topic Re: Canon Rebel 3ti EOS 600D and the video stops automatically in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon Rebel 3ti EOS 600D and the video stops automatically

chadandden — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:43:37 GMT

The Video automatically stops recording after a few seconds. I have a PNY Performance 16 GB 3.5hr HD VIdeo it also says 4 with a circle around it and I don't know if that means Class 4 or not ? I just got this camera a week ago. Can you please help ?.

Denise

Re: Canon Rebel 3ti EOS 600D and the video stops automatically

TCampbell — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:52:26 GMT

That's probably a "C" with a 4 inside it -- and it's a Class 4 card. A Class 4 card is not fast enough for video (but will work for photography). The Class 4 card simply has a slower transfer speed -- but unfortunately framerate on video needs to write data to the card faster than the card can handle it.

The card needs to be a Class 6 or above.

Re: Canon Rebel 3ti EOS 600D and the video stops automatically

chadandden — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:59:26 GMT

Thanks so much for your timely response. This is the first reply I've gotten from anywhere including youtube and others. No one ever responds to my questions especially you tube. I watched several you tube videos on how to operate the camera and posted questions and no response. Thanks so much I'll buy a new one today !

P.S. I Love my camera I shoot in RAW and it's phenominal !

Re: Canon Rebel 3ti EOS 600D and the video stops automatically

TCampbell — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:01:52 GMT

Good luck! Incidentally, Canon does not specifically recommend a brand... but the SanDisk and Lexar brands seem to be the best (and even within these they have a variety of performance specs.) e.g. "SanDisk Extreme" or "SanDisk Extreme Pro", etc.

I do see enough posts from people who have cards which are supposed to be fast enough... but sitll give them problems. But the problems tend to go away when they buy a high quality brand. For this reason, I tend to not mess around with budget cards -- sometimes saving a few bucks just isn't worth the grief.

Glad you are liking your new camera!