How to Recover Deleted Videos and Photos from Camera Drone
The post introduces the latest revolutionary discovery in the arena of photography – Drones and mentions common reasons that leads to data loss. It suggests an efficient utility that helps recover photo files and video clips from corrupt SD Card inserted in the digital camera incorporated in Drone.
Drone cameras brings along a new definition of photography where these devices pans over stunning vistas and mountains to get that beautiful picturesque shot. Hubsan X4, DJI Phantom 3, DJI Phantom 4 and DJI Inspire 1, 3DR Solo, Parrot MiniDrone Rolling Spider, Parrot Bepop 2 are some of the popular Drones, also known as flying robots used for image precision and quality.
The Unmanned Arial Vehicles are operated by remote controls or fly independently through a preplanned flight plan. Drones are usually equipped with digital cameras like Canon, Sony, GoPro, etc. for shooting aerial photography. No matter how advance the technology is, data incorporated within the camera is always prone to accidental deletion, corruption, virus attacks, mechanical failure, and other disasters.
If you are a professional photographer or capturing pictures is your hobby, you must know how to save the images to prevent them against loss and if it happens, what to do next. You must be familiar to the procedure of recovering lost data and restoring it on the storage media.
How to Recover Data from a Drone Camera
Drone camera incorporates digital cameras like Canon, Panasonic, Nikon, GoPro, etc., and every single picture being captured is stored in the memory card. Therefore, Drone camera recovery is nothing but memory card recovery that can be done by employing a third-party data retrieval software.
Stellar Photo Recovery is a professional utility that recovers deleted videos and photos from Camera Drone without compromising the quality or any of its contents. All you need to do is remove the memory card from the camera and insert it in a memory card- reader device. Next, connect the card reader to the computer or laptop. It is highly recommended to discontinue using the memory card else data recovery will become difficult.
This image recovery software helps in recovering photos from all kinds of SD cards including mini, micro, SDXC and SDHC. All different makes and models of cameras such as Samsung, Nikon, Canon, Kodak, Pentax, Minolta, Fuji, Sigma, Epson, Olympus, etc. are supported for recovery. The tool scan and recovers multimedia files with the help of advanced recovery algorithms.
Let’s have a look at some of the efficient features of the Photo Recovery software in the upcoming section.
- Recovers photos, videos, audio, and other multimedia components from the storage media
- Recovers data from memory cards, digital cameras, and other internal/ external storage
- Supports FAT32, NTFS, and ExFAT file systems for recovery of images, videos, and audio
- Possess the ability to scan storage devices storing 2TB data components
- Restores deleted data with the original date –time details, files name or camera model
- No modifications are made to the original files and recovered data is stored in new files
- Selective file formats can be recovered which makes recovery process faster
The Recovery Procedure
To initiate the recovery process, connect the SD card to the computer or laptop via memory card reader. Make sure that the card is readable to the machine and being assigned a drive letter such as (F: /, G: /, H: /, etc.), else, the recovery process will not start.
- Run Stellar Photo Recovery software
- Click on Recover Photo, Audio, & Video button from the main screen of the tool
- From the list of physical drives connected to the computer, select the drive assigned to Drone camera SD card
- After the memory card drive is selected, make sure that checkboxes associated with Photos and Videos are selected and then click on Advanced Settings option
- Advanced Settings window will appear; select the file formats that needs to be recovered from the SD card
Important!
- Select image formats from the Photo File Format section and video formats from the options available under Video File Format under the Supported Files Format tab in Advanced Settings window.
- Make sure to select RAW file format along with regular image and video file formats such as .jpeg, .mov, etc. For example: if the image is captured on Canon digital camera, select CRW and CR2 checkboxes as the RAW images are stored any of such formats on system.
- Alternatively, click on Select Region tab and specify desired range in the Starting Sector and Ending Sector fields of the card for recovery and click on OK
Important!
The software will scan and display the recoverable images and videos in the corresponding folders as per selected file formats.
- Select any folder to view the recoverable images and videos stored within it and then click on the corresponding checkboxes to select appropriate files for recovery
- After the files are selected for recovery, click on the Recover button to begin the recovery procedure
- Next, specify the storage location to store the recovered files at the desired destination on the hard drive
Important!
It is highly suggested to select another storage drive to save the recovered data as saving it on the same location could result in several issues. It is probable that you fail to open the file after recovery if the recovered data is stored on the same storage media. You can save recovered data to internal or any other external storage media.
Following the above-mentioned recovery procedure, you can successfully recover deleted videos and photos from Camera Drone easily. The software provides an easy- to follow recovery procedure so that non-technical users can also execute it. The recovered files can be stored at a new location on the hard drive.
The Final Word!
The tool does not compromise on the quality of image or video clips and all the attributes remain intact even after recovery. Advanced scanning algorithms thoroughly scan the selected files to retrieve data and then restore it. Even if the SD Card is highly corrupt, Stellar Photo Recovery software can scan the cards to fetch all the recoverable data.
The tool comes with the demo version whereby you can view the features and functionalities of the software before you register. Therefore, the tool incorporates all fundamental and advanced features required for drone image and video recovery!