08-31-2016 04:11 PM
With a class 10 speed SD card, my T3i will only shoot photos, but shuts down on video. I've been using 32GB class 4 cards lately, simply for photography. The manual says use a class 6 SD card, or higher, when shooting video for proper recording. Does anyone have any suggestions on why its shutting down on me? Thanks!
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09-01-2016 11:02 AM
He meant a low quality brand of card, not camera. 8^)
Did you low level format the card in the camera?
Did you try a different brand of card? I had no problems with my T3i.
08-31-2016 04:15 PM
How long does it take to "shut down"? Could it be getting hot? Have you tried a lower resolution like 720x480 as an experiment?
08-31-2016 04:39 PM
The T3i shuts down immediately. As soon as I switch from photos to video. No time to get hot. I haven't tried a lower res. since I have to shoot high res.
08-31-2016 05:39 PM
My only guess is that even in class 10...there are various speeds and your class 10 card is not fast enough. I'd get an SD card that can handle 30MB/sec or something like that...faster is better.
09-01-2016 08:03 AM
Thanks for replying diverhank! The only problem is I can shoot video with a class 4 with no problem, which is slower, but a class 10 shuts it down. Does anyone think the class 10 is too high?
09-01-2016 08:22 AM
@TonyAnt wrote:Thanks for replying diverhank! The only problem is I can shoot video with a class 4 with no problem, which is slower, but a class 10 shuts it down. Does anyone think the class 10 is too high?
A class 10 should work just fine. Not unless you have a low quality brand, a mini-card with an adapter, or too many GB for the camera to know what to do with and format properly.
09-01-2016 09:13 AM
Thanks Waddizzle! This Canon is high quality. That much I know. The class 10 card is a 32GB, but so is my class 4, so class 10 shouldn't have any issues. Its difficult to find a class 6 locally, so that's why I'm even using a class 10 card.
09-01-2016 11:02 AM
He meant a low quality brand of card, not camera. 8^)
Did you low level format the card in the camera?
Did you try a different brand of card? I had no problems with my T3i.
09-01-2016 04:00 PM
Doh! Channeling my inner Snoop Dogg, 'My bad, Waddizzle my shnizzle'. I misunderstood you.
Thanks everyone for your advice. It turns out that someone had used the card, formatted it for their camera, but didn't tell me. I thought it was a new SD card when it was given to me. kvbarkley's suggestion of a low level format prompted me to do a format since I had nothing to lose. Then I find out that there's 8GB of footage on the card that I couldn't see due to the camera shutting down when switching to video (and playback didn't work either).
Problem solved. Brainstorming is still the best problem solving method! Thanks again everyone!
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