Donita

When I am trying to shoot a video with my canon 60D, it automatically shuts off anywhere between 10-30 seconds. The recording size is currently 1920x1080.
I have a 32GB SanDisk, movie quality...
Do I need to change the recording size to 640x480, to take a video longer than 10 to 30 seconds?
I need a fairly good quality video lasting approximately 10 minutes.
PLEASE HELP! 🤔

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I don't have all the details, but all regular video recorders (in this country, at least) record for maybe thirty seconds and then make another 30-second recording, until you press the Stop button. This has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with money. Even our Sony camcorders make a series of short recordings that are combined into one long video. As I said, I don't have all the details.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

My Nikons can supposedly do about 29 min.
I know I’ve done at least 15 minutes.

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

I have done quite a few videos with my Canon DSLRs (see my profile below). They all have a limit on time/file size, which they need to avoid paying more duty on import as a 'video camera'. However, the limit is much more than you are getting... It's been a while, but if I remember right the time limit is 20 minutes, after which it shuts off. They also have a size limit of (I think) 4GB, but if they are not at the time limit, they will close the current file and immediately continue shooting to a new file.

I admit the details are a bit fuzzy, as it has been a year or two, but the limit is way above what you are getting. I assume that there is some menu setting causing the issue, but I cannot make a suggestion as to what it is...

I normally shoot 640x480, but this is more to keep the final output to a reasonable size that for any recording purpose. I shoot multi-camera events in church, and need to keep the final edit small enough to distribute.

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

I believe the reason the camera shuts down is because of the heat put out by the processor. Think I read that somewhere. djt

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

Is the camera stopping after 10-30 seconds or 10-30 minutes? I shoot 1920x1080 on all my dslrs. Things I would check: Is your video card full? How fast is your card? On my 16GB card it says 45Mb/sec, class 10. If yours is equal to that it's not the card unless the card is defective. I use the same card to shoot 4K video at 3840 x 2160 and have no problem. Maximum file length with 4K is about 8 minutes or 4GB.

b roll wanabee

Try a different card. Probably need a faster one.
As a test crank down the resolution and see if it records longer. I had that problem and it was a slow SD card.
Can be confusing purchasing the right SD card.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

Check your user manual, if it is 10 to 30 minutes rather than seconds it is probably normal. If it really is seconds, then something is wrong. I have taken video with my D7100 and it stops at 19 minutes and there is a little count down scale you can see to know when it is coming.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

I have a 60D also and use it for videos. I had that problem where it would stop recording after a few seconds. I heard or read somewhere that formatting the card (in the camera, of course) helps with this issue. I have tried this and it seems to work. I can record a video that is several minutes long. Never tried it for 30 minutes but 10 minutes worked fine, for me anyway.

Donita

Thank you to everyone who responded to my query.
I reset the size to 640x480. It seemed to fix the problem.
I have one video of four, that lasted at least 14 minutes.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

You didn't fix the problem. You are just avoiding it. It's like having a car that has problems driving faster than 15mph, and thinking you fixed the problem by never driving faster than 15mph. 640x480 is really poor resolution (about 1/7 of 1920x1080), about as bad as a 1990 VCR tape. There's no reason your camera shouldn't shoot 29 minutes on an empty 32GB card at 1920x1080 resolution.

It's easy to see if it's your card.

You can buy a new 32 GB class 10 card for $13.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/SanDisk-32-GB-Ultra-PLUS-Class-10-UHS-1-SDHC-Memory-Card/52198325?athcpid=52198325&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVUB&athieid=v0&athstid=CS002&athguid=466001f5-c3d76a6c-664a28867288c50f&athena=true

If you still have the problem with a new empty class 10 card, then your camera needs to be repaired.

Donita

Hi Bobspez,
Thank you for your comments. You are right, I put a bandaid on the boo-boo, but it's still a boo-boo. My card is older, but it should still work for my purposes. It is a 32GB, 30MB/s 10speed.
I reformatted the card and tried several other "size" settings. I also disabled the microphone. I'm still not able to get long videos at the higher resolution.
I didn't have a whole lot of time to play with things before I needed my video function to work, so I used the lower resolution...it was adequate for now.
I will run to the store on payday.
Honestly, I have had trouble with this particular camera, it's been to the factory a few times, they even replaced the cmos on the last shop visit. I am not totally happy with it and I'm considering an upgrade, but I haven't decided. We are trying to build a house too...priorities! *sigh*

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

You are welcome. I googled this problem and one person said reformatting the card in the camera solved the same problem you are having (buffer fills up after about 10 seconds and video stops) on his 60D. Give it a try, it costs nothing.
Also try shooting at 1920x1080 at 24P (24fps) instead of 30fps. Good luck. Let us know if you reach a solution.

Cheese

I have a 5D4, which I believe has the same video system as your camera. According to the manual, you should be able to record 23 minutes of video on a 32GB card at full HD. However, that is the capacity of the card, not the length of a single video. Because of the file system used to format most memory cards (FAT32 format), there is a 4GB limit on the maximum file size. According to the chart below, in full HD resolution, your camera creates a file size of 1.3GB per minute of recording, so you should hit the 4GB threshold after about 2 or 3 minutes. In theory, the camera will start a new file when 4GB is reached. However, a lot depends on the write speed of your SD card. If the write speed is not sufficiently fast, the camera may pause or quit. On the 5D4, there is an on-screen indicator to warn you when the camera will stop shooting because of a slow card. See "General Movie Shooting Cautions" section of your manual.

Finally, If your camera allows you to shoot MP4 (in addition to MOV) you may consider switching to that. MP4 has the same full HD quality, but takes up much less space on the card as you can see from the chart below.

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PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

I had that problem with my 80D. It turned out to be a setting called video snapshot