Contents: 1. Why did I write this? 2. Brief introduction to digital cameras in linux 3. Tools used 4. Getting started 5. A little more advanced 6. Recovering MPEG files 7. Closing 8. Credits 1. Why did I write this? Well, I had managed to format my data partition by accident, and since I didn't have enough money to afford another hard drive, I didn't have a backup of most of the data (I know, I know). I did have backups of most of my pictures, except for the last two "vacations" I'd been on. Eventually it occured to me that, despite deletion of the