Pentax Cameras are one of the most fantastic range DSLR cameras. The company has added new features in its every next upgrade or new launch of camera devices. In May 2006, it has announced a new line of Digital SLR cameras called K series. These camera devices are launched to replace the old ones with new added features, such as weather sealed models and a couple of super zooms. The latest launched and most popular models of this series are  K-5, in the form of the Pentax K-5 II and Pentax K-5 Ils, Pentax K-3, Pentax K-S1.

All of these devices are featured with newly developed sensor, which is capable of delivering clear images in low-light conditions. However, due to their different launch time, the features also vary. Since K-3 and K-S1 are the most recent versions, so they are more powerful and provide high picture quality and greater flexibility. But still all of the Pentax digital cameras are widely used devices all across the world due to their great picture quality and very easy interface design. However, like every digital camera, the data loss issue is still a problem with these cameras as well.

Further below, this post tells about the ways to recover lost or deleted pictures from Pentax K-3 and K-5 digital cameras.

Pentax cameras detachable battery models can easily allow you remove the battery from it, which is a major cause of photo loss. When this happens, there are chances of photo loss, which you had taken earlier. For example, while viewing photos or videos, if the Pentax camera suddenly gets turned off, then there are chances that you may not find those pictures again after restart. Suppose if you do not have any backup of those precious pictures, then it could lead to permanent data loss.

In order to recover deleted pictures and to retrieve them from your Pentax digital camera, you can follow the method explained in this write-up. If the stored data of your Pentax camera become inaccessible, it doesn’t mean that they are permanently lost. In fact the complete stored photos still remain in the same place, but you cannot see them as they just become invisible and marked as blank area and free to store a fresh one. You still have a chance to recover lost photos from Pentax camera device.

The moment you noticed that your photos become inaccessible, you should immediately stop using the camera and the storage device. If you continue taking pictures then it may overwrite the lost photos and make them unrecoverable by overwriting. Therefore, you must take out the SD card from your Pentax camera after corruption and perform a recovery method. Professional photo recovery tools are the most reliable and popular method according to users. You can use any photo recovery tool and recover deleted pictures from your Pentax camera’s SD card.

Major causes of photo loss/deletion in Pentax camera

• Format Errors: SD card become corrupt and showing formatting error messages when you connect your Pentax camera to the computer
• Wrong Usage: While ‘read & write’ operation or photo transferring process, you have removed the memory card from the camera.
• Power interruption: While transferring photo from Pentax camera to your computer machine or vice versa a sudden power failure occurs in a camera or computer.
• Human Errors: Intentionally or unintentionally when you delete important photos or other media files from Pentax camera, it tends to data loss. it is one of the most common causes of photo loss. Accidental formatting of SD card can also be included in data loss due to human errors.
• File System Corruption: When your SD card or other storage device used in Pentax digital camera may get corrupted due to virus attacks or any other interruption corrupts your SD card file system, then also your stored photos  become inaccessible.

If you are planning to recover your lost photos from any model of Pentax digital camera then a professional photo recovery tool, would be the best available solution. You just need to choose a good photo recovery software, like Stellar Photo Recovery Software  and run it on your system, connect your SD card to the same computer and follow the recovery steps. It is advisable that do not try multiple recovery software on your SD card, as it may lead to permanent data loss. First, do a research about the product which you are going to use and then start recovering. Except the above mentioned Pentax digital camera series, you can recover photos from other Pentax digital camera models as well by  photo recovery tools.