Nikon D3X digital SLR comes with EXPEED processor, 24.5 megapixel 35.9 x 24 mm CMOS sensor, a 3 inch 920,000 dot LCD monitor with live view, 51-point autofocus, ISO 100-1600, compatible with DX lenses, automatically masking viewfinder, multi-CAM3500FX Auto Focus sensor, Scene Recognition System, HDMI HD video output, and UDMA-compatible memory card double slot. The camera takes pictures at the rate of 7 fps in NEF, NEF+JPEG, TIFF and JPEG file formats which are stored in CF cards.

Your CF cards should be handled with care, because they easily get logically damaged causing data loss. Data thus lost cannot sometimes be recovered by a built-in data backup facility on your computer. Then you need to use some powerful Camera data recovery software.

Suppose, you have accidentally pressed delete or format button while you are viewing your photos on your camera. Or you have by mistake unplugged your USB from its port, removed your card from camera or card reader or switched off your camera while viewing or transferring your photos. Any of these errors will corrupt your card, making it unusable. Consequently, your photos are not retrievable from the card, now. Even if you try to access the card, some error message like 'This card is not formatted. Format the card.' appears repeatedly on your monitor. Then, will you really lose these photos?

Luckily, there is hope. First, reformat your corrupted card (though it will delete all its content) to make it usable again. Then, run an updated data recovery process before you use the reformatted card to write any new data on it risking your photos' getting overwritten for them never to be recovered. If you just deleted your photos, or they got lost from accidentally formatting your card, just run the backup process. This process may satisfy your needs.

However, if this built-in facility does not serve your purpose, you need to turn to your second and last recourse: use a piece of some powerful Digital camera recovery software. Camera data recovery programs are written employing highly advanced data recovery techniques to satisfy Digital camera photo recovery needs of the time.

Along this line, Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery v3.2 comprehensively recovers lost multimedia files of various formats from almost all storage media. Compatible with Windows and Apple Mac operating systems, this camera data recovery program saves the recovered data in a user-specified location without modifying or overwriting the original.