Canon EOS-1D Mark IV is the 5^th generation digital camera of Canon DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) cameras. This camera is counted for taking instant, high resolution photographs under unpersuasive conditions. Incorporating 45-point AF (Auto Focus) system and shooting capability of up to ten fps (frames per second), Canon EOS-1D Mark IV overcomes most, but not all, of the limitations of its predecessors. Despite all these various major advancements, digital data loss is still an inevitable truth. A Canon EOS-1D Mark IV user can often encounter situations when he has to use the last available backup to restore the lost or deleted digital camera files. Upon finding the backup missing or invalid, the last resort is to use a Camera recovery utility.

Following is the list of probable events that can cause digital data loss in Canon EOS-1D Mark IV camera:

1. The user deletes one or more of his important files from Canon EOS-1D Mark IV camera or its external storage. This generally occurs if the user cannot understand the camera file delete functions properly.

2. The camera storage gets corrupted as outcomes of unexpected power outage, improper handling, or interrupted read/write operations.

A Canon EOS-1D Mark IV camera supports Compact Flash Type I or II cards, SD/SDHC cards, and USB hard drives as external storage media. But after unexpected events, like the ones mentioned earlier, these storage media lose their capability of storing and do not allow data access due to corruption in file system. To make the card reusable and re-accessible within Canon EOS-1D Mark IV camera, user needs to reformat the card and restore the digital data store from the last backup.

A Canon EOS-1D Mark IV user may fall in grave situations of data loss if it finds backup invalid or not available after file system corruption, media reformatting, and/or deleting the pictures accidentally. These are the circumstances when a Camera recovery software can help. A Digital camera recovery software is competent to scan and then retrieve lost digital files from any of the digital camera or storage media. With a user-friendly interface, this Camera data recovery utility is easy to use. The software is available for both Windows and Mac operating systems.