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Re: [Digital BW] OT - Recovery of NEF files from CF card

2012-12-27 by Paul Grant

If you have Lightroom just use it. 

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On Dec 26, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Kip Babington <cbabing3@...> wrote:

> I have always imported images by removing the card from the camera and 
> putting it in a card reader, either the one built into my computer or a 
> separate one (both are USB devices.)  In desperation I found a USB 
> cable for camera/computer hookup and tried it, but it didn't help with 
> reading the funny file names.
> 
> I have never used Nikon software for anything, although, again in 
> desperation to get this issue resolved, I found a disk with a 30 day 
> trial of Capture 4 (which must have come with one of my Nikon digital 
> cameras) and installed it - but it couldn't read any of the bad file 
> names either.
> 
> As for the SanDisk recovery program, I found references to it, and did 
> look through my file of software CDs to see if I had already one from 
> SanDisk that might have had the recovery program on it. But couldn't 
> find one in my archives, and in the course of looking for the program 
> online came across a screen that said it was no longer supported by 
> SanDisk and gave a link to some other company for support. So I stopped 
> looking at that point.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kip
> 
> On 12/26/2012 7:01 PM, Paul Grant wrote:
> > I suspect it was a hiccup in the file transfer or renaming of the files. Are you transferring directly from the camera via usb cable or via a usb/compact flash card reader. I strongly suggesting your not importing via NIKON software that you should a card reader.
> >
> > Lastly I have had great recover results with the San Disk progam.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> 
> 


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