elaine marie Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Last night after shooting a wedding with a friend(the pro) we went back to our room and started looking at the pictures in camera. I handed her one of my chips to look at but when she put it in her camera it said no images. I had just looked at these minutes before in my camera. Because mine is a 20D and her's is a 30D..did it reformatt it? That is the only thing I can think that happened. Also is there any way to retrieve those files? Although she will be fine with out them they were some of my best captures of the day. Thanks for any info on this boo boo of mine.<P>Elaine Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 What type of card was it? I'm sure you know about all the different data recovery tools out there? Sandisk Extreme III Comes with recovery software. Google "CF Data Recovery", I'm not sure if there are any free ones out there. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine marie Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 It is a Lexar CF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_s___hampton_roads_va Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 does the card still show images back in the camera it was formatted for? I had a problem long ago on a vacation trying to view & use a card between bodies, when I ran out of space...but only after I'd actually taken a few frames with a second one on the same card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_hill Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Unless you specifically formatted the compact flash in the 30d before viewing the files (which you did not do), your images are still there. Your work should still be viewable with your own camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari douma Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I have put cards in different cameras. When I have done it, it would not read the images from one camera on the other. The folders that the camera makes has a different name, so one camera does not know how to look in the wrong named folder. When I did this, it was different brands of cameras. Not sure about both canon, but different models. I am guessing the images are still there... you should be able to read them in your camera or with a card reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine marie Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 I put it back in my camera right away and got the same message...No images. I also tried to down load it to my commputer when I got home today and no luck. Does any one know how I go about reformatting it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea_robinson Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I do that all the time, except I have the 30D and the other photographer as a 20D. we have never had any issues. I'm sure your images are there unless you accidentally erased them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine marie Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 Does any one know how I go about reformatting it? Meant to say Does any on know how I go about retrieving the files? Is there a program I can buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreamarie Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I had the same thing happen to me after a shoot. I had viewed the images on my camera and everything was fine, but then I put them into my card reader on my computer and they all disapeered. I put the card back into my camera and it said "No images." (Of course I freaked out). Someone on PN told me to try EXIF Untrasher (www.bluem/net/downloads/ exif-untrasher.en/) It is a data recovery program and it retrieved my files - and for free!! Usually software like this isn't expensive though - you can find lots for around $30. I don't think it had anything to do with the fact that you guys had different cameras. I think what might have happened is your camera was still accessing the card when you took it out, so it corrupted a file. If one of the files is corrupt then none will show up. I had only two corrupted (unretrieveable) files on my card, and that's why none of them had shown up. But I got the rest back...good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_anon Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Try www.cardrecovery.com It worked for me after I accidentally erased an SD disk. There's a free trial you can use to see what is recoverable on the disk. You'll have to buy the program to actually recover the files. It's only $40 so it's not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedding-photography-denver Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 http://www.recovermyphotos.com/ Don't do anything with the cf card until you have run this on it. It works so well. Best, D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo_r Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 "...I have put cards in different cameras. When I have done it, it would not read the images from one camera on the other..." Not in my experience. I had a lexar CF being hot-swapped between my 20D and someone else's 5D - both had no issues recording and showing pics of both cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine marie Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 Thank you Everyone for all your help! You guys are great! <P> Elaine Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenm Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Elaine, I just know from what I have read on here in the past, that the images are likely retrievable. I know you probably just made a typo, but just in case, DO NOT REFORMAT! Have you tried viewing them from a card reader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conraderb Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 elaine - check out my response to this recent thread: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Ijcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine marie Posted November 13, 2006 Author Share Posted November 13, 2006 Thanks to everyone<P>I used David's web site he suggested and it WORKED!. There were about 5 corrupted files that it could not retrieve but it brought back the rest. The funny thing is it retrieved files from a wedding I did several months and several weddings ago that were deleted...so I thought. Thanks again<P>Elaine Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskandar_azaman___kuala_lu Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Next time buy Sandisk. When you buy their recovery software you get an Extreme III card free. How cool is that? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 zero assumption image recovery is freeware. Works almost fine with Pentax RAW files, I only have to rename the recovered images. JPGs are no problem at all. - Renaming is done in your OS, I don't know the ".*#*" -ending for your files, mine is ".PEF". The software names them image123.tif. Make sure to switch of your camera of before you pop out the card. Don't talk or think about reformating! As soon as you know that there are images on a card you can't read anymore, this card is on a sick leave until you downloaded these images via a recovery software and backed them up. A image recovery software usually pulls out any trace of image ever stored and not overwritten on that card. There were some old shoes I once sold on ebay, which followed me over at least 3 Microdrive crashes... Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedding-photography-denver Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Great to hear that you found pretty much everything Elaine. I forgot about Iskandar's idea. Sandisk has a great software too. Not as easy, but every bit as useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine marie Posted November 13, 2006 Author Share Posted November 13, 2006 Thanks David!<P>Elaine Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.W. Wall Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Zero assumption (see Jochen's comment, above) is excellent. Also, you might consider formatting the card in your camera _after_ you have copied and verified the images on your computer, which I have heard can help to avoid accumulating clutter and possible problems down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_viebey___orlando__ Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 FIW, "formatting" doesn't really format the card. There is an index on the card that says where picture xxx begins and ends, where picture xxy begins and ends on the card, etc. Formatting just marks these index entriess as deleted. They are not over-written, and even the file names are not really deleted. So, what can happen is you get a hiccup that screws up that index. The recovery software just 'band-aids' the error and fixes it. It's funny. Folks (including PPA) recommend using multiple cards. Me, I try to keep to 1 card (8Gb), and it doesn't come out of my camera until I'm home, and then the first thing is it gets copied to my computer. Nothing to lose, nothing to remove, nothing to get 'confused', no possibility me breaking the camera when I change cards (break a pin). Maybe wrong, but that's what I do... pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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