Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Recovering lost digital photos from Minolta DiMAGE Z6



Camera: Minolta DIMAGE Z6

Specification: Minolta DIMAGE Z6 incorporates 6.4 million pixels sensor, 1/2.5-type interline primary-color CCD, CCD-shift mechanism, Video AF system, 4 s — 1/ 1000 s shutter speed, 5.83 -69.9 mm (35 mm equivalent: 35 — 420 mm) lens and so many other advanced features.

Memory Card: SD(Secure Digital) card

File Format: JPEG, Motion JPEG (MOV) with Audio, DCF2.0 compliant, DPOF (ver. 1.1), Exif 2.2

Besides having so many advanced features Minolta DIMAGE Z6 is so affordable and compact in size that it has become the choice of every person. It is mostly preferred by learners. SD card used in this camera is capable of storing thousand of pictures but never guarantees of their safety as it is prone to get corrupted easily. Corruption may caused either by virus or some other reason. Doesn't matter what the reason is? Only thing which matters is stored priceless digital photos. In this situation you will have to opt for Minolta Camera Recovery Software to recover lost precious photos.

For a practical case, think of the situation you have returned after spending long vacation in Singapore and watching captured moments in your Minolta Digital Camera. While seeing those photos you just come across the following error:

“Can't open the file”

Above error indicates that you can't access digital photos any more. So in order to get back your lost photos you will have to find Digital Camera Photo Recovery Software.

Causes:

Following are the possible reasons for above error:

  • Virus Attack

  • Improper handling of camera

  • Sudden camera shut down

  • Corruption of memory card


Resolution:

Perform following steps to overcome the above situation:

  • Eject the memory card and insert it again.

  • Try to access the memory card via card reader.

  • If still unable to access format the memory card and use Digital Camera Recovery Software.


Formatting installs new file system on the disk and makes you enable to recover lost photos using an appropriate digital camera recovery tool. But don't write anything on the disk before using camera recovery tool. It minimizes the chance of recovering photos.



I used Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery Software to recover the lost photos from my Minolta Digital Camera. Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery Software is an easy to use recovery tool which can recover lost or digital photos of any format including JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG etc from any type of digital camera available in market including Minolta, Sony, Canon, Nikon, Samsung etc in almost every circumstances. Moreover it's read only and doesn't modify the original content. It is available for both Windows and Mac operating systems.

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