Canon IXUS 100 IS is made for people who want to go photo shooting in style. The ultra slim camera is a 12 mega pixel model with 3x optically-stabilized zoom lens, 2.5 inch LCD screen, and Smart AUTO mode. The camera can store images on a variety of memory cards like SD, SDHC, MMC, MMCplus etc. Utilizing the tremendous storage space provided by these cards, a Canon IXUS 100 user can create a huge bank of memorable pictures. However, it is not an easy task to manage a good amount of pictures as these cards are prone to corruption and other problems. The pictures stored on the camera, thus, become inaccessible. In such cases, a Camera recovery software comes handy to retrieve lost or even deleted photos.

As a practical case, you may come across the following error message while shooting with your Canon iXUS 100 IS:

“Card unreadable”

The camera goes in state of limbo because of the above error, thus rendering your stored pictures inaccessible.

Cause:

The error surfaces because of the following reasons:

1. Conflict between memory card and camera

The camera doesn't have the software to read the card or the card is inserted improperly

2. Memory card corruption ( Due to switching off the camera before an image is written, removing the card from the camera while the files are still getting transferred to a computer, shooting with low batteries, formatting a card in computer, and many other reasons)

Solution:

1. Double-check that the card is properly inserted in the camera

2. Remove the card and reinsert it following instructions given by the camera manufacturer

3. If the card is inserted properly and one still receives the message, update the firmware on the camera from Canon's website

4. If this also doesn't work, reformat the memory card

Reformatting will fix the problem and you can again start clicking pictures with your Canon IXUS 100 IS. But in order to recover data after formatting, one is highly dependable on an efficient Camera recovery software. These third-party Digital camera recovery applications offer great help when one or other problem in IXUS 100 IS leads to data loss.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a trusted Mac camera recovery software, designed to recover all photo formats including JPEG, RAW, PNG, TIF, GIF etc. It supports recovery from deleted/formatted storage media like memory cards, memory sticks, digital cameras, Windows/Mac hard drives, CD, DVD, USB drive and may other removable media.