How to Recover Deleted Photos and Videos from a Hasselblad Camera

Learn to recover deleted photos and videos from a Hasselblad camera using professional SD card recovery software. This article also lists several related tips about Hasselblad cameras.

By Ivy    Last Updated March 6, 2026

Help! Can you recover deleted photos and videos from a Hasselblad camera?

Are you aware of the impressive capabilities of the Hasselblad H6D-100c, featuring a remarkable 100-megapixel sensor? NASA opted for Hasselblad to accompany humanity on its historic lunar expedition.

Despite these exceptional achievements, it’s important to acknowledge that Hasselblad cameras are vulnerable to potential data loss like other storage devices. So some users are eager to recover deleted 3FR files or other precious Hasselblad photos and videos.

 

Hey, folks! I need some tech advice here! I accidentally deleted some precious pictures and videos from my Hasselblad H5D-60 camera. I’m not tech-savvy, so can anyone tell me how to retrieve them? Is there any recommended data recovery software? Thanks.

Though it’s possible to recover deleted Hasselblad photos and videos, its SD card data recovery rate can be influenced by factors such as data loss scenarios and employed approaches.

Scenarios

Workable solutions

Accidental deletion

Once you’ve developed the habit of creating regular file backups, restoring your Hasselblad pictures and videos becomes a breeze. If not, try professional data recovery software.

Disk formatting

It’s possible to recover data from formatted SD cards if you only perform a quick format, as it only deletes file path directories and makes data invisible.

RAW SD card

Seek help from powerful tools to perform RAW SD card recovery.

Hardware failure

Contact data recovery service centers for data retrieval

Virus or malware attacks

Try to add exclusions or disable Windows Defender if your Windows Defender automatically deletes files on your Hasselblad camera SD card.

Hasselblad 3FR, FFF, DNG images

If you intend to recover deleted Hasselblad photos, please note that the majority of Hasselblad photos are in the 3FR format, as 3FR files represent digital photographs captured by various Hasselblad digital cameras.

Camera RAW files, such as Hasselblad 3FR, store high-quality photographs with superior editing precision compared to compressed formats like JPEGs. On the flip side, the raw data in 3FR files results in larger file sizes, posing challenges when saving and sharing images.

Besides the 3FR file format, Hasselblad H5D-50c also supports FFF images, while H2D supports DNG files. For instance, if you want to recover deleted photos and videos from Sigma cameras, you’ll also need to recover DNG files created by Sigma digital cameras.

How to recover deleted photos and videos from a Hasselblad camera

How to recover deleted photos and videos from a Hasselblad camera without backups? In this scenario, seeking help from professional SD card recovery software could be the most efficient and effort-saving method because you cannot find the temporary storage on your Hasselblad SD card.

AOMEI FastRecovery aims to recover deleted/lost photos and videos from various cameras, such as Hasselblad 3F, FFF, and DNG, Sigma X3F and DNG, Nikon NEF, Fuji RAF, and Olympus ORF.

AOMEI FastRecovery
Best Photo & VideoRecovery Software for Windows
  • ✅Recoverable Scope: Recover data in any scenarios, such as permanent deletions, disk formatting, system crashes, virus attacks, etc.
  • 2️⃣Scanning Modes: Perform a quick scan automatically and integrate Deep Scan for more thorough results.
  • 👍1000+ data types: Recover deleted images (JPG, PNG, GIF, PSD), videos (MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV), documents (DOC, XLSX, PDF, PPT), etc.
  • 🧬Flexible Layout: Organize and display deleted or lost files by Type or Path, allowing you to sort, filter, search, and preview files.
  • 💾 Wide support: Support different SD card types, including standard SD cards, SDXC, SDHC, etc., and NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, and ReFS file systems.
  • 👍Free data recovery, supporting up to 500MB.
⚠️Notes:
  • Stop using your SD card after recognizing data loss, as any new data may overwrite the free space where the deleted files are stored.

  • Please install AOMEI FastRecovery in a new location.

  • You can recover deleted or lost Hasselblad images and videos for free, up to 500MB.

Step 1. Connect the SD card to your Windows via a card reader. Launch AOMEI FastRecovery, hover the mouse over your connected SD card and click Scan.

Step 2. AOMEI FastRecovery can automatically scan your SD card and display all the recoverable files. Under the Type section, check Images and Videos in order, then select 3FR, FFF, DNG files.

⚠️Note: Click the Deep Scan button to find more data if Quick Scan fails. It scans every sector of the disk and thus takes longer.

Step 3. Double-click the selected files to preview and click Recover to start the recovery process.

⚠️Note: Please save your recovered 3FR, FFF, DNG images, and videos in a new saved path instead of the original Hasselblad camera SD card.

How to Open 3FR Files 

How to open 3FR files? Windows users can use the default program, like Microsoft Photos, to open their 3FR images

Step 1. Connect the Hasselblad camera SD card to your Windows PC.

Step 2. Go to the saved path of your 3FR files, right-click on 3FR images, and select Open with Photos.

Apart from that, you can also use File Viewer Plus, Hasselblad Phocus, Corel PaintShop Pro 2023, CyberLink PhotoDirector 365, Engelmann Media Photometer Pro, or Adobe Photoshop 2023 to open or edit 3FR files.

Ivy · Editor
Ivy, our dedicated editor at AOMEI Technology, is committed to providing valuable insights and guidance in data protection. Her mission is to empower everyone with her knowledge of computer backup and recovery, disk cloning, file synchronization, and more. Ivy's goal is to do her best to ensure your digital world remains safe and secure.