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How to Recover Lost ORF (Olympus Raw File) Files

Olympus digital cameras, one of the most reliable cameras, are widely used by a myriad of photographers, both professionals as well as amateurs. The cameras are very easy to use and have a number of advanced and distinct features.

Author: Shaun Pattrik

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Olympus cameras originally store files in the ORF (Olympus Raw File) file format. In some cases, the ORF files get deleted or lost from your Mac OS X hard drive and photo loss occurs, and, you need to opt for Mac photo recovery to get your lost photos back.

ORF is the Raw image file of Olympus digital camera. The camera originally stores all the photos in ORF format, which can be further converted into required file format like JPEG, BMP, JPG, and more. The Raw image file of Olympus camera contains minimally processed information or data from image sensor. It can also contain text information about the picture and the conditions of camera when photo was taken.

You may lose your valuable ORF files from Olympus digital camera, memory card, or Mac OS X computer hard drive, and other supported storage media due to any of the below mentioned reasons:

Accidental deletion of the file from either digital camera, memory card, or Mac machine.
Unintentional formatting of memory card or other storage media.
Turning off the Olympus camera before the ORF file is written completely on the memory card.
Removing the memory device from your computer, while the ORF files are still open.
Clicking the photos even after the memory card becomes full.
Virus infects the memory card.
File system of the Mac OS X hard drive or memory card gets damaged.
The battery is low and Olympus digital camera turns off while taking photos.

Irrespective of the cause of ORF file loss, you ultimately lose your memorable pictures, which is not acceptable. In such situations, you need to restore lost files from backup to perform Photo recovery.

In case of unavailability of backup, Mac photo recovery software becomes need of the hour. The applications thoroughly scan affected storage media and extract all lost, missing, and deleted photos from it. The Photo Recovery Software are totally safe and simple to use.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery (Mac) software successfully recover lost photos and multimedia files from digital camera, memory card, Mac hard drive, and other storage media. The software comes with non-destructive conduct and interactive user interface, and works well with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard, 10.4 Tiger, and 10.3.9 Panther.

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Shaun Pattrik has 6 Years of Experience in the Software Technology field doing research in Stellar Info System Ltd which offers photo recovery, photo recovery software, digital photo recovery and Mac photo recovery. For more information please visit: http://mac-photo-recovery.photo-recovery-software.com/

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How to Recover Lost ORF (Olympus Raw File) Files