A:AnswerThe following website by SanDisk answers your question, considering the megapixels and file size:
http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/69/~/number-of-pictures-that-can-be-stored-on-a-memory-device
A:AnswerI had the same situation before and luckily my friend recovered the images that were lost using a software. The main rule is not to shoot anything on the card after its been formatted. If you overwrite it with a new data, you might not be able to recover previously lost images.