Digital BW, The Print

There's a thread here:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=516581

on recovery software. I've only used the software that came with some
Sandisk cards.

Here's another one to try that's free:

http://www.easeus.com/resource/drive/compact-flash.htm



On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Kip Babington <cbabing3@...> wrote:

> Somewhat off topic, although any of my files that get printed are done
> in B&W, so . . .
>
> Anyway, last night (Christmas Night) I took 150+ shots with my Nikon
> D70S.  All RAW files, stored on a Sandisk Extreme 4GB CF card, which was
> formatted in the camera before beginning.  About 60 of the files show up
> with a weird format to the file name - DSC_9:32.NEF, DSC_9:33.NEF, etc.
> The rest of the files have the typical file name format, DSC_9334.NEF, etc.
>
> It appears that some of the files just have a colon replacing the second
> digit in the file name, and those files are unreadable in any software
> I've tried and cannot be copied from the card to the hard disk.  I've
> tried the XP file manager, an third party file manager, Lightroom,
> Breeze Browser, Fastone Image Viewer, Nikon Capture 4, and Photoshop CS5
> - none of them can see the images in the strangely named files, and some
> don't even see the file.
>
> There are any number of "file recovery" software packages offered
> online, many of which offer a free look at what they can do, and several
> show images for all of the files on the card, including the funny ones.
> But all of the packages require purchase before you can download any of
> the "recovered" files.  I gather there are thumbnail images connected to
> NEF files, and I don't want to pay $50 for software that only recovers
> thumbnails.  (The pictures I print all end up as 8x8 inch B&W prints,
> some rather seriously cropped from the original, so a thumbnail won't be
> useful.)
>
> SO - does anyone have experience with software that has been reliable at
> recovering corrupted NEF files from CF cards?  If so, what did you use?
> (I HAVE downloaded and backed up the "good" files, but have not done
> anything but read from the CF card
>
> Thanks for any help.  These are among the most valuable images of the
> year as far as the family history is concerned, and if there's a way to
> save some or all of the ones with the funny names I'd sure like to.
> Willing to pay to get it done, but just want to be sure that it WILL get
> done if I pay for it.
>
> Cheers,
> Kip
>
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