I thought they were tough but . . .

[Alfonso_Frisk]

For my Nikons I open the image in irfanview then
click on image > information > exif info. then scroll down to see the shutter count.

Ive just looked again and it only works with the RAW files. unless my jpegs have the info stripped out with P.E. (L room)

[Oldboy]

Exif Pilot light works with both Raw and Jpeg files on my PC but I do use Bridge and CS3, and the Jpegs are created in-camera.  

[Hinfrance]

I didn't think to look at a RAW file, but now I have in Photome - the shutter count for the K10D and K20D are in the fifth section of the 'Manufacturer's Notes'.

Irfanview doesn't show the information.

[SimonW]

Thanks Tringle. I don't have Photome. Maybe I'll try it out soon as none of the several programs I've got which show EXIF will show me that field.

Simon