Thread: Recovering Lost/Deleted Photos from Nikon D3000 Digital Camera

Nikon D3000 has a CCD of 10.20 megapixels, 3.00x zoom of 18-55mm, 100-3200 ISO, shutter speed of 30-1/4000 sec, 3.5 max aperture, etc. The storage media of this camera are SDHC and SD cards.


SDHC and SD cards are vulnerable to several logical as well as physical causes leading ultimately to data loss. Loss of data due to physical causes needs physical examination of the storage device in a lab for data recovery, data loss due to logical causes (or if you deleted them accidentally or otherwise) can be dealt with in home. Running an updated data backup process can recover images lost due to logical errors. But, if it is not available on your device, or if it cannot help, you will inevitably need to use some specific [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] software.


For example, you want to view some images taken with your Nikon D3000 in your SDHC or SD card, or transfer them to your PC. Now, to your surprise, your 3.0 inch LCD monitor shows you an error like the following:


“Card read error”


After this message it turns out clear that your images are gone, lost; and attempts to access the visually empty storage medium prompt the same error message repeatedly.


Cause:


The above message, if considered due to some logical error, could have been caused by either of the following errors:

• removal of storage device from card reader or camera during data transfer or read/write process,
• switching the camera off during data transfer or read/write process.

Both these mishandling actions have done some damage to the storage medium causing loss of the images stored on them.


Solution:


Your images thus lost, or deleted accidentally right away can be recovered by two means. First, try running an updated data backup process. Data backup is a simple and common inbuilt facility in all PCs and new cameras to safeguard from data loss. If this facility is unavailable, or if it cannot help, you have to relay inevitably on the second and last option: buy and use a powerful photo recovery software. Programs to recover photos employ highly advanced methods and algorithms to cater to complex digital photo recoveryneeds of the time.


Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery v3.2 does such a savior's job of recovering lost photo, audio, and video files of various formats from almost all storage media. Compatible with Windows and Apple Mac operating systems, this digital photo recoveryprogram saves the recovered data in a user-specified location without modifying or overwriting the original files.