Pentax exif info?

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EddieR - 16 Aug 2005 20:45 GMT

Hi

I'm trying to find out the total number of shutter actuation's on an istD.
Opanda normally shows this field with Cannon, but it doesn't with Pentax.

I've also tried Exifer & Exif read - no luck.

does anyone know whether the total number of shots is recorded by Pentax,
and if so how to access it?

many thanks

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Paul Mitchum - 16 Aug 2005 21:56 GMT

> Hi
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> many thanks

ExifTool, which is a perl script, can tell you this from the command
line:

exiftool -pentax:FrameNumber test.pef

You can also get an estimation from the file name, if you have that
option set on your camera. The FrameNumber tag and the file name don't
always match up, since the FrameNumber seems to be actuations (including
cleaning the sensor) whereas the file name is the number of pictures
taken.

Pentax tag names ExifTool understands:
<http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/Pentax.html>

ExifTool: <http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/>

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