All photos were deleted on Kodak Easy Share M381 (sandisk) in error - can they be recovered?

Yes, they can be recovered if you take care. Also if you want to maximize chances of Kodak camera files recovery, the first thing you should do is immediately stop taking more photos or videos (with your current digital camera) in case partial files are overwritten.

Then connect the camera (memory card) to a PC or Mac which has install a data recovery tool, check this site Digital Camera Photo Recovery for a list of good and tested recovery software.

Hope you good luck! Merry Christmas! Regards

I had success with this camera photo recovery program called asoftech photo recovery, you can read more info from
http://www.asoftech.com/apr/

Hope this helps.

Yes, those deleted photos can ONLY be recovered provided they are not fully overwritten. The data is still there on the memory card or stick of your Kodak camera as long as you haven't taken any more photos since then.

They can be recovered using photo recovery software, there are lots of them available with different benefits and features. I recommend you have a try of Wondershare Photo Recovery, a software which can also recover lost video and music files. Get the program from the links below.

Photo Recovery Download (if you are running Windows OS)
Mac Photo Recovery Download (for Apple Mac OS X)

Download and install the trial version on your computer, then connect your sandisk memory card ans start to recover.

Tips:
1. Take the free trial version first.
2. Before your deleted items are recovered, do not save more files to the card.

I hope you good luck, Happy the Holiday!

Ok! Don't worry! Nowadays, the deleted files on a camera memory card are not actually destroyed immediately as we think. They are still there and become invisible. So, act carefully to get these deleted photos back:
1. Stop using this camera right now in case that any new file on it may overwrite your deleted files.
2. Insert this camera to your computer.
3. Download a camera memory card data recovery freeware to retrieve all your lost photos back.
This professional camera recovery freeware has helped many people around me restore their inaccessible data off from a phone/camera memory card or hard drive. It could be a good choice for you to go on.
Try to read more detailed information of this camera data recovery freeware here:
http://blog4mark.blogspot.com/2012/12/photo-recovery-after-delete.html


4. Do not save or back up all the restored data on the same camera in case of any data loss.

Sure, you can recover them. deletion doesn't mean the photos were deleted permenantly, they are just unvisible and give room to new photos. However, if you want to get back them, you can have rely on digital photo recovery program. Try Card Data Recovery, it can recover photos from all popular digital camera including Kodak, Canon, Sony, Nikon,etc.