Check your shutter count
Read the count straight from your camera over USB. Free, private, nothing to install.
- Chrome or Edge
- USB data cable
- Camera switched on
How it works
- 1
Plug in
Connect the camera with a USB data cable and switch it on.
- 2
Choose
Pick your camera in the browser’s USB window.
- 3
Read
See the count your camera reports, and copy it.
Tested cameras
Other cameras may work too. Try yours and share the result.
Questions
All questionsIs it really free?
Yes. There is no account, subscription, payment or trial. The tool runs in your browser, so it costs us very little to offer.
Is anything uploaded?
Not unless you choose to. The camera connection, the reading and the result stay in your browser. After a reading you can tap Share result to send the camera’s model, firmware and whether it worked, which helps us grow the camera list. It never includes the count, serial number, photos or anything about you, and you can see exactly what’s sent before you tap. Read the privacy notice.
Which browsers work?
Browsers built on Chromium that support WebUSB, such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge on macOS, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS. Firefox and Safari don’t support WebUSB, and nothing on iPhone or iPad can connect to a camera this way. Chrome on Android supports WebUSB with a USB-OTG adapter, but we haven’t tested it.
Which cameras are supported?
We list every camera we have tested, feature by feature, on the supported cameras page. Our first test camera is the Canon EOS 60D. Other cameras that connect over PTP (most Canon EOS bodies, and many others) can be tried; “not yet verified” doesn’t mean it won’t work. Not every camera reports a shutter count over USB, and we never assume support just because a camera is recognised.
Why didn’t the count change after I took photos?
Some cameras only refresh the counter they report over USB when they are switched on. On our EOS 60D, switching off and on, then reconnecting, brings it up to date. Read the full explanation in why a shutter count doesn’t change.
Guides
- How to check a Canon shutter count on a MacRead your Canon EOS shutter count on macOS for free, either in Chrome with a USB cable or with the open-source gPhoto2 command-line tool. Step by step, with fixes for common connection problems.
- Why didn’t my shutter count change?You took a few photos but the shutter count reads the same. Here is why some cameras report a stale counter over USB, how to refresh it, and what else can make the number look wrong.
- What a shutter count does and doesn’t tell you about a used cameraA shutter count is useful when buying or selling a used camera, but it isn’t a health check. Here is how to read the number, why rated shutter life is not a countdown, and what else to inspect.