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filming entire concerts with Canon t3i

Started Feb 18, 2016 | Discussions thread
msowsun
msowsun Contributing Member • Posts: 740
Re: filming entire concerts with Canon t3i

Exit10 wrote:

There is a filesystem limit - individual clips are limited to 4GB - if you are filing at highest quality this will be 330MB/min. You could reduce quality or have someone hit continue at 12 mins.

With newer cameras, (T4i, T5i, 6D, 70D, 5D3, etc) Canon gets around this by allowing you to continue past 4GB but the video is automatically split into separate files. This means you will need to edit the movie back together in post processing.  The Video will stop at 29:59 though because of some regulatory rule.

Magic Lantern has an "Movie Restart" option to go past 30 mins. The camera will stop after 29:59 minutes, but will restart in less than a second, so you don't lose very much and you don't need to touch the camera for that, as it will work automatically.

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