Hi everyone,
I have an ARW file (RAW format from sony) which can not display the picture
Here are the result with ExifTool
ExifTool Version Number : 9.66
File Name : DSC06228.ARW
Directory : C:/
File Size : 16 MB
File Modification Date/Time : 2014:06:30 23:39:58+02:00
File Access Date/Time : 2014:07:03 14:21:13+02:00
File Creation Date/Time : 2014:07:03 14:21:13+02:00
File Permissions : rw-rw-rw-
Error : File format error
Is there any suggestion to deal with file format error problem ?
I'm also upload the picture here : http://www.mediafire.com/download/rd8tdera1gyyfmu/DSC06228.ARW
Thank you in advance
This seems to be a common result of a corrupted memory card. Most of the file is binary zeros, and there is no useful image that can be recovered:
> ./hexdump ~/Desktop/DSC06228.ARW | head
0000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
0030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
0040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
0050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
0060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
0070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
0090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
> ./hexdump ~/Desktop/DSC06228.ARW -64
1007fc0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
1007fd0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
1007fe0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
1007ff0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [................]
> ./hexdump ~/Desktop/DSC06228.ARW | grep -v '00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00'
3c0000: 44 53 43 30 36 35 33 32 41 52 57 20 00 00 52 7d [DSC06532ARW ..R}]
3c0010: dd 44 dd 44 06 00 52 7d dd 44 cb 79 00 00 fd 00 [.D.D..R}.D.y....]
3c0020: 44 53 43 30 36 35 33 33 41 52 57 20 00 00 57 7d [DSC06533ARW ..W}]
3c0030: dd 44 dd 44 06 00 57 7d dd 44 c5 7b 00 00 fd 00 [.D.D..W}.D.{....]
3c0040: 44 53 43 30 36 35 34 31 41 52 57 20 00 00 19 92 [DSC06541ARW ....]
3c0050: dd 44 dd 44 06 00 19 92 dd 44 9b 8b 00 00 ff 00 [.D.D.....D......]
3c0060: 44 53 43 30 36 35 34 32 41 52 57 20 00 00 1a 92 [DSC06542ARW ....]
3c0070: dd 44 dd 44 06 00 1a 92 dd 44 99 8d 00 80 fe 00 [.D.D.....D......]
The last command lists all lines in the hex dump which are not all zeros. This looks like it could be a section of the file allocation table, instead of data from an ARW file.
The only way to recover this image is to go back to the memory card with some file recovery software.
- Phil
thank you very much Phil, i will try with recovery software