This is the space where the image of Jack leaning against a palm tree with the words ‘no loitering’ written on it would be…
This is the space where I would post the image of Georgia feeding a spider monkey a pb&j sandwich…
Yup. Corrupted card. On holiday. It hardly seems fair. I have learned a valuable lesson though. First, I am getting an SD card to go in the SD slot of my 5D Mark III to act as a backup to my CF card. Just in case. Why I have never done this is beyond me…
Second…how valuable are these photographs? After all, they are really just of us on holiday…normal touristy stuff. Us at Lamanai…us at Caye Caulker…we had the discussion. Is it worth sending it to a card recovery company(after multiple failed attempts with consumer level card recovery software)? The answer is yes. I think it will cost about $500 to get them off of there(if they even can)…and the truth is, I’m going to spend what it takes to try. Made me stop and think about the importance of the images I take. Memories are good…and we’ll remember these things…and, my mom was there with her camera capturing some of it as well so it’s not like there are NO photographs of it. But, we value these images of our family time together. And, I know that in years to come…the kids will as well.
Hopefully, one day, I can post those photos for you…as well as the ones of the local boys eating the custard apples on a run down bridge before they jumped into the crocodile infested river. Crossing my fingers…
~ Dana
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Worth every penny, Dana!!
I had to pay $250 from the SanDisk store plus $20 for shipping to get them to fix one of my cards. It was a 16GB, the only downside was that it took about 3 months for them to get it done. Mine was very badly corrupted and I had almost no hope that things would be retrieved, and they saved a lot of the images. I have hope for you! I can only imagine how you must feel right now! I just lost all my iPhone pics from my trip to South Africa and Phoenix, and I am so sad. It doesn’t matter that they are low quality, it is memories. I hope it works out.
Do IT!! I so feel your pain…my girls had the camera one day on our recent family holiday and I was so excited to see the day through their eyes. Sat down to look at the pics of the day…and they were gone! I cried (and may have had a small tantrum). I didn’t even know retrieval was an option (yes, I’m a rookie) but will look into it now. I am crossing my fingers for you!
ps… I am loving seeing Belize. It looks like you are having a magical time!