Have you lost your camera or some of your digital photos?

If you have ever lost your digital camera (or memory card) or some of your digital photos while on a trip, all may not be lost. For starters, there are now websites such as www.ifoundyourcamera.blogspot.com that are dedicated to reuniting people with their lost cameras or memory cards while ReuniteIT by LoJack is a global registration system utilizing tamper-proof asset tracking labels in tandem with a secure online global registration database.

In addition, BusinessWeek had an article (Lost Your Digital Photos? Stay Calm) a few years ago packed full of tips about what you can do if it appears that you have lost or inadvertently erased some of the digital photos on your memory card. Some of these tips included sending your memory card to FlashFixers or LC Technology which specialize in extracting images from damaged memory cards or purchasing image-recovery software from memory card manufacturers such SanDisk or Lexar. In addition, you can also try other programs such as MediaRecover and PhotoRescue from DataRescue (usually the makers of such software will allow you to use a demo program to initially see if you can recover some of the photos).

Thus, if you have either lost your entire camera or just some of the photos on the camera’s memory card – you may still be in luck.