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ExifTool => The "exiftool" Application => Topic started by: fahimK on August 20, 2014, 09:21:34 AM

Title: Not sure if this works for me
Post by: fahimK on August 20, 2014, 09:21:34 AM
I shot a lot of pictures in RAW. could view them in my camera, however, when i went home and transfered them. None of them had previews OR open in any program. Week later, i shot pics, made sure the worked in my camera and laptop. they did. Until the end of the day i went home. and find that my last 100 shots wont open anymore. Another day, shot 60 pics, right after i shot the next, it stopped and every picture had a Red Box with a "X" in it. The files are still full size .NEF files.
I used the ExifTool, followed instructions. but it would just create a "Fixed" folder with nothing inside it. and on the Windows, wouldnt do anything.

any help?

Camera: Nikon D3200
i would attach a file of .NEF, but its over the total size allowed.
Title: Re: Not sure if this works for me
Post by: Phil Harvey on August 20, 2014, 10:03:27 AM
Email one to me and I'll take a look (philharvey66 at gmail.com).

- Phil
Title: Re: Not sure if this works for me
Post by: fahimK on August 20, 2014, 10:27:49 AM
Just did!
Title: Re: Not sure if this works for me
Post by: Phil Harvey on August 20, 2014, 10:33:24 AM
I get these messages when I run fix_corrupted_nef on your file:

Error: Not a D4, D600, D610, D800/D800E, D3200, D5200 or D7100 NEF
- /Users/phil/Desktop/DSC_0428.NEF
Error: File format error - /Users/phil/Desktop/DSC_0428.NEF


Looking at the file with a hex dump utility, I see it consists entirely of zero bytes.  I have seen this sort of corruption from a bad memory card.  I'm sorry, but here is no way to recover an image from this file.  Your only hope is running file recovery software on your memory card.

- Phil
Title: Re: Not sure if this works for me
Post by: fahimK on August 20, 2014, 11:07:15 AM
Dang. Thanks a lot. Will give that a shot n hope it works out :/

[edit]
I actually thought it was my memory cards fault. Since i bought one online. it was a micro SD. But later, i used my friends memory card which was fine since he uses it. but it happened again on that one the last time i used my camera. I put my card in his camera, nothing happened.

i could have blamed my card, but this only happens when using my dslr :(