subject: Error 'memory Card Full': Tips To Perform Olympus E-pl1 Digital Camera Photo Recovery [print this page] The Olympus E-PL1 is designed for consumers who want to get better photos straight away and learn about various parameters of photography is their own time. Incorporating 12.3 megapixels, 2.7 inch LCD display, sensor-shit image stabilization and one-touch HD video recording, the camera belongs to Olympus Micro Four Thirds format. The E-PL1 is compatible with SD cards, and also supports SDHC cards. Photos can be stored in good numbers and transferred easily to a computer, thanks to the high storage capacity and better transfer speeds of these cards. However, you should always maintain regular backups of the valuable photos by regularly downloading them to a USB or external hard drive or your computer. Backups prove a real help when SD card issues render photos inaccessible. And, in case you don't have a backup to restore lost photos after SD card errors, you can rely on an efficient digital camera photo recovery software.
Consider a scenario, wherein, you have gone to attend a school function of your son who is performing on the stage for the first time. You and your wife decide to capture the wonderful moment, and hence take along your Olympus E-PL1 camera to the function. After catching the shots of your son's performance and winding up the function, you come home and load the SD card in your camera and, receive the following error message:
Memory card full
You get perturbed to see the error message as you are sure about the SD card memory status, it still has enough space to accommodate many new photos. As a result, of the above error, you are not able to view photos of your son's first performance.
Cause
The above message could surface in the following situations:
1.SD card has no storage space, all root directories are full
2.SD card is corrupt or damaged
Resolution
In order to fix the issue, you may follow the below-mentioned steps:
1.Attach your Olympus E-PL1 camera to a computer and access the data
2.The issue can be solved by re-inserting the SD card again in the E-PL1 camera
3.If you get no access to photos, it means that your SD card has become corrupt. You must format the SD card in your Olympus camera, followed by digital camera photo recovery software
It is recommended not to use the formatted SD card before you retrieve lost photos as any over-writing instance can make the digital camera data recovery impossible. Therefore, download a third-party recovery utility at the earliest and recover your photos.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a comprehensive utility which recovers lost, deleted or formatted photos and other multimedia files from major cameras including Olympus, Sony, Canon etc. The digital photo recovery software is available for both Windows and Mac Users.