I went out today and took over 75 photos with my Nikon Coolpix P100, but I didn't have a memory card in my camera. I'm now unable to retrieve any of the photos - is there any way to recover them?
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1is this a joke? – Digital Lightcraft Jun 24 '15 at 21:30
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unfortunately no. see here: http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/35363/how-can-i-retrieve-internal-memory-photos-on-d3100 – MikeW Jun 24 '15 at 21:44
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As far as I remember, every camera I've used puts up a huge warning on the screen when you take photos without a memory card inserted. Do Nikon Coolpix cameras not do this? – thomasrutter Jun 26 '15 at 01:44
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Unfortunately for you, cameras these days don't come with any form of "internal" memory1 so if you didn't have a memory card in your camera, your photos are lost forever. Sorry about that.
- Or if they do, it's so limited that it may as well be none.
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+1 for adding a footnote to a one sentence answer plus a heartfelt sorry. :-P :-D – TFuto Jun 25 '15 at 10:51
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According to the manual for your camera it has approximately 43MB of internal storage.
This is unlikely to be able to store the number of pictures you took but, if the instructions in the manual are followed, you may be able to retrieve at least some of the missing pictures.
Page 24 of the manual states that any images on the internal memory can only be accessed if no memory card is installed. So if you installed a card into the camera before trying to retrieve the images, you will need to remove the card to see if anything was stored in the internal memory.
Good luck.
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The pdf you are linking is not working, but here is a link that might help. http://www.manualslib.com/manual/111301/Nikon-Coolpix-P100.html?page=127 – Rafael Jun 25 '15 at 17:46
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weirdly - if you just wait, the manual does eventually appear - and I'd rather leave the link pointing at the Nikon site. – db9dreamer Jun 25 '15 at 18:48