Canon 60d Recording Time

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Joseph Ray

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I bought the Canon 60D a few days ago, this is my first DSLR, I was using a Sony FX1 before this, but switched to the 60D, mainly going to use it for video. I have read a few places, and it says the Canon 60D can only record "up to 20 minutes." What exactly does that mean, is that because of the battery, sensor, card? I usually shoot short highlight reels for local sports such as motocross, boxing, etc. Each time I record these I get an average of 30-40 minutes of clips, each about anywhere from 5-20 seconds long. I was shooting to tape, but now with the 60D I am able to delete a clip I do not want it right away, so I am able to narrow it down to probably 15-20 minutes in a day of the athlete I am shooting. The card I have for my 60D is an 8GB sandisk which is a class 10. I would like to know what it means by "up to 20 minutes." Thank you.
 
I believe the "up to 20 minutes" means the maximum length per clip. If you reach the limit, you'll have to start another clip. The number of clips you can record per card will vary depending on clip length and how big your card is.
 
Shel said:
I believe the "up to 20 minutes" means the maximum length per clip.
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Only if you're shooting in SD.

If you're doing full 1080p HD, the maximum recording time is 12 minutes or 4GB--whichever comes first. The manual should say what the recording times are for each setting (SD, 720p, and 1080p).
 
Thanks for the further clarification Timbit. As you can see from my post count, I'm very new to this as well.
 
:) Welcome to the forum!


(Though truthfully you've been a member for longer than I have...)
 
Timbit said:
:) Welcome to the forum!


(Though truthfully you've been a member for longer than I have...)
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Thanks! yeah, I signed up a long time ago, but never had a camera. Finally got a t2i a couple of months ago and have been reading posts here ever since. Such a collection of knowledgeable people here, its great!
 
I'm truthfully only running all my video and photo projects on a PowerShot G10, but am longing for the day I can get a DSLR. The 60D has my attention now, as I'm camera operator, director, and actor for 99% of my short films. That flip screen will be nice! :)
 
Hey thanks for the reply, I will check out my manual for max recording time now before I go out and shoot my first video on this. I have had the 60d for 3 days now, the past year I have only shot my videos with a camera I was borrowing. Now that I have my own and dont need to rely on borrowing, I am taking this very seriously. I deffinently didnt know how helpful the articulating screen would be fpr me until I actually used it, i love it!
 
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