Raw image format in digital photography is same as that of the negative in film photography. It is called as RAW picture format because it is minimally processed. Generally professional digital camera generates this format by converting it into TIFF or JPG format and then stores them into your memory card. The advantage of using RAW file format is that it provides wider range and flexibility than that of JPFG. By using RAW file format you can decide the attributes of the TIFF or JPG file format. But sometimes the RAW pictures from professional digital camera are lost due to certain reasons. In that case we need to recover RAW photos from digital camera to get back those lost RAW photos. Some common reasons for RAW photos from professional digital camera are discussed below:
Some Common RAW Photo loss scenario in Professional digital cameras:
- Accidental Deletion: Raw pictures from professional digital cameras can be deleted due to common human errors like deleting unintentionally one raw picture instead of deleting any other raw picture or unknowingly deleting all the raw pictures while previewing them in the professional digital camera.
- Improper Usage: Formatting the memory card of digital camera without taking proper data backup leads to raw picture deletion. Taking pictures while professional digital camera is low on battery or switching off the digital camera while raw pictures are not properly processed can the reasons for picture deletion.
- Corrupted Memory card: If the memory card of digital camera is corrupted due to any reason, the raw pictures stored in it become inaccessible. Malware may be the other reasons for memory card corruption. Some raw photos also get deleted by the anti virus scanning process. Using the same memory card in different professional digital cameras can also make it corrupt.
- Third Party Tool: Raw pictures from digital cameras can be erased due to improper functioning of third party. Raw pictures can also get erased due to unexpected situations like improper shut down or sudden power failure while data processing is not completed.
- Conversion from RAW to any other format: Raw photos can be deleted from professional digital camera due to improper conversion of RAW picture format to any other picture file format.
If you have lost raw pictures from your digital camera, you might be thinking that the lost raw pictures can never be recovered. But the chances of recovering those lost raw pictures still exist if you have not saved any new pictures into the memory card of professional digital camera. Because saving of any new pictures into the memory card from which you have lost raw pictures, may overwrite the lost raw pictures with new pictures which may lead to permanent picture loss. However, you can restore those lost raw pictures using Remo Recover (Windows)-Media edition.
The features of this software include recovery of RAW pictures generated by professional digital cameras like Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax etc. Other than RAW pictures it also recovers different types of media files like audios, videos, photos from USB flash drives, hard drives, camcorders etc. This software rescues media files even from the formatted partition. Raw pictures lost due to conversion error can also be restored by this software. Raw pictures which are deleted accidentally or deleted due to improper usage can also be recovered. You can just download the software and evaluate its effectiveness.