How to Recover Deleted Pictures from Canon EOS 50D

Picture deletion you may encounter with Canon cameras

» Delete pictures from Canon EOS without backup
» Delete pictures instead of saving by accidentally pressing wrong button
» Delete the 'not-so-nice' pictures when you find your Canon memory card space is not enough
» Delete pictures when transferring pictures from Canon EOS to other devices without realizing the transferring failed.

Solution to recover deleted pictures from Canon camera

To recover deleted pictures from Canon EOS regarding the above problems. First thing comes first, put your Canon camera in a safe place and do not attempt to take more pictures to the Canon EOS memory card. This is for the security of the deleted pictures in case they are unrecoverable because of card physical damage or picture overwritting.

Then the best and easiest way to recover pictures from your Canon EOS is to take a Canon picture recovery program to do the job.

For Windows users, try Wondershare Photo Recovery - a photo recovery program designed to recover deleted pictures from Canon or storage devices including digital camera like Canon EOS under Windows operation system.
For Mac users, turn to Wondershare Photo Recovery for Mac - a Mac photo recovery program which can salvage your accidentally deleted pictures, videos and music from digital media under Mac operation system.

Whatever operation systems you are using, the recovery steps are quite similar. Both Canon picture recovery programs are very user-friendly and easy to operate. Even amateurs can deal with the recovery process.

Step1: Connect Canon memory card to the computer.

After downloading and installing the program on your computer, of course with Windows OS installed. Then connect your Canon EOS camera memory card to the computer with the below 4 methods. You should see the card shown as a drive letter (like H:) in Windows Explorer.

Step2: Found deleted Canon pictures

Select one of the recovery modes according to your needs, choose the target disk where your pictures deleted, and then click the button ' Scan' to start the automatic scanning process.

Step3: Preview and recover deleted pictures

After finishing the scanning process, a list of files that have been found from your Canon EOS memory card will be shown. In addition, there will be a preview window of recoverable photos where you can preview the thumbnail of found pictures from your Canon camera. Then you need to purchase the software to activate. Click the button 'Recover' and your deleted photos will be back to hand again.

Step4: Save the found pictures deleted from Canon

Select a recovery path or enter a directory where you want to save the recovered pictures. Better save the recovered photos to a different disk in order to successfully recover deleted photos from Canon EOS digital camera in case the deleted pictures are partially overwritten.