Rebel T3i Camera Shuts off automatically

[bigdaddy034]

Rebel T3i Camera Shuts off automatically during movie recording.  It does this with all of my memory cards.  I just received a brand new SanDisk Class 10 256MB SDXC UHS-I card & tried it several times with the same result.  It shuts off after 11-12 minutes.  I also made sure that the Power Saving setting was turned off.

[normadel]

How long does it record before shutting off? Its internal temperature may be getting too high.  It tells you when it is. See page 163 of your Instruction Manual.

[bigdaddy034]

It shut off at 12 minutes with the brand new card.  I'm recording again to see if the warning symbol shows up.

[normadel]

The new very-large card may be tempting you to record for too long at a time.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

The movie recording stops when the file size gets to 4 Gb in size. You may be reaching the limit in file size. From the manual:

[bigdaddy034]

I checked the manual for the over-heating indicator.  When I did the last recording, there was no over-heating symbol.  It shut off at 11:55.  I'm running another test now with the file size knocked down to 1280/60fps.  It was at 1920/1080.

[Tronhard]

How big are the movie files when the camera shuts off please?

[Anonymous]

The file size limit is 4 GB, even at 1280 x 720 resolution. The chart I posted above still says 11 minutes for that resolution, as well as 1920 x 1080.

640 x 480 will give you 46 minutes of recording time, but I think that that is over-ridden by an overall 30 minute limitation per recording.

[Tronhard]

Hi Bob:
Yes, I was heading in that direction, given the OP suggests it shuts down about that time.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Yes, it looks like you can only record about 11 minutes before reaching 4 GB file size at those two resolutions.