How many shots have been take with my Elph 300HS?

[Shinnen]

Hi all,
I bought this camera second hand, and I'm wondering if there's a way of telling how many shots have been taken with it.
Thanks,
....... john

 

[480sparky]

If the camera records shutter actuations, you can import a recent JPEG image into Opanda and it will tell you that number.

 

[Shinnen]

Hi Sparky,
Opanda didn't seem to want to install, something about configuration. But a search turned up the fact that IrfanView will do this, which I already have. The exif says: image number 1,540,823; that's a lot of snapping. It's been well looked after though, not a blemish on it, and it takes beautiful pictures. Thanks for your help
...... john

 

[AlanKlein]

Hi Sparky,
Opanda didn't seem to want to install, something about configuration. But a search turned up the fact that IrfanView will do this, which I already have. The exif says: image number 1,540,823; that's a lot of snapping. It's been well looked after though, not a blemish on it, and it takes beautiful pictures. Thanks for your help
...... john

How does Irfanview do that?

 

[480sparky]

How does Irfanview do that?

Image > Information > EXIF info.

 

[Shinnen]

Hi Alan,
It's as Sparky says; but you have to have the plugins installed before it will read the exif.
..... john

 

[480sparky]

Odd. I don't ever recall installing any plugins on it.

 

[Shinnen]

Hi Sparky,
Well, I have an older version of Irfanview, by about 5 years (or more). Maybe the newer versions don't have a separate plugins suite. The file (mine) is called Irfanview_plugins_438_setup.exe. (The '438' matches the number of the installation file.) I don't think the 'image number' option showed up (or didn't work) until I installed the plugin suite
..... john

 

[AlanKlein]

I have the EXIF panel. But my Filename there is the name of the file I renamed it too., in this case, Fishing.jpg. It's not the original camera photo number. Is there another place in Exif I can find it? I don't see it anywhere.
PS I have version 4.52 64 bit for Wondows 10 copyright 1996-2000

 

[Shinnen]

Hi Alan,
I renamed one of my pictures to 'Basement.jpg', and the image number is still the same. I'm not sure why you're not getting a number. You are looking at Image/Image information/Exif info*/Image number right? Is it a Canon image? I've heard that other camera makes use different terms other than 'image number'.
...... john

 

[AlanKlein]

John: Here's what it looks like.

 

[Shinnen]

Hi Alan,
Scroll down on the Exif info window. On mine, the 'image number' is about the 15th entry from the bottom. Do you have the plugins suite installed?
....... john