Lost photos mean lost moments. No matter what, missing photos make every photographer’s heart beat faster. Finding these missing files is not impossible.
First of all, in case of data loss, immediately stop using the memory card. You can only recover images if that data has not been overwritten yet. If you continue to pull this card, you will decrease the chances of a successful Data Recovery Services.
Memory cards use what is called a File Allocation Table (FAT). This allows you to access these files. When formatting a memory card, this FAT is deleted. But the Data Recovery Services of individual photos remains unchanged until the card is overwritten with new data.
That’s why your chances of recovery are quite good if you formatted the card in camera by mistake. As long as you haven’t taken new photos with the same card.
You can also lose data through a corrupted memory card, which can be harder to use, but not impossible. Physical damage to a card can also lead to lost images and tends to be among the hardest to recover data from.
This is one of the reasons why it’s a bad idea to buy cheap, unbranded cards. I once washed and dried an SD card left in a pocket and all the data was still intact.
