Sigh...operator error I'm afraid. Has anyone had any luck recovering .mts files from an SD card? We shoot with HMC150s and I'm afraid we formatted a card before transferring footage. Luckily it's not the most important of things, but I would still like to get it back. We have not recorded anything else on the card since the mishap.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Recuva - I've used it, so have many others. Saved some valuable files after I did much the same once.

Yep! Recuva is a brilliant programme. One word of caution though, when a card has been formatted rather than deleted, file recovery can be a problem.

Roger

I have used FileSalvage by Subrosasoft on Mac platform. It seems to recover almost anything. I believe they have a demo version to try out and see what can be recovered.

CardRecovery and recuva both good and saved my sorry a.....e

Ok, thank you all for your input! We'll see what turns up!!

i replied to this in the Panasonic section, but her it is again

usually it's a 'quick' format, which for most cameras involve deleting the FAT i.e. File Allocation Table and possibly leaving the clips still on the card.
but if it's a full format this involves deleting and overwriting all data on the card and there is no chance of recovery.

So depending on whether your camera does a quick or full format will determine the chances of a successful recovery.

I've had good experiences with a program called R-Studio, from a company called r-tools, in particular you'll need R-Undelete to have a go at your formatted card

good luck

Ok thanks Rob I will give that a go too!