Hello everybody!
This video will show you how to recover lost or deleted photos in the RAW format.
An image in the RAW format is a photo saved by a camera to a memory card with minimal
processing.
Though RAW images seem to be common knowledge, RAW is a kind of a generalized name for a
large group of formats meaning unprocessed pictures, but every camera manufacturer actually
has their own RAW format.
For example, they are: .raw, .rw2 — Panasonic
.crw, .cr2 — Canon .mrw — Konica
.mrw – Minolta .orf — Olympus
.arw, .srf, .sr2 — Sony .dcr, .kdc — Kodak
.nef, .nrw — Nikon .ptx, .pef — Pentax
.raf — Fujifilm .srw — Samsung
.raw, .rwl, .dng — Leica
Also, .bay — Casio
.x3f — Sigma .ari, .dpx — Arri
.erf — Epson .3fr — Hasselblad
.mef — Mamiya .r3d — Red One
.dng — in Adobe software.
So in this video we’ll talk about recovering photos in these formats.
In fact, recovering RAW pictures is a very wide topic.
But in this video we’ll go into detail on recovering RAW files which were lost or deleted
because of the most frequent reasons: • Deleting by mistake.
This is the most widespread reason why RAW photos or other images are lost.
• Formatting or format operation errors.
Most often, RAW photos need to be recovered after formatting a memory card.
It happens not only because the photographer formats the card.
Sometimes, users see the error “you need to format the disk” when connecting the
camera to a computer.
• Mishandling the memory card or damaged file system.
The file system of a media like memory card can be damaged while it is taken out of the
camera or when it is ejected while saving or copying data, and sometimes it can be damaged
by a virus.
As a result, you can’t use the memory card or USB drive without formatting it first.
• Errors when copying or transferring data from the camera to a computer.
RAW photos can be lost or deleted as a result of a power failure when copying or transferring
data from the camera to a computer or laptop.
How can we restore the lost RAW photos?
RAW photos lost or deleted from a camera, memory card or computer can be recovered until
they are overwritten with other files.
For this purpose, we’ll be using Hetman Photo Recovery.
Find the download link in the description:
So, let’s begin.
• Let’s suppose we have a memory card containing RAW images.
• When connecting it to the computer, we can see there was a failure which resulted
in a format error or damaged file system.
• As a result, we have got a formatting error.
That is, we cannot access the RAW photos, and they will be erased by formatting.
In fact, any situation is possible, and whatever it is, there is something to be done to recover
the lost RAW photos.
To recover the RAW photos: • Run Hetman Photo Recovery.
• In the first window, click Next.
• And select the memory card.
By the way, if you connect a memory card to a computer while it is still inside the camera,
the utility will not see it.
Connect it to the computer through a card reader.
• Double-click on it.
• Fast scan will be better if you have deleted the file by accident.
If there are problems with the file system, or after formatting the memory card, Content-Aware
Analysis is the weapon of choice.
• Next.
• Specify criteria to search for files.
In addition to standard settings like file size and date, the utility will offer you
to choose file types.
There is a special line given to RAW files.
After all, Hetman Photo Recovery is meant to deal with photo formats, including most
of the RAW types.
• Select a format, or choose all RAW formats.
You can also select All files, and soon I’ll tell you why.
• Click “Next.”
• As a result, the process of analysis will start for your media.
Wait until it is over.
• When the analysis is complete, Hetman Photo Recovery will show all image files it
has found.
• Click on a file and see its contents in the preview window.
You can also have a look in the properties window to see its size, date when it was created
and when it was lost or deleted.
• If you are happy with the scan result, go on to saving the files.
If you’re not, here’s an important aspect.
A RAW file is a large and complicated file containing the maximal amount of data about
an image.
That is why, if the quality of the recovered file is not good enough or it is recovered
but it is damaged, sometimes it makes sense to scan the media again.
This time, with All Files option enabled.
As a result, Photo Recovery can find this photo in JPG or TIFF formats instead of the
RAW format.
There is nothing unusual about it.
If the damage to the media or images is too heavy, the utility will try to restore their
data with signature analysis.
It can change the photo’s format.
Quite often, the quality is good enough when compared to the original file.
• Select the RAW files you need to recover and click Next.
• Choose how to save the files.
We strongly recommend against saving them to the same media you are recovering them
from.
It can get them overwritten.
• Specify the folder to save the recovered files and click Recovery.
• Ready.
• Go to the folder which you indicated for file recovery
• and you can see that the files have been recovered.
If you need to recover not only photos but also videos from a memory card or other media,
you can do it with Hetman Partition Recovery.
The link is in the description as usual.
I’d like to draw your attention to the fact, that if the files were deleted accidentally,
in 99% of the cases there’s not going to be any problem to recover them.
On the contrary, if you don’t handle the memory card or camera right, or if there is
a file system error or damaged file system, the quality of data recovery will depend on
many factors.
Which means that recovering 100% of data in 100% quality is not always possible, just
physically.
That is all for now.
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