Picutes taken, cannot find them, when turn camera on it says "images recorded to internal memory". How do you retrieve these photos?

Are you sure it is set to save images to the card and not the camera's internal memory ?

In the camera's menu system, you will find an entry for "copy" which gives you the option to copy the internal memory to a memory card.

Well If the photos you want to retrieve are on the 15Mo of internal memory, there is not much to do here except to see a repair center.

If they are not on the internal memory, open the Battery hatch of your camera, push on the small card that is close to the battery, then take the card out.
Now you can plug this card directly in a card reader.
If you have a laptop you might have a compatible card reader on it, otherwise buy one, it is always usefull.
Retrieving the photo this way on any camera saves battery and is usually faster than when using an USB cable.

Hope this helps

In the camera menu, you will find an entry for "copy" which gives you the option to copy the internal memory to a memory card. Once that is done, remove your card, go back into the menu and find "format"...follow the on-screen instructions to erase the internal memory and promise yourself to never use it again. After that, your memory card should work properly in the camera.

Connect Your camera with the computer using data cable.First confirm if you installed your camera driver in the computer.Now the camera will detected and you can upload your photos to the computer.

The message "images recorded to internal memory'' is just a warning, that there is no memory card in the camera. It doen't necessarily mean that there are any images saved in the internal memory.
The message should rather have been "images will be recorded to the internal memory"

Yes, but you will need to purchase a "Rescue" program such as Rescue - Pro, this enables you to search a camera memory card, and retrieve the last images taken.  Beware however that if your son has taken more photos after the ones he deleted then the "Rescue" software may have trouble. 
The best option is to withdraw the camera card from use until you have used the "Rescue" software, to prevent corruption to the image files. These programs are available for down load off the web, at very reasonable prices, or maybe available when purchased with a high end memory card, such as San Disk Extreme IV Series Cards.
Hope this helps Ian

It may be the images are there but the camera is not reading them... I would try to find a place (possibly a photo retailer or a computer repair place) with a card reader to check out to see if that is the case.

Hey charlottelew,
They should be on them memory stick, but I do know that some cameras have an internal memory built in (usually small). If you are seeing the image on the LCD screen after you take the picture it should be stored on your memory stick. You could try opening the images on your computer using a card reader hooked into a USB port.

Sincerely,
Allan
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If you remove memory card your camera will show the pictures held in his internal 27 megs memory, as if it was memory card. Same if you connect to computer with no memory card inside.
This is all.