08-28-2020 12:45 PM
With all the talk of record limits due to overheating, not many people are talking about the fact that this camera still has the antiquated 29:59 EU record time limit. I believe Canon needs to remove this.
12-12-2020 03:47 PM
@Hipplewm wrote:I like how you keep changing your arguement ever time someone blows holes in your previous arguement - I am kinda waiting for you to circle back and say it is against the law again.
I am not the one who posted the EU law is the reason why the 30 minute limit exists.
Have a nice day. Enjoy your camera.
12-13-2020 03:07 AM
They absolutely should get rid of this time limit just because it dumber than a box of rocks. The camera costs $3,899 it should record for more than 30 minutes at a time for the love of god.
08-29-2020 10:33 AM
@karchner14 wrote:.....antiquated 29:59 EU record time limit. I believe Canon needs to remove this.
Greetings,
The "29:59 EU recording time limit" is something I have learned to accept as an "Ain't going to change in my lifetime" fact. So as others mentioned... I also suggest you start planning your next purchase (a camcorder) which is capable of such feats.
To maximize what recording time (and recovery) you do get with the R5, I suggest you update its FW to 1.1
While the recovery algorithims were improved, there are no improvements in recording times in the higher quality video modes. To be fair though its certainly better that the shipping FW.
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08-29-2020 11:01 AM
@karchner14 wrote:With all the talk of record limits due to overheating, not many people are talking about the fact that this camera still has the antiquated 29:59 EU record time limit. I believe Canon needs to remove this.
It's not an antiquated time limit, its a legal/tax issue.
The tax on video recording devices ranges from about 5% up to 12% from what I have found on line; I don't know what affects the range.
While this only impacts imports to the EU it seems that camera companies have not decided to create special versions for that market. I'm not even sure there would be a way given the grey market trade.
I do not think the majority of DSLR users should be impacted with that tax for a limited number of users.
12-09-2020 02:08 PM - edited 12-09-2020 02:10 PM
You would be correct if it were before 2018
The World Trade Oraganization in 2018 did some trickery and the law no longer applies to Cameras - so there is no additional tax - that is why so many cameras now don't have the limit and their price didn't go up. Camera companies are updating firmware to remove it etc...
EXCEPT Canon 😞
Before you go all google on me - I believe the tax may have gone thru portions if not all of 2019, but it was wholly rescinded mostly in 2016, became a thing in 2018 and went away some time after that. Point stands it doesn't exist today
12-09-2020 02:31 PM - edited 12-09-2020 02:33 PM
@Hipplewm wrote:You would be correct if it were before 2018
The World Trade Oraganization in 2018 did some trickery and the law no longer applies to Cameras - so there is no additional tax - that is why so many cameras now don't have the limit and their price didn't go up. Camera companies are updating firmware to remove it etc...
EXCEPT Canon 😞
Before you go all google on me - I believe the tax may have gone thru portions if not all of 2019, but it was wholly rescinded mostly in 2016, became a thing in 2018 and went away some time after that. Point stands it doesn't exist today
That's false. Nearly every camera sold still has the 30 minute time limit. However, as you have pointed out, companies release a firmware update for users to install on some cameras that remove it....after the camera has been purchased.
BTW, you can record for almost as long as you wish to an external recorder on Canon bodies with "clean HDMI" output.
01-06-2022 02:20 PM
I really hope Canon doesn't listen to you.
Sony has removed recording limits on every camera that competes with the R5. Stop defending a limit that could be removed in a single line of code and telling people to go buy camcorders. There is no benefit to anybody to continue to argue that recording limits shouldn't be removed.
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