topic Re: T5i takes photos instead of video in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

T5i takes photos instead of video

LilyEden — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:04:07 GMT

I'm not an experienced camera user.. But, one day my video quit working. It now takes photos instead of videos when I have it set to take video.

Here are my settings in my camera:

AF method = face+tracking

Movie Servo AF Enable

AF w/ shutter button during video OFF

Grid Display OFF

Movie rec. size 1920 X1080 30 frames

sound recording On

Video snapshot Disable

I have a cheap memory card in it.

What could be the problem with it?

Thank you.

Re: T5i takes photos instead of video

shadowsports — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:17:22 GMT

Greetings,

Please refer to your user guide.

Page 173 and ensure you have Movie Mode enabled:

https://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/5/0300010905/07/eos-rebelt5i-700d-im7-en.pdf

If you have confirmed the above, try resetting the camera.

What brand / model is your "cheap memory card in it?"

It needs to be:

A. Compatible with the camera and movies shooting requirements

and

B. Not a micro SD card inside an adapter.

Re: T5i takes photos instead of video

LilyEden — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:54:30 GMT

It is in movie mode. It's a Micro Center SDXC Extreme Speed 128 GB card.

Re: T5i takes photos instead of video

John_ — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:32:54 GMT

Did you reset your settings to their defaults through your settings menu yet?

Re: T5i takes photos instead of video

rs-eos — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:33:38 GMT

As shadowsports mentioned, try resetting the camera.

As for memory cards, never heard of Micro Center. Personally, I only ever use SanDisk, though there are also other equally good brands too. It's just not worth it to save some money on these other types of brands.

As of this writing, a 128 GB SanDisk at higher 170 Mbps speed (90 Mbps writes) (UHS-I / V30 / U3 / Class 10) is $35 at B&H.

Re: T5i takes photos instead of video

LilyEden — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:47:39 GMT

Where do you reset to default settings at?

Re: T5i takes photos instead of video

John_ — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:54:53 GMT

Page 214 of your manual and also reset any custom settings too:

Re: T5i takes photos instead of video

Waddizzle — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:17:42 GMT

@LilyEden wrote:
Where do you reset to default settings at?

Switch the top dial to P mode so that you can see the full menu system.