Resolve 'Memory card full' error in Olympus Stylus Tough-3000

Olympus' range of rugged digital cameras, which are freeze proof, waterproof and shockproof, has swept the digital camera users off their feet. One of the most desirable cameras from this range is Olympus Stylus Tough -3000. It's an amazing camera which can be used to have some real fun and click thrilling images of your adventurous tasks.

Incorporating 12 megapixels, 3.6x optical zoom and 2.7 inches LCD monitor, this camera has lot to offer to photography buffs. Images can be stored on SD/SDHC cards, which are regarded as the most reliable memory cards.

Despite all such great features, you cannot vouch that you have become immune to data loss. Corruption issues might also haunt you if you do not handle camera and memory card related operations carefully. If data loss occurs due to corruption, your priority should be restoring lost images from a backup. And, if no backup is present, you must opt for using appropriate card recovery software, which supports both Olympus camera and SD cards.

Consider a scenario, wherein, you are attending a small party organized by your parents on the occasion of your birthday. Your parents hand over the Olympus digital camera to you so that you can capture the moments in the best way. While you are in the middle of clicking pictures, you are startled by the sudden occurrence of the following error message:

"Memory card full"

The error message might perturb you because as per your knowledge the memory card has enough memory to store more pictures.

Cause :

The above error message might or might not be related to the memory card. Here are the details:

• The error message might occur if you are storing pictures to the camera's internal memory
• If your memory card has run out of space to add more data
• Or if your memory card has become corrupt

Resolution :

In order to resolve the issue with your Olympus camera and access previously saved photos, you must observe the following digital camera recovery steps:

• Check if your camera settings are in place. If not, then change the settings to allow your camera to save pictures to the memory card instead of internal memory.
• If memory card is actually full, then download the data to a computer and format the card.
• If it is a corruption issue, search for powerful card recovery software if you do not want to loose your precious photos.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is an efficient tool which assists you in recovering lost or deleted photos, and other files from a formatted storage media without any hassle. You can use this application to recover photos from a range of digital cameras including Olympus, Sony, Canon etc. This digital camera recovery application supports recovery from almost all major memory cards such as SD, MMC, CF, XD etc.