Do digital cameras save a copy of photos, in addition to the memory card?

December 11, 2009 - 6:16 pm 2 Comments

I am wondering if some digital cameras retain a copy of all photos taken in addition to the memory card?

I discovered an area on my digital camera called "gallery" and it was an album of every photo ever taken on my camera included photos I had deleted from my memory card. Were these deleted photos from my memory card or my camera?
My camera is a Sony DSC-N2
I am not referring to the software that came with my camera because the camera was the one on display and was actually missing the instructions, software and wrist strap when I purchased it.

That sounds odd. I’m not sure how your camera would have space for that. What brand and model of camera do you have?

2 Responses to “Do digital cameras save a copy of photos, in addition to the memory card?”

  1. hipp5 Says:

    That sounds odd. I’m not sure how your camera would have space for that. What brand and model of camera do you have?
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  2. keerok Says:

    You must be referring to the camera’s software which you installed to your computer when you just purchased the camera. The gallery is most probably just a cache of thumbnails from previous and recent memory stick contents and did not get updated fast enough.

    No, there is no duplicate when you take a shot. It either goes to the memory stick or to the camera’s internal memory if there is no memory stick installed. To create a duplicate, copy contents to a computer as early as possible.

    Deleted photos can not normally be recovered but Sony’s memory stick normally comes with an instruction/warranty sheet (if original, fakes do not come documented) that includes a site for downloading a utility for recovering deleted files or formatted sticks.
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