Lost photos....HELP!

I was downloading photos off my Canon digital and nearly all the way through when the spinning pinwheel came up and Iphoto not responding. I did a force quit and when I started it up again none of the pictures were there but all but 18 photos had been deleted from the camera.
Is there a way to get them back?

Try using MediaRecover on the camera card.
Regards
TD

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