How to find out the shutter count on D5000 nikon?

Can you please explain it to me in simple words? Cuz I'm a total noob, i'm trying to learn, so I'm starting from the basics. The simpler the better =]

thank you

Added (1). Sorry what is an EXIF

Take a pic, then pull up the EXIF info on the file. Simple.

EXIF data is on all the images cameras shoot.

Using a program like OPanda (free) you can read all the information about that image file.

This includes how many shutter cycles have been used to that point.

It will look like this

Total Number of Shutter Releases for Camera = 20510
This was taken directly off a image file I shot last week.

You have heard that the number of shutter cycles is an important thing to know. What no one has mentioned is that the number of shutter cycles that the camera company runs on their cameras and just that. Tests. They are not anywhere near the point where a cameras shutter may fail.

I have a colleague who has some Nikon D3's. They are tested to 300, 000 cycles. One of his cameras has over one million cycles on it and it is still performing perfectly. The other failed at just over 700, 000 cycles. $450 later, he had a new shutter.

Shutter cycles, mp's and other things are just marketing tools and have not much to do with how well a camera performs

I would disagree with David. Not all cameras capture that data. I have a Canon 1000D and even with OPanda I can't find the data. I contacted Canon and they told me only a technician could read the shutter count because on the 1000D it's not available to the consumer - don't ask, I don't know.

This not true of all cameras however so for the D5000 it may be available.