can be accessed via a few different EXIF readers, as well as by Photoshop if you know where to look! Here's a quick how-to on how to access this data.
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Photoshop CS5 view
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